Festival Danzalborde

Festival Danzalborde, established in 2001, is a festival for dance in Valparaiso, Chile. It is organised by Escenalborde, platform for performing arts.

The objective of Festival Danzalborde is bringing the language of contemporary dance closer to the audience through three different formats: Urban dance interventions, video dance and pieces for the stage.

In the last few years the festival has begun to include international artists. Most of the dance activities happen outside or in a theatre with a medium-sized stage and 400 seats.

Information

(Objekt ID 25901)
Object type Organization
Organization type Festival
Main focus Dance
Established January 1, 2001
Email danzalborde@escenalborde.cl
Website Danzalborde, escenalborde | artes escénicas contemporáneas

Contact information

Address Esmeralda 1074, Valparaiso, Chile
Email danzalborde@escenalborde.cl

Other information

Legal entity Other
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Festival Danzalborde is funded mainly by Fondart (Funds for the development of Arts and Culture) and it is part of the network Dancing Cities, www.cqd.info.

Danzalborde is a festival run by the artists Rocío Rivera, director of the dance company Mundo Moebio, and Ivan Sanchez, director of the dance company La Ortopedia, who founded the Escenalborde project together. Escenalborde is a platform for local contemporary performing arts that manages a centre in Valparaiso.

Source: 

Sur-Sur.info, sul-sul.info, 14.12.2011, http://www.sul-sul.info/spip.php?article123

Performance dates
Title Premiere
Surprised body project – October 28, 2011 – Wee