International Dance Day 2022
29th April, 2022
Our CND will celebrate International Dance Day 2022 with two different activities:
First, in an action promoted by INAEM, the Compañía Nacional de Danza and the Ballet Nacional de España dance for International Dance Day in front of Pablo Picasso's Guernica at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. The CND dancers perform the excerpts Fear and Loss from the work Love, Fear, Loss, by Ricardo Amarante, a ballet inspired by the life and music of the glorious Edith Piaf. They also participate with the BNE dancers in two choreographies by Miguel Ángel Corbacho and Rubén Olmo.
This event is broadcast on April 29, from the Youtube account of INAEM.
In the afternoon, from the Teatro del Bosque in Móstoles, the CND will continue celebrating the International Dance Day 2022, presenting Morgen; by Nacho Duato (premiered last February 25 in Santander), and a Movement Workshop inspired by Morgen; taught by ballet masters Yoko Taira and Daan Vervoort.
THE NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL BALLET OF SPAIN DANCE IN FRONT OF GUERNICA FOR DID 2022
The Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música (INAEM), in collaboration with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, has organized a very special commemoration to celebrate this April 29, International Dance Day, through a streaming for peace, which will unite the choreographies of the Ballet Nacional de España (BNE) and the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) with the message of condemnation of the atrocities of war symbolized by Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937). Room 206 of the Sabatini Building had never been opened before to host a choreographic show of these characteristics that, for the first time, brings together the national dance companies in a joint artistic proposal in front of this universal work. The program will be broadcast from 10:00 a.m. this Friday and will remain on the social networks of the collaborating institutions. Access from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGsXNtSp0o
Two world premieres
The program will open with the world premiere of the piece Sombras, choreographed especially for this anniversary by the BNE’s assistant artistic director, Miguel Ángel Corbacho, based on the composition “Racheo” by Raúl Domínguez. It will be followed by the choreographies of Ricardo Amarante Fear and Loss, performed by dancers of the CND on the themes “Ne me Quitte pas” by Jacques Brel, and “Mon D
At 19:00h from the Teatro del Bosque in Móstoles, a short presentation with Joaquín De Luz and Nacho Duato.
At 19:30h the presentation of Morgen; with our cast:
Mar Aguiló, José Alberto Becerra, Celia Dávila, Felipe Domingos, Kayoko Everhart, Sara Fernández, Erez Ilan, Shlomi Shlomo Miara, Isaac Montllor, Shani Peretz, Anthony Pina, Alessandro Riga.
At 20:15h Morgen movement workshop; an activity prepared through CND Educa.
Since April 29th was proclaimed International Dance Day by UNESCO in 1982 on the initiative of the International Dance Committee, a date that corresponds to the birthday of dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, the CND celebrates this day with dance. On this occasion, the CND is pleased to celebrate this holiday by offering a meeting with the public prior to the performance of Morgen; by Nacho Duato , followed by a movement workshop, inspired by this choreography.
International Dance Day 2022 message – Sue-Jin Kang, Director of the National Ballet of South Korea.
“The Covid-19 catastrophe has stopped free life as we knew it and being in the midst of this tragedy makes us rethink the meaning of ‘dance’ and ‘dancers’. In the distant past, dance was a primary means of expression and communication through gestures, becoming a performing art that moved the soul and inspired the audience. It is a momentary art that is difficult to restore in its original form once completed because it is created with the whole body and soul. Dance is made of ephemeral moments, which predestines dancers to be in constant motion. However, Covid-19 has restricted and even blocked the art of dance in its original form.
Although the situation is improving, dance performances are still subject to many restrictions. This makes us treasure the precious memories of the times when dance and dancers shone like jewels and illuminated the world, conveying human anguish and anxiety, the will and hope to live.
Similarly, it is important to remember that in one of the various aftershocks of the Black Death that arose in medieval Europe, on June 28, 1841, the ballet ‘Giselle’, depicting love beyond death, was premiered at the Paris Opera and received an explosive response. Since then, ‘Giselle’ has been performed throughout Europe and around the world to comfort and encourage the souls of pandemic-stricken humanity. That is my understanding of ‘Giselle’, as demonstrated from its first performance: it is the magnificent spirit of a ballerina trying to escape the gravity of the hardships that plague the world.
The lonely and weary audience is thirsty for the sympathy and solace of the dancers. As dancers, we believe that flapping our wings gives hope to the hearts of those who love the art of dance and gives them the courage to overcome this pandemic. My heart is already beginning to beat.”