{"id":7683,"date":"2010-10-04T02:54:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2010-10-04T02:54:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T09:54:18","slug":"tel-aviv-dance-2010-goya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=7683","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv Dance 2010: Goya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spanish dancer-choreographer Miguel Angel Berna, returns to Israel October 10, 2010 with a new work \u201cGoya,\u201d inspired by the Spanish painter and printmaker Franscisco Goya (1746 \u2013 1828). Berna, who first participated in Tel Aviv Dance in 2007, connects visually to the often haunting imagery in Goya\u2019s work. The intent is not to provide a historic or biographic presentation of the artist, but rather a theatrical, choreographic response to the imaginative world as reflected in Goya\u2019s paintings.<\/p>\n

The central figure in \u201cGoya\u201d is a sleeping boy who experiences a fantastic reality through his dreams, conveying these images and their stories to the audience. The dance relates to prints such as \u201cThe Sleep of Reason\u201d and paintings such as Goya\u2019s series of 14 oil paintings created 1819 \u2013 1823 and painted directly on the walls of his home, known as the \u201cBlack Paintings.\u201d These works depict mythological, demonic and fantastic figures, in dark colors, reflecting Goya\u2019s grim vision of humanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Born is Saragossa, Miguel Angel Berna began dancing at the age of 8, participating in over 1,000 festivals of jota, a genre of Spanish music and dance performed with castanets in regional costumes with different variations throughout Spain. The Castilian style is performed with guitars, bandurrias, lutes, dulzaina and drums, while the Galicians use bagpipes, drums and bombos. Berna sought to create a dance style that will connect the Jota to contemporary dance, founding his own dance company in 2001. He presented \u201cViva Templanza\u201d at the national competition for flamenco and Spanish Dance, winning first prize for choreography. Berna has won worldwide critical acclaim, appearing in Carlos Saura\u2019s film Iberia (2005), which documents the artistic process of prominent figures on the Spanish dance and music scene. Le Figaro named Berna \u201cthe Paganini of the castanets,\u201d and his works have been featured at major international venues in London, Madrid, Cuba, France, Japan, Brazil, China, and Italy.<\/p>\n

Tel Aviv Dance 2010 is made possible through the initiative and support of the Tel Aviv Municipality \u2013 Department of Art and Culture, the Suzanne Dellal Centre, the Israeli Opera \u2013 TAPAC, European Union Israel, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The French Embassy, the French Institute in Tel Aviv, Isracard, and Brussels Air.<\/p>\n

Goya
\nChoreographer: Miguel Angel Berna
\nDirector: Louis Olmos
\nDesigner: Juan Pedro Gaspar
\nMusic: Joaquin Pardinilla and Alberto Artigas
\nPerformances: October 10 and 12 at 21:00
\nThe Israeli Opera\/Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
\n19 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv
\nTickets: 03-6927777, www.israel-opera.co.il<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spanish dancer-choreographer Miguel Angel Berna, returns to Israel October 10, 2010 with a new work \u201cGoya,\u201d inspired by the Spanish painter and printmaker Franscisco Goya (1746 \u2013 1828). Berna, who first participated in Tel Aviv Dance in 2007, connects visually to the often haunting imagery in Goya\u2019s work. The intent is not to provide a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}