When I’m up there, what I feel is happiness. You know, freedom, energy, excitement, and euphoria. I think about every single part of my body: if I have to set my feet a certain way, stand straight, look to the right or to the left. In aerial acrobatics you must be connected from your toe to the last hair in your head.
The Festival is an initiative of the Culture Ministry, which seeks to boost the professional development of Costa Rican contemporary dancers by promoting the work of local artists, as well as encouraging public interest in the art.
This past Saturday, passersby in the Plaza de la Cultura in the heart of San José got a Valentine’s Day surprise: a flash mob, whose choreographed dance was part of an international call to end violence against women.
This theme of migration informs the new show “Con El Alma Aferrada” (“With the Soul Clinging”), performed this weekend by flamenco troupe Al Ándalus. Forty-eight dancers use this far-flung art form to tell the story of migrating peoples.
