Win Tickets ($50): Flirt @ BodyVox Dance Center | African Cultural Mating Dances, Art, Poetry
February 15, 2012 — PDXPIPELINEWe are giving away a pair of tickets to Flirt on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at BodyVox Dance Center. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, February 17.
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From our sponsors at BodyVox:
Flirt: An Homage To Love by Luciana Proano
Saturday, February 18
7 p.m. | All Ages
Tickets are $15-$25
Purchase Tickets at lucianaproano.com
BodyVox Dance Center
1201 NW 17th Avenue
“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love”
Any time is good to quote Martin Luther King but it happens to be February, so let’s celebrate Love and Black History. I will share with you mating dances that have had their origins in African culture and are at various degrees of separation in the genealogical tree.
I have carefully chosen award winning dancers well versed in the traditional cultures of Perú, Cuba, Argentina and the US. I have made a diverse selection of Peruvian and US poetry that will deeply move you. I have made contact with my good friend painter Cuco Morales to let me use his magical landscapes as a context for our love. I will make sure that you will walk out of this show with a vibrancy to melt your partner.
Celebrating love should not stop at Valentine’s day, so stretch it out, pick up from where you left and get your tickets to see us on Saturday February 18th at BodyVox Dance Center. 7p.m.
I dedicate this show to my ancestors, especially José, Enrique, Carlos and Cristina Bustamante y Ballivian who introduced me to poetry at a very early age, to my aunt Chabuca Granda who influenced me with her music and my grandfathers Alfonso Granda and Julio Proaño for their flirtatious nature and dancing abilities. This fun work is inspired by them and is a reminder that dance and poetry are gateways to a deep understanding of each other, therefore a vehicle to peace.
Join acclaimed dancer Luciana Proaño, and award winning dancers Freila Merencio, Isidro Valor, Mónica Rojas, Néstor Ruiz, Rachel Lidskog, Mike Eblen, Jack Lim, DonnaMation and PopNtod, for an evening celebrating love.
February 16, 2012 at 15:00
love me some post v-day romance
February 16, 2012 at 16:48
This sounds awesome, and I would love more love in my life.
February 16, 2012 at 16:52
wow. this sounds breathtaking beautiful, an opportunity to bathe in warmth, and to experience love so that one can pass on joy and radiance to the people on the road up ahead. i would love to attend this. (and i have a thoroughly platonic date in mind!)
xoxo
February 16, 2012 at 17:12
sounds fu to me..
February 16, 2012 at 17:18
i have never been to a bodyvox performance and would love to go to this one!!! i love dance!
February 16, 2012 at 17:34
Body Vox Dance is one of the best kept secrets in Portland. The success of this dance company is due to the creator pursuing his dream during the recession and giving the city a great dance company in spite of the odds.
Their performance would be a wonderful experience as I practice dance and I love to se others perform.
February 16, 2012 at 17:42
LOVE is in the air.
February 16, 2012 at 17:52
i normally write something stupidly funny to get attention and try to win tickets, but damn if this just doesn’t sound inspiring and true. <3
February 16, 2012 at 18:04
wonderful way to continue the love from valentines day!
February 18, 2012 at 10:57
It is said that dance came about as a way to show a young person’s athletic suitability as a mate.