Curriculum Vita
                                        Marianela Boan

1729 Wallace Street apt 201
Philadelphia PA 19130
Boan25us@yahoo.com
www.marianelaboan.com

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
2005 to Present Director of BoanDanz Action
2007   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 
TA at 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.


Teaching
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.



Choreographies 
2007 Voyeur (50 min.) BoanDanz Action. Christ Church. 
          Live Arts Festival, Philadelphia.
          Liquid Office (20 min.) Reyes Dance Company. Ashville N
           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
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. False Testimony
           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.

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
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.













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