305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '25 \ IX
Directed by choreographer and transdisciplinary artist Alexey Taran, alongside filmmaker Carla Forte, the 305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST is a celebration of improvisation in both performance and film. This year, 305IIF’25 presents a series of screenings and performances that explore the depths of improvisational art, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers, and audiences across the city. Spanning two consecutive weeks, the festival unfolds in the vibrant cities of Miami and San José.
Dedicated to showcasing improvisation across performance and film, the 305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’25 (IX Edition) offers a dynamic program featuring masterclasses led by esteemed international artists, carefully curated screenings, and exhilarating performances that dive into the essence of improvisation. Partnering venues include the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre, INKUB8 BlackBox, and Teatro de la Danza in San José, Costa Rica.
This year, 2025, XR, Film & Improv Lab, a new film program, is being introduced, sponsored, supported, and developed in collaboration with O Cinema. This program will provide filmmakers from both cities with the opportunity to participate in an artistic residency where they will create an experimental short film to be showcased during the festival screenings. Additionally, the program will include mentorship from renowned international filmmakers.
XR, Film & Improv Lab is a laboratory for the creation of experimental and improvisational films, held in parallel with and as part of the 305 International Improv Festival (305IIF). Now in its 9th year, the festival continues to expand, and this year, O Cinema will join forces with Bistoury Physical Theater and Film to co-present the event. Bistoury will curate the improvisational dance component, while O Cinema will oversee the XR/improvisational film section.
Dedicated to showcasing improvisation across performance and film, the 305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’25 (IX Edition) offers a dynamic program featuring masterclasses led by esteemed international artists, carefully curated screenings, and exhilarating performances that dive into the essence of improvisation. Partnering venues include the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre, INKUB8 BlackBox, and Teatro de la Danza in San José, Costa Rica.
This year, 2025, XR, Film & Improv Lab, a new film program, is being introduced, sponsored, supported, and developed in collaboration with O Cinema. This program will provide filmmakers from both cities with the opportunity to participate in an artistic residency where they will create an experimental short film to be showcased during the festival screenings. Additionally, the program will include mentorship from renowned international filmmakers.
XR, Film & Improv Lab is a laboratory for the creation of experimental and improvisational films, held in parallel with and as part of the 305 International Improv Festival (305IIF). Now in its 9th year, the festival continues to expand, and this year, O Cinema will join forces with Bistoury Physical Theater and Film to co-present the event. Bistoury will curate the improvisational dance component, while O Cinema will oversee the XR/improvisational film section.
IX 305IIF25 \ WORKSOPS \ MIA / US
"AWARENESS: thinking, moving, performing"
Luis A. Lara Malvacías (NY, US)
@ inkūb8 \ April 4 \ 6-10pm \ 355 NW 54th St \ Miami, FL 33127
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This class presents the participants with questions and inquiries about the practice of improvising. Starting with simple exercises, the class incorporates a variety of approaches to moving with awareness of our individual movement choices; of sensing and responding to our impulses and the space; and the efficiency in the use of energy when we move. These approaches will include the use of images (anatomical and from the surrounding space) hands-on work, words and situations that trigger impulses to create movement. The class encourages the participants to be curious, to take risks, and to look into the relationship between thinking, processing, moving, making and performing.
Luis A. Lara Malvacías is a choreographer, mover, dance teacher, and multidisciplinary artist. He has performed in the work of Jeremy Nelson, David Zambrano, Mark Tompkins, Yoshiko Chuma and in his own work. Performing with the John Jasperse Company at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Bagnolet in Paris in 1996, he won the Group Performance Award. He has presented his work at several venues in New York, and taught, created and presented work in colleges and institutions in the USA. He was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research Artist-in Residence and a 2006 DNA Artist in Residence. He has also being in creative residences at Le Pacific in Grenoble, France, and at Labor Gras and Lake Studios in Berlin, and was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research’s AIR. He is the recipient of a 2006 NYFA Fellowship for choreography, and has received grants, commissions and funding from many arts foundations and institutions for the creation of his work including, among others, the MAP Rockefeller Funds and The Jerome Foundation. He was a tenured professor at UC Riverside until 2023; currently he is a lecturer at the Dance Department of the New York
University’s Tisch School of the Arts, teaching in the Fall semester. Internationally, he regularly teaches movement classes and workshops, and presents work in many countries in Europe, South America, North America and Asia. He has studied and practiced several somatic practices for more than 25 years and hold a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in New Media. |
"Improvisation and Video Art: The Female Body as Resistance" (MASTERCLASS)
Marcia Beatriz Granero (Brazil)
TUTOR \ 2025, XR, Film & Improv Lab / O Cinema Program
@ inkūb8 \ April 4 \ 2-4pm \ 355 NW 54th St \ Miami, FL 33127
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Marcia Beatriz Granero will share her creative processes and artistic journey as a Brazilian artist, exploring performance, improvisation, and cinematic language in her work. For over 15 years, she has performed and starred in her productions through her artistic identity, Jaque Jolene, developing a unique research focus on character construction within the field of video art.
She will also discuss the history of video art in Latin America, highlighting how women were pioneers in this artistic language, using it as a tool for expression and resistance. By employing the body as an instrument of autonomy, creation, and protest, these artists reclaimed the power of female representation, improvising and challenging dictatorial and patriarchal systems. Marcia Beatriz Granero is a Brazilian artist who explores experimental and performative narratives in her work, moving between visual arts and film. Performing as her artistic identity, Jaque Jolene, the central figure in her audiovisual research, she has delved into the history of female artists in Brazilian video art, analyzing the power of the female body’s representation in artistic production.
She directed and hosted the VideoArtePapo MIS program at the Museu da Imagem e Som de São Paulo (MIS - Museum of Image and Sound, Brazil), recording interviews with more than 45 Brazilian video artists. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as in prestigious festivals and showcases worldwide. She has participated in artist residencies in Spain, Portugal, and England and exhibited at institutions including Instituto Tomie Ohtake (Brazil), Galeria Santa Clara (Portugal), Palácio de Pronillo (Spain), Centro Cultural São Paulo (Brazil), MOMus - State Museum of Contemporary Art (Greece), Paço das Artes (Brazil), Darling’s Attic (UK), Galería Theredoom (Spain), Sharjah Art Foundation (United Arab Emirates), and Pinacoteca de Botucatu (Brazil). Her video works have been showcased in over 100 festivals, including Videograma (Colombia), FIVA (Argentina), 100x100=900 (International Tour), Festival Internacional Kinoforum (Brazil), Festival Video nodoCCS (Venezuela), 305 International Improv Fest (Miami & Havana), Videomedeja (Serbia), Ibrida Festival delle arti intermediali (Italy), CosmiX Screening Night (Vietnam), Proyector (Spain), CHANNEL (France), Fest Miden (Greece), OSLO (Norway), REGION 0 (USA), Simultan (Romania), and Miami New Media Festival. More information: marciabeatrizgranero |
IX 305IIF25 \ MIA / US \ Film Program
@ inkūb8 \ April 5 \ 7pm \ 355 NW 54th St \ Miami, FL 33127
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CABALLOThey opened the horse's chest, took out his heart, and his warm heart beat in one hand; between two hands. The horse carries his wound in his chest.
Directors: Ixchel Casado y Thais Doimeadios
Production Company: Hamariyo Original concept: Thais Doimeadios Producer: Manuel Alejandro Fong Executive Producer: Andrés Monte Lead Cast: Thais Doimeadios/ Lianne Vega/ Tiffany Hernández Director of Photography: Alejandro Calero Production Designer: Mario. J Varela Editor and Colorist: Gerard Martínez Sound Design: Franceli Cabrera Costume Designer: Nilda Capote Music Composer: Pepe Gavilondo Póster: Carmen Barruecos First Assistant Director: Lia Tamame Second Asistant Director: Anelí Prieto First Assistant Photographer: Raúl Torrens Second Assistant Photographer: Guillermo Vaillant Crane Operator: Elvis Urra and Alberto Matamoros Grip and Electric Company: Los negrones de Raidel: Alexis Peña/ Ernesto/Gabriel Guerra/ Leonel Roddriguez Transportation: Oscar Lam Chirino Thais Doimeadios Huerta. Teacher and prima ballerina of contemporary dance, Thais Doimeadios Huerta graduated from the National School of Dance and earned a degree in Dance Arts with a specialization in Contemporary Dance from the University of the Arts. She has participated in tours and festivals both in Cuba and abroad, bringing her artistic work to countries such as the United States (Joyce Theater, 2019), Germany (International Dance Colors Festival, Stuttgart, 2017), Canada (2018), and the 6th International Dance Biennial Cali (2023). As a dancer, she has been part of renowned dance companies, including Los Hijos del Director (led by choreographer George Céspedes) and the dance-theater company Persona. She has extensive teaching experience in Contemporary Repertoire, Improvisation Workshop, Choreographic Creation, Modern Cuban Technique, and Contemporary Techniques, having taught at elementary, middle, and higher education levels at institutions such as the Provincial School of Dance, National School of Dance, School of the Lyric Theater of Havana, Acosta Danza Teaching Unit, and the University of the Arts.
She is the founder of Galería Ensayo, an arts project where she has collaborated with the Colombian contemporary dance company Incolballet on directing Imprivise (a contact improvisation workshop) and premiering the work Magnesium. Through Galería Ensayo, she has also premiered Todo en otra parte (2022) and Tres veces dos (2023). With the stage collective Pasionaria, she premiered Mather/Limbus/Mortis, written and directed by Colombian playwright Diego Montoya (Teatro Municipal Enrique Buenaventura, 2023). Ixchel Marina Casado Pérez graduated in theoretical music studies from the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory in 2015. She studied musicology at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana and participated in several 5.1 Mixing workshops at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). In 2023, she earned a degree in Sound from the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana. She was the winner of the Europe Caribbean CoCreation Hub (2023) with the project La Casa de las Fieras and received the first Film Residency for Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Cuba (La Burbuja Lab), with the same project. She also won the Fondo de Arte Joven for El Parqueo, a social project dedicated to reviving the tradition of open-air cinema in Cuba, which was later selected for the Collaborative Encounter of Cinemas (ECC) (Chile-Mexico). As the creator and programmer of El Observatorio, a space for the socialization and discussion of contemporary Cuban documentary cinema, she continues to contribute to the field. She was selected for the D.I.P 2025 laboratory, directed by filmmaker Manuel Abramovich.
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“Vessels”3’ 55” \ 2025 \ US
Directed by Hayley Rigby
Three life forms begin performing sequences of movement in a blank space where only time, matter, and gravity persist. As time passes, each dancer’s style becomes more distinctive and fleeting by the second, forming the essence of their identities through bodily expressions and gestures. The three forms continue to move freely, until they are out of time.
Producer Hayley Rigby
Key Cast Evelyn Tejeda, Luyan "Lili" Li, Hayley Rigby Director of Photography Hanna Sefidpour Score & Sound Designer Ryan Luis Fuller Hayley Rigby is a Multimedia Director & Movement Artist from Los Angeles. Her unique early exposure to the film industry and experiences throughout different spheres in visual arts has aroused her curiosity to start filmmaking. Rigby finds the most inspiration for her creative process through observing human activity and immersing herself in new environments. “Vessels” is the beginning of her journey into filmmaking, as it is the first short she has directed. Rigby hopes to bring more substance to creative practices and to the world by capturing the fleeting, precious moments of the curious human spirit.
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The Yard Ð In and Out of Place (Fin: Piha)5’ 56” \ 2022 \ Finland
Directed by Juhani Haukka
When people move, cultural tradition moves and repositions itself, changing and transforming along the way. But sometimes yards also move. The courtyard of Antti’s house, relocated from Southwestern Finland, becomes the milieu for a dance that has been documented from Repola village, Karelia. The last part of the quadrille is maanitus (lure) - an invitation to dance, an open improvisation.
Director Juhani Haukka
Choreography Outi Markkula and Working group Producer Outi Markkula Performers / Dancers Outi Markkula, Kalle Pulkkinen, Jukka Tarvainen, Katriina Tavi, Emilia Lajunen, Kuisma Eskola Costume coordinator and consultation Hilppa Herd Production Väkevä Collective & Taideosuuskunta Suin Päin Juhani Haukka. A film artist (MA) who has an emphasis towards documentary film and who like to work interdisciplinary in the field of arts. His poetic and essayistic expression often focuses on what is otherwise obscured, unnoticed and out of space. In addition to a film degree, he also has a historian's education, specializing in psychohistory. He is interested in the connections between memory, the multidimensionality of time and experiences. His recent works have been extensive Looking For a Job? - a multidisciplinary project (2019–2022) that explored society, work, time and community, and the Nordisk Panorama premiered film The Memory of Life (2022), which is about inherited epigenetic memory. He is continuing a documentary film project about the Finnish National Archives' research project about Finnish citizens in Russia.
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“JAQUE IN PROGRESS”5' \ 2025 \ Brazil
Directed by Marcia Granero
305 IIF invites Jaque Jolene for a new improvisation experience.
Credits:
Marcia Beatriz Granero, Carla Forte, Yuri Amaral, Jayme Kaye Gershen and Joy Castañeda. Márcia Beatriz Granero is a Brazilian artist who explores experimental and performative narratives in her work, moving fluidly between visual arts and cinema. Performing as her artistic persona Jaque Jolene—the central figure in her audiovisual research—she has investigated the history of female artists in Brazilian video art, engaging with production methods and the power of female body representation. She directed and hosted the VideoArtePapo MIS program at the Museum of Image and Sound in São Paulo (Brazil), recording conversations with more than 45 Brazilian video artists. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as in major festivals and showcases in Brazil and internationally. She has participated in artist residencies in Spain, Portugal, and England, and exhibited at institutions such as Instituto Tomie Ohtake (Brazil), Galeria Santa Clara (Portugal), Palácio de Pronillo (Spain), Centro Cultural São Paulo (Brazil), MOMus-State Museum of Contemporary Art (Greece), Paço das Artes (Brazil), Darling’s Attic (England), Theredoom Gallery (Spain), Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE), and Pinacoteca de Botucatu (Brazil), among others. Her videos have been screened at over 100 festivals, including Videograma (Colombia), FIVA (Argentina), 100x100=900 (international tour), Kinoforum International Festival (Brazil), Video nodoCCS (Venezuela), 305 International Improv Fest (Miami and Havana), Videomedeja (Serbia), Ibrida Festival delle arti intermediali (Italy), CosmiX Screening Night (Vietnam), Proyector (Spain), CHANNEL (France), Fest Miden (Greece), OSLO (Norway), REGION 0 (USA), Simultan (Romania), and the Miami New Media Festival.
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Sister3’ 7” \ 2024 \ France
Directed by Céline LORIENTE
One day Léo sees and hears things that only he can perceive. Since then, Zoé has been wondering about how to be with him as a sister.
Directing, producing and editing: Céline Loriente
Dancing: Anais Vallières Voice over: Julie Jung Loriente Coloring: Peirre Linguanotto Sound mixing: Bertrand Larrieu Céline Loriente director/ Choreographer : With a degree in Lettres Modernes and Social Sciences and a background in research and specialized journalism, Céline Loriente turned to documentary creation after training as a director at Ateliers Varan in 2022.
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M E S A2024 \ US
Directed by Enrique Villacreses
A Syncopate Collective Film
Performed and Choreographed by Rafael Ruiz-Del Vizo Music: "Missing Times" by Joseph Beg In association with DreamHive Media Filmed at the Lab Theater at the Dennis C Moss Cultural Arts Center SYNCOPATE COLLECTIVE is an experimental contemporary dance incubator in Miami, Florida. Founded to enrich the city’s professional dance landscape and expand opportunities for experimental work, Syncopate Collective serves as a hybrid community environment where artists are encouraged to discover, develop, and transform their creative voices. Through innovative collaborations, immersive workshops, and performances, this multidisciplinary ecosystem fosters artistic exploration and reimagines traditional structures in performing arts spaces, allowing true experimentation to thrive.
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IX 305IIF25 \ MIA / US \ Performance Program
@ inkūb8 \ April 5 \ 7pm \ 355 NW 54th St \ Miami, FL 33127
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Made in HeavenEnrique Villacreces (Miami, US)
305IIF \ Commissioned Artist \ Miami, FL US
As time continues to accelerate, the universe hits a "vanishing point", and a new universe will be created, where everything will continue to repeat itself.
Enrique Villacreses is a Miami-based dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker. He is a recipient of the Dance Miami Choreographers’ (DMC) and Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Program. His works have been supported by Miami DanceMakers, Inter-American Choreographic Institute, Dance Canvas, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Miami Light Project, and Pérez Art Museum Miami. His works have been presented at CreateART Dance Film Night: Surreal In Shadow, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami’s Choreographers Showcase (21-24), ScreenDance Miami Festival (21-24), Men Who Dance (20-23), Frontiers Forum Live|Planet Prize Award Ceremony, 92NY Harkness Presents Future Dance Festival ’23, Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler (2022), Virtual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler (21-23), 305 & Havana International Improv Fest (2022), Dance Canvas Presents 2022 Performance Series: Introducing the Next Generation, Miami Light Project’s Here & Now 2021, Mobile Dance Film Festival (2021), Pérez Art Museum Miami (2021), Dance Magazine (2020), Contact Quarterly (2020), The Kampong, and on the Dancemakers: New Works series at New World School of the Arts. He was panelist for Mobile Dance Film Festival (2022). He co-directed and edited a music video for Boston-based DJs, producers, and label owners named Soul Clap. He co-directed and co-edited Ballet Flamenco La Rosa’s Flamenco Granaíno: An original Flamenco Work created by Ilisa Rosal, in collaboration with Javier Martos. He co-directed and co-edited a short documentary film for Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Possible: Imagination is the Root of Change by Will A. Erwin Jr. He was the cinematographer for a music video for emerging music artist Dreya Starr. He co-filmed documentary film for Men Who Dance Documentary, Directed by Academy Award Winner Abbas Motlagh. He directed, filmed, and edited a short documentary film for Adele Myers and Dancers Presents: Miami DanceMakers Documentary.
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Escritos EmpotradosJuan Leiva Ramírez (Costa Rica)
Sebastián Sedó Abdala (Costa Rica)
305IIF \ Commissioned Artists \ Costa Rica
The choreographic work, titled Escritos Empotrados, is a duet of approximately 12 minutes inspired by a series of historical letters. The piece explores the encounter between two bodies, who embody a narrative through movement. Through their interaction, a physical dialogue emerges, connecting them through abstraction. This encounter becomes a reflection on memory and what remains.
Juan Leiva Ramírez has been a dancer with the Compañía Nacional de Danza de Costa Rica since 2022. He graduated in 2017 from the Danza Abierta program, 3rd Generation, at the Universidad de Costa Rica's Danza Universitaria. His career includes both performance and choreographic creation, collaborating with independent projects such as "IMAGODANZA CR" and developing his own artistic proposal through the choreographic project "elBESO." His choreographic work explores the physicality of movement and its relationship with spatial aspects emerging from architectural notions, creating a dialogue between the body and the environment.
Sebastián Sedó Abdala is a contemporary dancer and performer with a strong background in various techniques, including ballet, Graham, and Limón. He began his career in 2008 as a member of Plan B Danza, where he developed his artistic trajectory for 16 years. He has worked with renowned companies such as Dance Equations (DEKO), Naow Company, and IMAGO Danza, where he continues to participate actively. In 2024, he joined the National Dance Company of Costa Rica (CND), further establishing his presence in the professional dance scene.
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landbodyHeather Maloney (Miami, FL US)
Heather Maloney is a mother, choreographer, dancer, teacher, and artistic director of Inkub8. Known for her highly expressive and kinesthetic style, Maloney draws on improvisational structures to create state based choreographic places. Currently working with Bistoury. Her work has been presented at Bates Dance Festival, Florida Dance Festival, New World School of the Arts and in Fundanza Cumuna Venezula Performatica, Puebla Mexico, Fusebox, Austin TX. She has taught workshops at New World School of the Arts, Bates College as well as in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.
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MetanoiaGrei Quezac (Costa Rica)
Memories bottled up in a wandering mind. The worst demons live in the head.
Grei QuezAc is a Costa Rican choreographer, dancer, dance teacher, and producer with a distinguished career in the dance scene. A graduate of the El Barco Conservatory as a dancer-performer-creator and holder of a Master’s in Dance from the National University, he has developed an artistic approach grounded in the exploration of spatial urgency, energy, and cardiovascular work. His leadership in the field led him to serve as Director of the National Dance Company of Costa Rica (2023–2025). As an educator, he has taught his movement workshop “Eyectado” at renowned institutions across Latin America and the U.S., and he is also a professor in both the undergraduate and graduate Dance programs at the National University of Costa Rica. His choreographic work includes pieces such as Bolero de Ravel (2025) and Ensayo sobre la urgencia (2024), both created for the CND, as well as internationally acclaimed works like Undíacomohoy (2019) and Metanoia (2016). As a performer, he was awarded Best Performer at the National Theatre Choreographers Festival (2022) and has closely collaborated with maestro Jimmy Ortiz since 2011. His work blends physical theater and dance, establishing him as a key figure in contemporary dance in the region.
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"Ser y Estar"Concept: Niurca Marquez (Miami FL US)
Performers: Niurca Marquez and Carla Forte
In this durational piece of which audiences view the second half, Niurca Márquez and Carla Forte explore the caring for the other in a duet. What is it that transpires between two bodies that leads to their understanding of each other, their capacity to listen? How is this carried into the improvisational space? How is it then affected by entrance of an “audience”? In this second installment of Ser y Estar (a play on the two verbs available in Spanish for “to be”), dancers explore their individual mapped selves while attempting to arrive at new information that resides in the spaces in between. Spontaneity emerges as a carefully conditioned response to a subtle listening. In these spaces, residue present from what has transpired but is not seen, has much more social and political potential than the beautiful thing produced. The soundtrack for the piece is determined by a series of playlists organized by a third party and later chosen by an audience member.
Niurca Márquez is an artist/researcher and published author working in film, site-specific work, and staged performance. As a somatic educator she uses her body-centered work to service communities undergoing processes of healing and self-realization. As a queer Latina artist and activist on the margins advocating for silenced voices, she is particularly interested in notions of identity, cultural memory and ritual within a contemporary framework. Her most recent site-responsive work Urdimbre y Trama transits the space between ritual and performance to explore the mestiza body and the silencing of the liminal voices of mestizas through improvised text and movement. She is part of the Rising Leaders of Color Initiative of Theater Communications Group, Cohort #4 and a 2019 graduate of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Leadership Institute. She is a founding member of FARO, a collaborative whose vision it is to create a space for rigorous creative/research that gives voice to thinkers and doers independently of institutional representation and recognition; work that is of and for the margin, and that recognizes the margin as a source of understanding and shifting perspectives.
Carla Forte was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and currently resides and works in Miami, Florida. Initially trained as a contemporary dancer, Forte has seamlessly integrated dance, film, and performance into her practice, with a particular focus on the Latin-American community. In 2024, she was honored by the Dance Miami Choreographers' - DMC - Program (2024/2025) in Miami, Florida, and recognized as the Best Film Director by the Miami New Times in (2023). Her most recent feature Maniac Miki film has been acquired by Amazon Prime and Tubi. Her films and performances have been showcased at prestigious festivals and galleries, including: Miami Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, The University Galleries of Florida Atlantic University; CICA Museum; POOL 24 - Movement Art film Festival, Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine Chile; Icaro Festival Internacional de Cine de Centroamerica; Rochester International Film Festival; Atlanta Film Festival; Athens Digital Art Festival; Cube Art Project; ScreenDance Miami; Les Instants Video, among others. Forte has received commissions from Miami-Dade County Auditorium (2024/2025), O Cinema (2024), Miami Light Project (2023) and Tigertail Productions (2017) as well as awards and artistic residencies from renowned dance and film programs, including The National Performance Network Documentation & Storytelling Fund award (2023); Dance Miami Choreographers (2023); PAM CUT’s Sustainability Labs (2022); Mention Estrella Gloriosa Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (2022); Artist Access award recipients (Spring 2021); South Florida Cultural Consortium, Miami - Florida (2021); South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist Acquisition Program Miami-Dade Art in Public Places (2020-2021); Knight Arts Challenge Miami - Florida (2019); En Residencia Koubek Center Miami - Florida (2019); FONLAD Residency Program Coimbra - Portugal (2018); Berlinale Talent Berlin-Germany (2017); Cucalorus Dance-makers Retreat Wilmington, North Carolina (2017); Artistic Residence, Dance-Tech AIR @ Lake Studios Berlin, Germany (2014); Here & Now Miami - Florida (2016).
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J k LLuis A. Lara Malvacías (NY, US)
J k L (short version of solo from duet originally danced with Jeremy Nelson) is part of a series of duets From A to Z using the letters of the Roman alphabet as titles (and conceptual springboards). Created in collaboration with choreographer Jeremy Nelson, these explores the many aspects of time and how the production of choreography is intertwined with process and instant performance.
Luis A. Lara Malvacías is a choreographer, mover, dance teacher, and multidisciplinary artist. He has performed in the work of Jeremy Nelson, David Zambrano, Mark Tompkins, Yoshiko Chuma and in his own work. Performing with the John Jasperse Company at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Bagnolet in Paris in 1996, he won the Group Performance Award. He has presented his work at several venues in New York, and taught, created and presented work in colleges and institutions in the USA. He was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research Artist-in Residence and a 2006 DNA Artist in Residence. He has also being in creative residences at Le Pacific in Grenoble, France, and at Labor Gras and Lake Studios in Berlin, and was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research’s AIR. He is the recipient of a 2006 NYFA Fellowship for choreography, and has received grants, commissions and funding from many arts foundations and institutions for the creation of his work including, among others, the MAP Rockefeller Funds and The Jerome Foundation. He was a tenured professor at UC Riverside until 2023; currently he is a lecturer at the Dance Department of the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, teaching in the Fall semester. Internationally, he regularly teaches movement classes and workshops, and presents work in many countries in Europe, South America, North America and Asia. He has studied and practiced several somatic practices for more than 25 years and hold a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in New Media.
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WindCharmChoreography, direction, and performance by Osmani Tellez & Lisa Kusanagi (Miami, US)
A movement poetry exploring magnetic attraction and subconscious harmony.
Osmani Tellez. A graduate of Cuba's prestigious Escuela Nacional de Arte, Osmani Tellez began his professional dance career with Cuba's innovative dance company, Danza Abierta before joining Venezuelan dance companies Danza Hoy and Rajatabla Danza. At Neodanza de Caracas, he established himself as resident choreographer and teacher alongside Alexey Taran, touring throughout Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, and the United States. Tellez's artistic trajectory shifted dramatically after working with acclaimed dance artist David Zambrano, who introduced him to improvisation. This pivotal encounter propelled Tellez toward independent work and collaborations with renowned artists including Tim Feldmann, Bo Madvig, Mia Lawrence, Jeremy Nelson, Jennifer Monson, Kirstie Simson, Chamecki-Lerner, Yvonne Meier, and Jennifer Miller's Circus Amok. During his twelve years in New York City, Tellez honed his choreographic vision and improvisational techniques while participating in numerous festivals. His dedication to dance has earned recognition including invitation to Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, Under the Radar Artist-in-Residence, and Danspace Project commission. The New York Times praised his performances for his "striking, enigmatic images," "purposeful chaos," and "captivating" quality. Tellez has relocated to Miami and recently presented "PINKY PROMISES," a new work in collaboration with Lisa Kusanagi, commissioned by Miami Light Project's Here & Now 2024.
Lisa Kusanagi is a multidisciplinary artist and the director of the Kusanagi Sisters and the MUNI Film Festival. Her work spans dance, film, performance art, and visual art, and has been presented in over 30 countries at venues such as Movement Research at the Judson Church (NYC), Film at Lincoln Center (NYC), Harlem Stage (NYC), Dance Mission Theater (SF), the Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), Cineteca Nacional (Mexico City), Tictac Art Centre (Brussels), and the BAFTA-qualifying 10th Aesthetic Short Film Festival (York). Kusanagi is celebrated for her inventive, bold performances, emotional depth, and fearless engagement with humor, physicality, and political subversion. CriticalDance lauds her for her “wit, skill, and a mind lustrous and inexhaustible,” while The New York Times commends her provocative and comical approach to performativity. Kusanagi’s films, including "itsy bitsy," "kopitoto," and "Ripe" have earned critical acclaim, with the Los Angeles Times highlighting her technical mastery. Her work has garnered numerous awards and fellowships, including 2nd Place in Amsterdam Daily Newspaper Het Parool’s Best of 2021 in the Theaters (Netherlands), the 2022 Lawther/Graff No Violence Award at the Oscar-qualifying 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA), and the 2023 & 2025 Pola Art Foundation Fellowship (Japan). As an educator, Kusanagi has held a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Dance at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (2015-2017) in Puebla, Mexico, and as full-time faculty of Theater and Dance at J. F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, Japan (2020-2023). She holds a BA in Dance from Sonoma State University and an MFA in Dance from Hollins University in partnership with the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (Germany), The Forsythe Company (Germany), and the American Dance Festival (USA). Throughout her career, Kusanagi has focused on investigating conceptual virtuosity through physical and multi-dimensional artistry, while her teaching and research emphasize choreography and the ethical responsibilities of body-based artists.
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"untitled"SYNCOPATE COLLECTIVE
An improvisational score
As time continues to accelerate, the universe hits a "vanishing point", and a new universe will be created, where everything will continue to repeat itself.
SYNCOPATE COLLECTIVE is an experimental contemporary dance incubator in Miami, Florida. Founded to enrich the city’s professional dance landscape and expand opportunities for experimental work, Syncopate Collective serves as a hybrid community environment where artists are encouraged to discover, develop, and transform their creative voices. Through innovative collaborations, immersive workshops, and performances, this multidisciplinary ecosystem fosters artistic exploration and reimagines traditional structures in performing arts spaces, allowing true experimentation to thrive.
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"Presentation of the outcome of the workshop "AWARENESS: thinking, moving, performing"Directed by Luis A. Lara Malvacías
Luis A. Lara Malvacías is a choreographer, mover, dance teacher, and multidisciplinary artist. He has performed in the work of Jeremy Nelson, David Zambrano, Mark Tompkins, Yoshiko Chuma and in his own work. Performing with the John Jasperse Company at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Bagnolet in Paris in 1996, he won the Group Performance Award. He has presented his work at several venues in New York, and taught, created and presented work in colleges and institutions in the USA. He was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research Artist-in Residence and a 2006 DNA Artist in Residence. He has also being in creative residences at Le Pacific in Grenoble, France, and at Labor Gras and Lake Studios in Berlin, and was a 1998/1999 and 2002/2003 Movement Research’s AIR. He is the recipient of a 2006 NYFA Fellowship for choreography, and has received grants, commissions and funding from many arts foundations and institutions for the creation of his work including, among others, the MAP Rockefeller Funds and The Jerome Foundation. He was a tenured professor at UC Riverside until 2023; currently he is a lecturer at the Dance Department of the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, teaching in the Fall semester. Internationally, he regularly teaches movement classes and workshops, and presents work in many countries in Europe, South America, North America and Asia. He has studied and practiced several somatic practices for more than 25 years and hold a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in New Media.
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Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film in Co-Production with O Cinema
XR, Film & Improv Lab presented and produced by O Cinema
Directed by Alexey Taran and Carla Forte
O Cinema Director Vivian Marthell
“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.”
Supported by Miami-Dade County Auditorium. O Cinema.
Costa Rica: Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND). Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud, Gobierno de Costa Rica. Teatro Popular Melico Salazar. Inkūb8
Bisturí Teatro Físico y Cine (Costa Rica)
XR, Film & Improv Lab presented and produced by O Cinema
Directed by Alexey Taran and Carla Forte
O Cinema Director Vivian Marthell
“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.”
Supported by Miami-Dade County Auditorium. O Cinema.
Costa Rica: Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND). Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud, Gobierno de Costa Rica. Teatro Popular Melico Salazar. Inkūb8
Bisturí Teatro Físico y Cine (Costa Rica)
This performance is part of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series, a program that brings off-site performances to alternative venues in partnership with community organizations. This initiative ensures that the magic of the performing arts continues to captivate audiences while MDCA undergoes renovations.
O Cinema is an independent, community-based, mission-driven, nonprofit arthouse cinema in Miami-Dade County and the Beaches featuring first-run films, programs, and events. Our mission is to provide intriguing, entertaining, and superior quality films that audiences will otherwise not see in South Florida. We work to ensure that the films we present are a reflection of our diverse community and that prices are accessible to the broadest possible audience. We believe in the power of films to change communities and change lives. Through a robust platform of creative, innovative, and engaging programs, we strive to Entertain, Educate, and Inspire.
Costa Rica Partner: The National Dance Company of Costa Rica (CND), founded in 1979, is one of the country’s leading contemporary dance ensembles. It operates under the Ministry of Culture and Youth as an entity affiliated with the Teatro Popular Melico Salazar. Throughout its history, the company has developed a diverse repertoire, promoting Costa Rican identity through a contemporary stage language. In 2024, the CND celebrates its 45th anniversary, marking more than four decades of production, outreach, and dance education. Since early 2025, the company has been led by Karol Marenco, who continues to foster contemporary dance both nationally and internationally.
