Performances Collaborations

Ceviche is the first creative cooperation of the Venezuelan choreographer David Zambrano, VerTeDance and the band Zrní. The name of the performance refers to a traditional Latin American dish for fish, which is marinated in lemon sauce and then mixed with other ingredients.

This is how the choreographer worked with the dancers and musicians with the aim to create an improvised performance that caresses all your senses.

Concept and direction: David Zambrano in collaboration with performers.
Dance performers: Teresa Ondrová, Lucia Kašiarová, Bára Látalová, and Martina Hajdyla Lacová.

An improvisation dance performance directed by David Zambrano with the dancers of the Austrian company Editta Braun for her 25 years celebration of her company.

Performers: Dante Murillo, Manel Salas, Martyna Lorenc, Matan Levkowich, Samuel Kirschner.

An orgasmic dance rock event directed by David Zambrano.

From the 7th of January until 4th of February 2013, David Zambrano directed a selected group of 21 international dance artists through a journey of spontaneous orgasmic rock dances where sound and movement were constantly spiraling through each other. This event ended with four performances for the general public.

Performers: Emilios Arapoglou, Paul Blackman, Florencia Demestri, Gabriel Ahumada Dorantes, Nicanor de Elia, Edivaldo Ernesto, Richard Fredborg, Clara Furey, Christina Gouzelis, Joe Jurd, Vania Luana, Horacio Macuacua, Sophia Mage, Mark Meszaros, My Nilsson, Michael O’Connor, Hilde Ingeborg Sandvold, Sabina Scarlat, Alan Scherk, Mat Voorter, Simon Wehrli.

Performed by David Zambrano and Iva Bittová: a full evening of dance and music improvisation conducted and performed by those two collaborators and improvisation icons who will unite their forces for the fourth time on stage.

Iva Bittová is a violinist-vocalist and composer. Her musical worldview and visionary creativity acknowledge no borders. Her powers of spontaneous creativity are more bountiful than it is fair to confer on one person. Witness and marvel.

David Zambrano is a thrilling performer of dance improvisation, inspiring teacher and innovative choreographer. His improvisation is committed to art as a cultural exchange developing the creative process in a world without borders. ‘Why Not!’ is the title of this unique performance, a symbiosis of their working methods for improvisation on stage. They have performed in Berlin, Niigata (Japan), and Prague.

For in addition to their eclectic biographies there is something else that connects them: a passion for improvisation. And so the choreographer, who has always sought contact to other artistic genres in his work, and the musician who is no less inquisitive shall set off together on a journey into the unknown.

250 days of walking in new shoes. For this project, David Zambrano choreographed the whole year 2010–11 in events that involved the number 50 as a celebration of his 50 years of age:
– 50 days intensive workshop for a selected group of 50 professional dancers representing more than 30 countries, staged in San José, Costa Rica.
– 50 village performances: 10 villages each in Costa Rica, Senegal, Poland, South Korea, and Slovenia.
– 50 mins performances with Edivaldo Ernesto and David Zambrano in Brussels.
– 50 days painting on the coast of Cadaqués, Spain.
– 50 days learning how to make shoes (cancelled due to health problems with the shoemaker from Sweden).

Choreographed and directed by David Zambrano for the Slovenian dance company EN-Knap/Iztok Kovač.

Premiered at Teatro Guaira, Curitiba, Brazil. Performed by 15 dancers from the Guaira Ballet with assistance from Peter Jasko. Music by Besh-O-Drom.

Premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, New York. Duet improvisation with Mat Voorter. Film by Anja Hitzenberger. Music by Edward Ratliff.

Premiered at Bremen Dance Festival, Germany. Choreographed set piece for Stina K. Bollmann, Birgit Freitag, Helge Loschmann, Eckard Muller, Andrea Warzner. Music by John Zorn.

Premiered at Tanz im August, Berlin. Solo improvisation. Music by Beethoven.

Premiered at Danspace Project, New York. Directed and choreographed in collaboration with Mat Voorter, Thomas Hauert, Tim Feldmann, Paco Macia, and Alexis Eupierre. Music by M. Theodorakis.

Premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, New York. Solo improvisation. Music by La Lupe.

Premiered at Teatro Nacional, Venezuela. Choreographed in collaboration with Jeremy Nelson, Bo Madvig, Osmany Tellez. Music by Yuval Gabay (Israel).

Premiered at Judson Church, New York. Solo improvisation. Music by Janis Joplin.

Premiered in Caracas, Venezuela. Choreographed and performed in collaboration with Mark Tompkins. Music by Edith Piaf and Grace Jones.

Premiered at Casa del Artista, Venezuela. Choreographed for members of Taller de Danza Contemporanea de Caracas. Music by Prince.

Premiered at Casa del Artista, Venezuela. Choreographed for members of Espacio Alterno. Music by Kalyi Jag.

Premiered at Judson Church, New York. Directed and performed improvisation with Alexis Eupierre, Jordi Cortez, David Beadle, Bo Madvig, David Zambrano. Music by Yuval Gabay.

Premiered at P.S. 122, New York. Duet choreographed with Alexis Eupierre. Music by Miguel Noya.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Duet choreographed with Alexis Eupierre. Music by Yuval Gabay.

Premiered at P.S. 122, New York. Solo improvisation. Music by Max Nagl.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Duet choreographed in collaboration with Donald Fleming. Music by Bizet and Miguel Noya.

Premiered at P.S. 122, New York. Choreographed in collaboration with Donald Fleming, Sasha Waltz, Jose Navas. Music by Miquel Noyay.

Premiered at P.S. 122, New York. Solo improvisation.

Premiered at Theatro Cadafe, Venezuela and toured in Tour De Fuerza: Nuevo Latino Dance and Performance from Dance Theater Workshop. Improvisational solo. Music by Miguel Noya.

Premiered at Danspace Project, New York. Directed trio improvisation performed by Linda Mancini, Jackie Shue, Eva Gueke. Music by Guy Yarden.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Contact improvisation duet with Daniel Lepkoff. Music by Daniel Lepkoff.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Solo improvisation. Music by Soledad Bravo.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Duet improvisation with Jackie Shue. Music by G. Miller.

Premiered at Movement Research Presenting Series, New York. Solo improvisation. Music by Soledad Bravo.

Premiered at University of Illinois, Carbondale, IL. Solo improvisation. Music by Bizet and Max Nagl.