Avatâra has an interest not only in collaborating with artists from different cultural backgrounds but also researching the dance sectors of non-European countries in order to broaden our view on how another culture deals with its own performing arts sector, observing their achievements but also their deficiencies and difficulties.
These cultural dance experiences aim to engage in dialogue, exchange knowledge and pursue collaborations with creative minds from other cultures: one of the greatest privileges any artist can have. Her latest research took place in Nunavut (the Canadian Arctic).
You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. It comes from nonconformity, the courage to invent the future. It took the madmen of yesterday (and I add: the madwomen) for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen/madwomen. [...] We must dare to invent the future.
Published at British Council Website, Artists’ International Development Fund Grant, 2018
Publication at We Were Here. Annivesary of Hellerau-European Center for the Arts Dresden
Avatâra writes about the “Women in Dance Leadership” Conferenceat Tisch University New York in January 2018
Funded by British Council. Published at One Dance UK magazine
Published at British Council Website, Artists’ International Development Fund Grant, 2018
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AWA DANCE is a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) based in the UK, founded by the choreographer Avatâra Ayuso. It is dedicated to the leadership development of women and girls, using the transformative power of dance as the tool to empower their voices. We believe women are astonishing creative forces of nature, whose energy and power can contribute to change in society. Our leadership approach to support this journey is guided by our five DANCE values:
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