Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 2 Hubbard Street Dance

MALPASO DANCE COMPANY Joyce Theater Productions (JTP) is the in-house producing entity for The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., formed to create original work for The Joyce’s own stage and for worldwide touring. The program also includes fiscal and admin- istrative management to select companies that may require infrastructure beyond project-based creations. Originally founded in partnership with Sunny Artist Management, Inc. (SAM) in 2014, JTP has since supported projects with Daniil Simkin, Wendy Whelan/Brian Brooks, Arthur Pita/James Whiteside, Maria Kochetkova, and L.A. Dance Project, and maintains an ongoing relationship with Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company. DANCERS Dunia Acosta graduated from the Regional Dance School Manuel Munoz Cedeno in Bayamo in 2009. She was a member of Danza Libre de Guantanamo from 2010 to 2013 before joining Malpaso. Esteban Aguilar studied dance at the Superior Institute of Arts’ Faculty of Dance and was a member of Danza Fragmentada Company from 2002 to 2014 before joining Malpaso in February 2016. He has worked with choreographers such as Aszure Barton and Osnel Delgado. Maria Karla Araujo graduated from the National School of Dance in Havana in 2009. Before joining Malpaso Dance Company, she worked with Ebony Dance Company and Rakatan Company, also based in Havana. Fernando Benet is a graduate of the José María Heredia Art School in Santiago de Cuba. Before joining Malpaso in February 2016, he taught modern dance at the Alfredo Velázquez Dance School in Guantánamo from 2013 to 2015 and was a member of Danza Libre Company from 2013 to 2016. He has worked with choreographers such as Aszure Barton and Osnel Delgado. Manuel Durán is a 2009 graduate from the Regional Dance School Manuel Muñoz Cedeno in Bayamo, Cuba. He was a member of Danza Libre of Guantanamo from 2010 to 2013 before joining Malpaso. Beatriz Garcia is a graduate of the Superior Institute of Arts (2016) and the National Ballet School in Havana (2008). She was a member of Danza Teatro Retazos until 2014. She has worked with choreographers such as Isabel Bustos, Miguel Azcue, Irene Kalbusch, Pepe Hevia, Trey McIntyre, Aszure Barton, Sonya Tayeh, and Ohad Naharin, among others. She joined Malpaso in June 2014. Armando Gomez was born in 1994 in Camagüey City. He graduated as a ballet dancer and teacher from the Arts Academy Vicentina de la Torre in 2013. He was a member of the contemporary dance company Endedans from 2013 to 2016 and Lizt Alfonzo Dance Cuba from 2016 to 2017. He joined Malpaso Dance Company in 2017. Abel Rojo graduated from the National School of Modern Dance in 2010. He has been a member of companies such as Danza Contemporánea de Cuba from 2010 to 2014, DanzAbierta from 2015 to 2016, and the theater ensemble El Ciervo Encantado from 2014 to 2015. He has worked with choreographers like Mats Ek, Rafael Bonachela, and Susana Pous, among others. He joined Malpaso in July 2016. Lisbeth Saad graduated from the National Ballet School as a dancer and dance instructor in 2000. She performed with Codanza Dance Company from the city of Holguín for eight years, and was a member of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba from 2010 to 2016 before joining Malpaso in February 2016. Saad has worked with choreographers such as Juan Cruz, Pedro Ruiz, Rafael Bonachela, Isidro Rolando, Maricel Godoy, and George Céspedes, among others. 10 | HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO & MALPASO DANCE COMPANY | MARCH 2 + 3, 2019