Hola Malpaso, From Cuba With Love to Our Schools
Cuban dance company Malpaso spent the week on the Vineyard performing in pubic and local schools.
Cuban dance company Malpaso spent the week on the Vineyard performing in pubic and local schools.
Jesse Keller Jason, director of Island programs and education the Yard.
Jesse Keller Jason, director of Island programs and education the Yard.
Last week, the troupe performed for students and visited Spanish classes at the regional high school.
Last week, the troupe performed for students and visited Spanish classes at the regional high school.
Dancers use their bodies, their faces and their emotions to create a feeling.
Dancers use their bodies, their faces and their emotions to create a feeling.
The performance was a 20-minute excerpt from a piece called Elemental.
The performance was a 20-minute excerpt from a piece called Elemental.
The piece was a series of passionately elegant moments, including solos, duets and groups.
The piece was a series of passionately elegant moments, including solos, duets and groups.
The dancers moved fluidly from floor work to lifts, runs and leaps.
The dancers moved fluidly from floor work to lifts, runs and leaps.
Sometimes their movements seemed combative, while others were tender and loving or even humorous.
Sometimes their movements seemed combative, while others were tender and loving or even humorous.
Bleachers filled with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Bleachers filled with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Dancers sat in a line on the gym floor while the children reacted to their work.
Dancers sat in a line on the gym floor while the children reacted to their work.
After the dance, Ms. Keller Jason introduced the performers.
After the dance, Ms. Keller Jason introduced the performers.
Principal John Custer thanks company director Fernando Sàez
Principal John Custer thanks company director Fernando Sàez
Tisbury School students got a private performance Tuesday by an internationally acclaimed dance ensemble from Cuba. A favorite among summer dance audiences on the Vineyard for several years, Malpaso Dance Company arrived on Island for its first off-season residency at the Yard earlier this month.