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Behind the scenes photos from the first night Nomadis presentation at Artefactus

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NOMADIS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - PAOLA ESCOBAR

Paola Escobar, a native of Colombia, has been part of the South Florida dance community since 2006, performing and choreographing contemporary works within the language of Flamenco and modern dance. Before relocating to South Florida, Paola was a company member of L’explose Danza Contemporanea Company (2003 to 2005), known for its work in dance theater, and has toured in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. As a company member, Escobar gained a sense of the dramatic thread, consciousness and raw emotion that later carried through in her own work as a dancer and choreographer.

From 2003 to 2005 Escobar was part of the 34% Visibles, an Afro-contemporary dance project directed by Rafael Palacios which participated in festivals in Canada, Spain and Colombia. Working with Mr. Palacios gave Paola the opportunity to explore the expressive underlying load when taking the body beyond the limit of fatigue. She further explored this concept in her 2007 solo work Viaje de Regreso which premiered in The Colony Theatre, and then presented again at the University Center for the Performing Arts in Broward County, and later in Bogota, Colombia.

Escobar continues to incorporate and blend different dance and theater ideologies to achieve her creative purpose. Flamenco 24 Horas was a trio created in Colombia and re-staged as part of Flamenco in the Sun Festival in 2009 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. This work blended dance and theater with live music and video to create a story of three women who made Flamenco their lifestyle, despite their non-Spaniard cultures. This project was awarded the National Dance Award in 2005 granted by the Colombian Ministry of Culture.

Through experimentation and improvisation, Paola has been able to constantly expand her movement vocabulary to express  her current journey. Flamenco has provided Escobar with a completely  different approach to movement (compared with traditional western  dance techniques) training Paola in the field of improvisation within  the parameters of musical structures.

Escobar has worked as a dancer and choreographer for the  local Flamenco Companies as Bailes Ferrer, Siempre Flamenco, and  Ballet Flamenco La Rosa performing at the Jackie Gleason Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Parker Playhouse, Arsht Center Black Box, South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, among others. In recent years Escobar has ventured outside the boundaries of dance by becoming a member of the theater group Antiheroes Project; and by collaborating with filmmakers and video directors Claudio Marcotulli, Roberto Garrido,and Cristobal Valencillos, as actress and choreographer.Paola Escobar has a long track as a dance teacher. Currently, she is part of the Miami Dade School Board System as Flamenco and Modern dance instructor. Escobar holds a BFA from New World School of the Arts obtained in 2012.

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Nomadis in the words of the Director (and performer) - Jose Manuel Dominguez

(Please scroll down for English translation) Es un misterio, un ejercicio difícil de realizer, la obra más complicada en la que haya trabajado jamás; la única que no se quiere cerrar. (Eso han representado siempre los nómadas para las sociedades: una pregunta en el aire, el miedo a lo diferente, un enigma sin resolver que adquiere formas diversas: un inmigrante, un vagabundo, un viajero, un Gitano, el miembro de una tribu urbana, un beduino en el desierto, un poeta Beat, un adolescente que pasa cada día en la casa de un amigo diferente, cada noche a veces también; Nomadis es un actor que va de una obra a otra, de un teatro a otro, un Quijote, un amante que se vuelve promiscuo en busca del verdadero amor, un paria, un peligro, alguien que nos recuerda lo efímero que es todo por más que la sociedad se empeñe en probarnos lo contrario. Nomadis hala fuerte hacia el vacío, hacia el fin de la illusion, de la nostalgia, de los métodos, para establecerse en tierra de nadie; porque busca algo que, como los nómadas, tal vez nunca encontrará. Sin embargo, en esa búsqueda constante se haya resuelto lo que para otros es un enigma y para los nómadas y para mí, la felicidad. José Manuel Dominguez Junio 8 2014 It is a mystery, a difficult work to realize, the most complicated play which I have ever worked on; the only one that does not want to be finished. To society Nomads have always represented: A question in the air, fear of the unknown, an unsolved puzzle that takes many forms: an immigrant, a wanderer, a traveler, a Gypsy, a member of an urban tribe, a Bedouin in the desert, a Beat poet, a teenager who spends his days and nights in the home of a different friend; Nomadis is an actor going from one site to another, from one theater to another, a Don Quixote, a lover that becomes promiscuous in search of true love, an outcast in danger, someone who reminds us that we can flee all society has to offer to strive and prove for something otherwise. Nomadis pulls strongly into the void, towards the end of illusion, of nostalgia, of ways to settle unclaimed lands; looking for something that nomads perhaps will never find. However, that constant search has resulted in what to others is an enigma and for nomads and myself is happiness. José Manuel Dominguez June 8, 2014

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The Nomadis fundraising campaign video by Alexey Taran and Carla Forte

More info on how to support the project here - http://www.hatchfund.org/project/nomadis

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more Nomadis inspiration... a forgotten melody..

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NOMADIS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - IVETTE KELLEMS

(Bio in Spanish and English below)

BIO EN ESPANOL

Ivette Kellems creció entre camerinos, jugando detrás de escenarios y

sets de televisión. Estudió Arte Dramático en Lima con Reynaldo D’amore, y en buenos Aires con Inda Ledesma y Vanina Fabiak. Durante su carrera en Perú, Ivette Kellems participó en producciones dirigidas por directores tan queridos como Osvaldo Cattone, Luis Álvarez y José Velásquez, y entre sus obras más recordadas sobresalen, Lluvia, Están tocando nuestras vidas y La Perricholi. Entre los años 1994 y 1997, Ivette trabaja en Lima como profesora de Arte Dramático en escuelas secundaria y talleres privados. También alrededor de esos años, 1994-1995, colabora con José Salinas en la co-dirección y la co-producción de varias obras de teatro infantil, y en 1999 también co-dirige con Connie Bushby Terry, Bill 2000, obra de realidad virtual que se presenta en el teatro Peruano-Japonés. Durante la década del 2000, Ivette se traslada a Miami y se inserta en la vida teatral de esta ciudad. Participa en talleres y producciones del grupo Teatro en Miami,bajo la dirección de Ernesto García. Entre los montajes realizados en esos años destacan: Improvisando a Chéjov, Enema, Los Acosados, Así es si Así os Parece, entre otras. Como parte del trabajo con Teatro en Miami, fue invitada también a dirigir la obra infantil Little Plays for Little People. En 2011, Kellems protagoniza junto a su madre, la actriz Esther Chávez, la comedia Ñaque, o de Piojos y Actores bajo la dirección de José Manuel Domínguez y producida por la compañía Hybrid Scene. In 2012 y 2013 la Carrera de Ivette como actríz incluyó los papeles principales en Mahagonny, una adaptación del libretto para opera escrito por Bertolt Brecht y dirigida por José Manuel Domínguez, La Sal de los Muertos, original de Matías Montes Huidobro y dirigida por Christian Ocón, y La Chunga, una obra de Mario Vargas Llosa, presentada por Compañía Teatral Habanafama bajo la dirección de Juan Roca. En 213, Kellems también dirigió la comedia Travesuras Conyugales, pproducida por Leneas Performing Art in colabooración conJosé Salinas. En la actualidad, Ivette cursa los estudios correspondientes a su grado de maestría en Psicología y se apresta para el estreno de Nomadis en Agosto de este año, la nueva producción de Antiheroes Project.

BIO EN ENGLISH

Ivette Kellems is a Peruvian actress who grew up in dressing rooms, playing behind the scenes and television sets. She studied drama at Lima with Reynaldo D'amore, and in Buenos Aires with Linda Ledesma and Vanina Fabiak. In Lima, she participated in various theater productions including outstanding Lluvia, directed by Osvaldo Cattone, La Perricholi, and La Barca sin Pescador ,with the ICPNA (Peruvian-American Cultural Institute). In 1999 she co-directed with Terry Bushby Connie Bill 2000, a virtual reality play at the Peruvian-Japanese Theater. Between 1994 and 1997 works as a drama teacher in high schools and private workshops in Lima. During the 2000s, Ivette moved to Miami and inserted into the theatrical life of the city by participating in workshops and productions of group Teatro en Miami (TEM) under the direction of Ernesto García. The productions made during these years include: Improvisando Chekhov, Aromas de un Viaje, Enema, Los Acosados, and Así es Si Así os Parece, among others. As part of her work with TEM, she was also invited to direct the children's play Little Plays for Little People, which premiered in several libraries of Miami-Dade County. In 2011, Kellems stars alongside with her mother, actress Esther Chavez, the Spanish comedy Ñaque o de Piojos y Actores, produced by Hybrid Scene under the direction of José Manuel Domínguez. 2012 and 2013 were also important years in the career of Kellems, participating in Mahagonny, a version of the original libretto for Opera by Bertolt Brecht, also directed by José Manuel Domínguez, La Sal de los Muertos, by Matías Montes Huidobro under the direction of Christian Ocón and La Chunga with company Habanafama, a play written by Mario Vargas Llosa and directed by Juan Roca. Also in 2013, Ivette directed Travesuras Conyugales, a piece produced by Leneas Performing Arts, in collaboration with José (Pepe( Salinas. Currently, Ivette studies for her master's degree in Psychology and is working on the development of Nomadis, the new production of Miami based organization Antiheroes Project.

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NOMADIS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - MARIZELDA EGGERTSSON

Saxophonist, performance artist, playwright, Marizelda Eggertsson began studying the saxophone at age twelve.  Mrs. Eggertsson moved to Italy and pursued her interest in classical music by enrolling in the Milan School of Music (Milano IT).  Later she studied at the Brescia Academy of Music (Brescia IT) performing in duo with saxophone and piano. 

                                                     Mrs. Eggertsson entered the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris and was awarded the First Medal Prize in Classical Saxophone by Unanimous Vote (lere Medaille de Saxophone a l’unanimite). She continued to perform in Europe as “The soloists of the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris” as a concert performer playing renditions with various accompaniments of piano, organ, and voice.

  Serving as an Assistant Professor, Mrs. Eggertsson continued at the Conservatoire International de Musique de Paris giving individual instruction in saxophone. She frequently participated as a jurist for examinations and competitions in conservatories and music schools. In 2004 Mrs. Eggertsson represented the United States of America as a member of the Board of Examiners during the Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition in Paris France.

  Italian Composer A. Ghidoni composed and dedicated Nocturne et Sicilienne for saxophone and piano (or harp) for Mrs. Marizelda S. Eggertsson. Nocturne et Sicilienne was published by the prestigious music editor Alphonse Leduc of Paris (FR) and Alphonse Leduc – Robert King Inc. (USA). This piece has been selected by the French Musical Confederation to be imposed for music program examinations and competitions in France.

  “In the Beginning” her latest literary work a theatrical production with musical scoring was presented with a live orchestra in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on August 29, 2013 at the Teatro Municipal de Niteroi, as an orchestra suite medley. 

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