Jimena Alviar - Dance & Lighting

ja Dance Company

ja Dance Company was founded by its artistic director Jimena Alviar in 2007 in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The company was created in order to travel and show work in different countries. In 2010, the company moved to Bogotá, Colombia where has been based since. One of ja’s main goals is to create spaces for creative research. These spaces would allow dancers, artists, and other collaborators to work together using not only their disciplines and languages, but also keeping dance as the nucleus of the work.

 

The repertoire includes works such as Unspoken (2007), I’m Back (2007), Out of Z (2007), This is IT (2008), Inside…(2008), Inside…out(2008), see reverse for care (2009), shhh…(2009), quando criei asas, voei… (2010) Memoria de un monólogo (2011) – artistic residency at Espacio Ambimental, sin piso (2011) – grant to create a new full lenght dance piece by Instituto Distrital de las Artes Idartes 2011, and Desde él…con ella.

 

ja has been awarded grants from Instituto Distrital de las Artes – Idartes to create a new work as well as to restage “see reverse for care” to be presented as part of Festival Cuerpos de Ciudad in 2011. The company has participated and showed work at Philly Fringe (2008, 2009), IV Festival Danza en la Ciudad (2011), Zona DC (2011) y Festival Casabierta 2011, Festival de Danza UMNG (2011, 2013), Festival de Danza Contemporánea de la Libélula Dorada (2012, 2013), among other venues in Philadelphia and Colombia.

 

ja Dance Company*

Artistic Director and choreographer: Jimena Alviar

Performers and co-creators:

• Colombia: Ana Carolina Avila, Paula Juliana Cornejo, Maria Gabriela Pardo, Norma Avendaño, Diana Carolina Salamanca, Indira Prada, Olga Gardeazabal, Deisy Mesías, Sara Alba, Erika Martin, Juanita Barrera, Jimena Alviar, Astergio Pinto, Jaime Benavides, Franklin Miguel Gutiérrez, Javier Pillimue, René Arriaga.

• USA & Puerto Rico: Stephanie Padilla, Tania Ramos-Otón, Erin Cairns, Ashleigh Penrod, Jessica Warchal-King, Lyndi Shivak, Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills, Elizabeth Reynolds, Anna Barker, Angela Sigley.

Musicians and co-creators: Merissa Martignoni, Felipe Aljure, María José Alviar, Nicolay Sánchez, Madre Selva Castro

Photography: Bill H., Felipe Camargo, Carlos Acosta, Iván D Alviar

Video: David Miranda, Ivan D Alviar

* All artists listed have been involved with the creative work throughout the years