Soul Project (2006) by David Zambrano

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Soul Project is a dance piece conceived and directed by David Zambrano in collaboration with an international cast, and is realized through the individual movement quest of each performer as guided by Soul music.
Being continuously alive.
On, like a candle.

All Photos by Anja Hitzenberger

Pool of dancers:

Edivaldo Ernesto • Mozambique
Sue yeon Youn • South Korea
Milan Herich • Slovakia
Peter Jasko • Slovakia
Horacio Macuacua • Mozambique
Nina Fajdiga • Slovenia
Hermes Malkotsis • Greece
Eugenie Rebetez • Switzerland
Mathieu perpoint• France
Eleanor Bauer • USA
Carlos Garbin • Brasil
David Zambrano • Venezuela/Netherlands

Music [Random order]
night life • Aretha Franklin
Esta Tarde VI Llover •Olga Guillot
Spirit In The Dark • Aretha Franklin
I Will Survive – Free Again • Gladys Knight & The Pips
Be Careful, It’s My Heart • Bola De Nieve
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long •Ike & Tina Turner
I Don’t Like Goodbyes/Over The Rainbow • Patti LaBelle
A Fool For You • Ike & Tina Turner
A Change Is Gonna Come • Baby Huey
It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World • James Brown
I Don’t Want To Do Wrong • Gladys Knight & The Pips
At Last • Stevie Nicks
La Llorona • Chavela Vargas
The Man in the Glass• James Brown
come to my garden • Minnie Riperton
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long/Please Please Please • Irma Thomas
Belle Senz’Anima • Riccardo Cocciante
Misty • Aretha Franklin
You’ll Never Change• Bettye LaVette
Your Cheatin’ Heart • James Brown
Let Me Down Easy • Bettye LaVette
Respect• Ike & Tina Turner

Costumes • Mat Voorter i.c.w. Pepa Martinez (Taller Trece)
LigHtdesign • Ellen Knops
Producer • Stichting Bolinga
coproducERS • DWA & Charleroi Danses
THANKS TO • HID/Jan Zobel (LIER) • P.A.R.T.S. (BRUSSELS) • Gonnie Heggen • Janneke RaaphorSt • Team of La Raffinerie (BRUSSELS) • CulturArte/Panaibra Gabriel (Mozambique) • LeS Slovaks • Rodrigo Pardo • Hans Mets • Liza WITTE/Sofie Spindler

the creation of soul project has been supported by the NETHERLANDS fund FOR performing arts
SOUL PROJECT has been touring since 2006 in the following places: AMSTERDAM / theatre FRAscati (NEtherlands),
rotterdam / lantaren venSter (netherlands),
UTRECHT / theater kikker (netherlands),
the hague / cadance festival (netherlands),
berlin / radialsystem (germany),
terassa / FEstival tensdanza (Spain),
brussels / festival bienale of charleroi danses (belgium),
Barcelona / Mercat de les flors (SPain),
paris / june events (france),
san jose / festival internacional de les artes (costa rica),
Dublin / Dublin Dance festival (IrelanD),
New York / Danspace Project At ST. Marks CHURCH (USA),
NEW DElhI / Goethe-institut (INDIA)

and duo versions have been presented as well in Kalamata (Greece), CURITIBA (Brasil) and BOGOTA (cOLOMBIA)

information & bookings • Stichting Bolinga • MAT VOORTER •
T +31 [0] 6 52 67 66 05 • E matvoorter@planet.nl

BIO

David Zambrano has been making dance for over 20 years. In his pursuits as both a creator and educator, Zambrano has visited 40 countries, worked with more than 25,000 students, and has performed at hundreds of venues across the world. 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 Amsterdam continuing to perform and teach worldwide. His improvisation is committed to art as a cultural exchange developing the creative process in a world without borders. Zambrano sees improvisation as an art and choreography as a vehicle to further develop his work in improvisation.

Zambrano’s pursuits as an improviser, choreographer, and performer have been presented all over the world. The most notable examples of his original projects of both solo and group work include: My Fire Is Still Burning For You (2011), ZETA (2011), WHY NOT (2011), HOLE (2010), SHOCK (2009), SOUL PROJECT (2006), Twelve Flies Went Out at Noon (2005), Barcelona in 48 Hours (2004), The Rabbit Project/Proyecto Conejo (2003), Mandraking (2002), David Zambrano Invites…(2000), Acme (1999), Ballroom (1996), Proyecto: Z (1994), Red Blink (1994), Agua Fuerte (1993), Cancion de Diente (1993), Sabana (1990), Fetiche (1987), and Para Carmen (1984). He also founded the Festival de Danza Postmoderna in Venezuela in 1989 and was its director until 1993.

Zambrano’s methods in improvisation are influenced by the training he teaches around the globe. The most notable method is his Flying Low technique which examines the dancer’s relationship to the floor, earth, and ground. These techniques are very sought after by festivals, dance companies and schools including: Movement Research (New York), American Dance Festival (USA and Japan), PARTS (Belgium), La Caldera (Spain), Impulstanz Festival (Austria), Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez (Belgium), Sasha Waltz and Guests (Germany), New York Dance Intensive (USA), AREA (Spain), The School for New Dance, Development (Holland), Dansens Hus (Denmark), Rosas (Belgium), La Anonima Imperial (Spain), Danza Abierta (Cuba), Danza Combinatoria (Cuba), Retazos (Cuba), Espacio Alterno (Venezuela), Neodanza (Venezuela), Taller de Danza Contemporanea de Caracas (Venezuela).

His performance work has been presented at or by: Movement Research Presenting Series (USA), Dance Theater Workshop (USA), The Kitchen (USA), Festival Aix-en-Provence (France), Tanzwerkstatt Berlin (Germany), Tamperen International Theater Festival (Finland), Improvisation Festival/New York (USA), Primer Taller Internacional de Danza (Cuba), Periferics (Spain), P.S. 122 (USA), CODA (Norway), Impulstanz Festival (Austria), Konfrontance (Czech Republic), Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church (USA), the Whitney Museum (USA), Theater Frascati (Netherlands), and many others.

Past collaborators include: Jennifer Monson, Sasha Waltz, Mark Tompkins, Mat Voorter, Simone Forti, Pooh Kaye, Simone Sandroni, Bill T. Jones, Donald Fleming, Jill Becker, Yoshiko Chuma, Ismael Houston-Jones, Jordi Cortez, Hisako Horikawa, Frans Poelstra, Palle Dyrval, Katie Duck, Michael Moore, Sam Bennett, Robin Holcomb, Yuval Gabay, Guy Yarden, Otto Lechner, Max Nagl, Miguel Noya, Johannes Bauer, Dietmar Diesner, Joelle Leandro, Michael Vatcher, Nuno Rebelo, Misha Mengelberg, Ab Bears, Wilbert De Joode, Tristan Honsinger, Thomas Hauert, Mat Voorter.

He has been the recipient of many grants, awards and fellowships as well as having served on various panels and juries. They include the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Suitcase Fund administered by Dance Theater Workshop with funds by the Rockefeller Foundation, the New York State Council for the Arts, The Jerome Foundation, and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Zambrano has been a panelist for the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Certamen Coreografico de Madrid, and the PARTS school for Contemporary Dance in Brussels. As a recognized artist of merit, he was granted special residency status by the Dutch government.

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