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Miami, FL - 305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST 2018 is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. Taking place during three consecutive weeks in Miami, Trinidad 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 three cities. Partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre (Miami, Florida), Historical Center of Trinidad (Trinidad, Cuba) and Fabrica 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 three cites. This year, dance and performance artist Lazaro Godoy has been commissioned with her piece “刀”. 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 Niurca Marquez, Roxana Barba and Pioneer Winter, as well as artists from all over the world: Ainhoa Rodríguez (Spain), Tanin Torabi (Iran), Federica Foglia (Canada, Italy), Charlie Ford (US), Kelly Hargraves (Canada), Jordan Fuchs and Yeajean Choi (US) and Cesar Saavedra (Cuba). MIAMI – May 1-5, 2018 MDCA On.Stage Black Box Theatre WORKSHOP: Emotional Improvisation and Point of View in Scenic Writing, led by Cuban filmmaker Kiki Alvarez. This workshop will explore emotional improvisation from the performers’ point of view as it relates to scenic writing. The focus will be on improvisation exercises that address how to structure the premise, characters and conflict, choosing and creating the camera’s ‘point of view’. Participants will also learn how to stage confronting points in a dramatic event and in its staging. Equal attention will be given to the visible actions in a scene and the hidden/internal conflicts of the characters. 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. PERFORMANCES: May 5th, 2018 MDCA On.Stage Black Box Theatre • Workshops led by Kiki Alvarez will culminate in an informal showing to Miami audiences. • “刀” by Commissioned Lazaro Godoy. “刀” Reveals a being mesmerized by the act of contemplation from his genetic, spiritual, visual and physical-sensorial memory to his visceral connection to Asia. A being enchanting from the sound of wind to communicate his deep love as a poet of movement from the root. Lazaro Godoy (Miami) Lazaro Godoy Born in Pinar del Río, Cuba, studied at the National Arts School (ENA) in Cuba, graduated from New World School of the Arts, Miami (1996), and the Juilliard School, NYC (2000). Godoy received the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)/YoungArts first place award for his solo performance (1996). Godoy danced extensively across Europe and later in Israel performing in works of Hans van Manen, Nils Christie, Jiri Kylian, David Parsons, Stijn Celis, Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, among others. In 2007, Lazaro was selected to participate at the Swiss International Coaching Project under the direction of choreographer Susanne Linke. In Tel Aviv, Israel, Lazaro developed projects StreetStage (marrying encounters of multidisciplinary nature among art colleagues to share creative time with Sudanese immigrants living in the streets) and Mi Casa Su Casa with friend/artist Anderson Braz, which has been produced in Miami by GodoyPradera since 2014. Lazaro Godoy is the artistic director and head choreographer at GodoyPradera. FILM PROGRAM, May 5th, 2018 Miami-Dade County Auditorium On.Stage Black Box Theatre Landscape Without Horizon by Jordan Fuchs and Yeajean Choi, United States. Cargo by Kelly Hargraves, Canada. Experiments in the Resonance of Control by Charlie Ford, United States. Mix Wildflower Seeds by Federica Foglia, Canada, Italy. Heron by Roxana Barba, United States. The Dérive by Tanin Torabi, Iran. Fade by Ainhoa Rodríguez, Spain. Little Red/All Red by Niurca Marquez, United States. Gimp Gait by Pioneer Winter, United States. iGot by Cesar Saavedra, Cuba. “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, Vivian Marthell, Fabrica de Arte Cubano, ALDABA, Fundarte, Yerandi Sosa 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/ ANN (2016, USA) Feature Film (87’) Ann is a feature film narrating the story of Ruben, a visual artist who has decided to abandon his tormented life by taking refuge within his own imagination; creating a world parallel to reality, which distances him from all material and emotional attachment, thus exorcising his ego. 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Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film, Ouija Films, Prop Planet, Theye Film Production. Supported by: O cinema, FilmGate Interactive, Miami Film Development Project, The Coral Gables Art Cinema, Inkub8, MU2 Productions, Navaja Pictures, Antiheroes Project, Carbon Wynwood and The Writer´s Room at the Betsy South Beach Hotel. |
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March 2025
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