Adriana Barenstein is an Argentine choreographer, educator, and radio personality. Her works are focused on human-physical environment interactions. She also served as head of the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas Department of Dance Theater from 1984 until 1994.
Adriana Barenstein | |
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| Head of the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas Department of Dance Theater | |
| In office 1984–1994 | |
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| Education | University of Buenos Aires |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (2011) |
Biography edit
Adriana Barenstein was educated at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where she studied philosophy.[1] After working at the National School of Dance as a teacher (1979-1985), she returned to UBA, where she formed the Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas Department of Dance Theater and was head of the former from 1984 until 1994,[2][1] an era she recalled "was very important for her [and] a dizzying moment".[3] At the Centro Cultural Borgesa, she conceived their Living Arts Area, and she has also directed their workshops and dance school.[2][1][3]
Many of her works – particularly the Edward Hopper-inspired Disculpen este prolongado silencio con música (1992), El Amor (2005), and Cuerpo y Ciudad (2010) – focused on human-physical environment interactions.[3][2] Inspired by the 1997 Festival en el Subte, she began organizing monthly dances inside subway cars and stations as Curator of Dance, Theater, and Music at the Buenos Aires Underground.[3][2] Some of her works use music from Edgardo Rudnitzky.[3] In a 2000 interview with Diario Río Negro, she said of her projects' aesthetics: "If I say that my creation corresponds to a certain canon, I can't belong to another, I have to stay locked in there, and I don't like that type of choice. I prefer methodologically to define pedagogically."[3]
She was appointed a Guggenheim Fellow in 2011.[2] As part of the fellowship, she worked on the projects Esferas and Cuerpo y entorno.[2][1]
She has also worked as a radio personality, hosting FM Radio Cultura's La Voz del Laberinto.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Adriana Barenstein, coreógrafa: "La potencia de esta 'nueva anormalidad' depende de nuestra capacidad de imaginar mundos"". Ministry of Culture (in Spanish). 14 September 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Adriana Barenstein". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Barenstein, Adriana (18 June 2000). "Adriana Barenstein «Prefiero la ruptura de volver a empezar»". Diario Río Negro (Interview). Interviewed by Cecilia Propato. Retrieved 26 February 2024.