World famous, but rarely seen outside of Cuba, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba celebrates its 50th anniversary with its first ever major UK tour with performances at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 16th and 17th March 2010. The eight venue tour sees Danza Contemporanea de Cuba collaborating with leading international choreographers Rafael Bonachela, and Jan Linkens, and includes two UK premieres.
With a compulsory curriculum in contemporary dance for children aged 10 upwards, Cuba today produces some of the world's finest contemporary dancers. They are schooled in a technique that mixes Graham and Afro-Caribbean methods to produce movement that is strong, fluid and technically excellent. Along with this technique Danza Contemporanea de Cuba's work reflects the Cuban way of life, with sensual, mystical dance that is performed from the heart.
"A combination of great repertoire and great dancing; the result is going to be magnificent" Carlos Acosta on Danza Contemporanea's Spring 2010 UK tour
The Bromley programme features the UK Premiere of Mambo 3XXI, by young Danza Contemporanea de Cuba principal George Cespedes, featuring an electronic mambo soundtrack by progressive Cuban electro group Nacional Electrónica. Mambo 3XXI had its world premiere in Havana in December 2009 and is commissioned by Sadler's Wells, DanceEast and Dance Consortium.
The programme also features Rafael Bonachela's Demo-N/Crazy, which was conceived as a result of an exchange initiated by Assis Carreiro of DanceEast in 2007. The piece is set to Latin music by Julia Wolf, and is inspired by the intimacy that Bonachela observed between the Cuban dancers. Folia by former Dutch National Ballet choreographer Jan Linkens completes the programme.
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