Dressed to Dance by FLAMENCO BIENNIAL

Dressed to Dance A Spanish dance performance and runway costume exhibition

Dressed to Dance A Spanish dance performance and runway costume exhibition including pieces by Picasso and Dalí

Dressed to Dance at the Guggenheim Museum, New York. February 2010 Dressed to Dance was presented in the Guggenheim Museum of New York in February 2010 in a historic performance - exhibition where the choreography, dancers and costumes occupied the rotunda and spiral ramps of the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright building. Dressed to Dance is a Spanish dance performance and runway exhibition that showcases a selection of approximately sixty Spanish dance costumes designed by Spanish artists, including historic pieces by Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí in a unique, dynamic show. Dressed to Dance is choreographed and performed by today's most outstanding Spanish dancers. Dressed to Dance creates a site specific event integrating the performance into the architectural space of mayor theatres, art museums and institutions. Dressed to Dance underlines the relationship between Spanish dance and the visual arts and explores the link between flamenco and the avant garde. Dressed to Dance was presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2010 as an extraordinary performance - exhibition, with the dancers using the spiralling runway in the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda to showcase the costumes. Dressed to Dance was a prelude to the 2010 Flamenco Festival in New York, and was performed by twenty of the outstanding dancers that were programmed in the festival. Today's top flamenco dancers María Pagés, Rocío Molina, Manuel Liñan, Belen López and Dressed to Dance choreographer Carlos Chamorro provided explosive performances, bringing the costumes to life in this one of a kind live exhibition.

Picasso costume at the Guggenheim Museum, New York. February 2010 The costumes Gathered in an exceptional collection of Spanish dance stage costumes reflecting almost a century of design are Picasso's historic designs made for the Three Cornered Hat in 1919 and Salvador Dalí's designs for Don Juan Tenorio in 1948. There are also costumes by Néstor, who designed for La Argentina in 1919 and 1927, Victor Cortezo who created costumes for Pilar Lopez in 1953, and Victor Viudes who designed for Antonio Ruiz in 1953. Also shown are pieces created by Miguel de Molina in 1945 and 1960. Pieces by present day performing arts costume designers Yvonne Blake, Pedro Moreno, By Luna, Jesús Ruiz and the El País dance critic, Roger Salas, who has also written the catalogue notes, are also included in the collection.

By also including costumes by some of today's leading fashion designers such as Lorenzo Caprile, Modesto Lomba or Giorgio Armani, who have created pieces for Rafael Amargo, Rojas & Rodriguez and Joaquin Cortés, Dressed to Dance brings into focus the close relationship that has existed between Spanish dance, design and fashion over the last century. Costumes on loan from major Spanish companies and institutions Costumes for Dressed to Dance are lent by the Spanish National Ballet, the Centro Dramático Nacional, the Antonio Gades Foundation, The Miguel Molina Foundation, The Andalusia Dance Company, The Rojas & Rodriguez Company, The Rafael Amargo Company and other companies and institutions, as well as some of the participating dancers. Flamenco and the avant garde Dressed to Dance underlines the relationship between Spanish dance and the visual arts and explores the link between flamenco and the avant garde movements. Dressed to Dance attempts to expand the limits of traditional performing arts, introducing dance and flamenco into major art museums, integrating the performances into the architectural spaces, reaching out to different audiences and creating interesting new connections within the fields of visual arts, art history and costume and fashion design.

Costumes designed by Luna, Jesús Ruiz and José Granero.

MarĂa PagĂŠs performing in Dressed to Dance with a costume of her own design.

Background Dressed to Dance was presented at the Guggenheim Museum, New York on February 10, 2010. Vestidos para Bailar was presented at the Spanish Museum of Costume, Madrid in June, 2009 as an part of the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreography Competition and showcasing a selection of costumes that have passed through the festival in its eighteen years of existence. This unique initiative was very successful with audiences, the dance community and the media and inspired the international edition of Dressed to Dance with its universal and historic collection of costumes representing a wide spectrum of Spanish Dance history . Dressed to Dance was also scheduled to be presented at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC, the oldest and one of the most beautiful art museums in the capital, located very close to the White House. Unfortunately, this 2010 performance was cancelled due to the catastrophic snow storm that paralysed the capital for several days. We are presently in conversations for re-scheduling Dressed to Dance at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2013.

Dressed to Dance at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, September 2012. Dressed to Dance in Moscow Dressed to Dance was presented at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on September 26, 2012, in a stage version with live flamenco music. An exceptional collection of ninety costumes was assembled on loan from all the major Spanish dance companies. Eighteen dancers, and five musicians performed to a full house. Roger Salas, the dance historian and critic for the newspaper El PaĂs, offered a historic presentation before the performance. Dressed to Dance in Moscow was sponsored by LOEWE, the Spanish haute couture company, as well as the Spanish Embassy in Moscow and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

Dressed to Dance at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, September 2012.

Artistic Credits Dressed to Dance in Moscow Conceived and Directed by Margaret Jova Choreography and staging by Carlos Chamorro Music directed by Paco Cruz: Live music directed by the award winning guitarist and composer, Paco Cruz, accompanied by two singers, a violinist and a percussionist. Performed by the award winning dancers, mostly principles and soloists: Belén Maya Selene Muñoz Gema Morado Mariana Collado Karen Lugo Remei Domingo María Alonso Paula Campos Sara Calero Carlos Chamorro, choreographer as well as dancer. Jonathan Miró Adrián Santana Nino de los Reyes Jesús Carmona Ángel Gil Cristian Sandoval Ángel Roda Miguel Ángel Corbacho

Manuel Li単an in a solo , Dressed to Dance, Guggenheim Museum, New York. Biographical notes on Director and Choreographer Director Margaret Jova has led an active and prolific career dedicated to dance and the performing arts in Madrid for the last twenty five years. A dancer and choreographer, she is the founder and producer of several extensive dance projects, in both contemporary dance and flamenco. She is co-founder of the Madrid Choreography Showcase, founder of the Spanish Dance Choreography Competition as well as a chamber opera festival in Cantabria, while developing her own work as a writer and director of dance theatre works. She is presently the President of the Madrid Dancers Union and Vice Secretary General of the Federation of Artists of Spain. Jova has conceived and directed Dressed to Dance - Vestidos para Bailar, presented in the Spanish Museum of Costume, Madrid, in 2009, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 2010 and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow in September 2012. Choreographer Carlos Chamorro is the founder of Malucos Dance Company. His work has been presented in the Madrid Dance Festival, Madrid Autumn Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tel Aviv Dance Festival. He also choreographs for other companies such as Europa Danse and Illana Theatre. He has been awarded First Prize in Choreography and Outstanding Dancer in the Madrid Choreography Competition. Chamorro has been a soloist for the Spanish National Ballet. He choreographed and staged Vestidos para Bailar in the Spanish Museum of Costume in 2009, Dressed to Dance at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2010 and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow in September 2012. .

Carlos Chamorro, choreographer, stage director and dancer of Dressed to Dance.

Margaret Jova, director of Dressed to Dance, at Noches LĂricas Palacio de Hualle, the summer opera nights, part of Festival Internacional de Santander, that she directs in Cantabria.

Belen López in bata de cola designed by Roger Salas for the Spanish National Ballet. Dressed to Dance is available for performance-exhibition in mayor theatres, art museums and institutions. Dressed to Dance showcases historic costumes including pieces designed by Picasso and Dalí. Dressed to Dance is performed by today's foremost Spanish dance and flamenco dancers. Dressed to Dance creates a unique site specific performance integrating the choreography into the architectural space of museums and theatres. Dressed to Dance also includes costumes designed by today's leading Spanish designers, providing an overview of a century of design. Dressed to Dance will offer on request, prior to the performance, a special historic presentation by El País dance critic, Roger Salas, on the development of the Spanish dance costume. Dressed to Dance can offer on request a master class of dance by the choreographer or solo dancers. The catalogue for Dressed to Dance at the Guggenheim Museum, containing images and background history of all the costumes, artistic credits as well as an in depth essay on the history of the Spanish dance costume by Roger Salas, the El País dance critic, is also available in a digital PDF version.

Jonathan Miró in black bata de cola designed by Giorgio Armani for Joaquín Cortés.

To see the video of Dressed to Dance at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, please go to following link: www.vimeo.com/11228403. Link to a Russian TV report: www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=1095888. Producciones Maga Margaret Y. Jova Paseo Pintor Rosales, 44, 7-I Madrid 28008 Spain Tel/Fax: (34) 91 547 6979, (34) 676 612939 certamenflamenco@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/PRODUCCIONESMAGA http://vimeo.com/produccionesmaga www.certamenflamenco.com