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ANN Trailer from Bistoury Physical Theatre on Vimeo.
ANN (2016, USA) Feature Film (87’) Directed by Carla Forte
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
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. FLESH from Bistoury Physical Theatre on Vimeo.
FLESH produced by BISTOURY Physical Theatre and film
Choreographer Alexey Taran Film Director Carla Forte Direction of Photography Pedro Guevara Animation Roberto Ramos Music Pedro Pablo Baltazar Set Design Carolina Pagani Poems and Visual Artist Vicente Forte Commissioned by the Miami Dade County Auditorium Made possible by the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. Supported by Persona ✭ Fundarte ✭ Miami Theater Center ✭ Theye Film Production ✭ Prop Planet ✭ Fabrica de Arte Cubano Special Thanks Grettel Montes de Oca, Sandra Rami, Gladys Sanchez, Enrique Gonzalez, Pedro Pablo Pedroso, Ever Chavez, Carlos Caballero, Carlos Diaz, Alla Taran, Ruben Nogales, Roberto Ramos, Pedro Guevara, Vicente Forte, Corina Freyre, Stephanie Ansin, Elaiza Irizarry, Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium, Yolima de Avila, Carolina Pagani and Carla Forte On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami FL, US. April 12, 13, 14, 8:30 pm Tickets Available Fabrica de Arte Cubano, FAC, Havana, Cuba. June 16, 23, 30, 9 pm 28th Caribbean International Theater Festival, Santa Marta, Colombia Sep 12 - 16. 2017
NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT - BISTOURY
New works in development during the NPN Performing Americas Program Residency 2016 - Plataforma Caníbal/ Fundación Divulgar. Two Works in Progress: DISCONNECTION/ Feature Film by Carla Forte DISCONNECTION exposes the crisis in relational communications between the external and internal worlds and the protagonists who, despite sharing the same space, are alienated by a hieroglyph that remains invisible to them: an ancient mystical symbol that represents the fractal beginning of manifest matter.
FLESH/ Physical Theatre Performance by Alexey Taran
FLESH is inspired on Virgilio Piñera’s story, “La carne de René (Rene’s Flesh)”, and the poems from the American writer Charles Bukowski. “Rene’s Flesh" chronicles young Rene's resistance to the education of his flesh, presenting a series of encounters that narrate his struggle against the carnal appetites that seek to consume him. FLESH, conceived as an encounter between two poets and two languages, represented at the same time as an object of revulsion and desire. 
National Performance Network/ Performing Americas Program
The Performing Americas Program Residency (PAP) is a partnership between the National Performance Network and La RED (Red de Promotores Culturales de Latinoamerica y el Caribe). This partnership has created a structure for systematic exchange of contemporary performing arts touring in this hemisphere through residencies that provide opportunities for community engagement. This program is based on reciprocity and mutual respect with knowledge building through peer and artist exchange. More info: http://npnweb.org/whatwedo/international-program/performing-americas/ Plataforma Caníbal/ Fundación Divulgar Cannibal Platform is an alternative space for the circulation and dissemination of contemporary art in the Colombian Caribbean, led by the curator Jaider Orsini. The purpose of Cannibal Platform is to make visible the work of artists, curators and emerging researchers, from the production of artistic, exhibition and residences that promote research-creation within and outside the local context projects. Open Call: RESIDENCIA CANÍBAL EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO http://fundaciondivulgar.org/la-residencia-esta-abierta-a-artistas-curadores-investigadores-y-gestores-culturales-nacionales-y-extranjeros/ More info: http://fundaciondivulgar.org/plataforma-canibal/ 
As part of the residency, Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film will perform ‘Assassins for on night’ and “Emotional Zero” at the XXVII FITC, 2016.
Bistoury PTF has been invited by the Centro Cultural del Magdalena (Fundam) to perform at the XXVII FITC Caribbean International Theater Festival in Santa Marta. Bistoury Physical Theatre at the XXVII FITC Santa Marta Ciudad Escenario!
Program: Assassins for One Night Directed and performed by Alexey Taran Music by Juraj Kojs A Fundarte Commission Emotional Zero Directed by Carla Forte Performers: Carla Forte and Omar Roque Music by Omar Roque A Here and Now 2016 Commission Thanks to: Patricia Moreno, Carlos Rodriguez Moreno, Centro Cultural del Magdalena, XXVII FITC Santa Marta Ciudad Escenario, Plataforma Caníbal | Fundación Divulgar, Jaider Orsini, Susana M. Bacca Cure, NPN PERFORMING AMERICAS PROJECT RESIDENCY 2016 and Elizabeth Doud. Centro Cultural del Magdalena Santa Marta, Colombia. Sala Roberto Linero de Castro Sept 14th, 2016 8:30 pm  We are pleased to announce that we will visit the following venue later this year with EMOTIONAL ZERO and ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT.
SANTA MARTA - COLOMBIA 13th - 17th September 26 Festival Internacional de Teatro del Caribe
Emotional Zero at Here and Now 2016, Miami Light Project
Carla proposes a dance and video art performance that combines movement, actions and emotions, taking body language as starting point. Playing with femininity and masculinity, Carla aims to transport ordinary people to the magical world of simplicity. Directed by: Carla Forte Music by: Omar Roque Performers: Carla Forte and Omar Roque Video Credits: Directed by Carla Forte Characters: Vicente Forte, Maritza Sillie, Vicente Forte Sillie and Carla Forte. Cinematographer: Alexey Taran Photo by: Alexey Taran Supported by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film and Prop Planet. Special Thanks: Omar Roque, Alexey Taran, Carolina Pagani, Vicente Forte, Maritza Sillie, Vicente Forte Magaldi.  This Sat 14th - 8pm, Talashimaii @ Cine Al Fresco Series, O CINEMA Wynwood. FREE TO THE PUBLIC! Featuring a LIVE score Directed by Dama Vicke and Dee Bertoldi. Talashimaii is an experimental feature film directed by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran that seeks to highlight the beauty of the simple and the quotidian; to rescue those moments, full of life, that characterize us as human beings beyond social, racial, or gender distinctions. Talashimaii where happiness is a deep and authentic positive, fulfilling state of being that is lasting and not merely transient and ultimately unsatisfying, requiring constant modification. The Cine Al Fresco series takes the magical experience of art and culture under the stars. Once a month, our outdoor courtyard will be transformed to give families and friends of the Wynwood community a chance to unite through art, film and music. O Cinema Wynwood Saturday at 8:00pm - 11:00pm 90 NW 29th St, Miami, Florida 33127 This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network’s Performing Americas Program. Lead funding of the National Performance Network Performing Americas Program is provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Wynwood Records Fundación Divulgar Plataforma Canibal O Cinema Maderos Teatro FUNDAM Festicaribe Centro Cultural del Magdalena Laboratorio Fronteras Creativas,Z La Guajira  “S P E A K I N G I N C I N E M A” A series of events at MBC celebrating cinema as a art-form! Filmmakers CARLA FORTE JILLIAN MAYER MONICA PEÑA and Filmmaker Magazine Editor in Chief SCOTT MACAULAY Discussing Miami Female Filmmakers: Three Points of View ECTOTHERMS, RESET, I AM YOUR GRANDMA, HEARTS OF PALM, #POSTMODEM, THE HOLDERS, LIFE & FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE, INTERRUPTA, MAKEUP TUTORIAL: HOW TO HIDE FROM CAMERAS When: 22 Oct 2015 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Location: Miami Beach Cinematheque at Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach 33139 Miami Filmmaker Carla Forte on shooting hundreds of dogs in action and her impromptu poem on inspiration Independent Ethos
--Hans Morgenstern This month, The Miami Beach Cinematheque will hold its seventh installment of its Knight Foundationsponsored discussion series called Speaking In Cinema. Usually, the bi-monthly event features a local film critic, an out-of-town film critic and a guest filmmaker (this writer was one of the first guest critics). This time they are bringing together three Miami-based filmmakers for a very special installment of the series, and this is the first in what will be a series of interviews with the three filmmakers, who are all showing films in a retrospective series leading up to their talk. Meet Carla Forte. Not too long ago, this writer reviewed the Hungarian film White God (White God takes the easy route to schlock over allegory– a film review). The most impressive thing about the movie was how the filmmakers wrangled 200 dogs and sent them marauding through the streets of Budapest. There was another film shown a few months earlier at the Miami International Film Festival that had a similar scene, Forte’s documentary The Holders. In it she explores the fate of many animals left at animal shelters (it’s often not pretty). Forte makes no apologies for the film’s bias toward animal rights. Writing via email, she says, “We need people in shelters who believe in not killing and who can confront the problem with compassion and respect.” Read more »  THE HOLDERS and INTERRUPTA @ Miami Beach Cinematheque as part of “S P E A K I N G I N C I N E M A” With special guests Filmmakers CARLA FORTE JILLIAN MAYER MONICA PEÑA and Filmmaker Magazine Editor in Chief SCOTT MACAULAY Discussing Miami Female Filmmakers: Three Points of View ECTOTHERMS, RESET, I AM YOUR GRANDMA, HEARTS OF PALM, #POSTMODEM, THE HOLDERS, LIFE & FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE, INTERRUPTA, MAKEUP TUTORIAL: HOW TO HIDE FROM CAMERAS Made possible by the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge, with additional support from The Sagamore Hotel and Nespresso with After-Party at the Sagamore Hotel Official Selection 24th St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) (Nov 5-15, 2015)Carla Forte’s The Holders @ 24 St. Louis International Film Festival, Nov 10. "A frank, revealing look into the world of animal shelters, “The Holders” asks viewers to confront some unpleasant facts that most pet lovers prefer to ignore: the distressing numbers of unwanted cats and dogs left in the care of overwhelmed animal-control and humane facilities. Abandoned by owners for a variety of usually selfish reasons, these former pets fill the cages and runs of shelters nationwide, with most facing euthanasia rather than finding new homes. Stressed shelter workers are thus left with the grim task of cleaning up the vast mess left by irresponsible owners. Centered on the Miami-Dade County Animal Services shelters, whose compassionate staff is admirably progressive in both operations and attitudes, “The Holders” offers an especially thorough examination of the situation in that specific community, but the subjects that the film explores are sadly universal and equally relevant to St. Louis. Providing a truly comprehensive view of shelter problems and potential solutions, “The Holders” refuses to censor the terrible realities of the present but offers hope for a better future by focusing on the growing no-kill movement and promising alternatives to traditional sheltering approaches." http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff/2015/holders Official Selection Los Angeles CineFest (Sept, 2015) Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (Sept 5-12, 2015)   Talashimaii ::: At Dot Fiftyone Gallery FUTURE WORLD : UNKNOWN [a] iiiPoints Activation by LEAD Miami and Wynwood Records. TALASHIMAII a new feature experimental film Directed by Carla Forte S and Alexey Taran of Bistoury FILM -with - Music and Sound Design by DeeBertoldi 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.” This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network’s Performing Americas Program. Lead funding of the National Performance Network Performing Americas Program is provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Fundación Divulgar. Plataforma Caníbal. O Cinema. Maderos Teatro. Festicaribe Fundam, Centro Cultural del Magdalena. Laboratorio Fronteras Creativas, La Guajira. Movie trailer for Ella, a new dance on camera film choreographed and conceived by Heather Maloney, and directed by Carla Forte S and Alexey Taran. Music by Omar Roque
Produced by Inkub8 and Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film. LadyFest is a volunteer-organized, grassroots festival in South Florida that showcases local talent and engages us on local issues through workshops, music and art. SEPT. 25-26, 2015 http://ladyfestmiami.com  Bistoury @ Caribbean Coast Colombia
Documentary Directed by CARLA FORTE and ALEXEY TARAN Cinematography by ALEXEY TARAN and CARLA FORTE Editing ALEXEY TARAN Music by DANIELLA BERTOLDI Subtitles by CARLOS ORTIZ A BISTOURY physical theatre and film production 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.” This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network’s Performing Americas Program. Lead funding of the National Performance Network Performing Americas Program is provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Fundación Divulgar. Plataforma Canibal. O Cinema. Maderos Teatro. FUNDAM Festicaribe, Centro Cultural del Magdalena. Laboratorio Fronteras Creativas, La Guajira. http://bistoury.org http://fundaciondivulgar.org http://npnweb.org Carla Forte and Alexey Taran will be part of the Symposium Speaks "Exploring Three-Dimensional Spaces". Hope to see you all there! Wednesday July 15 . 7:30PM (Free) http://www.cannonballmiami.org 
 Residency Program
Talashimaii is a visual work that combines dance with the quotidian, taking simplicity as its starting point. Dance driven from the subconscious, authentic movement that emerges from the essential and indispensable; dancing as a human and social need. The daily routine of quotidian actions within a lifestyle of simplicity regarding material necessities, where emotions become protagonists and take ownership of every scene. Talashimaii brings in low-income individuals and families of Valledupar, Colombia, common people without great material pretensions who narrate their own stories through movement and through quotidian actions from daily routine, where emotions will serve as the vehicle to take spectators into an inner world to be reunited with themselves.
Supported by Performing Americas Creative Exchange Residency / National Performance Network, Fundacion Cultural Divulgar, Plataforma Canibal, Teatro Maderos, FUNDAM Festicaribe and Bistoury.  TRIBE @ "XX "Old Havana International Festival: City in Motion" (Festival internacional Habana Vieja: Ciudad en Movimiento)
April, 2015. TRIBE APRIL 2-4 / 9PM APRIL 5 / 7PM On.Stage Black Box Miami Dade County Auditorium For general ticket information: 305.547.5414 ticketmaster TRIBE A WORK CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Alexey Taran FILM DIRECTOR Carla Forte PERFORMERS Carla Forte, Rudi Goblen, Liony Garcia, Danay Acosta, Daniella Bertoldi CHOREOGRAPHY Alexey Taran with the performers SOUND ARTIST Gustavo Matamoros COMPOSER Daniella Bertoldi PRODUCED BY Carla Forte, Alexey Taran STILL PHOTOGRAPHY Javier Galeano PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION LaPitu Columbie VISUAL ARTIST Vicente Forte Sillié PR JennyLee Molina LIGHTING DESIGN & STAGE MANAGER Alexey Taran FILM CREDITS DIRECTED BY Carla Forte DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EDITOR Alexey Taran PERFORMERS Ann, Bryan, Jessica and NelsonTRIBE is commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium Fresh / Brand New & On.Stage Series. “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.”TRIBE was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. “This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida” SUPPORTED BY: Dance Miami Choreographer’s Program 2015, O Cinema, Miami Light Project, Miami Theater Center, MDC Live Arts, Inkub8, Teatro Prometeo, American Dance Abroad, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Dance Tech, Lake Studios Berlin, Wynwood Warehouse Project, Danilo Gonzalez Gallery, Avila Bistro, Forte’s Treasure, Antiheroes Project. WITH THANKS TO Javier Siut, Celso Peruyera, Heather Maloney, Stephanie Ansin, Elaiza Irizarry, Kathryn Garcia, Claudia Quesada, Marlon Barrios Solano, Marcela Giesche, Elizabeth Boone, Terrence Brunn, Kristina Villaverde, Estelle Sorkin, Ana Mendez, Ivonne Batanero, Kristina Centro Cultural Español CCEMiami, Maite de la Torre, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Dana Keith, Vivian Marthell, Kareem Tabsch, FUNDarte, Ever Chavez, Elizabeth Doud, Niurca Marquez, Shaneeka Harrell, Letty Bassart, PropPlantetMiami.com, Carolina Pagani, JennyLee Molina, Danilo Gonzalez, Carlos Ortiz, Jose Manuel Dominguez, Maria Franco, Antonio Rodriguez, fortes-treasures.com, Vicente Forte Magaldi.   CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MASTERMIND 2015 WINNERS: TM SISTERS, BISTOURY THEATRE, AND RANDY BURMAN
Last night the creative set gathered together at the Coral Gables Museum to honor our ten MasterMind 2015 finalists and crown the three winners. Or at least hand them a check for $1,000. We'd like to congratulate our three winners: performance artists TM Sisters, experimental dance company Bistoury Theatre, and artist Randy Burman. See also: Rise of the MasterMinds: Meet the Ten Astounding 2015 Finalists All of our ten nominees displayed their work inside the museum, from paintings to film, dance, music, and video installation. See also: MasterMind 2015 Finalist: TM Sisters The TM Sisters are a fixture on Miami's art scene. Their dazzling and at times overwhelming installations are virtually synonymous with a Miami aesthetic. The TMs have been MasterMind finalists before, and we were happy to finally give them one of this year's giant checks. See also: MasterMind 2015 Finalist: Bistoury Theatre Bistoury Theatre, an experimental dance company co-founded by Alexey Taran and Carla Forte, is likely one of the more recent additions to the Miami art scene. The company made its way to South Florida in 2007, after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship. New Times is thrilled to contribute to the development of Bistoury's singular and challenging vision. See also: MasterMind 2015 Finalist: Randy Burman Randy Burman is a bit of dabbler. He's worked in dozens of mediums, but it was his guerrilla installation of poetry-as-street-signs done in conjunction with O, Miami that really garnered everyone's attention. Last night Burman showed the mock-ups for poems that didn't quite make the cut. And like the poems installed, they were smart and funny. Congratulations, again to all of our winners and to our ten finalists. Ready for showing TRIBE`s teaser @ Wynwood Warehouse Project Miami Mix 2014 Art Basel Week
 Unfinished Fridays VOL 9 on November 21 with Alexey Taran / Carla Forte (dance tech AIR residents), Sascha Pavic, Ilana Reynolds and a new work by Sylvana Seddig @ Lake Studios Berlin
dance-techAIR @ Lake Studios Berlin Dance-tech artist in residency in Berlin offers to international interdisciplinary movement and media artists the possibility to live and make art in a peaceful artist run working, living and performance space in Berlin, Germany. The artists will enjoy the recently opened Lake Studios Berlin, a unique living and creative working space with fast connection into the exciting creative center of Berlin and with the advantage of the quiet beauty of Mueggelsee lake and a forest at only 5 minute walk for depth concentration on research, creative process and swim in summer months. The resident artist will enjoy a private apartment and access to a dance space with sprung wooden floors. Lake Studios Berlin is primarily a working space for 8 diverse movement artists with the need to go deeper into their work and practice. It is an experience of collaborative living and creation, and the resident will have the opportunity of artistic exchange as well as access to inside information about the dance scene in Berlin. |
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