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David Zambrano
MAPP produced by first U.S. tour of Soul Project which brought the work to seven cities in April and
May 2012: Alverno College (Milwaukee, WI), Danspace Project (New York, NY),
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA), Fusebox Festival (Austin,
TX), Stanford Lively Arts (Stanford, CA), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
and Miami Light Project (Miami, FL). In addition to performances, MAPP arranged
for master classes and workshops, lecture demonstrations and discussions to
place the work in a global context.
Soul Project was conceived and
directed by David Zambrano, a monumental figure
in the international dance community for a quarter century. Zambrano is an
ambassador and liaison across many borders, bringing together artists from all
over the planet for his projects. He has taught his own approach to dance in more
than 60 countries, and performed at hundreds of venues. His pieces range from
set choreography, structured improvisation, and pure improvisation. Born in Venezuela, Zambrano spent 15 years in New York, and now lives in between Amsterdam
/ Brussels.
Soul Project is a series of virtuosic solos set to a recording of a live performance of a classic soul song; but the order of the solos and their location in the space is a function of chance, making each night's performance unique. Throughout the work, the audience is invited to mingle, get close to the cast, and witness the dance from any angle they choose. All at once the experience is intimate and personal -- you can feel every tremble and sigh of the performers' bodies -- and communal, as together with the rest of the audience you anticipate the next dancer and the next song, and share in the discovery once it begins.
Soul Project was created and performed in collaboration with a cast of seven remarkable performers: Edivaldo Ernesto (Mozambique), Milan Herich (Slovakia), Peter Jasko (Slovakia), Horacio Macuacua (Mozambique), Nina Fajdiga (Slovenia), and Young Cool Park (South Korea). Lighting design on tour was created by Ellen Knops and Natasja Goebels. Mat Voorter designed the costumes.
The U.S. tour of Soul Project was made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.
Soul Project at Dublin Dance Festival 2009 from davidzambrano on Vimeo.