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Ana Sánchez-Colberg is a London-based Puerto Rican choreographer and dancer. She is a choreographer of dance-theatre.〔Preston-Dunlop, Valerie. "The Word became Flesh: Theatre enCorps at The Place Theatre", ''Dance Theatre Journal'', Vol. 11 No. 4, Spring 1995, 46-47.〕 She has been awarded a Fellowship by the Swedish Research Council. == Career and Activities == Sánchez-Colberg trained in classical ballet in her native Puerto Rico before turning to contemporary dance. Under the tutelage of Helmut Gottschild (an assistant dancer to Mary Wigman in Berlin until 1969) she trained in Wigman, Kurt Jooss and Tanztheater techniques. During this time Sanchez-Colberg was a member of the Terry Beck Troupe, a Philadelphia -based dance company and Movement Co-ordinator for Intuitions, a physical theatre company. During this period she began to create her first works. She was a finalist in the USA Choreographic competitions ACDFA performing the duet ''Lullabyes'' at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC. The ''Washington Post'' described the work as "a gem, demonstrating a creative spark of a higher order". In 1986, under the auspices of a fellowship from the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico, she moved to England to pursue further dance training. She completed a PhD programme at the Laban Centre London in 1992. Sánchez-Colberg established Theatre enCorps in 1989.〔()〕 The debut choreographic work Alice, ''Alice, Alice...Are You A Child or a Tee totter'' (1989–1990), was performed in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as a site-specific work at Newcastle Arts Centre, West Greenwich House and in Spring Loaded at The Place Theatre, London in 1990. One review described the work as "imaginative and bold...trenchantly performed" (Time Out,.〔Clemens, Mary. "Theatre enCorps" Time Out. London: England, 21–28 February 1990, 70; and Cooper, Brian. "Alice", The Stage and Television Today, London: England, 7 September 1989.〕 This was followed by the "spirited solo" (The Stage and Television) Fragments: Discourse on Love (1991–92) performed at the Oval House Theatre. ''Family Portraits '' (1993–94) was also performed as part of Continental Shifts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe〔Bain, Alice, "A Contrasting and Triumphant Pas de Deux", Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 September 1993.〕 and was performed in London at The Place Theatre (Evolutions! 1993) and the Bonnie Bird Theatre. ''En Viva Voz'' (1995–96) was performed as part of Spring Loaded at The Place Theatre and was awarded the Bonnie Bird Award for Choreography that year.〔 In April 1997 the company produced ''Now we are no longer who we were then''...〔Ostrowski, Ivana. "Now We Are No Longer Who We Were Then..." Total Theatre.London, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1997〕 based on Jean Cocteau’s ''Jeune Homme et la Mort''. She directed, choreographed and produced ''Futur/Perfekt'',〔Cooper, Helen "Futur/Perfekt: London Calling", ''Dance Expressions'', London: England, January 2000, page 40〕 an international collaborative performance project exploring the relationship between individual histories, city landscapes and the notion of the global. The project began in Berlin〔Draeger, Volkmar "Alle Kapseln reisen mit..." ''Berliner Morgenpost'', Berlin: Germany, 18 September 1998.〕 in 1998 and was performed in the USA, Austria, Puerto Rico, Colombia and México. In 2003 she created ''Inside Heiner’s Mind'', a one-woman solo that has toured internationally. In 2004 with support from the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Theatre Museum Vienna she produced ''Mahler’s Fifths''. The piece was the recipient of the Creative Collaborations in Music Award from PRS for its treatment of dance and "live music" in performance. The piece toured internationally in 2005. ''Killing Charity'' in collaboration with director Niall Rea was premiered as part of Fronteras Latin American Festival at the Robin Howard Dance Theatre in October 2004. She was the solo performer in ''Holds no memory'', an Arts Council of England supported collaboration between Theatre enCorps and Swedish choreographer () Efva Lilja.〔Phillips, Katie. "Theatre enCorps and Efva Lilja", ''Dancing Times'', June 2007〕 (). ''We: Implicated and Complicated'',〔Westman, Nancy. Dansens Nya Horisonter Utforskas, Danstidningen, No, 3, June, Stockholm, 2007, p. 12-14〕 a duet with Milos Sofrenovic with an original score by Nikos Panagiotopoulos was produced in 2006 with Arts Council of England support and has been performed in London, Stockholm and Vienna. In summer 2010 she was one of the artists in residence at Jacksonville University (Florida) MFA Dance programme. The residency is a collaboration between the University's Dance Department and the White Oak Plantation. The solo ''45,46,47, The Unbearable'' was premiered as part of the (10th Festival of the Association of Greek Choreographers ) in Athens, Greece at the Neos Kosmos Theatre, May 23–24, 2011. In 2012 she resumes collaboration with composer Kiriakos Spirou for the project (''After All is said and done...more will have been said than done'' ) that premiered as part of the "In progress" Festival at Kinitiras Studio and Artistic Residency Centre in Athens. The work continues their research into the relationship between listening and moving, choreography and musical composition. Sánchez-Colberg has worked in collaboration with international companies. She has produced four commissioned pieces for Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico: ''Ojos Que No Ven'' (1992), which received the first prize in the Festival of Caribbean Choreographers and has been subsequently performed as part of Ballet Concierto’s performances in New York’s Lincoln Center and the Wuppertal Opera House,〔Gonzalez, Max "Ballet Concierto's Ojos A Perfectly Designed Work", ''San Juan Star'', San Juan: Puerto Rico, October 1992〕 ''Sartorii'' (1994),〔Alegre-Barrios, Mario. Metaforica Ana Sánchez-Colberg, El Nuevo Día, San Juan Puerto Rico, 23 December 1994, 85.〕 ''Entre Huella y Pisada'' (1996), which received various awards from the Corporation for Music and Scenic Arts (NEA),〔Alegre-Barrios, Mario "Un Retorno: Entre Huella y Pisada", El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 28 September 1996, 99. and Homar, Susan "Ballet Concierto Festival Enlivens Choreographers" San Juan Star. San Juan: Puerto Rico, 9 September 1996, 59-61.〕 and ''Tejiendo Memorias'' (1998). She produced a piece for the Balletts des Staatstheater Cottbus, ''es lasst sich nicht lesen..'' with support from the British Council (Berlin).〔Beier, Gabi "Vorspiel" , Hermann, Cottbus: Germany, May 1997.〕 ''Strange Muse'', produced in June 1997, was commissioned by the Institute of Culture of Puerto Rico in collaboration with musicians from the Puerto Rico Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1997 she premiered a work for Foreign Bodies Dance Company developed with support from East Midlands Arts. She has also choreographed ''Recollections'' (1999) for Andanza (Puerto Rico). Currently, she is working on a new commission for Compañía Danza 21 in San Juan Puerto Rico in August 2011. The new work ''Cuerpos (no) Mienten'' is a group dance for seven dancers with an original composition by composer (Kiriakos Spirou ) for three pianos. Since 2005 Sánchez-Colberg has been collaborating with filmmaker Chris Clow in film and documentary projects that aim to capture the intuitive and ephemeral moments that lead to works of dance. These include (''Mahler's fifths'' (2005) ) ''Holds No Memory'' ((2005, stage 1) ) (2006 part 1 ), (2006 part 2 ) and (''We: Implicated and Complicated'' (2007 )). The documentary film of the creative process into (45, 46, 47 The Unbearable ) was premiered at (Kinitiras Studio-Residency Centre ), Athens on 16 March 2011. In 2011 in collaboration with Kinitiras Studio and Artists Residency Centre in Athens, Greece she has created the Kinitiras Choreography Lab for which she is the director and mentor. The main aim of the project is to open a much needed space for experienced artists to continue personal and professional development. See () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ana Sanchez-Colberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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