Curriculum Vita Marianela Boan Education 2006 –MFA in Dance from Temple University. 1979 - BA in Hispanic Language and Literature from Havana University. 1973 - BA in Dance at the National School of Dance, Cuba. Employment 2010 to present Director of Contemporary Dance Program of Ministery of Culture of Dominican Republic. 2005 to 2010 Founder Director of BoanDanz Action 2006 to 2010 Adjunct Professor at Temple University teaching Creative Process, Composition and Repertory Guess Choreographer at Princeton University. Guess Choreographer at Drexel University. Faculty member at Bates Dance Festival teaching Repertory and Make dances. Guest Artist at Alfred University teaching Video-Dance 2006 Adjunct Professor at Temple University teaching Composition, Creative Process and Repertory. 2004 – 2006 Teaching assistant. Temple University Philadelphia teaching Improvisation, Choreographic Project, Creative Process and Repertory. 2001- 2003 Titular Professor at the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA) in Havana. 1988-2003 Teaching to her own company DanzAbierta Dance technique, Improvisation, composition, voice and acting. 2003 Bates Dance Festival. Maine Faculty Member, teaching Creative Process. Repertory. 2002 Fall Semester, NYU. NY Guest Artist, teaching Contaminated Dance. 2003 Guest Artist NYU, Performance Studies Department teaching Contaminated Dance 1999–2003 Titular Professor at the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA) in Havana. 1973-1988 Choreographer/Performer at Danza Contemporanea de Cuba. Prizes and Honors. 2008: Rocky Award to VOYEUR. Philadelphia 2006; Critique Magazine Tablas award. Cuba 2005: Who is who among the students USA 2001: National Dance Award nomination. Cuba 2001: National Choreographic Award UNEAC and 2001: Villanueva Critics Award to Chorus Perpetuus. 1998: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to El Árbol y el Camino. 1997: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to El pez de la torre nada en el asfalto. 1997: Award for Best Mise en scene at the Central American Theater Festival, El Salvador to El pez de la torre nada en el asfalto. 1997: Best Female Performance Award at the Central American T Festival, El Salvador, to Gaviota. 1996: Third National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Variaciones Sísifo. 1996: Villanueva Critic Award to El pez de la torre nada en el asfalto. 1993: Villanueva Critic Award to Fast Food. 1993: Villanueva Critic Award to Gaviota (Seagull). 1990: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Degas. 1990: First Award Camaguey Dance Festival to La más fuerte. 1989: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Sin permiso . 1989: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Un elefante se balanceaba . 1989: Second Choreographic Award Saitama, Japan, Choreographic Competition to Godot. 1987: National Choreographic Award UNEAC to El cruce sobre el Niágara. 1983: Special National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Guernica. 1980: Special National Choreographic Award UNEAC to Mariana. Choreographies 2009 Decadere (60 min.) BDA Casa de teatro Dominican Republic Stampede (20 min.) Hedwig Dances Company, Chicago. Joyce SoHo Theater NY Landscape on Hold (60 min.) with Tania Isaac and Gabri Christa. Painted Bride Arts Center. Philadelphia. 2007 Voyeur (50 min.) BoanDanz Action. Christ Church. Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia. Liquid Office (20 min.) Reyes Dance Company. Ashville Caution (15 min.) Bates Dance Festival 2006 False Testimony Part one (20 min.) Group. BoanDanz Action. 
 Conwell Theater Philadelphia 2005 False Testimony Part two Conwell Theater. Philadelphia (20 min) Group. BoanDanz Action Map (12 min). Solo. BoanDanz Action Conwell Theater. Philadelphia. Fluid (20 min). Group. .BoanDanz Action. Painted Bride Art Center. Philadelphia Quiéreme mucho. (1 hour) Group. México D. F. Eighth Commandment. (10 min) Group. Oldenburg Festival. Germany. 2004 White Rose (I2 min) Solo. Temple University. Philadelphia Boxes (10 min) Group. Bates Dance Festival. Maine The Unbearable Lightness (45 min.) Group. FIU Miami Lay Down on This Side Only (12 min) Group. Ashville Dance Company. N.C. 2003 Duck Tape (9 min.) Group. Bates Dance Festival, Maine Urban Birds (12 min.) Group. UAA Dance Company, Alaska Rocking Vivaldi (6 min.) Group. Alaska Dance Theatre. Alaska Lifting (6 min.) Solo. BoanDanz Action Dotfiftyone Miami. 1997 El árbol y el camino I (30 min.) Group. Venetia Balleto, Teatro Goldoni. Venetia. Italia 1996 Variaciones Sísifo (35 min.) Group. Teatro Mella. La Habana. El pez de la torre nada en el asfalto (75 min.) Group. Teatro Nacional. La Habana. 1995 Pater (30 min.) Group. Teatro Mella. La Habana. La carta (12 min.) Solo. teatro Mella. La Habana. 1994 Autorretrato con escalera de caracol (1 hour) Group. T. Nacional. La habana Desprendimientos (24 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. Últimos días de una casa (40 min.) Solo. T. mella. La Habana 1993 Adán y Eva de las Islas (15 min.) Group.GEDC, Martinique Saxo (20 min.) Group. GEDC, Martinique Juego con cocos (15 min.) Group. GEDC, Martinique Estáticos (30 min.) Group. GEDC, Martinique 1993 Fast Food (5 min) Solo. T. Mella. La Habana. Gaviota (30 min) Solo. T. Mella. La Habana. 1992 Antígona (18 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. Retorna (35 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. Viajero (12 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. 2001 Chorus Perpetuus (75 min) Group. T. Mella La Habana. 2000 Blanche (45 min) Solo. Noveno Piso T. Nacional. La Habana 1998 El Arbol y el Camino (75 min.) Group Teatro Mella. La Habana 1990 La puerta (20 min.) Group. Danza Luz, Maracaibo, Venezuela. 1991 Locoemoción (40 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. 1989 Ejes (35 min.) Group. Sala Alejo carpentier. Gran Teatro de La Habana. La más fuerte (18 min.) Group. Gran Teatro de la Habana. Una cuna (75 min.) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. 1988 Sin permiso (1 hour) Group. T. Mella. La Habana. 1999 Un tranvía llamado deseo (30 min.) Group. DCC. Gran Teatro de La Habana. 1990 Degás (30 min.) Group. Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Gran teatro de La Habana. 1989 Dos (12 min.) Solo. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. 1988 Un elefante (30 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. 1987 Cruce sobre el Niágara (23 min.) Group. DCC. La Habana. 1986 Lunetario (40 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. 1985 Ciclos (15 min.) Group. DCC. Festival Internacional de la Juventud. Moscow. Teoría de Conjunto (35 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Homenaje (1 hour) Group. FAR Artistic Ensemble. FAR Theater. 1984 Martí (20 min.) Group. Cuban Television 1983 Nijinsky (40 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Creceremos (25 min.) Escuela Nacional de Danza. La Habana. Guernica (1 hour) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. 1982 Con Silvio (30 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Con Pablo (30 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Maleficio (28 min.) Group. Cuban Televisión. 1980 Mariana (1 hour) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Adán y Eva (20 min.) Group DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. 1978 Danzaria (10 min.) Group. DCC. T. Mella. La Habana. Choreographies for movies El siglo de las luces Director Humberto Solás, Cuba El néctar negro de los dioses blancos. Director Octavio Cortázar, Cuba Cosas que dejé en la Habana. Director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, España Cuba Diving Director Isaac Racine, Canadá Terraba Director José Manuel Rodríguez, Costa Rica- Cuba Choreographies for theatre pieces Historia de un caballo Director Vicente Revuelta, Cuba Los días de la guerra Director: Roberto Blanco, Cuba Galileo Galilei Director: Vicente Revuelta, Cuba El Burgués Gentilhombre Director: Jerome Savary Theater Chaillot de Paris, France Performance. Festivals and venues 2010 Live Arts Festival, Live Arts Studio, Philadelphia. USA. Decadere. Brazil, Salvador Bahia, FILTE. Teatro Castro Alves. False Testimony. Dominican Republic tour. Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo. Voyeur. Mexico International Dance Festival: Mexico City, Hermosillo, Tijuana, Mexicali, Ensenada, Mazatlan, Los Mochis, Culiacan. False Testimony 2009 Casa del Teatro Nacional, Festival Impulsos 2009, bogota, Colombia, Decadere Casa de Teatro, Dominican Republica, Decadere Joyce SoHo Theater NY, Hedwig Dances Company, Chicago. Stampede Painted Bride Arts Center. Philadelphia. Landscape on Hold 2008 Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, USA. Voyeur. 2007 Auditorium Leon de Greiff, National University, Colombia, Bogota. Voyeur Alfred University. NY. USA. Voyeur. Live Arts Festival. Christ Church. Philadelphia, USA.Voyeur Bates Dance Festival. Maine, USA. False Testimony 2006 Reims festival. France. Chorus Perpetuus. Zitges Festival Hungary. Chorus Perpetuus. Painted Bride Art Center. Philadelphia, USA. False Testimony La MaMa Experimental Theater. NY, USA. False Testimony Conwell Theater , Philadelphia PA USA. False Testimony part 2 2005 Conwell Theater, Philadelphia PA USA, Map Conwell Theater, Philadelphia PA USA. False Testimony part 1 Oldenburg Theater, Germany (Oldenburg Festival) Eighth Commandment. Painted Bride Art Center. Philadelphia USA. Fluid. Telmex Theater, Mexico City. Quiereme Mucho. 2004 Conwell Theater, Philadelphia PA USA, White Rose Dance Theatre Workshop (Cuban Cultural Week, NYC) Blanche Teatro Avante, Miami, USA Blanche FIU, VH-100 Series, USA Lifting 2003 Le Hague Dance Festival, Holland Chorus Perpetuus Wales Tour, England Chorus Perpetuus Bates Dance Festival, USA Lifting Hemispheric Encuentro Politic & Performance, NYU, New York, USA Lifting Festival Internacional de Teatro de Los Angeles (FITLA), USA Blanche 2002 Festival de Cadiz, Spain Chorus Perpetuus Festival FRONTERAS, The Place Theatre, London Chorus Perpetuus Global Dance, Dusseldorf, Germany Chorus Perpetuus Ibero American Theatre Festival, Bogotá, Colombia Chorus Perpetuus Bates Dance Festival, USA Lifting Hemispheric Encuentro Politic & Performance, NYU, Lima, Perú Blanche Festival Danza Contemporánea, Sto Domingo, Rep. Dominicana Blanche Festival Casa de Teatro, Sto Domingo, Rep. Dominicana Chorus Perpetuus Gala Premio Casa de las Americas, Cuba Chorus Perpetuus Aruba Caribe Network, Aruba Seagull 2001 Bates Dance Festival Seagull Transit II Festival, Holstebro, Denmark Blanche Hemispheric Encuentro Politic & Performance, NYU, Monterrey, Mexico, Blanche, Chorus P. Festival Casa de Teatro, Sto Domingo, Rep. Dominicana Chorus Perpetuus Festival Internacional de Teatro de La Habana Chorus Perpetuus 2000 American Dance Festival Seagull Festival Women of the World, Barnard College New York Blanche, Seagull Edinburgh Fringe Dance Festival, Scotland El Pez de la Torre/El Arbol . Glasgow Art Festival, Scotland El Pez de la Torre. Festival Madrid en Danza, Spain El Arbol y El Camino Mayo Teatral, Havana, Cuba El Pez de la Torre. 1999 International Book Fair Cultural Festival, Dominican Rep. El Pez de la Torre. Festival Dance Caraibe, Martinique El Arbol y El Camino Dance Festival, Guadaloupe El Arbol y El Camino. Festival de las Artes, Valencia, Venezuela El Arbol y El Camino Festival Internacional de Teatro de La Habana El Pez de la Torre. Festival de la Ciudad, México, D.F. El burgues Gentilhombre 1998 Festival Cuba Sí, Teatro Chaillot de París El Pez de la Torre. Ludwig Foundation Festival, Aachen, Germany El Pez de la Torre. Festival des Nations, Zurich, Switzerland. El Pez de la Torre 1997 Festival de Teatro Centroamericano de El Salvador El Pez de la Torre. Goldoni Theatre, Venecia, Italy. El Arbol y El Camino 2. Festival de Marin, Martinique El Pez de la Torre. Festival Internacional de Teatro de La Habana El Pez de la Torre. 1996 Festival de Otoño, Madrid El Pez de la Torre. Festivales Circuito Norte, México Fast Food, La Carta, Seagull. Festival de Danza de Barranquilla, Colombia. Sísifo, Desnuda, Antigona. VI Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela Fast Food, La Carta, Seagull. 1995 Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, Manizales, Colombia Fast Food, Seagull, Pater. Festival de Danza de Barranquilla, Colombia Fast Food, La Carta, Seagull. Casa del Artista, Caracas, Venezuela. Seagull, Ultimos Dias de una Casa. 1994 Festival Grec Barcelona Fast Food, Godot, Seagull. Summertheater Festival Hamburg Fast Food, Godot ,Dos ,Seagull, Retorna Latin American Festival of Performing Arts, London Fast Food, Godot, Dos, Seagull IV Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela La Carta, Pater Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana Fast Food, Godot, Seagull 1993 CMAC Theatre, Fort de France, Martinique Adán y Eva. Saxo. Juego. Estaticos. Festival de Teatro de Oriente, Venezuela Adán y Eva. Saxo. Juego.Estaticos. III Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela Fast Food, Godot, Seagull Festival del Monólogo Teatral, Havana, Cuba Fast Food. Seagull Tour to Paraguay, Argentine and Uruguay. Dos, Godot, Retorna 1992 Festival de las Artes, Costa Rica Retorna, Godot , Antigona. Festival Jóvenes Coreógrafos, Caracas, Venezuela Seagull Temporada de Danza Contemporánea de Caracas, Venezuela Locoemocion, Retorna, Godot, Desnuda Festival de Danza Contemporánea, Bogotá, Colombia Una Cuna 1990 Festival Iberoamericano, Quito, Ecuador Godot, Festival de Danza Contemporánea de Bogotá Una Cuna Festival de Cali, Colombia Una Cuna 1989 Saitama International Choreographic Competition, Japan, Godot 1974-1987 Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba’s period. Visited countries as a performer and/or choreographer: Latin America: Panamá, México, Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Nicaragua, Argentine. Europe: Spain, France, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Germany, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Former USSR, Bulgaria. Africa and Asia: Nigeria, India. 1974-1987, Some Festivals and Venues: Festival International de la Danza, Champs Elysees Theatre, París, France. Black and African Arts Festival, Nigeria. Cirque Royal Brussels, Belgium. Amphitheatre of Verona, Italy. Festival de Artes y Música de Segovia, Spain. Festivales de verano, España (around 30 cities.) Festival Cervantino de México. CariFesta, Jamaica. Auditórium Theatre México. Performances in Galleries 2004: Dalí Centennial, Spanish Cultural Center, Miami. 2003: Norton Museum, Palm Beach. Wake Forest University Art Gallery, North Carolina. Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami. Courses and Workshops 2010- 2011 Professor at Contemporary Dance Program. Dominican Republic. Technique, Improvisation, Composition. 2010 Adjunct Professor Temple University. Graduate and undergrduate Creative process 2009 Adjunct Professor Temple University. Graduate and undergrduate Creative process 2008 Adjunct Professor Temple University/Graduate Composition 2007 Adjunct Professor at Temple University/Creative Process, Composition and Repertory Guess Choreographer at Princeton University. Guess Choreographer at Drexel University. Faculty member at Bates Dance Festival / Repertory and Make dances. Artist in residence at Alfred University / Video-Dance BoanDanz Action Studio. Philadelphia / Dance Technique and Improvisation 2006 BoanDanz Action Studio. Philadelphia/ Improvisation and Dance Painted Bride Art Center. Philadelphia / Improvisation, Dance technique, Afro-Cuban. 2004-2005 Temple University. Philadelphia/Improvisation. 2004 Florida International University. Miami/Improvisation. 2003 NYU Tisch College, Performance Studies Dept. NY/ Contaminated Dance Dance Ensemble, University of Alaska. Anchorage/Improvisation. Alaska Dance Theatre, Anchorage/Improvisation. Hemispheric Festival of Politic & Performance, NYU, NY/Contaminated D. Los Angeles International Theater Festival/Contaminated Dance. PS 742, Miami/Movement for Actors Essaias Studio, Miami/Contaminated Dance 2002 Global Dance, Dusseldorf, Germany/Improvisation. Hemispheric Festival of Politic & Performance, NYU, Perú/Improvisation and Composition. Festival Danza Contemporánea, Dominican Rep. Composition, Improvisation, Dance Technique. Encuentro-Taller de danza teatro, Quito, Ecuador. Theater-Dance. Instituto Superior de Arte. Movement for Visual Artists.Cuba Ludwig Foundation-NYU program, Cuba. Movement for actors 2001 Bates Dance Festival/ Improvisation, Dance technique. Transit II Festival, Holstebro, Denmark/ Movement for actors Hemispheric Festival of Politic & Performance, NYU, Mexico. Contaminated Dance. 2000 ADF, North Carolina, USA. Improvisation/Dance Technique. Barnard College New York/Movement for actors, 1999 Venetia Balleto. Venetia, Italy/ Dance Technique. Improvisation. Festival de Valencia, Venezuela/Improvisation. 1997 Festival de Teatro Centroamericano de El Salvador/Contaminated Dance. 1996 VI Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela/Improvisation. Punto Fijo, Venezuela/ Dance technique, Composition. Improvisation. Universidad de los Andes, Mérida. Venezuela / Composition. Improvisation. Koré Academy, Barranquilla, Colombia/ Improvisation. 1995 V Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela/ Improvisation. Koré Academy, Barranquilla,Colombia. Improvisation/ Composition. 1994 Grec Festival, Barcelona, Spain/ Dance technique. IV Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela/ Improvisation. 1993 III Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela/ Improvisation. Escuelas de Danza en Chapinero Norte, Bogotá, Colombia/ Composition. GEDC Fort de France, Martinique/Dance Technique. Improvisation. 1992 II Encuentro de Creadores, Venezuela./Dance Technique. Composition. Escuela de Danza de Neiva, Colombia. Dance Technique. Improvisation. San Agustín, Colombia/Composition 1991 Taller Internacional de Danza. Cali. Colombia./ Improvisation. Composition. Kore.Barranquilla, Colombia/ Improvisation. Composition. 1990 Danza Luz, Maracaibo, Venezuela/ Dance technique. Publications 2000: “La Dramaturgia en mi obra” (Dramaturgy in my work) Gaceta de Cuba. UNEAC. 1999: “Lo cubano, zona peligrosa”. (The Cuban thing, Dangerous Zone) Gaceta de Cuba. UNEAC. 1999: “DanzAbierta o el dedo en la llaga” (DanzAbierta or the finger on the sore) Gaceta de Cuba.UNEAC. Collaboration with other artists Tania Isaac and Gabri Christa. Painted Bride Art Center. 2009 Darío Fo and Franca Ramis Barnard College, Festival Women of the World. (2000) Theatre Director Eugenio Barba. Transit 2 Odin Teatre Olstebro Denmarc. (2001) Simone Forti Encuentro de Creadores, Caracas, Venezuela. (1995) Mark Tompkins Encuentro de Creadores, Caracas, Venezuela (1996) David Zambrano Encuentro de Creadores, Caracas, Venezuela (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Cuban festival organized in Cuba by Danzabierta. (1995) Jennifer Monson Cuban festival organized in Cuba by Danzabierta. (1995) Sasha Waltz Cuban festival organized in Cuba by Danzabierta. (1995) Gabri Christa Founder Member of Danzabierta. (1988, 1989) Hercilia López Encuentro de Creadores, Caracas, Venezuela (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Pep Ramis and María Muñoz Encuentro de Creadores, Caracas, Venezuela (1994, 1995, 1996) Hosted and attended Events 2007 Encuentro de Mujeres de Iberoamérica en las artes escénicas .International Theater Festival (FIT) Cadiz, Spain, Octubre 2007 2002 Kennedy Center, Washington. Preparatory meeting for the film series Dance Cuba. 2001 Congreso Mundial de la SGAE, Sevilla, Spain. 1998. DanzAbierta and Guests International Gathering, Havana, Cuba. 1995 DanzAbierta and Guests International Gathering, Havana, Cuba. 1986 International Theatre Institute (ITI) Congress, Havana, Cuba. 1982 International Theatre Institute (ITI) Congress, Madrid, Spain.