![]() | The Dominican National Ballet presents “Habitantes” With the presence of three famous personalities of the dance world, the Dominican National Ballet will open its spring season, which will take place on April 4 – 6 at the Palace of Fine Arts. They are French dancer Hervé Palito, Albanian Gentian Doda, and Dominican Awilda Polanco, who, along with a large group of outstanding local dancers, will present the show titled “Habitantes” (Inhabitants). Renowned choreographer and dancer Mercedes Morales, current Director of the Dominican National Ballet, showed her enthusiasm about this new dance proposal when providing details on this event, calling it an unprecedented show in our country that will have an exceptional group of professionals. “Habitantes” shall consist of the choreographies “Imagen de un sueño” (Image of a dream), “Exclamaciones” (Exclamations), and “Sonn”. “The first piece of the evening, titled “Imagen de un sueño”, was part of the repertoire of the Roto Ballet and is a piece without conceptual complications. Speech is conducted through the body and it is the product of the interest to unfold and step out of the arena of the classics. The piece features characters from a dream”, said Morales. The final details were given by French dancer Hervé Palito who was excited to praise Dominican dancers for their efforts and passion for the art. “We have encountered situations that we did not expect, for example: we start our day at 8:30 am; no one in the world wants to dance at that time, but we are already dancing at that time. That is really impressive to me. I want to say that these dancers are my super heroes”. “Habitantes” is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Directorate General for Fine Arts, and the Dominican Board of Trustees for Dance. The presentations will take place on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th, at 8:30 pm, and on Sunday, at 7:00 pm. There will be a presentation for students on Friday, April 4th, at 10:30 am. The cost of regular admissions is RD$500. In order to contribute to the cultural wealth of the students, the National Ballet will hold a demonstrative reading on Friday, April 4th, at 10:30 am. About the production Hervé Palito also served as co-director and rehearsal accompanist to the Aalto Ballett Theater Essen (Germany), choreographic assistant to the Madrid Community Ballet, and rehearsal accompanist and Ballet teacher to the Salt production of the LaLaLa Human Step company, directed by Edouard Lock in Montreal (Canada). The world premiere of “HABITANTES”, by famous Albanian choreographer Gentian Doda, will take place in collaboration with musician Joaquin Segade. He taught choreography workshops at Compañía Nacional de Danza en España (CND), which at the time was directed by Nacho Duato, who commissioned him choreographies for the company such as “Axis”, “Sin lo cual no”, “De paso”, and “Akrak”. Since 2011 he has worked as a freelance choreographer and dancer. He created “1/2waltz” with which he won first prize at the Copenhagen and Hannover Choreography Contests, in addition to the Scapino Production Prize. CREDITS
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Las ultimas noticias/novedades de lo que acontece con los Dominicanos en las Grandes Ligas durante toda la temporada 2019.