Full Cast for Choreographers Festival Announced

RL's Choreographers Festival is only week away from the big opening, and we've had a busy week with the arrival of D1 Dance Company, the Pachamama Event, and the first full company rehearsal this past weekend!

Luis Salgado (Founder/Director of R.Evolucion Latina), Vania Masias (Director of D1), and the D1 dancers ran an amazing open rehearsal at Pachamama Peruvian Arts Center in Queens last Friday. Many gathered to work with R.Evolución Latina and D1 and were inspired by their story. See some breathtaking footage of D1 Dancing and the open workshop with the children here: R.Evolución Latina at Pachamama.

Our dancers have been working hard on the challenging and moving material our choreographers have put together for the festival, and this past week, they got to work with D1 for the first time! In honor of these two amazing groups coming together, we'd like to present for the first time our full cast for the 2011 Choreographers Festival!

The D1 Dancers
Diana Follegati, Eric Grijalva, Michael Grijalva, Harold Echevarria, Jhon Caceres, Jose Luis Delgado, Raul Romero, Pedro Ibanez, Juan Pablo Lostannau, Veronica Alvarez, Maria Alejandra Valera, Sandra Beque, Juan Pablo Andres, Mia Noel, Jorge Chafloque, Jeremy Iturri, William Mendoza, Pierry Eche

Our Beyond Workshop Series Dancers
Amanda Grace Holt, Ana De Villas, Arielle Rosales, Brittany Conigatti, Courtney Ortiz, Daniel Gutierrez, Ehizoje Aseke, Elizabeth Walsh, Freia Canals, Grace Freeman, Jennifer Jacuska, Jewel Elizabeth, Jose Luaces, Kimber Benedict, Marguerite Hemmings, Mario Martinez, Martina Kocichova, Milteri Tucker, Monica Delgado, Shawn Beck Gifford, Sidney Erik Wright, Sol Gilgorri, Susi Beck-Gifford, Vicky Lopez, Yaremis Felix, and Zuleinette Ralat.

All of these talented dancers are being supported by our star-studded ensemble of choreographers: Amanda Turner, Daniel Fetecua -Soto, Dario Vaccaro, Gabriela Garcia, Luis Salgado, Marcos Santana, Rebeca Tomas, Valeria Cossu, and Vania Masias.

The Broadway Team behind the magic is Director/Choreographer Luis Salgado (In the Heights, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Associate Director/Producer Heather Hogan (In the Heights), and Matt Steffens, Asst. to all Choreographers.

The Choreographers Festival is March 28th at 8pm, and March 29th at 1pm and 7pm at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. More information can be found at the Choreographers Festival Website.

Choreographers Festival Cast
R.Evolucion Latina is a non-profit located in NYC dedicated to empowering the artistic community in order to inspire growth within the Latino Community through collaboration, productions, and educational support programs. For more information on the organization, you can visit www.revolucionlatina.org.

R.Evolucion Latina has recently released their first fund-raising CD Dare to Go Beyond: The Album. (read our glowing review from TheaterMania!) For more information, check out the album website http://daretogobeyond.org.