The Commune. Chapter 2: ​The Anarchist

World Premiere:
On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium. 
Miami, FL, US October 7, 2021
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The Commune. Chapter 2: “The Anarchist” is a multimedia performance that merges and integrates physical theater, music and film. The anarchist is a practice of freedom based on essential principles of equality and non- discrimination.

Cast and Crew CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Alexey Taran PHYSICAL MATERIAL Alexey Taran and Performers PERFORMERS Heather Maloney, Gabriela Burdsall, Carlos Fabián and Carla Forte DOCUMENTARY BY Carla Forte and Alexey Taran and Carla Forte VIDEO 1 DIRECTED BY Heather Maloney VIDEO 2 DIRECTED BY Carla Forte VIDEO 3 DIRECTED BY Gabriela Burdsall VIDEO 3 DIRECTED BY Carlos Fabián VIDEO ART 1 DIRECTED BYCarla Forte and Alexey Taran VIDEO ART 2 DIRECTED BY Carla Forte and Alexey Taran DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO ART Alexey Taran, Carlos Fabián MUSIC COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Oscar Sanchez ILLUSTRATION Vicente Forte 

Special Thanks Heather Maloney, Corey, Roxana Barba, Vivian Marthell, Carolina Pagani, Vicente Forte, Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium.​ 

Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film

Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium

“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 O Cinema - Prop Planet - Miami Light Project.​

Miami, FL - 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’21 is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. This year 305 & Havana International Improv Fest presents screenings and performances that deepen into the art of improvisation, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers and audiences across the city. This year partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium (Miami, Florida) and O Cinema South Beach (Miami Beach). 

​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. 
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Every year, the festival commissions a Miami-based artist to present a new improvisation work. This year, the choreographers and dancers Heather Maloney and Liony Garcia have been commissioned with their pieces “HERE” and “UP IN THE CLOUDS”

PERFORMANCES & SPECIAL FILM PROGRAM
305 HAV IIF 2021 - Commissioned Artists:

• ​Here by Heather Maloney. 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. 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. http://heathermaloney.org
• ​Up in the clouds by Liony Garcia Liony Garcia is a dancer and choreographer based in Miami, FL with a B.F.A. from New World School of the Arts. He has performed with BodyTraffic, Bistoury Physical Theater, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, and Brigid Baker’s WholeProject. His choreographic works have been commissioned by Miami Light Project, The Wolfsonian Museum, Pioneer Winter Collective, and Toronto Outreach and Exchange Strategy. Liony is also a two-time recipient of the MDC Dance Miami Choreographers’ Program. His latest work Corporeal Decorum has received the National Performance Network’s Creation and Development Fund Grant, and will premiere at the Ringling Museum in Spring 2021.
• Experimental and Dance for Camera Films from Media Artists and Filmmakers from around the world

MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM
This performance is part of the Drive-Through Theatre Experience series.

​April 30, 2021, 8PM
2901 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33135

305.547.5414
​
https://www.miamidadecountyauditorium.org/event/bistoury-physical-theaters-305-hav-international-improv-fest-21/

​FILM PROGRAM
​Experimental and Dance for Camera Films from Media Artists and Filmmakers from around the world. 

L’Appât (China, 2020, 5min)
Director Tang Chenglong
Three dancers, one kite, one hook, two cultures in one weird euphemism.

Hat Trick (Brazil, 2019, 5min)
Director Marcia Beatriz Granero, Writer Marcia Beatriz Granero, Producer Marcia Beatriz Granero and Darling Pearls, Key Cast Jaque Jolene by Marcia Beatriz 
Jaque Jolene transmutes feminine material inheritance into feelings. Jaque Jolene, a fictional autobiographical entity who sometimes inhabits the body of the filmmaker, transmutes feminine material inheritance into feelings. Drawing on the powerful potential energy of her female ancestors, Jolene is an independent woman who lives a full life. In Hat Trick, she is invited for the first time to travel to the United Kingdom. Inspired by Lady Diana, she performs a ritual when she arrives to connect herself with the new culture.

The Broken Phone Project (Netherlands, 2020, 4min)
Director Sara Europaeus, Producer Athina Liakopoulou, Director of photography Niels Lockhorst 
In the midst of the COVID-19 the streets of Amsterdam have changed, and so have the people. A group of international dance artists through a common movement task reflect the time of the pandemic- how it has affected them? A common experience but an individual interpretation. Each with their unique story, filmed individually, untouched. When so much has changed, how can we connect again?

Maria  (Belgium, 2021, 3 minutes 22 seconds)
Director Deboeur Leslie, Writer Deboeur Leslie, Producer Deboeur Leslie, Key Cast Maria Montero
Maria represents the escape, the flight, where each of us at some point in his life, is part.
It is our scorned liberties that are put forward here, our fight for a freedom of expression and a freedom to be.

I/O (Israel, 2021, 2min)
Director, Cinematographer and Editor Lyri Milo, Key Cast Hila Venezia, Original Soundtrack Yael Lavi, Art and Lighting Naama Habusha and Daniela Fridman
A micro-musical-film.
A girl lives in an indoor swamp, cozily trapped.​

The Waiting  (Argentina, 2020, 1min)
Director Nicolas Corvino Rius, Celeste Lois, Key Cast Nicolás Gabriel Chavez, Fabrizio Hercovich, Voice Over Lili Popovich, Director of Photography Fernando Lorenzale, Focus Puller Eduardo Torre Obeid, Audio Mix Nicolás Volonte, Original Music Composer Francisco Brito Evans
In these times of pandemic, we have been forced to stop our lives as we knew them, and to be away from our loved ones thinking of their good. Now loving means keeping your distance. Waiting will heal us.

On the Note of Humanity and Unity (United States of America, 2020, 3 minutes 24 seconds)
Film Director & Performer Roxana Barba, Music Jazmin Solar, Cinematographer Claudio Marcotulli,  Art Aurora Molina,  Editors Claudio Marcotulli, Roxana Barba, Production Assistant Karen Barba
On the Note of Humanity and Unity is a collaboration between Miami-based choreographer/film director Roxana Barba and Jazmin Solar, singer/songwriter living in Mexico City. The film was created in May, 2020 to the score of Jazmin Solar's piano piece during the peak of the global outbreak. The work is a tender ode to inspire inner strength, solidarity and unity. Other collaborators include filmmaker Claudio Marcotulli and visual artist Aurora Molina, whose soft sculptures connect in a playful and colorful dance.​

How long a disaster last  (Brazil, 2020, 1 minute 34 seconds)
Director Renata de Lélis, Edu Rabin, Key Cast Renata de Lélis
This material was captured in October 2019, at Moreré beach, Bahia. We wanted to speak, to translate, the despair of that environment in the urgency of the arrival of oil that plagued the Northeast coast. It was happening, it happened ... 
We've assembled the material far away, in the quarantine, wondering ... how long a disaster lasts...We just assembled the material here in the quarantine, wondering ... how long a disaster lasts …

Impulses (United States of America, 2020, 5min)
Director Niurca Marquez, Cinematography Erika Dellenbach, Editor Carla Forte, Original Music Daniella Bertoldi, Performer Niurca Marquez, Set Assistant Amber Ortega
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Apatia (Brazil, 2020, 3 minutes 7 seconds)
Director Renata de Lélis, Edu Rabin, Key Cast Renata de Lélis, Music Rita Zart Featuring Nina Nicolaiewsky 
The current world in a moving body. Depressed, it is pulled to the ground by gravity. Angry, it has spasms. To transform itself, it mimics the mythical phoenix with sequin feathers and a mask.

Helen at Thirroul Beach (Australia, 2020, 1 minute 22 seconds)
Director Lisa Maris McDonell, Producer Proper Motion, Key Cast Helen Johnstone, Sound Lisa Maris McDonell 
A short video portrait of dancer Helen Johnstone by director / choreographer Lisa Maris McDonell. This is part of a series of short videos featuring people for whom dance is a central part of life and the places they inhabit.

One step before the paradise (Czech Republic, 2021, 2 minutes 48 seconds)
Director and Performer: Tereza Sikorova, Cinematographer: Michal Kaminski, Production: De Colt Film
The experimental dance film "One step before the paradise" is a loose paraphrase of a biblical story in which only a woman plays a role. Eva is tired of her desires and hangs around while looking for paradise at every step.​

R I S K (Russian Federation, 2021, 1 minute 20 seconds)
Director Amir Zakirov, Cinematography Kirill Vasiliev, Music Moses Boyd, Artist Amir Zakirov
Experimental visualization of the risk behind many of the dancer's moves. Symbiosis of dance and 3D graphics.

Earth Odyssey (Germany, 2020, 4 minutes 31 seconds)
Director Adi Halfin, Producer Bobbi Jene Smith, Key Cast Morgan Bobrow-Williams, Vinson Fraley, Mariko Kakizaki, Doug Letheren, Yiannis Logothetis, Rachael Osborne, Ian Robinson, Or Schraiber, Bobbi Jene Smith, Imre Van Opstal, Tom Weinberger, Leal Zielinska, Written, Composed and PerformedAsaf Avidan, Editor Adi Halfin, Publicist and Film Festival Distribution Niccolò Montanari 
Earth Odyssey was made by dancers from different continents filming themselves in their confinement with their personal phones and computers.
It was made in the first week of April 2020 while almost 2 billion people around the globe were unable to move freely due to the restrictions imposed in an attempt to prevent the spread of the CoronaVirus.

Don't Shout at Me  (United States of America, 2020, 5 minutes)
Director Joanne Barrett, Writer Lucia Aratanha & Joanne Barrett, Key Cast Joanne Barrett
A woman caught in a whirlwind to free herself from a long term controlling and abusive relationship finds, like the egg she is hard and reduced, and longs for liberation from the immediate relationship, but also from her own doubts and fears. The film is a result of movement improvisation within a predetermined structure. The choreography was highly informed by the locations and the relationship between performer and camera.

Superficie (United States of America, 2020, 2 minutes 40 seconds)
Director Sandra Portal-Andreu, Mateo Serna Zapata, Producer Sandra Portal-Andreu, Choreographer Sandra Portal-Andreu, Cinematographer Mateo Serna Zapata, Editor Mateo Serna Zapata, Composer Sandra Portal-Andreu, Performer Sandra Portal-Andreu 
A collaborative experimental work with filmmaker, Mateo Serna Zapata.
Superficie is a response to our connections between the natural and man-made world. How our haptic senses respond to environmental impulses? How does the environment react to our actions? Superficie plays with surfaces, touch, textures, movement, and sounds that are both internalized and externalized.

O CINEMA
May 1, 2021, 11AM
1130 Washington Ave  
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Supported by: 
​
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.” 

Miami-Dade County Auditorium

O Cinema

Vivian Marthell

Fábrica de Arte Cubano

Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film, Directed by Alexey Taran and Carla Forte

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Carla Forte & Alexey Taran
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Email:  [email protected] / Phone: 305-905-7217  / 305-905-1275 

Miami Dade County Auditorium. 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33135 / (305) 547-5414
MiamiDadeCountyAuditorium.org

O Cinema South Beach. 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (786) 471-3269
https://www.o-cinema.org/venue/o-cinema-south-beach/

BISTOURY PHYSICAL THEATER & FILM ANNOUNCES 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '21 (5th Edition)
Miami, FL - 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’21 is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. This year 305 & Havana International Improv Fest presents screenings and performances that deepen into the art of improvisation, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers and audiences across the city. This year partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium and O Cinema. 

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 a new improvisation work. This year, the choreographers and dancers Heather Maloney and Liony Garcia have been commissioned with their pieces “HERE” and “UP IN THE CLOUDS”.

PERFORMANCES & SPECIAL FILM PROGRAM 
APRIL 30, 2021 / 8PM  Miami Dade County Auditorium 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33135

This performance is part of the Drive-Through Theatre Experience series:

1. Dance for Camera Films from filmmakers from around the world.

2. “Here” by Heather Maloney
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. 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. http://heathermaloney.org

3. “Up in the clouds” by Liony Garcia
Liony Garcia is a dancer and choreographer based in Miami, FL with a B.F.A. from New World School of the Arts. He has performed with BodyTraffic, Bistoury Physical Theater, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, and Brigid Baker’s WholeProject. His choreographic works have been commissioned by Miami Light Project, The Wolfsonian Museum, Pioneer Winter Collective, and Toronto Outreach and Exchange Strategy. Liony is also a two-time recipient of the MDC Dance Miami Choreographers’ Program. His latest work Corporeal Decorum has received the National Performance Network’s Creation and Development Fund Grant, and will premiere at the Ringling Museum in Spring 2021.

MDCA is managed by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, with funding support from the office of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

FILM PROGRAM 
MAY 1, 2021 / 11AM  (Post-Screening Q&A) O Cinema South Beach 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 

Experimental and Dance for Camera Films from Media Artists and Filmmakers from around the world.

​PRESS:
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
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/305-and-havana-international-improv-festival-brings-improvisational-dance-to-cuba-florida-9369432
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https://miamirail.org/performing-arts/conversations-in-movement-the-305-havana-international-improv-fest/

Miami, FL - 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST ’21 is supported by:
​
“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.” 

Miami-Dade County Auditorium, O Cinema South Beach &Vivian Marthell.

Artists have lost income as a result of Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to cancelled performances, exhibitions, commissions, teaching jobs, workshops, speaking opportunities, etc. MÁS! funds are unrestricted and may be used by artists to help with financial issues being faced as a result of the impact of this pandemic, such as rent, utilities, medical costs, insurance, food, etc.

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs has reactivated initiative to help working artists survive the impact of COVID-19 and in recognition of the contributions of Miami-Dade’s outstanding artists to the fundamental vitality and creativity of our cultural life.

​​SECOND DEADLINE:
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 11:59 PM
​
Miami-Dade Artist Support (MÁS!) Grants Program Guidelines

ELIGIBILITY:
CATEGORY A: Artists who are first-time applicants to the MAS! program are eligible to apply in Category A.
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CATEGORY B: Artists who previously received a MAS! grant award are eligible to apply in Category B.

• All professional artists residing in Miami-Dade County are eligible to apply for this one-time grant. A professional artist is defined as a person who, over a sustained period of time, has:

1. created and presented a recognized body of original artwork (e.g., visual and media artists, composers, choreographers, playwrights, poets, theater/film directors, costume designers, etc.); OR
2. established a career as an interpretive artist (e.g., actors, musicians, dancers, singers, etc.); AND
3. who is striving to achieve the highest level of professional recognition. Professional artists demonstrate a sustained commitment to their artistic work, on an ongoing basis, and pursue this work as a means of livelihood.

• Applicants must demonstrate a serious and urgent need for financial assistance to be considered for this support.
• Applicants must be over 18 years of age.
• Artists must have resided in Miami-Dade County for one year at the time of application. Proof of residency will be required.

NOT ELIGIBLE: Students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees, non-professionals who engage in the arts as a hobby, or employees of Miami-Dade County are not eligible.

AWARDS:
Grants may be awarded up to $500 and are subject to the availability of funds. Applications will be evaluated on a first come, first served basis.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY:
• Resume or CV or Bio (PDF preferred)
• Artist Bio (Word limit 500) Text Version - OPTIONAL
• Artist Statement (Word limit 200)
• Total Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Your Artistic Practice
• Statement of Need (Word limit 300)
• Work Samples (3 REQUIRED): Examples of work samples: images, video, audio, excerpt of script, etc...
• 3 Support Documents (OPTIONAL, up to 3)

QUESTIONS? View Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at [email protected].

CONEJO!
Today over at nickelfestival.com!

Written and Directed by Carla Forte
Based on the play "Rictus" written by Vicente Forte

The film shows the creative process between a director and an actress while they rehearse a play called "Rabbit". Two stories are narrated in the midst of demanding rehearsals in total isolation: The creation of a character, and the daily lives of those involved. Psychological abuse and mistreatment by the director, end up bringing the actress to the point where her deepest desires merge into the character she represents: the rabbit.

produced by
Alexey Taran
Carla Forte
Malena Gonzalez

co-producer
Claudia Lepage

executive producers
Claudia Lepage
Malena González
Alexey Taran

produced by
Bistoury Physical Theatre & Film
44 Films

© 2019 Bistoury Physical Theatre & Film. 44 films, Claudia Lepage

Happy to announce that our experimental short film NOSTALGIA IN DOMICELLA has been accepted into the 62nd Rochester International Film Festival, (August 20-22, 2020). Rochester, NY.

NOSTALGIA IN DOMICELLA (2019, Italy) Video Art (6') 
Directed by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran
Nostalgia in Domicella is a video art that explore emotions and loneliness in a small town of Italy.

FREE ONLINE FILM & MEDIA SCREENING
​
You are all welcome to visit Bistoury's Screening Room on MAY 4, 7PM, 2020
http://bistoury.org/a-commune-of-oranges.html

The commune / Chapter 1: A commune of oranges​
2020 Performance 50'​
​Direction ALEXEY TARAN  
Concept and Choreography OSMANY TELLEZ, CARLA FORTE and ALEXEY TARAN
Film Director CARLA FORTE    
Cinematography ALEXEY TARAN and OSMANI TELLEZ 
Set Design CAROLINA PAGANI   
Composer and Sound Designer DEE BERTOLDI
“El pega pega” Music composed and performed by OSCAR SANCHEZ
Vedendo amor, HWV 175, Aria: In un folto bosco ombroso GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Photography GIOVANNI AMBROSIO   Black Spring Graphics Studio
Promotional Support Cultural Arts Exchange

“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.” 

A Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Production   
Co-Produced by Alessia Siniscalchi and Kulturfactory
Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium

Supported by 
Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Kulturfactory, Miami Light Project, O Cinema, Prop Planet Fábrica de Arte Cubano

Special Thanks
Alessia Siniscalchi   Niurca Marquez   Beth Boone   Vivian Marthell   Roxana Barba   Carolina Pagani   Sandra Rami   Giovanni Ambrosio   Francesco Panzetti   Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium

Improvisation is not only at the heart of artist couple Carla Forte and Alexey Taran’s work, but how they live. They’ve hopscotched from Cuba to Venezuela to New York to Europe to Miami, always looking for new ways to create, live and stay true to what they love.“As an artist and a human being I try to live in the here and now,” says Alexey, a choreographer and dancer. “This is one of the things keeping me alive and working.”

Their ability to respond in the moment has served them well as the Covid-19 pandemic has kept the pair at home in their historic Little Haiti house, together with Carla’s elderly parents and their pet cats and dogs. And they’ve transformed their 305 and Havana International Improv Festival, which Miami Light Project was slated to present at the Light Box in Wynwood in April, into an online event celebrating artist responses to the unprecedentedly strange situation the world is enduring.

“Daily life is improvisation,” says Carla, a filmmaker and dance artist. “We have a score, but we don’t know what’s going to happen in an hour, or a minute. Right now the world is in a big important dangerous improvisation. We want to create something where artists can share the moment they are living right now.”

“We are living in a unique time,” adds Alexey. “So we are adapting, because we have to survive as artists and human beings.”

The Improv Festival will now take place this weekend, with a Handcrafted Film Conference, a workshop with filmmaker Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez, at 7pm on Friday May 1st; and an Online Film and Media Screening Event, featuring original experimental films and dance videos from artists in Miami, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Spain, Italy and more, at 7pm on Saturday May 2nd.

Carla and Alexey have been part of the Miami Light Project family of artists since they were first commissioned for the Here & Now Festival over a decade ago, presenting multiple dance, film and hybrid projects since. This year they became one of the AIR (Artist in Residence) at the Light Box creators, receiving support and rehearsing at the Wynwood space.
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Their fluid, immersive sensibility fascinates executive director Beth Boone.

“I find Alexey and Carla to be the quintessential artists in that there’s no separation between their daily lives and their artmaking,” Beth says. “If they’re cooking, caring for their dogs, or having dinner with their family, a film is being created in Carla’s head and choreography is being planned out in Alexey’s brain.”

305 & HAVANA INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '20 ​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 '20 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 Miami Light Center (Miami, Florida) 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 two cites. This year, composer and sound artist DEE BERTOLDI has been selected as the 305HAVIIF 2020 Commissioned Artist. This commission is made possible by the support of Vivian Marthell, Co-director of O Cinema. ​

Poster by ​Black Spring Graphics Studio

MORE INFO:
[email protected]

Los invitó a todos a ver nuestro largometraje Ann, que estará libremente gracias a la Iniciativa Filmoteca Virtual de la Fundación FestiCineGye, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Para verla solo tendrás que seguir este link:
https://youtu.be/apIUaeW79YA
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Viernes 17 de Abril a las 7Pm hora Ecuador

"The commune" Chapter 1: A commune of oranges, is a multimedia dance piece that creates a rarefied yet intimate psychological space that will transport the mind from a structured, normalized world into a mundane and intimate realm. 
​
"The commune" Chapter 1: A commune of oranges is an encounter and interaction between the human being and nature, a search for our real voice, a beginning and the present.

The commune
Chapter 1: A commune of oranges

On.Stage Black Box Theatre
Miami Dade County Auditorium
January 9-10-11, 2020 @ 8:30 pm
January 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

MDCA On.Stage Black Box Theatre 
2901 West Flagler St 
Miami, FL 33135

Direction ALEXEY TARAN  
Concept and Choreography OSMANY TELLEZ, CARLA FORTE and ALEXEY TARAN
Film Director CARLA FORTE    
Cinematography ALEXEY TARAN and OSMANI TELLEZ 
Set Design CAROLINA PAGANI   
Composer and Sound Designer DEE BERTOLDI
“El pega pega” Music composed and performed by OSCAR SANCHEZ
Vedendo amor, HWV 175, Aria: In un folto bosco ombroso GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Photography GIOVANNI AMBROSIO   Black Spring Graphics Studio
Promotional Support Cultural Arts Exchange

“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.” 

A Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Production   
Co-Produced by Alessia Siniscalchi and Kulturfactory
Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium

Supported by 
Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Kulturfactory, Miami Light Project, O Cinema, Prop Planet Fábrica de Arte Cubano

Special Thanks
Alessia Siniscalchi   Niurca Marquez   Beth Boone   Vivian Marthell   Roxana Barba   Carolina Pagani   Sandra Rami   Giovanni Ambrosio   Francesco Panzetti   Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium

miamidadecountyauditorium.org
bistoury.org

© 2020 BISTOURY PHYSICAL THEATRE AND FILM CORP

Photos by Evel Gonzalez (Spain/ Cuba)  Artist in residence AIR BISTOURY @ Havana Cuba 2019  

 Our presentations and conferences of the 2019 festival edition were presented at:

Workshop by Lola Amores (Cuba)
Miami Theater Center Sandbox, Miami, FL, US
April 8-9-10, 2019

“The creative muscle “ workshop by Osmani Tellez (US/Cuba)
Fábrica de Arte Cubano F.A.C. (Cuban Art Factory), Havana, Cuba
April 22-23-24

“Improvisation, Experience and Point of View in Staging” 
Conference by Kiki Alvarez/ Co-Presented with Koubek Center MDC
Koubek Center Miami Dade Collage, Miami, FL, US
April 11, 2019

Performance and Film Program, US
Miami-Dade County Auditorium, On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami, FL, US
APRIL 12, 2019

Performance and Film Program, Cuba
Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC (Cuban Art Factory), La Habana, Cuba
April 26

Photos by Evel Gonzalez (Spain/ Cuba), Winner of the AIR BISTOURY @ HAV CU 2019
Artist in residence AIR BISTOURY @ Havana Cuba 2019

“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.” 
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.
Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film 
Dance Programmer at Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Cuban Art Factory) Sandra Ramy
Directed by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BISTOURY PHYSICAL THEATER & FILM ANNOUNCES
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 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 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 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 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

1. Workshop led by Lola Amores will culminate in an informal showing to Miami audiences. 
2. 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.
3. 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

1. TRACES by Lize-Lotte Pitlo.
2. Workshop led by Osmani Tellez will culminate in an informal showing to Miami audiences. 
3. 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 [email protected]
Phone 305-905-7217

Alexey Taran
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
Email [email protected]
Phone 305-905-1275

MDCA’s box office: 
Miami Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33135
(305) 547-5414 
MiamiDadeCountyAuditorium.org

Watch the 2018 Festival Trailer↑↑↑↑

​BISTOURY ANNOUNCES STAGE ADAPTATION OF CELEBRATED FILM ANN DIRECTED BY CARLA FORTE

January 11 – 12 at the Miami Dade County Auditorium Black-Box Theater
 
Miami, Florida– November 2018- Miami-based Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film announced today the stage play adaption of their worldly-celebrated feature film ANN. The performances will take place at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium Black-Box Theater on January 11-12 at 8:30 pm. 
 
ANN is the stage play version of the feature film by the same name.  Written and directed by Miami-based filmmaker Carla Forte, the film was shot entirely in Miami and has been showcased in over 20 festivals around the world. 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 attachments, thus exorcising his ego.
 
“We are very excited with this new challenge for us and for ANN,” said Carla Forte, writer and director of ANN. “the film has given us incredible rewards and recognition. We are looking forward to giving it new life with this adaption. What a better way to close this cycle than to performing it for Miami at such an iconic venue as is the Miami-Dade County Auditorium.”
 
The stage adaptation of ANN will be a mix-media piece that will be merge projection of some film extracts with a live performance. Reprising the role of Ann will be Venezuelan actor Carlos Antonio Leon, and back in the role of Ruben will be Jose Manuel Dominguez. The bilingual piece (English and Spanish) will be 60 minutes long and feature subtitles. 
 
The performance is produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film, Ouija Films, Prop Planet & Theye Film Production with the support of 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.  

Tickets are now available for sale at the box office of the Miami Dade County Auditorium and here. Performances will be on January 11 and 12 at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for groups, students and seniors. 
 
For more information about ANN and its director Carla Forte, please visit http://fortecarla.com. 
 
 
About ANN @ MIAMI DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM BLACK BOX THEATER:
 
Dates: January 11- 12, 2019
Time: 8:30pm
Tickets $20 (General) / $15 (groups, students & seniors)
ANN Promo Video:   https://vimeo.com/291785045
 
SYNOPSIS: 
ANN is the stage play version of the feature film ANN 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.
 
His wife Ann, in the face of a deteriorating relationship, attempts to understand Ruben's idealized world; however, her husband's physical and psychological degradation unravels a terrible confusion between reality and his imaginarium (imaginary world), which inevitably will force him to choose which world to belong to before it is too late.

TICKETS

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.

Screenings/Exhibitions

• Official Selection Hollywood Dreamz International Film Festival and Writers Award (August 16-26, 2018) Las Vegas, NV.
• Official Selection 14th Festival del Cine Venezolano (June 3-7, 2018) Merida, Venezuela.
• Official Selection The IndieFest Film Award (Season May, 2018) La Jolla, CA.
• Official Selection Nice International Film Festival (May 10, 2018) Nice, France.
• Official Selection Festigious International Film Festival (January, 2018) LA, California.
• Official Selection Southern States Indie ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​FanFilmFest (Ja​nuary 3, 2018) Biloxi, Mississippi.
• Official Selection VI Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT 2017 OUTFEST (December 1 & 5,  2017​) Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.
• Official Selection 4th Sydney Transgender International Film Festival (September 30 - October 1, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• Official Selection 4th Women Media Arts and Film Festival (September 2-3, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• Miami Beach Cinematheque (August 17, 2017) Miami, Florida
• ​Official Selection 11th Ciclo de Cine de la Diversidad (July 05, 2017) Caracas, Venezuela.
• ​Official Selection 21th Mix Mexico Film Festival (May 24, 2017) D.F, Mexico.
• ​Official Selection 41th Atlanta Film Festival (March 30, 2017) Atlanta, GA.
• Official Selection 12th Athens Animfest (March 18, 2017) Greece, Athens.
• ​Official Selection 5th Boddionale Film Festival (February 18, 2017) Berlin, Germany.
• Official Selection 14th El Lugar Sin Limites (November 19,21 &23, 2016) Quito, Ecuador.
• Official Selection IV Venezuelan Film Festival (September 17, 2016) New York, New York.
• Official Selection II Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (September 16, 2016) Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Official Selection 16th Festival Euromediterraneo (August 26, 2016) Calabria, Italy.
• ​Official Selection Social Machinery Film Festival. Best Actor (July 29-31, 2016) Mantova, Italy. 

​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.

TEARS  (2017, USA) Video-Art

The woman cried. In front of the screen her tears gave her face a certain hue.
The images, the actors, the plot, the director of the movie, none of it mattered. She cried. And through her tears she let out her story.

Screenings/Exhibitions ​​​

• ​Miami Film Machine, Coral Gables Art Cinema (May 5, 2018) Miami, Florida.
• OGA VideoArt Exhibitions (Octubre, 2018) Roma, Italy.
• 11th Miami New Media Festival. ArtMedia Gallery (October 6, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Miami Film Machine, Miami Book Fair (Oct 5, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Official Selection 4th Women Media Arts and Film Festival (September 3, 2017) Sydney, Australia.
• ​Official Selection 12th Fonlad Digital Art Festival (July 21, 2017) Coimbra, Portugal.​

Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre.
Supported by: Theye Film Production & Prop Planet.

HURRICANE  (2017, USA) Video-Art Installation

Hurricane is an experimental video that aims to take every individual to the “eye” of the self.

Screenings/Exhibitions ​​​​​

• OGA VideoArt Exhibitions (Octubre, 2018) Roma, Italy.
• 13th Experiments in Cinema Festival (April 14, 2018) Alburqueque, NM.
• 2018 Women In Dance Leadership Conference (January 18-20, 2018) New York, New York.
• Festival de Improvisation Dia 14 (November 17, 2017) Caracas, venezuela.
• Official Selection 23th Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12, 2017) Wilmington, North Carolina.
• 11th Miami New Media Festival. ArtMedia Gallery (October 5, 2017) Miami, Florida.
• Official Selection IV Video Art and Experimental Video Showcase Intermediaciones (October 5, 2017) Medellin, Colombia.
• Official Selection 15th The First  and The Last  Experimental International Film Festival (September 23-24, 2017) Syney, Australia.
• ​Official Selection 12th Fonlad Digital Art Festival (July 21, 2017) Coimbra, Portugal.
• Official Selection Cube Art Project (July 21, 2017) Lincoln, Nebraska.

• Fabrica de Arte Cubano (July 23 & 30, 2017) Havana, Cuba.
• Fire Gods in the Garden. Vizcaya Museum & Gardens (April 12, 2017) Miami, Florida.

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​Commissioned by Tigertail Productions.
Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre.
Supported by: Theye Film Production & Prop Planet.