Elisa Carrillo brings Danzatlán’s programming to 13 municipalities in the State of Mexico

Mexico City. With the aim of positioning dance among the public, the seventh edition of Danzatlán: International Dance Festival, will extend its artistic and academic programming to the municipalities of El Oro, Chalco, Ecatepec, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Jocotitlán, Almoloya de Juárez, Nepantla, Ocoyoacac, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Otumba, Lerma, Apaxco and Metepec, in addition to performances in Toluca, Texcoco, Mexico City and Puebla.

The artistic event, promoted by dancer Elisa Carrillo, will take place from today until August 14 with more than 50 activities such as workshops, video dances, master classes and exhibitions.

On the purpose of bringing Danzatlán to a sector that is not close to the discipline, Elisa Carrillo explained in a conference: Our goal is to grow and bring dance to different parts of the country. The paths have been positive in approaching the new governments; I have faith that art will continue to be supported..

As part of the festival, the premiere will take place Soul in motion, New production by the Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Foundation, where the Lebanese-Mexican pianist Simón Ghraichy will accompany the 2019 Benois Dance Prize winner and ballet stars Alexei Orlenco, Krasina Pavlova and Mikhail Kaniskin.

This show, which fuses piano and neoclassical and contemporary dance, will be performed on August 8 at the Elisa Carrillo concert hall of the Centro Cultural Mexiquense Bicentenario (CCMB) in Texcoco, and on August 14 it will be performed at the main hall of the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

After a few years I will return to dance in this great venue, alongside extraordinary international artists. The soul of this show is the language of dance and music that come together on stage.shared the first dancer, originally from Texcoco.

The public attending the show Soul in motion will appreciate works such as The park, by Angelin Preljocaj, o The death of the swan, by Mauro Di Candia, which will be mixed with the notes of the Danzon No. 2, by Arturo Márquez, or the Piano Concerto Adagio No. 23 in A major, by Wolfgang A. Mozart.

The piano, another star

Carrillo said that at different stages of his career he has already collaborated with choreographers Angelin Preljocaj, Mauro Bigonzetti and Mauro di Candia, and he learned their most famous duets; he added that Armenian choreographer Arshak Ghalumyan, with whom he worked in Germany, created the new part of Soul in motion.

I am very happy with this project. The piano is something that is part of my daily life; ballet classes are always with piano music, and this year I wanted it to be the star part of the show.added the dancer.

In turn, the Elisa and Friends Gala will be held at 7 p.m. on August 10 and 11 at the Elisa Carrillo concert hall in Texcoco and at the State of Mexico Convention Center in Toluca, in that order, and on the 13th it will be presented in Puebla, at the Metropolitan Auditorium.

The performance will feature principal dancers Aigerim Beketayeva and Bakhtiyar Adamzhan from the Astana State Ballet of Kazakhstan; Anna Tsygankova and Giorgi Potskhishvili from the Dutch National Ballet; Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijasenko from the La Scala Theatre Ballet; and David Motta Soares from the Berlin State Ballet, also represented by soloist Alexei Orlenco.

At the gala, Elisa Carrillo will perform the solo Kill, by Marco Goecke, with whom she said goodbye as principal dancer of the Berlin State Ballet.

The event begins today with two dance caravans, one in Texcoco and another in Toluca, both at 10 a.m., with the presence of various groups.

At the CCMB, Elisa Carrillo will interact on August 6 with children from the Semilleros Creativos program of the federal Ministry of Culture.

The entire festival program and access dynamics to the functions can be consulted on the Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Foundation’s social networks and on the website danzatlan.com.