POR DENTRO (Work-in-Progress) | 2024 NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA)
'Por dentro' is a transdisciplinary exploration laboratory focused on contemporary dance and physical theater—a multifaceted and evolving endeavor, offering a realm of infinite possibilities for interpretation by whomever observes it. 'Por dentro' serves as a metaphor for a new worldview in which reality is perceived as unstable, ambiguous, and in a perpetual state of flux.
Directed by Alexey Taran
With Carla Forte and Heather Maloney Art work by Visual Artist Vicente Forte Music Mix by DJ Picachu Set + Costume Design Carla Forte and Heather Maloney Lighting + Technical Director Alexey Taran Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Commissioned by Miami Dade County Auditorium Supported by “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA) Miami Dade County Auditorium + O Cinema + Inkub8 + Miami Light Project |
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The Commune. Chapter 3: THE FEAR OF FREEDOM
The commune Chapter 3: THE FEAR OF FREEDOM is a multimedia performance inspired in the book "Escape from Freedom" by the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, who suggested a theory of personality based on two primary needs: the need for freedom and the need for belonging.
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium. Miami, FL, US October 6-7, 2022 Conceived – Visualized + Directed by Alexey Taran
With Carla Forte, Carlos Fabian, Heather Maloney, Alexey Taran Music Ludwig van Beethoven, Mykola Leontovych, George Frideric Handel. They Say It's Wonderful (Performed by The Chordettes)Written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the musical, "Annie Get Your Gun" (1946). Lighting Design A. Puig Set + Costume Design Carla Forte, Carlos Fabian, Heather Maloney, Alexey Taran Technical Director Alexey Taran Co-Produced with FilmGate Miami Commissioned by Miami Dade County Auditorium Supported by “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” O Cinema FilmGate Miami Miami Light Project In38 Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film |
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The Commune. Chapter 2: The Anarchist
The Commune. Chapter 2: “The Anarchist” is a multimedia performance that merges and integrates physical theater, music and film. The anarchist is a practice of freedom based on essential principles of equality and non-discrimination.
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium. Miami, FL, US October 7, 2021 Cast and Crew CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Alexey Taran CHOREOGRAPHY Alexey Taran and Performers PERFORMERS Heather Maloney, Gabriela Burdsall, Carlos Fabián and Carla Forte DOCUMENTARY BY Carla Forte and Alexey Taran and Carla Forte VIDEO 1 DIRECTED BY Heather Maloney VIDEO 2 DIRECTED BY Carla Forte VIDEO 3 DIRECTED BY Gabriela Burdsall VIDEO 3 DIRECTED BY Carlos Fabián VIDEO ART 1 DIRECTED BYCarla Forte and Alexey Taran VIDEO ART 2 DIRECTED BY Carla Forte and Alexey Taran DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY VIDEO ART Alexey Taran, Carlos Fabián MUSIC COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Oscar Sanchez ILLUSTRATION Vicente Forte Special Thanks Heather Maloney, Corey, Roxana Barba, Vivian Marthell, Carolina Pagani, Vicente Forte, Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium. Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” Supported by O Cinema - Prop Planet - Miami Light Project. |
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Femme "Stories from the body"
A collaboration between choreographer Alexey Taran and Filmmaker and choreographer Carla Forte. Femme is focused on and inspired by Latin American women in South Florida who in some way have felt oppressed by their social circumstances.
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Drive-Through Theatre Experience series. Miami, FL, US February 13, 7PM, 2021 Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre. Made possible by the support of John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of its Knight Arts Challenge Miami. Supported by: Miami Dade County Auditorium, Drive-Through Theatre Experience series. O Cinema. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” |
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The commune. Chapter 1: A commune of oranges
"The commune" Chapter 1: A commune of oranges (performance 70') is a multimedia dance piece that creates a rarefied yet intimate psychological space that will transport the mind from a structured, normalized world into a mundane and intimate realm. "The commune" Chapter 1: A commune of oranges is an encounter and interaction between the human being and nature, a search for our real voice, a beginning and the present.
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL, US January 9-10-11, 2020 CAST & CREW Direction ALEXEY TARAN Concept and Choreography OSMANY TELLEZ, CARLA FORTE and ALEXEY TARAN Film Director CARLA FORTE Cinematography ALEXEY TARAN and OSMANI TELLEZ Set Design CAROLINA PAGANI Composer and Sound Designer DEE BERTOLDI “El pega pega” Music composed and performed by OSCAR SANCHEZ Vedendo amor, HWV 175, Aria: In un folto bosco ombroso GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Photography GIOVANNI AMBROSIO, Black Spring Graphics Studio. Astrud Angarita Promotional Support Cultural Arts Exchange “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” A Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Production Co-Produced by Alessia Siniscalchi and Kulturfactory Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium Supported by Miami-Dade County Auditorium Kulturfactory Miami Light Project O Cinema Prop Planet Fábrica de Arte Cubano Special Thanks Alessia Siniscalchi, Niurca Marquez, Beth Boone, Vivian Marthell, Roxana Barba, Carolina Pagani, Sandra Rami, Giovanni Ambrosio, Francesco Panzetti, Staff Miami Dade County Auditorium |
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Nostalgia di Domicella
2019, Italy
Video Art 6' Co-Director and Performer Nostalgia in Domicella is a video art that explore emotions and loneliness in a small town of Italy. La nostalgia nos hace desaparecer en la Ineludible contrariedad que es haber sido nuestro propio otro. CAST & CREW Directed by Carla Forte, Alexey Taran Cinematography Carla Forte, Alexey Taran Poem by Vicente Forte Cantate velendo amor...: In un folto bosco George Frideric Handel and George Frideric Handel Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” Supported by Kulturfactory International Residency, Domicella, Italy. |
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Flesh
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL, United States (April 12-14, 2017)
Latin American Premiere: Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC, Havana, Cuba (June 16-23-30, 2017) Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de la Ciudad de Mexico. Mexico On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL, US Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba Casa de la Cultura, Trinidad, Cuba Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporanea de la Ciudad de Mexico. International Contemporary Dance Contest for Mature soloists, ‘Pina Bausch dance award’, CDMX, Mexico (August 10, 2018) Flesh a physical-theatre performance that narrates the reunion of a son and his mother, an history of repatriation, memories and a an immigrant who desires to return to its place of origin or citizenship, Cuba. Made possible by the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. Commissioned by the Miami Dade County Auditorium. FLESH produced by BISTOURY Physical Theatre and film Supported by Persona; Fundarte; Miami Theater Center; Theye Film Production; Prop Planet; Fabrica de Arte Cubano. |
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Tribe
"Choreographer Alexey Taran’s inspiration for his latest dance/theater work, Tribe, is deeply rooted and very personal. Commissioned and presented by Miami-Dade County Auditorium for April 2 through 5, Tribe is an exploration of homelessness. Known for creating dance that is very physical, with bold, articulated movements, Taran crafted a precise movement vocabulary with Tribe that was both intense and specific. “We are basing a lot of movements on the gestures and images of homelessness,” he explains. “We’ve been investigating the way that they sleep, the way that they sit, gestures of people talking with themselves. We try to use all this physicality in our bodies. It’s very strong, the piece is very physical. “We explored a lot of gestures, trying to create a new language and emotion through movement.”
World Premiere: On.Stage Black Box Theatre, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL, United States April 2-5, 2015 Latin American Premiere: Centro Cultural del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia, July 2, 2015 ArtCenter South Florida, May 2, 2015, Miami, FL, United States 20. International Dance Festival “Habana Vieja en Movimiento”, April 15-19, 2015, Havana, Cuba Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium Fresh / Brand New & On.Stage Series. “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” NALAC Fund for the Arts Artist/Ensemble Grant, The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC). Supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. “This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida” Supported by O Cinema, Miami Light Project, Miami Theater Center, MDC Live Arts, Inkub8, Teatro Prometeo, American Dance Abroad, Subtropics, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Dance Tech, Lake Studios Berlin, Wynwood Warehouse Project, Danilo Gonzalez Gallery, Avila Bistro, Forte’s Treasure, Antiheroes Project. |
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Talashimaii
2015, USA
Experimental Feature Film 60’ Co-Director Talashimaii where happiness is a deep and authentic positive, fulfilling state of being that is lasting and not merely transient and ultimately unsatisfying, requiring constant modification. Screenings/Exhibitions
Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film. Supported by: “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network’s Performing Americas Program. Lead funding of the National Performance Network Performing Americas Program is provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Supported by the Performing Americas Creative Exchange Residency / National Performance Network, Fundacion Cultural Divulgar, Plataforma Caníbal, O Cinema, Maderos Teatro, FUNDAM Festicaribe, Centro Cultural del Magdalena and Laboratorio Fronteras Creativas, La Guajira and FUNDAM Festicaribe. |
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Ella
2015, US
Dance for Camera 16´ Co-Director Ella is a study of the body in 41 weeks and 2 days. An ode to the transformation of story, memory, and time that takes place in the making of a heartbeat. Screenings/Exhibitions
Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film and Inkub8 |
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Imaginarium Life
World Premiere: Miami Theater Center, Miami, FL, United States, Dec. 7-22, 2012
Miami Beach Cinematheque at Historic City Hall, March 15-16-17, 2013 Miami Beach, FL, United States SandBox Series, Miami Theater Center, Miami, FL, United States Inkub8, Miami, FL, United States Imaginarium Life is a complex, multi-media performance piece created by the brilliant dark angels at Bistoury Physical Theatre, Alexey Taran and Carla Forte. The performance documents -- through dance theater, sound and gorgeous cinematography -- the spiraling, chaotic world of an artist whose obsession with himself and his own imaginary world of self-inflicted wounds destroys him and the person he loves. NEIL DE LA FLOR Read more » IMAGINARIUM Life Based on the screenplay "Imagimundo" written by Carla Forte. Produced by: Bistoury Inc Directed by: Alexey Taran Choreography: Alexey Taran & Carla Forte Lighting Design: A. Puig Visual Artist: Vicente Forte Composer: Frank Wow Anti-Poems "The exorcisms of Ego" by: Vicente Forte Film directed by: Carla Forte & Alexey Taran Director of Photography and Editor: Alexey Taran Subtitles: Carlos Ortiz "With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners." Supported by USA Project. Artist2Artist Fund. The inkub8 (open-studio) Residency Program. Commissioned by Miami Theater Center as part of the SandBox Series 2012-2013 |
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Imaginarium
Video-Art 15’
Performer and Co-Director World Premiere: Cannes Court Métrage Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France May 15-26, 2013 Imaginarium is a visual experiment where theatre and film fuse to shed light onto a dark world of desires and disorder. It is translated by a new form of communication, serving as an escape from the established social order. Screenings/Exhibitions
Imaginarium - Credits Directed and Produced by: Carla Forte and Alexey Taran Cinematographer and Editor: Alexey Taran Composer: Frank Wow Anti-Poems "The exorcisms of Ego" by: Vicente Forte Subtitles: Carlos Ortiz Cast Ana: Carla Forte Rubén: Alexey Taran Project Supporters: "With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners." USA Project. Artist2Artist Fund. The inkub8 (open-studio) Residency Program. Commissioned by Miami Theater Center as part of the SandBox Series 2012-2013. |
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Assassins for One Night
World Premiere: Miami On Stage 2011, Miami Dade County Auditorium, Miami, FL, United States, May 5-6, 2011
La Biennale di Venezia, Marathon of the Unexpected, June 24, 2012, Venice, Italy. LITup AT 92Y Harkness Dance Festival, February 18-20, 2011, New York, US. Assassins for One Night (Inspired on the play "La noche de los Asesinos" by the Cuban playwright Jose Triana.) Directed by: Alexey Taran Conceived by: Carla Forte & Alexey Taran Composer: Juraj Kojs Performers: Carla Forte, Juraj Kojs, Carlos Ortiz & Alexey Taran Lighting Designer: A. Puig Photography: Glassworks Multimedia and Vicente Forte Film Credits Production Company: Bistoury Physical Theater, Trimedia & GlassWorks Multimedia Directed by: Carla Forte & Alexey Taran Director of Photography: Randy Valdes & Elvis Suarez Editor: Randy Valdes Assistant Director: Corina Freyre, Production Assistant: Vicente Forte, Omar Roque & Andres Puig Sound: Vicente Forte Lighting & Grip: Randy Valdes, Elvis Suarez & A. Puig Costume Design: Susy Raffo Makeup: Susana Raffo & Corina Freyre "Assassins for the Night is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners." "Assassins for the Night was commissioned through Meet The Composer's Commissioning Music/USA program which is made possible by generous support from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Ford Foundation, the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund." Additional funding and support by: Fundarte, Miami on Stage, GlassWorks Multimedia, ArtSpoken Performing Arts Center, Harold Golen Gallery & Trimedia. |
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Schizo Bolo
Performance and Video Art Installation
World Premiere: Live performance and Installation Art Exhibition, EdgeZones Gallery, Miami, FL, United States. June 9, 2009 LIT Loft into Theater, Soho Showcase, New York, NY, United States SCHIZO' BOLO talks about the urban schizophrenia, irreality, collective madness and the anomalies of the daily life; all of this through the use of images and movement. Texts and visions of the dancers are used in order to create a piece where the video, the music, and the movement function as one unit. |
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Symbol
World Premiere: Here & Now 2009, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater, Miami, FL, United States
March 5-7, 2009 From aerial dance and video-art to music, words and improvisation, Symbol explores the boundaries of poetry where color, beauty, desire, and faith incorporate us into the cosmic order. Dancers fly, suspended from the ceiling as rain washes down on them in a vivid display of athletic grace. Here & Now 2009, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater, Miami. March 5, 2009. Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Films, and commissioned by Here & Now 2009, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater, Miami. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. |
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Bolo
World Premiere: XXI International Festival of Young Choreographers de Venezuela, Alberto de Paz y Mateos Theater, Caracas, Venezuela
June 10-21, 2005
Supported by: Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura, Venezuela. University Institute of Advanced Studies in Arts Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. |
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Obbe
Dance Film 10'
2005 Co-Director/ Choreographer Produced by CinemaCaracas and Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film. Directed by Alexey Taran, Eduardo Garcia Choreography Carla Forte, Auraelena Pisani, Alexey Taran Music by Enrique Millan Cinematography Eduardo Garcia Edited by Adriana Henao With the support of the Ministry of Culture of Venezuela. IUESAPAR, Caracas, Venezuela. |
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Kräva Licario Sveta Oppiano
Kräva Licario Sveta Oppiano
Zagrebacki Plesni Ansambl, Zagreb Dance Company Conceived and Directed: by Alexey Taran Choreography: Alexey Taran with the performers Performers: Nikolina Bujas, Pravdan Devlahović, Aleksandra Janeva, Jelena Vukmirica Set designer: Alexey Taran Music: Vulva Valvula and Frank Cordido Lighting design: Aleksandar Mondecar Artistic Direction and Production: Snjezana Abramovic News, Dubravka Vrgoč ... What wins in the new show Zagreb Dance Ensemble is a fascinating energy of the dancers. Their inner rhythm is associated with an external pre-set, and this transition are read impulses that run performance. While the dance project "Cow Licario world Oppiano" certainly provoke different reactions viewers, it represents a significant shift in the repertoire of Zagreb Dance Company as well as the schedules Croatian dance scene ... World Premiere: Zagrebacko Kazaliste Mladih ZKM, Zagreb, Croatia, May 27, 2000.
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Carne en Doce Escenabolos
Directed by: Alexey Taran
Performed by: Arais Batlle, Ines Rojas, Rommel Nieves, Alexey Taran Music: Miguel Angel Noya, Wizton Borrero Light Design by: Alexey Taran Costumes: Anaisa Castillo Set Design: Felix Suazo, Horangel Aguilar Video by: Reinaldo Guedez World Premiere: Ana Julia Rojas Theater, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, April 12-29, 1998
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18 minutos por 2 1/2 tiempos' bolo
Directed by: Alexey Taran
Performed by: Arais Batlle, Ines Rojas, Auraelena Pisani, Alexey Taran Music: Miguel Angel Noya, Wizton Borrero Light Design by: Alexey Taran Video by: A & B Producciones Photo by: Reinaldo Guedez Set Design: Felix Suazo Costumes by: Neodanza Co-prododuced by Internationales Sommer Theater Festival Hamburg; Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt; Haus der Kulturem der Welt, Berlin; Tanz and Theater International, Hannover, Germany.World Premiere: “Teatro Espaço”, “Festival Contatos Cênicos”, august 15, 2005, Paraty / Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
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