Dancers Julie Iarisoa and Yaya Sarrie will be in La Gomera through March 9th

Dancers Julie Iarisoa (Madagascar) and Yaya Sarria (Chad) are participating in a creative residence through March 9th in La Gomera, as part of the África en Movimiento (Africa in Motion) programme, which involves the collaboration of Casa África and the Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera. Creators of Espace-Temps, a choreography piece prepared by both during a year of training at the Centro Mediterráneo de Danza de Túnez (CMDT), the follow the example of the Rary Malgache dance company, which was in La Gomera during October 2010, and Peter Nkoghe (Gabon), who visited at the beginning of February.

The dancers will show their work in progress on March 4th at the Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera. The show will begin at 21:00 and admission is free.  Phone reservations may be made by calling +34 9220870 090.

Julie Iarisoa and Yaya Sarria decided to work together once they confirmed the similarity in their objectives: to immortalise the sacred soul of dance, to evolve choreography creations, to find new techniques in the field of contemporary African dance, and to make themselves available to international cultural exchanges.

África en Movimiento is a Casa África initiative that aims to promote the presence of African stage arts in Spain and the mutual knowledge of African and Spanish artists and choreographers.  It was established to allow the creation of this type of piece and the possibility of offering African choreographers a suitable space for training, and to allow exchanges between African and Spanish artists.

The artistic residencies at the Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera host creators for short periods, giving them the opportunity to work, learn and display their work, at its current stage in the process, to audiences in San Sebastián de La Gomera.