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El Camino del Agua
Imágenes 2000, 2001
The first intercultural project by Le Grand Cru. A floating raft functioning as an outdoor stage was the setting for Imágenes, with dancers of the Escuela Nacional de Danza Moderna y Folklórica in Havana. Inspiration for this work came from images of Cuba including the large demonstrations and the USA boycott. As a subtle reference to the political system the famous music The State by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen was used. Imágenes continued to draw large crowds when the work was presented in Amsterdam during the following year at the ITS Festival.
El Camino del Agua 2005
An artistic meeting between youngsters of two different cultures; dancers from the Escuela Nacional de Danza Moderna y Folklórica in Havana, Cuba, and musicians from the Dutch Youth String Orchestra. El Camino del Agua is inspired by the Afro-Cuban Orishas. The music score is composed by Patricio Wang. The performance was a big hit on summer festivals in the Netherlands and was successfully presented at the Teatro Nacional in Havana. Over 9000 people saw this production.
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Reviews
'...Passionate dancing echoes on the central square of Rotterdam... Elegant are the girls with their yellow fans and gigantic skirts. Passionate are the 'masculine' boys with their bare chests. With red paint on their hands they print each other's back. A feast to watch... a gorgeous picture...'
Rotterdams Dagblad, 27 June 05

'...We are immersed in a bath of music: salutary and bewildered. The music of Patricio Wang sounds charming, than again furious... More spectacular than any other performances of the opening night of the festival was this performance with ten Cuban dancers. They were that convincing on stage, that one wished the Dutch students had the same animation on the opening night of the International Theatreschool festival...'
Volkskrant, 25 June 05

'...As a special opening of the International Theatreschool Festival El Camino del Agua was presented. Dutch choreographers Feri de Geus en Noortje Bijvoets created this work with students of the Cuban Academy for Modern and Folkloric Dance. Based on Afro-Cuban Orishas, the youthful enthusiasm of the dancers was infectious. The execution of Patricio Wang's musical composition was performed very well by the Dutch String Orchestra...'
NRC Handelsblad, 27 June 05

'...The young Cuban dancers of El Camino del Agua have made a deep impression…I saw the marching in the end. With that mix of water and sand and the duet from the beginning of the performance. That really gave me goose pimples...'
Oerol Krantsje, 17 June 05