Alexey Taran, a native of Santa Clara, Cuba, graduated from the Cuban National School of Dance, National Art School, Havana, Cuba. Taran, (Choreographer/Transdisciplinary artist) a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow, is the Co-Founder Artistic Director and choreographer for Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film. In 2022, Taran was selected for the Art Studio Ginestrelle, Residency Program, Asissi, Italy. Taran was awarded for the six time the Miami Dade Choreographer’s Fellowship from the Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. In 2017, he was awarded the prestigious Knight Arts Challenge Grant. Also in 2017, he was awarded the New Music USA Project Grant Award, New York, and the NALAC Transnational Cultural Remittance Travel Award, San Antonio, TX. In 2016 Taran was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs Tallahassee, FL. In 1998 and 1994 Taran was awarded the prestigious Author Award, Category Independent Choreographer, Young Author by the International Choreographic Encounters of Seine, Saint Denis, granted by MC Bobigny, Maison de la Culture Seine, Saint, Denis, International Center of Artistic Creation and Diffusion, Ministry of Culture, Music and Dance Division Seine, Saint Denis, France. In 1996 Taran was awarded with the Co-production for his work “18 minutos por 2 ½ tiempos’ bolo” award granted by the Internationales Sommer Theater Festival Hamburg; Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Haus der Kulturem der Welt, Berlin; Tanz and Theater International, Hannover. Hamburg, Germany. Taran was nominated for the for the National Artist Award as a Contemporary Dancer Caracas, Venezuela in 1994. Other awards and artistic residences include the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, NALAC Fund for the Arts Artist/Ensemble Grant, San Antonio, TX, US. National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program, Fundacion Divulgar - Plataforma Canibal, Valledupar, Colombia. New Times' Mastermind Award Miami, FL, US. Artistic Residency, Dance-tech AIR @ Lake Studios Berlin Berlin, Germany. Winner of the US Platform VIth International Choreographic Encounters, 1997 “Austin International Platforms” Austin, TX, US. Artistic Residency Kapnagel, Internationales Summer Theater Festival Hamburg Hamburg, Germany.
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