October 2, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
Hailed by The New York Times as a choreographer with “intense theatricality,” Tania Pérez-Salas, an award-winning dancer/choreographer from Mexico City, coaches brilliant technique and intense emotions from her troupe of dancers. Launched in 1994, her Compañía de Danza debuts in Miami as part of an international tour celebrating Mexico’s 200th anniversary of independence. The company comes to Miami directly after a stop at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Salas’ ensemble performs a full season at home in Mexico, and tours extensively to international festivals, including the Latin American Festival in Montreal, the Biennale de la Danse in Lyon, the Festival Oriente Occidente in Italy, and New York’s City Center Fall For Dance Festival. Her work has been commissioned and presented in Madrid and Barcelona, and she was awarded the prize for best choreography by the audience at the International San Luis Potosi Festival in Mexico.