Made in CataluNYa, Catalan Culture in New York

Made in CataluNYa, Catalan Culture in New York is a festival organized by the Barcelona-based Institut Ramon Llull and featuring some of today’s most innovative and celebrated Catalan artists in music, dance, theater, and poetry.

Schedule

Friday, March 23 & Saturday, March 24, 2007, 8:30pm
LAURIE ANDERSON, LOU REED AND PATTI SMITH
Reading Catalan Poetry

Monday, March 26, 2007, 8:30pm

SOL PICÓ

Kiss Me The Cactus is an award-winning dance piece. Sol Pico stages powerful images of fear in a dynamic and humorous way.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 8:30pm

AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ

Extended Piano by Agustí Fernández, who is considered one of the most important explorers of avant garde music in Spain.

POETIC BODIES

Part I: The Little House Under Construction. Theatrical Piece by Pep Tosar.

Part II: Systole, diastole. Dance piece by Raravis, Andrés Corchero-Rosa Muñoz

Friday, March 30, 2007, 8:30pm

ESTRAMP JAÇ

The group performs a new work merging jazz with traditional Catalan and Mediterranean music.

Saturday, March 31, 2007, 8:30pm

GELABERT-AZZOPARDI COMPANYIA DE DANSA

Glimpse

Gelabert establishes a constant dialogue with a video monitor that mirrors the interior images of the dancer–his body, feelings, emotions, space, time, and thoughts–creating a window through which the audience can see into the artist’s inner being.