Agnese Vanaga

In 2009 Agnese Vanaga together with Hugo Mastrolorenzo participated as performers and teachers at the international tango festival “Tango Sun” organized by www.tangostudio.lv

During the festival Agnese and Hugo led various workshops of the master method and did shows performing original choreographies.

They were invited artists in Riga’s anniversary celebration show.

http://www.draugiem.lv/special/rs/

2010:

Las Sombras que se alargan en la noche de dolor....

Choreographic miniature directed and performed together with Hugo Mastrolorenzo

December 2010, CAMBALACHE festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Intensive seminars of Contemporary Partnerwork

December 2010, CAMBALACHE festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Teatro del Perro, Buenos Aires
Escuela Experimental de Danza Contemporanea, Neuquen

BA tango, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Zagreb (Croatia) http://tangoartlab.com

Intensive seminar of Aerial Partnerwork
Espacio Hache, Buenos Aires

Direction of the research laboratory of
Contemporary Partnerwork
Teatro del Perro, Buenos Aires

CURRICULUM

Agnese has obtained BA degree in arts from the Cultural Academy of Latvia. Besides she has studied acrobatic gymnastics, folk dances, contemporary and jazz dance, choreography, tango dance, tap and aerial dance, as well as attended piano and singing lessons.

She obtained a Masters´ degree in dance with her thesis and the piece “Story from The Lullaby” (which was staged in many international halls) from the Theatre Academy of Finland. She has also attended advanced seminars and residencies in the Dance Web Viena, University of Dance.

She has been granted over 20 scholarships and awards as choreographer and performer among which the most important were: Soros Foundation, Latvian Culture Foundation, Consulate of Northern Countries, among others.

She took part in several productions with works of her own, both nationally and internationally.

Cooperative projects:

SOMBRAS QUE SE ALARGAN (with Hugo Mastrolorenzo)

PACK (with Juan Onofri Barbato)

TANGO MISTERIOSA PASION (with Hugo Mastrolorenzo)

As performer:

10y10danza, Spain

Kekäläinen & Compañía, Finland.

Fura del Baus, Spain.

Olga Zitluhina´s Company of Contemporary Dance, Latvia.

Latvian National Opera.

Collaborations and short-term projects:

With David Zambrano, Bettina Holzhausen, Hicole Caccivio. Also, commercial productions with rock band “Modern Talking”, rock musical comedy “Faust Deus Ex Machina”, several projects with “Cuerda Contenidos y producciones aéreos” and with Fuerza Bruta for the Argentinean Bicentennial parade.

She is currently working on independent projects in the areas of teaching, interpretation and direction in different genres of dance, such as aerial dance, tango, and contemporary partnerwork.