Mandraking (2002)
Premiered Frascati Theater, Amsterdam
Choreographed and performed improvisation with M. Voorter, C. Parkinson, A. Thery
Music by Liza Minelli, Sandro, and remixes from Alfred Hitchock films

Together with an international cast of dancers, David Zambrano creates an evening full of performances with choreographed and improvised structures.

‘I made up the verb mandraking Mandrake, who was a famous mogicion in comic books when / was growing up in Venezuela. During my childhood (1960’s) when something seemed impossible, people would say: . ‘only Mandrake can do it’ 1. Mandraking is for me the action festing physically what one can imagine

Concept and direction: David Zambrano
Dance: Chrysa Parkinson (USA), Alexandre Thery (F), Mat Voorter (NL), David Zambrano (NIV[).
Light and set: Simon Siegmann
Costumes: Mat Voorter

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A three part performance featuring an all male cast of dancers and musicians from around the world.

“Dance is a fat woman …. it is filled with the sensual and the sexual, with life and with poetry. It is part of the whole or it is the whole in all its volume. It is rhythmical and/or arhythmical. It is improvised and/or choreographed but it is always guided and designed consciously by the creator who is transporting the need to communicate the physical and spiritual experience of the past, the present, and glimpses of the future. Dancing is perfect when a relationship of totality exists. The coming together of heaven/creator/earth, past/present/future, and the feminine/masculine results in a dance experience that is orgasmic for the creator and for the audience.Dancing is the best tool that I have found and chosen in this life to better communicate my inner world to the outer world. It is how I get to know myself.” David Zambrano

Proyecto: Z (1994)
Director and Choreographer: David Zambrano in collaboration with the performers
Assistant Choreographer: Jennifer Monson
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Costumes: Mat Voorter
Performers: Alexis Eupierre, Tim Feldmann, Thomas Hauert,Paco Macia, Mat Voorter
Lighting Designer: Carol Mullins
This piece has been made possible, in part, with funds from Provenca USA.Proyecto: Z was originally conceived and created in Barcelona, Spain, 1994.

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