The Magpai Production Group is a Modern Dance
and Multimedia company operating out of Hamburg, Germany. We base
our work primarily on two things: an honest and heavily
researched approach to our themes and an immense amount of
rehearsal time.
Our
present project is entitled::
Dangerous Modes of
Transportation
"DMT" involves
the coordination of creative work being performed on three
continents in five different countries. We use E*, internet conferences, video, faxes,
telephone and (even) the post to exchange
information about the current state of rehearsals and work of
each person.
At the end of the process, we have a period
of intensive rehearsals in Hamburg, and bring the material which
was developed separately into a tangable, homogenous whole.
Trinidad Martínez: Dancer
Nathalie Elghoul: Dancer
Rafaela Galdi: Dancer
Nicholas Turrichia: Dancer
Dayton Allemann: Musician and Composer
Angeline Montoya: Dramatist
Stella
Manoukian: Lighting Designer
Jim Lacy: Filmmaker
Daniel Haude: Filmmaker
In February 1999 we
had the first performances of
"I could eat a beer" which was performed
17 times in five months. It will be on tour in the year 2000,
with performances in Berlin, southern France and Spain. The
performance deals in a raw, boisterous and virtuosic manner with
the lives of homeless people. A video is available upon request..
In
addition, we have produced the following pieces:
"Naked, Nude or Devoid" 1998 in Kampnagel,
Hamburg; part of the "Junge Hunde" festival
"Schreiben
mit Blüten" 1997 studio performance in Theater der Stadt
Hagen
We give
open trainings on Mondays, 10:00 and on Saturdays (for beginners)
at 11:00 in the Tanzwerft; Mendelssohnstr.
15a in Hamburg. Tel. 89963623
Our address is:
Friedrichstr. 11
D-20359 Hamburg
Germany