BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:VEVENT UID:150@afdelhi.org DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20220514T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20220514T200000 DTSTAMP:20240625T041038Z URL:https://afdelhi.org/events/elektrik-by-blanca-li-day-1/ SUMMARY:ELEKTRIK by Blanca Li (14th May) DESCRIPTION:[su_divider margin="5"]\nAs part of Bonjour India Festival – 2022\nAlliance Française de Delhi invites you to\n\n\nELEKTRIK by Blanca Li\nElectro Dance with a touch of baroque music\n\n\nA unique choreography \, coupled with electro music infused with baroque influences that guarant ees to transport you to a graphic world where dancers create optical illus ions with their kaleidoscopic movements!\n\n\n\nDate &\; Time\nSaturday \, 14th May 2022 | 7 pm\n\n\nVenue\n\nOP Jindal Auditorium\, A-2\, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg\, Block A\, Qutab Institutional Area\, ND – 67\n\n\n\nH ow to join?\n◉ Entry by Registration. Click here to register for the eve nt\n◉ Please carry your photo ID proof\n◉ Covid - 19 protocols\n\n\n\n  \;\n\nAs a dance form\, electro was invented in the suburbs of Paris in the 2000s. The unique dance style has continuously evolved since then t o become synonymous with explosive but precise movements. Join us on an el ectrifying journey as we bring to you ELEKTRIK – a performance that rewr ites what electro-dance means itself.\n\nELEKTRIK is the brainchild of Bl anca Li who is credited as being one of the greatest masters of urban danc e.\n\n[su_heading size="16" align="left" margin="10"]About ELEKTRIK[/su_he ading]\n\n\n\n\nELEKTRIK (2018) is the third exploration of the electro  urban dancing style by Blanca Li after the show Elektro Kif (2009) a nd the film Elektro Mathématrix (2015). With eight performers who have become global references for electro culture and a soundtrack composed in part by Tao Gutierrez\, ELEKTRIK represents a formidable concentration o f talent in a cheerful and fun show that can be enjoyed with the whole fam ily!\n\nThe three-city tour of ELEKTRIK in India is being piloted by Allia nce Française de Bombay.\n\n[su_heading size="16" align="left" margin="10 "]About Production[/su_heading]\n\nBlanca Li is a Director\, Choreographer \, and Filmmaker. Whether she is working with her own company (The Blanca Li Dance Company) or creating events &\; musicals\; staging operas\; di recting feature films\; preparing museum installations or working with cir cus artists\, she creates and produces a multitude of projects. A passiona te explorer of all that is new\, of cultural mixing\, and of constant rein vention\; she is inspired by a wide variety of sources – dance\, music\, new technologies\, theatre\, cinema\, opera\, fine arts etc.\n\nBorn in G renada\, Blanca Li became a member of the Spanish national rhythmic gymnas tics team at the age of 12. At 17\, she moved to New York\, where she stud ied for five years with Martha Graham and in other schools including Alvin Ailey’s\, Paul Sanasardo’s\, and at the Clark Center. Living in Spani sh Harlem\, she witnessed first-hand the development of hip-hop as it was emerging daily and simultaneously created the flamenco-rap group las Xoxon es. When she returned to Spain\, she founded her first contemporary dance company in Madrid\, which was selected for the program of the Universal Ex hibition of Seville.\n\nBlanca Li was the first woman choreographer to joi n the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts of Paris\, in 2021.\n\n\nBlanca Li Dance Company\n\nHaving settled in France in 1992\, Blanca Li founded her company in Paris in 1993 and has since created many works for her repe rtoire. In 1998\, she opened her own dance studios in Paris (The Calentito Studios). Her creations (including Alarme\, Stress\, Salomé) are often m arked with a fusion of disciplines and genres coupled with a very Latin se nse of humour.\n\nThe Blanca Li Dance Company tackles a wide range of them es ranging from the Gnawa trance ceremonies of Marrakesh (Nana et Lila\, 1 993) to ancient Greek art (Le Songe du Minotaure\, 1998)\, to the madness of the contemporary world in the context of the September 11\, 2001\, terr orist attacks (Borderline\, 2002)\, to the poems of Federico García Lorca (Poeta en Nueva York\, 2007) and the pictorial work of Hieronymous Bosch with Le Jardin des Délices (2009) which opened the Montpellier Danse fest ival.\n\nElektro Kif brought the electro dance style to the stage for the first time. A new urban style that had developed in Parisian suburbs in th e 2000s\, electro soon took the world by storm with its ultra-fast and sop histicated gestures. ELEKTRIK deploys eight virtuosos of electro dance and redefines the codes of the genre. The performance was presented at the Su resnes Cité Danses Festival in January 2018 and is currently on tour.\n\n Image © Laurent Philippe CATEGORIES:Bonjour India,Dance,Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210514T190000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR