<p style="text-align: justify;">Dear Madam, sir, dear friends<br /><br />We would like to inform you that the &laquo;&nbsp;Elektro-Kif&nbsp;&raquo; <a href="http://elektrokif.co.uk/" target="_blank">UK tour</a> initiated with Dance Touring Partnership and supported by the French Institute in Paris, is generating huge interest among the audiences for electro dance and Blanca Li. Around the performances, some workshops and a lot of interviews are taking place.<br /><br />Audiences in all cities we performed, agreed about this energetic and stunning combination of electro and contemporary dance.<br />Everywhere in the UK, reviews cover the event and add some remarkable comments on the performance.<br />Please hear the audience comments on the following link: <a href="http://www.thelowry.com/event/elektro-kif" target="_blank">http://www.thelowry.com/event/elektro-kif</a><br /><br />About France, please note the following schedule.<br />Thursday, March 15th at <a href="http://spectacles.levaldyerres.fr/?p=209">Theatre du Val d'Yerres &agrave; Brunoy</a><br />Saturday, March 17th at the <a href="http://www.halleauxgrains.com/#s_189">National Theatre in Blois - La Halle aux Grains</a>,<br />Tuesday, March 20th to <a href="http://www.agglo-boulonnais.fr/culture/les-semaines-de-la-danse/edition-2012/" target="_blank">"Semaine de la danse" of Boulogne-sur-Mer</a>,<br />and 22nd, 23rd and 24th of March at the<a href="http://www.letoboggan.com/Elektro-Kif.html?date=2012-03-22%2020%3A30%3A00" target="_blank"> National Theatre in D&eacute;cines &ndash; Le Toboggan</a>.<br />Oxford and Oxford Truro will also host the show Elektro Kif the 27/28/30th and 31st of March.<br /><br />April will be dedicated mainly to <a href="http://www.mercatflors.cat/es/espectaculo/macadam-macadam-cast/" target="_blank">Mercat dels Flors in Barcelona</a> for a serie of 10 performances of &laquo;&nbsp;Macadam Macadam&nbsp;&raquo; from the 18th until 29th April.&nbsp; <br /><br />I am at your entire disposal for further information about the next season 2012-2013 and about the next creation 2013 &laquo;&nbsp;<strong>Robots</strong>&nbsp;&raquo; a French and japanese cooperation.<br />You can also meet eat other during <a href="http://www.ietm.org/index.lasso?p=information&amp;q=eventdetail&amp;id=528&amp;l=en" target="_blank">IETM meeting&nbsp; Copenhagen &ndash; Denmark </a>from 27th till 31st of March<br />See you soon!<br />Sincerely<br /><br />St&eacute;phane Hivert<br />Project and tour manager<br />Compagnie Blanca Li<br />7, rue des Petites Ecuries - 75010 Paris<br />s.hivert@blancali.com<br />01 53 34 04 05</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="/en/event/1/elektro-kif">ELEKTRO KIF<span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans',sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img style="margin: 10px; float: right;" src="/files/image_9_image_fr.jpg" alt="" width="260" /></span></span></span></span></span></a><br /><br />A choreographic performance for 8 Electro dancers created in December 2010<br />Duration : 1.10 with an adaptation for youth audience. <a href="/en/a/3/calendar/2011-2012/01">Tour 2011-2012</a><br /><em>photo Dan Aucante</em><br /><br />&ldquo;This show was born because I wanted to work with this new type of dance called Electro. The first time I saw it a few years ago, I was sitting in a public garden when a group of students came by and started performing. There was something very fresh that one can only see during the first moments of a dance that has not come to maturity, in the creative passion that the interpreters have when they invent new movements in total freedom.<br />As far as I know &ldquo;Elektro Kif &ldquo; is the first experience of a theatrical show based on electro dance&rdquo;<br /><br />Blanca Li<br />To read more: click <a href="/en/download?file=pdf_89_file_en.pdf&amp;file_name=press-release-elektro-kif.pdf">here</a><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><a href="/en/event/2/le-jardin-des-delices">GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS</a><a href="/en/event/2/le-jardin-des-delices"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><img style="margin: 10px; float: right;" src="/files/image_18_image_fr.jpg" alt="" width="260" /></em></span></span></span></a><br /><br />A choreographic performance for 9 dancers and 1 pianist inspired by Hieronymus Bosch&rsquo;s painting created in June 2009 (Montpellier dance Festival). <br />Duration : 1.25 <br /><em>photo Laurent Philippe</em><br /><br />"The Garden of Earthly Delights, located in the central panel of the painting, is framed by paradise and hell, and depicts a deliciously unlikely world where men and women live in harmony, where life is a game, a place of youth... I never found the strength or the opportunity to dedicate myself to a choreography inspired by this painting until now. My decisive encounter with Eve Ramboz, the famous film director and specialist of visual digital effects, has given a new rise to my project. Her new cartoon project was inspired by Garden of Earthly Delights so our work was a way to give life to the painting through cinema, body and dance&rdquo;. Blanca Li<br /><br />To read more : <a href="/en/download?file=pdf_82_file_en.pdf&amp;file_name=press-release-le-jardin-des-delices.pdf">click here</a><br /><br /></p>
<p><br /><a href="/en/event/5/macadam-macadam">MACADAM MACADAM</a><strong><a href="/en/event/5/macadam-macadam"><span style="color: #001ee6;"><span style="font-family: Arial-BoldMT,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><img style="margin: 10px; float: right;" src="/files/image_49_image_fr.jpg" alt="" width="260" /></strong></span></span></span></a></strong><br /><br />A choreographic performance for 11 hip hop dancers, rollers and bikers.<br />Cristal Globe 2007 of the best perfomance in the category Opera/dance. Created in January 1999 at the festival Cit&eacute; danse of Suresnes-France. A new version was created in GREC 2011 at Barcelona with new dancers and new music scores.<br />Duration 1.10<br /><a href="/en/event/5/macadam-macadam/dates">Tourn&eacute;e 2011-2012</a><br /><em>photo Philippe Cibille</em><br /><br />&ldquo;Macadam Macadam Is a mixture and combination of different rhythms: hip-hop, music hall, dance, bike and acrobatic movements in the context of urban street culture and contemporary creation. To keep this performance alive, we had to inject some new energy by nourishing the contemporary creation while taking care about the constant changes of movements in street culture&rdquo;.<br /><br />I gathered a new team of artists for the 2011 version to improve the architecture and structure of the piece through solos and new group, gestures and movements. Beyond, the aim was to renew the virtuosity of the dancers, all brilliant and talented, also to combine all these different roots, styles and personalities&rdquo;<br /><br />Blanca Li<br />To read more in French: <a href="/fr/download?file=pdf_81_file_fr.pdf&amp;file_name=dossier-de-presse-macadam-macadam.pdf">click here</a></p>