305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
Miami, FL - 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19 is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. Taking place during two consecutive weeks in Miami and Havana, the 305 & Havana International Improv Fest presents master classes by international artists, curated screenings and performances that deepen into the art of improvisation, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers and audiences across two cities. Partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre (Miami, Florida) and Workshops at the MTC Miami Theater Center Sandbox (Miami, Florida), Koubek Center MDC (Miami, Florida) and Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Havana, Cuba).
In the life of a stage or creative space, improvisation is considered an instrument for exploration and a tool for expanding creative possibilities. Open-ended investigation into the art of improvisation in different artistic expressions has become a tool that has no limits in the search for an authentic language through movement or ideas.
Every year, the festival commissions a Miami-based artist to present work across the two cites. This year, dance and performance artist Lize-Lotte Pitlo has been commissioned with her piece TRACES. This commission is made possible by the support of Vivian Marthell, Co-director of O Cinema.
Participants in the film program include celebrated Miami artists: Alexandra Vivas, Randy Valdes, Lucia Aratanha, Cristian Proa, Maria Teresa Barbist and Ika Santamaria as well: Ines Rojas (Venezuela), Abe Abraham (New York), Lucy Kerr (CA), Armando Diaz (Venezuela) and Marcia Beatriz Granero (Brazil).
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19 - Workshops
MIAMI, FL, US
WORKSHOP/ by Lola Amores
Workshop for dancers and actors looking to extend their bodies. Utilizing improvisation techniques, participants will focus on creating a scenic presence, letting go off tensions.
Lola Amores (Havana, Cuba)
Lola Amores, Bachelor of Performing Arts with a profile in Acting, by the Higher Institute of Art of Havana, Cuba. She is founder and director of the theater group La Isla Secreta. He has given acting workshops in international events and participated in theater festivals in countries such as Spain, Mexico, South Korea, India, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, among others. Among his cinematographic works are The Cloud, by Marcel Beltrán; Resin, by Maryulis Alfonso; Santa and Andrés, by Carlos Lechuga, Jazz Club, by Esteban Insausti; and Los amantes, by Álan González. Among the acknowledgments to his work are the Adolfo Llauradó Award for Best Actress, Caricatos, 2005, Cuba, Grand Prix for Best Performance at the Mount Laurier International Theater Festival, Quebec, 2007, Best Performance at the Miami Film Festival, 2017, Best Actress at the FICG | International Film Festival Film of Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Best Actress of the Céara Film Festival, Brazil, 2017, and Best Actress Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericá de Lleida, Catalonia, 2017.
MIAMI - April 8-9-10, 2019
7:00pm - 10:00pm
MTC Miami Theater Center Sandbox
9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138
CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOP/ by Kiki Alvarez
Improvisation, Experience and Point of View in Staging (In Spanish)
Through a series of improvisation exercises, workshop participants will learn how to use authentic experience and motivation for staging purposes and cinematographic writing, using creative interaction and examining its functionality.
Kiki Alvarez (Havana, Cuba)
Mr. Alvarez graduated with a Bachelor of Art History from the University of Havana. He also studied Communications Theory and Film Dramaturgy. He is the Head of the Department of Fiction Direction at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). His initial works, “Espectador y Amor y Dolor", are considered the first examples of Cuban video art. Other works such as “Sed” and the feature film "La ola", winner of two Coral Awards, are also considered important works of Cuban experimental cinema. “Giraffes" (2012) won the Spirit Awards at the Brooklyn Film Festival and the protagonists of Venice (2014) shared the Ibero-American Best Actress Award at the Guadalajara Film Festival in 2015. Venice was awarded five Kikito awards at the Gramado Film Festival 2015, awarded to the three actresses, to the best cinematography and to the best director. His latest film Sharing Stella, is a self-referential piece that moves between the borders of fiction and documentary.
MIAMI - April 11, 2019
7pm - 10pm
Co-Presented by Koubek Center MDC
2705 SW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33135
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
MIAMI, FL, US
Program
MIAMI - APRIL 12th, 2019
8:30PM
Miami-Dade County Auditorium, On.Stage Black Box Theatre
2901 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33135
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
Workshop
HAVANA, CUBA
WORKSHOP/ by Osmani Tellez
The creative muscle. For a Performer Improvisation can have some pre-existing ideas, very specific intentions or nothing at all but it will always allow you to include your own voice and to be part of the creative process. It will give you some freedom or a lot of freedom but also the same amount in responsibility in the outcome of the performance. In this workshop we will explore with the performer some of the fundamentals of improvisation and how to better take advantage of the endless possibilities that it has to offer. We will also come up with some tools to help us navigate this process of exploration and self expression and exercises to strengthen our own creative muscles.
The workshop will be broken down into four main parts:
Osmani Tellez (Miami, FL, US)
Osmani Tellez was born in Holguin, Cuba and he graduated from The National School of Arts (Havana) as a Dancer, teacher and Choreographer. He’s first work as a professional Dancer was with the company Danza Abierta, directed by Marianela Boan with whom he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela. In 1991 Tellez took residency in Venezuela and here he continues his profesional career working with companies like Danza Hoy, Rajatabla Danza and Neodanza and in this latest is where he has his first experience as a teacher and a choreographer as well. In his time in Neodanza he created various personal works as well as others in collaboration with Alexey Taran and this work was presented in Venezuela, Colombia and USA. Tellez first experience as an independent artist was working with the recognized dancer and choreographer David Zambrano with whom he takes his first steps in the world of Improvisation and Release Technique and from here a new passion develops for him. In 1996 Tellez moved to New York City where he was also introduce to a variety of new styles and tendency that soon became part of his own physicality. Among the artists that he worked with were, Tim Feldman, Bo Madvig, Kirstie Simson, Jennifer Monson, Cathy Weis, Chamecki- Lerner, Mia Lawrence, Jeremy Nelson and Yvonne Meier. Since his first time working with David Zambrano for Tellez improvisation was always present in his career, either working with some improvisers or participating regularly in the Improvisation Festival of New York City, at Judson Church or in Amsterdam invited by Zambrano. Improvisation was also present in his own choreography which was presented by Movement Research and St. Mark’s Church. It was in NYC also where Tellez got to connect with his other passion: gymnastics. He had the great pleasure to work for 5 years with the troupe Circus Amok, performing every summer in the city.
HAVANA, CUBA – April 22-23-24, 2019
4 pm- 7pm
Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (Cuban Art Factory)
Calle 26, Esquina 11, Vedado. La Habana, Cuba
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
HAVANA, CUBA
Program
HAVANA, CUBA – April 26, 2019
8:30PM
Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (Cuban Art Factory)
Calle 26, Esquina 11, Vedado. La Habana, Cuba
Artist in residence AIR BISTOURY @ Havana Cuba 2019
EVEL GONZALEZ (Photographer, Spain/Cuba)
Winner of the AIR BISTOURY @ HAV CU 2019
Evel Gonzalez was born in La Habana and studied Graphic Journalism in the Universidad de La Habana. His work has been published in over 40 newspapers and magazines all over the world: The New York Times, ArtNexus, El País, La Vanguardia, Latin C.E.O, Business Technology, El Nacional, El Universal and El Comercio among others. He collaborated with news agencies such us Reuters, AP, AFP, Tass, Efe, Ansa and Europapress. Evel has had four exhibitions of his own and participated in more than 30 collective ones in Cuba, Colombia, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Morocco, Mexico, Venezuela, USA, The UK, Japan and India. He was awarded by the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in 1991 and got a special recognition from UPEC. His work is part of the permanent collection of Peter Ludwig, Karen Stempels, Fototeca de Cuba, Cuban American Phototheque Fundation. And some of his photographs can be found in three reference catalogs: “Kubanische Fotografie”, “Cuba 70, 80, 90. 22 Essential photographers, CAPF”. “La Quatrième image”.
www.evelgonzalez.com
“With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.”
Produced by
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Directed by
Carla Forte and Alexey Taran
Dance Programmer at Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Cuban Art Factory)
Sandra Ramy
Commissioned by
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
Co-Presented with
Koubek Center MDC
Supported by:
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
Miami Theater Center Sandbox MTC
Koubek Center MDC
Fábrica de Arte Cubano
O Cinema
Vivian Marthell
Sandra Ramy.
Bistoury’s performances are known for their intense physicality and darkly sardonic perspectives on contemporary culture, so the selection promises to be eclectic and surprising… Mia Leonin
2017 Press:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/305-and-havana-international-improv-festival-brings-improvisational-dance-to-cuba-florida-9369432
https://miamirail.org/performing-arts/conversations-in-movement-the-305-havana-international-improv-fest/
Contact:
Carla Forte
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Email carlafortefilmmaker@gmail.com
Phone 305-905-7217
Alexey Taran
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Email alexey.p.taran@gmail.com
Phone 305-905-1275
MDCA’s box office:
Miami Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33135
(305) 547-5414
MiamiDadeCountyAuditorium.org
Miami, FL - 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19 is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. Taking place during two consecutive weeks in Miami and Havana, the 305 & Havana International Improv Fest presents master classes by international artists, curated screenings and performances that deepen into the art of improvisation, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers and audiences across two cities. Partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre (Miami, Florida) and Workshops at the MTC Miami Theater Center Sandbox (Miami, Florida), Koubek Center MDC (Miami, Florida) and Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Havana, Cuba).
In the life of a stage or creative space, improvisation is considered an instrument for exploration and a tool for expanding creative possibilities. Open-ended investigation into the art of improvisation in different artistic expressions has become a tool that has no limits in the search for an authentic language through movement or ideas.
Every year, the festival commissions a Miami-based artist to present work across the two cites. This year, dance and performance artist Lize-Lotte Pitlo has been commissioned with her piece TRACES. This commission is made possible by the support of Vivian Marthell, Co-director of O Cinema.
Participants in the film program include celebrated Miami artists: Alexandra Vivas, Randy Valdes, Lucia Aratanha, Cristian Proa, Maria Teresa Barbist and Ika Santamaria as well: Ines Rojas (Venezuela), Abe Abraham (New York), Lucy Kerr (CA), Armando Diaz (Venezuela) and Marcia Beatriz Granero (Brazil).
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19 - Workshops
MIAMI, FL, US
WORKSHOP/ by Lola Amores
Workshop for dancers and actors looking to extend their bodies. Utilizing improvisation techniques, participants will focus on creating a scenic presence, letting go off tensions.
Lola Amores (Havana, Cuba)
Lola Amores, Bachelor of Performing Arts with a profile in Acting, by the Higher Institute of Art of Havana, Cuba. She is founder and director of the theater group La Isla Secreta. He has given acting workshops in international events and participated in theater festivals in countries such as Spain, Mexico, South Korea, India, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, among others. Among his cinematographic works are The Cloud, by Marcel Beltrán; Resin, by Maryulis Alfonso; Santa and Andrés, by Carlos Lechuga, Jazz Club, by Esteban Insausti; and Los amantes, by Álan González. Among the acknowledgments to his work are the Adolfo Llauradó Award for Best Actress, Caricatos, 2005, Cuba, Grand Prix for Best Performance at the Mount Laurier International Theater Festival, Quebec, 2007, Best Performance at the Miami Film Festival, 2017, Best Actress at the FICG | International Film Festival Film of Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Best Actress of the Céara Film Festival, Brazil, 2017, and Best Actress Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericá de Lleida, Catalonia, 2017.
MIAMI - April 8-9-10, 2019
7:00pm - 10:00pm
MTC Miami Theater Center Sandbox
9806 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL 33138
CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOP/ by Kiki Alvarez
Improvisation, Experience and Point of View in Staging (In Spanish)
Through a series of improvisation exercises, workshop participants will learn how to use authentic experience and motivation for staging purposes and cinematographic writing, using creative interaction and examining its functionality.
Kiki Alvarez (Havana, Cuba)
Mr. Alvarez graduated with a Bachelor of Art History from the University of Havana. He also studied Communications Theory and Film Dramaturgy. He is the Head of the Department of Fiction Direction at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). His initial works, “Espectador y Amor y Dolor", are considered the first examples of Cuban video art. Other works such as “Sed” and the feature film "La ola", winner of two Coral Awards, are also considered important works of Cuban experimental cinema. “Giraffes" (2012) won the Spirit Awards at the Brooklyn Film Festival and the protagonists of Venice (2014) shared the Ibero-American Best Actress Award at the Guadalajara Film Festival in 2015. Venice was awarded five Kikito awards at the Gramado Film Festival 2015, awarded to the three actresses, to the best cinematography and to the best director. His latest film Sharing Stella, is a self-referential piece that moves between the borders of fiction and documentary.
MIAMI - April 11, 2019
7pm - 10pm
Co-Presented by Koubek Center MDC
2705 SW 3rd St, Miami, FL 33135
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
MIAMI, FL, US
Program
- Workshop led by Lola Amores will culminate in an informal showing to Miami audiences.
- TRACES by Lize-Lotte Pitlo (Commissioned Artist 2019, This Commission is made possible by the support of Vivian Marthell) A personal journey that explores how experiences integrated in our body, as sad or as frightening as they might be, can be observed as a trace of our past which transforms and matures us. We do not need to remain products of our environment, but may reinvent ourselves in pursuit of authentic expression. Lize-Lotte Pitlo (Miami) Lize-Lotte Pitlo holds a BFA in Dance Performance from her native country The Netherlands. Upon graduation she received a merit scholarship to study at the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York and completed the International Students Certificate Program. She then worked with Daniela Hoff Dance Company, Mana Kawamura/Kawamura the 3rd and GREYZONE/Lindy Fines among others, performing in festivals and venues such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Joyce Soho, New York Live Arts, Triskelion Arts and Studio 303 in Montreal. She currently lives in Miami and has freelanced with various choreographers including Karen Peterson and Dancers, TOC-Project/Lara Tinari, Wild Beast Collective and iMEE (Infinite Movement Ever Evolving). She was invited by the Dancers’ Space (Palm Beach FL) to perform works by Kyra Jean Green and Sung Yong Kim for the create.DANCE.florida showcase at the Duncan Theatre and for the 3rd Goyang International Dance Festival in Korea. Pitlo has been a collaborative dance performer with the Pioneer Winter Collective (Miami) since 2015, which has been named “25 to watch” for 2019 by Dance Magazine.
- FILM PROGRAM: Dancing In The Water by Alexandra Vivas, Miami, FL, US. Searching by Randy Valdes, Miami, US. Tattoo by Lucia Aratanha, Miami, FL, US. Moon by Cristian Proa, Miami, FL, US Spieglein, Spieglein by Maria Teresa Barbist Miami, FL, US. Debate by Ika Santamaria, Miami, FL, US. Exul by Ines Rojas, Caracas, Venezuela. Salt Water by Abe Abraham, New York, NY, US. Bridge Piece by Lucy Kerr CA, US. Analogo by Armando Diaz and Felix Herrera, Caracas, Venezuela. Tabaroa by Marcia Beatriz Granero Sao Paulo, Brazil.
MIAMI - APRIL 12th, 2019
8:30PM
Miami-Dade County Auditorium, On.Stage Black Box Theatre
2901 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33135
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
Workshop
HAVANA, CUBA
WORKSHOP/ by Osmani Tellez
The creative muscle. For a Performer Improvisation can have some pre-existing ideas, very specific intentions or nothing at all but it will always allow you to include your own voice and to be part of the creative process. It will give you some freedom or a lot of freedom but also the same amount in responsibility in the outcome of the performance. In this workshop we will explore with the performer some of the fundamentals of improvisation and how to better take advantage of the endless possibilities that it has to offer. We will also come up with some tools to help us navigate this process of exploration and self expression and exercises to strengthen our own creative muscles.
The workshop will be broken down into four main parts:
- How to prepare the body and mind the right way
- Looking for extructures outside and inside and how to respond to them.
- less is more: how to allow space for things to happen.
- The shapes of your mind: how we think about right or wrong defines how we create shapes. The unknown can be intimidating but also very rewarding if approached in the right way. Improvisation gives us an opportunity to reconnect with our own creative nature.
Osmani Tellez (Miami, FL, US)
Osmani Tellez was born in Holguin, Cuba and he graduated from The National School of Arts (Havana) as a Dancer, teacher and Choreographer. He’s first work as a professional Dancer was with the company Danza Abierta, directed by Marianela Boan with whom he had the opportunity to perform in Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela. In 1991 Tellez took residency in Venezuela and here he continues his profesional career working with companies like Danza Hoy, Rajatabla Danza and Neodanza and in this latest is where he has his first experience as a teacher and a choreographer as well. In his time in Neodanza he created various personal works as well as others in collaboration with Alexey Taran and this work was presented in Venezuela, Colombia and USA. Tellez first experience as an independent artist was working with the recognized dancer and choreographer David Zambrano with whom he takes his first steps in the world of Improvisation and Release Technique and from here a new passion develops for him. In 1996 Tellez moved to New York City where he was also introduce to a variety of new styles and tendency that soon became part of his own physicality. Among the artists that he worked with were, Tim Feldman, Bo Madvig, Kirstie Simson, Jennifer Monson, Cathy Weis, Chamecki- Lerner, Mia Lawrence, Jeremy Nelson and Yvonne Meier. Since his first time working with David Zambrano for Tellez improvisation was always present in his career, either working with some improvisers or participating regularly in the Improvisation Festival of New York City, at Judson Church or in Amsterdam invited by Zambrano. Improvisation was also present in his own choreography which was presented by Movement Research and St. Mark’s Church. It was in NYC also where Tellez got to connect with his other passion: gymnastics. He had the great pleasure to work for 5 years with the troupe Circus Amok, performing every summer in the city.
HAVANA, CUBA – April 22-23-24, 2019
4 pm- 7pm
Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (Cuban Art Factory)
Calle 26, Esquina 11, Vedado. La Habana, Cuba
305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '19
PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
HAVANA, CUBA
Program
- TRACES by Lize-Lotte Pitlo.
- Workshop led by Osmani Tellez will culminate in an informal showing to Miami audiences.
- FILM PROGRAM: Dancing In The Water by Alexandra Vivas, Miami, FL, US. Searching by Randy Valdes, Miami, US. Tattoo by Lucia Aratanha, Miami, FL, US. Moon by Cristian Proa, Miami, FL, US Spieglein, Spieglein by Maria Teresa Barbist Miami, FL, US. Debate by Ika Santamaria, Miami, FL, US. Footsteps & Chamomile by Roxana Barba, Miami, FL, US. Exul by Ines Rojas, Caracas, Venezuela. Salt Water by Abe Abraham, New York, NY, US. Bridge Piece by Lucy Kerr CA, US. Analogo by Armando Diaz and Felix Herrera, Caracas, Venezuela. Tabaroa by Marcia Beatriz Granero Sao Paulo, Brazil.
HAVANA, CUBA – April 26, 2019
8:30PM
Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (Cuban Art Factory)
Calle 26, Esquina 11, Vedado. La Habana, Cuba
Artist in residence AIR BISTOURY @ Havana Cuba 2019
EVEL GONZALEZ (Photographer, Spain/Cuba)
Winner of the AIR BISTOURY @ HAV CU 2019
Evel Gonzalez was born in La Habana and studied Graphic Journalism in the Universidad de La Habana. His work has been published in over 40 newspapers and magazines all over the world: The New York Times, ArtNexus, El País, La Vanguardia, Latin C.E.O, Business Technology, El Nacional, El Universal and El Comercio among others. He collaborated with news agencies such us Reuters, AP, AFP, Tass, Efe, Ansa and Europapress. Evel has had four exhibitions of his own and participated in more than 30 collective ones in Cuba, Colombia, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Morocco, Mexico, Venezuela, USA, The UK, Japan and India. He was awarded by the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in 1991 and got a special recognition from UPEC. His work is part of the permanent collection of Peter Ludwig, Karen Stempels, Fototeca de Cuba, Cuban American Phototheque Fundation. And some of his photographs can be found in three reference catalogs: “Kubanische Fotografie”, “Cuba 70, 80, 90. 22 Essential photographers, CAPF”. “La Quatrième image”.
www.evelgonzalez.com
“With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.”
Produced by
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Directed by
Carla Forte and Alexey Taran
Dance Programmer at Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Cuban Art Factory)
Sandra Ramy
Commissioned by
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
Co-Presented with
Koubek Center MDC
Supported by:
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
Miami Theater Center Sandbox MTC
Koubek Center MDC
Fábrica de Arte Cubano
O Cinema
Vivian Marthell
Sandra Ramy.
Bistoury’s performances are known for their intense physicality and darkly sardonic perspectives on contemporary culture, so the selection promises to be eclectic and surprising… Mia Leonin
2017 Press:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/305-and-havana-international-improv-festival-brings-improvisational-dance-to-cuba-florida-9369432
https://miamirail.org/performing-arts/conversations-in-movement-the-305-havana-international-improv-fest/
Contact:
Carla Forte
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Email carlafortefilmmaker@gmail.com
Phone 305-905-7217
Alexey Taran
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Email alexey.p.taran@gmail.com
Phone 305-905-1275
MDCA’s box office:
Miami Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33135
(305) 547-5414
MiamiDadeCountyAuditorium.org
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