Dark and light from Spain.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Unlike other European countries, Spain lagged behind in the field of contemporary dance until Nacho Duato Juan Ignacio Duato Bárcia, also known as Nacho Duato (Valencia, 8 January 1957) is a Spanish classical ballet dancer and choreographer. After a long and successful career, he was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education as the artistic director of the took the helm of the Compania Nacional de Danza in 1990. His years as resident choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater Nederlands Dans Theater (Dutch Dance Theatre also known as the NDT) is a contemporary dance company established in 1959 breaking away from the more traditionally oriented Dutch National Ballet (Het Nederlands Ballet). had given him ample experience and plenty of choreographic ideas. Now considered among the best in Europe, his company presents three pieces at BAM'S Next Wave Festival Oct. 16, 18-20. They include Por Vos Muero, Castrati, and White Darkness White Darkness is an original novel written by David A. McIntee and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. , all of them reflecting Duato's dramatic blend of ballet and contemporary techniques and European theatricality. The first is a deliciously sensual exploration of 15th- and 16th-century court dance, while the others deal with darker subjects: castration castration, removal of the sex glands of an animal, i.e., testes in the male, or ovaries and often the uterus in the female. Castration of the female animal is commonly referred to as spaying. and drug addiction. See www.bam.org. |
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