{"id":7453,"date":"2021-09-17T14:34:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2021-12-04T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T14:57:56","slug":"meaning-movement-javier-cura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/politics\/meaning-movement-javier-cura\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Movement | With multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\"><strong>The Meaning of Movement | With multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this episode of The Spark, we visit Argentine-American multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura in Bechyn\u011b, Czech Republic, to talk about the philosophy and motivation behind his regular workshop called \u201cThe Ecological Body\u201d. In this workshop, participants not only dance improvisationally, inspired by a combination of tango and contact improvisation, but also go out into nature together to rediscover the body&#8217;s lost richness of movement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO: The Meaning of Movement | With multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Meaning of Movement | With multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8PNRKQKT5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;The Spark&#8221; is a program in which we interview socially engaged people who are working to improve various aspects of our society. In this program, we offer a platform to associations, activists, artists, etc. with the aim of promoting democratic civic engagement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT JAVIER CURA<\/h2>\n<p><b>Javier Cura<\/b> is an argentine american multidisciplinary artist. He completed\u00a0 his Master in Modern Literature at Buenos Aires University (Argentina).\u00a0 He has dedicated himself to the Fine Arts\u00a0 having created several art exhibitions of objects, sculptures and installations in Bs.As, Arg.<\/p>\n<p>He has performed, directed and created dance theatre shows in Argentina, Colombia, USA, Italy, Germany and Indonesia. He presently teaches contact-tango, physical theatre and contact-improv internationally and regularly visits England, Italy, France, Czeck Rep, Germany and Argentina. He has been invited to teach at ZIP Contact Impro festival at Orvieto, Italy, at the Freiburg Contact Festival in Germany, at Alchemie Tango Festival in Prague, at the West Coast Contact Impro Festival, San Francisco (USA) and at Phantastango Tango Festival in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>His last piece that merges tango and contact in a physical-theatre context was presented in Prague\u2019s Dance Theatre \u201cFarma Festival\u201d, in Italy\u2019s Terni Festival and in Mar del Plata, Argentina<b>.<\/b> In 2009, he was invited by Fabrik Potsdam Dance Theatre Festival to create a Physical Theatre and Tango show with\u00a0 participants of his workshops. He is currently living in Berlin where he is conducting a research on Contact Improvisation expression at the Berlin Free University.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we visit multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura in Bechyn\u011b, to talk about his workshop that focuses on creative 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