COMMUNICATION

Inform dance companies, professionals, students and others interested in Mesa Verde International Dance Festival implementation of the second edition of the Festival became unviable this year, for not having obtained the necessary additional support.

In order to gain the technical, artistic and administrative indispensable, we postponed its implementation for the period 1 to March 11, 2012.

We expect this decision to gain the necessary funding to keep this project alive exchanges, training and reflection directed the Contemporary Dance in Southern Brazil.

We appreciate the attention we have received!

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE 2011 MESA VERDE

During the creation of the International Festival of Contemporary Dance MESA VERDE we said about the importance of being raised in Rio Grande do Sul systematic space capable of providing relief and think that segment of the performing arts.

That the existence of that space would provide a specific date for contemporary dance, its more visible to the public, and the formation of a thought / reception in the specificity of his language.

Upon completion of the first edition in 2009, which included in its emphasis on dance theater, but was open to other aesthetic in contemporary dance, we are not afraid to say that an important step was taken to build this area for the dance contemporary southern Brazil.

Shows, Parallel Meetings created to allow the gathering and exchange among participants about artistic processes, the holding of workshops, lectures, Photo Exhibition on the art of dance, made the public, media professionals, artists, dance teachers, focussing their attention for this event.

To do so, contributed to building a pluralistic programming, with shows already known dance companies and others who came to provide the public and the media.

Born of the desire for exchange of a collective of professional performing arts theater and dance CENA21 RS gathered in the 2009 edition of the Mesa Verde was the first step.

That year, the mechanisms have been critical of laws to encourage federal and state level, the group’s vision CEEE who understood the cultural importance of the project, the synergy with partners who joined the project as the Goethe Institute, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Ministry of Culture of Spain, the participation of Propaganda QGSUL who created the graphic designer of the different parts of our site that produced FIREMULTICOM, DR. SMITH with audiovisual pieces and the positioning of different dance companies on national and international importance.

From now remains the challenge of continuity, the systematization of this action of cultural exchange.

Through calls and access to national companies, European and South American on our site, MESA VERDE 2011 edition starts to appear, already being planned participations Cias. from Argentina, Germany, Spain, France, São Paulo, Paraná, Goiás and Rio de Janeiro and will join dance companies of Rio Grande do Sul.

In the coming weeks we will be disclosing the General Schedule.

In addition to provide the opportunity for contact of Brazil and South America with what is made more representative of contemporary dance in the world, we are sure of its importance to the Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil – for converting into a more space for the circulation of the national dance and exchange among professionals in different Brazilian states.

To succeed and responsiveness to our movements!

Decio Antunes
Coordinator

MESA VERDE 2011

CONQUEST INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SUPPORT

In seeking to consolidate this space for contemporary dance in southern Brazil, we have gained important support.

At the international level, the Goethe Institut, has become an essential partner in 2009 edition and this partnership continues this year.

Recently, the Festival Mesa Verde was also contemplated in the Notice of caixacultural, another important step towards its consolidation.

Currently, the 2011 edition is being evaluated by public and private companies, regional and national levels.

Our expectation is that this assessment is positive, allowing this space can be continued, thereby boosting the creation of dance in Rio Grande do Sul

We are convinced that its incorporation of cultural policies in a systematic way in Rio Grande do Sul will have a positive impact in national terms, to become more a center of circulation of the national production of Dance.