Dance Collective

Danza Descalza’s primary objective is to work towards the democratization of dance by introducing it to different types of audiences and offering shows accessible to all. Based in Montreal, the collective is active both locally and internationally.

Created in 2014, the Danza Descalza collective offers unique performances and workshops, a bridge between innovation and tradition. The organization offers weekly workshops for adults in Montreal, creative projects in schools and personalized workshops. In 2017 the collective created the show AKO, a work specially designed for public spaces. After a resounding success, with over 50 performances across Canada, Danza Descalza presents another performance in situ: IMPULSO.

With its many partners and collaborators, Danza Descalza has two artistic directors who work as choreographers, performers and teachers: Andrea Nino and Laurence Sabourin Laflamme.

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Laurence Sabourin

Choreographer, performer and teacher

Laurence Sabourin-Laflamme is an interdisciplinary artist who works as a choreographer, dancer-performer and musician. Trained in contemporary dance with a background in classical ballet, she later developed an interest in Afro-Colombian dance. She made several trips to Colombia, where she produced her piece Mange Racine (choreographer/performer) and toured with the Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, a group she had been part of for 5 years. She also works with Mandoline Hybride and Les Mains Tendres, with whom she tours Canada and abroad.

Andrea Niño

Choreographer, performer and teacher

Following her studies at the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, Andrea worked as a performer for choreographers Léa Tremblays, Roger Sinha, Alejandro de Léon and the Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, and as a choreographer for the Cartographie Vivante and Filer projects. In 2014, she co-founded the Collectif Danza Descalza for which she teaches, performs and does cultural mediation, notably with the piece AKO and IMPULSO, the collective’s latest creation. At the same time, she trained in clowning and physical theater. Andrea was part of the creation Ni clowne, ni femme, as a clown and is part of the company Chasseurs des Rêves as a stilt-walker.

Yesenia Fuentes

Choreographer-performer for the AKO show

Yesenia Fuentes is a performing artist, choreographer, dancer and teacher. She is a tireless creator of performances and collaborations combining dance, music, video and photography, presented in Canada, France, Germany and Colombia. Between 2013 and 2015, she created the piece antikörper with the support of the Vivacité program (CALQ, Ville de Montréal, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications) and MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) via their long-term mentoring and coaching program.

Jairo Rojas

Creator-performer for the IMPULSO show

Jairo Rojas has over 20 years’ experience as a performer/teacher and worked for 15 years with Compagnie Orkeseos., contemporary and traditional Colombian dance in Bogota. Immigrated to Quebec in 2018, Jairo Rojas was a performer and teacher for the Montreal company Yambae ((2017-2019), in contemporary Afro-Colombian dance, and teaches adult workshops for Danza Descalza (2019-2020). He is also a performer-creator for Danza Descalza’s IMPULSO.

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