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¿Qué Busca Julio Bocca, En Una Audición De Ingreso? Julio Bocca, en la charla abierta al público que ofreció a fi nes de septiembre en el CCK Foto . Alicia Sanguinetti Ortigoza, y después algo que había montado para el American [Ballet Th eatre], que me pareció muy bueno y dije porqué no, es argentino y no había hecho nada por este lado del mundo. Lo llamé. Hizo una obra en dos semanas, muy interesante, él quedó muy contento y muy emocionado, dice que fue su mejor obra hasta ahora. Va a venir cada dos años como coreógrafo residente, a montar para la compañía”. El Futuro “Ahora la compañía ya está armada, está en un buen nivel, están trabajando muy bien, como compañía está empezando a amal- gamarse entre ellos (gesticula bastante con las manos). Está muy solida para la región, es una de las buenas también. El próximo paso es que empiece a hacerse más conocida afuera, que es mi otro proyecto”. Concursos Julio Bocca se lanzó a la fama internacional, al ganar la medalla ¿Qué busca Julio Bocca, en una audición de ingreso? de oro en el Concurso de Moscú, allá por 1985, acompañado en- “Me gusta primero ver cómo se presentan, de entrada, en una tonces por Raquel Rossetti. Hoy, él es jurado de diversas competi- barra, en una clase. La actitud, su forma de ser, me gusta que ten- ciones alrededor del mundo. Al fi nalizar la preselección del Youth gan personalidad, su postura como bailarín: acá estoy. Después American Grand Prix (YAGP) que se realizó en el Teatro Coliseo vas viendo todo: físico, altura, piernas, pies, abertura, trabajo de Buenos Aires, habló a los pequeños competidores “les dije que de limpieza en la barra”. También se realizan combinaciones de lo importante de una competencia es venir a bailar, y les conté mi danza contemporánea “para ver la rapidez del aprendizaje, la experiencia de cuando fui a Osaka que en la segunda ronda me coordinación y cómo se desenvuelven. Trato de equilibrar los sacaron, pero siete meses después fui a Moscú y gané la medalla extranjeros con los bailarines uruguayos, en este momento tene- de oro. Quizás yo fui a Japón con la mentalidad de competir, y a mos mitad y mitad, pero la escuela está creciendo mucho. Ya se Moscú fui a pasarla bien, a representar a mi país y a bailar en el ve el cambio de la enseñanza con los estudiantes”. Bolshoi! . En un concurso, no todos ganan. Lo que me gusta de Hay mucho vínculo con la escuela estas competiciones es que tenés la posibilidad de tener una beca, “Estamos tratando de reforzar esa relación, para que los niños que otras escuelas puedan verlos, y si tenés 18 años y a alguien le estén un poco más incentivados”, aseguró Bocca que hace poco interesa, podes tener un contrato en una compañía”. más de un año con Martín Inthamoussú al frente de la escuela, trajo a Uruguay los primeros años de la metodología de la escue- Las nuevas generaciones y la voca- la del American Ballet de Estados Unidos. ción Son otras épocas, es muy difícil, uno tiene que aprender a aco- Futuras estrellas del Ballet del Sodre modarse. Yo estoy aprendiendo, pero me cuesta mucho. Y me “Están creciendo mucho Ciro Mansilla, Lucas Erni y Gustavo pongo un límite de hasta dónde voy a llegar a acomodarme, Carvalho, los varones están más fuertes. Ariele Gomes también porque tampoco…. Nosotros tenemos que tratar de inculcarles está creciendo muchísimo. Son chicos que tienen mucho talen- que el trabajo es de ellos. Que no estén esperando que el maestro to. Gustavo y Lucas son mucho más trabajadores”. haga las cosas, porque nosotros se lo podemos decir, lo podemos acompañar, pero el cuerpo y el que tiene que bailar es el estu- Demis Volpi diante, el bailarín”. Y continuó: “Y lo más importante es que hay “El había empezado a estudiar con mi mamá, después estuvo que tratar de hacerles entender, que este es un proceso, lindo, varios años en la Fundación [Julio Bocca], estudió con Andrea pero que tiene que ser rápido. Necesitan esa concentración: no Candela y después se fue del país. Lo conocí desde que era así lo dejen para dos o tres días después, es ahora. Tienen que em- chiquito [gesticula]. De Canadá se fue a Stuttgart como bailarín pezar a tomar conciencia, tiene que salir de ellos el buscar querer y empezó a hacer coreografías. Vi un solo que le montó a Luis estar mejor, superarse”. __BD NOVIEMBRE 2015 .. BALLETIN DANCE .. 55 ENTREVISTA Barroco Sincrónico “La música antigua con cuerpos contemporáneos se vuelve una instancia poderosa” Por Laura Lifschitz Tras el reciente estreno en Rancagua de la monumental puesta de Las Cuatro Estaciones, el coreógrafo argentino puesta y componer a partir y en relación a la partitura, el oído y Carlos Trunsky dialogó con Balletin Dance sobre su último los cuerpos con los que uno trabaja. Es un contrapunto: cuerpos año de producciones chilenas. El trabajo con su compañía, contemporáneos en relación a algo muy antiguo, con lo cual sus proyectos y un recorrido por su formación clásica siempre se vuelve poderoso, porque hay una conexión con lo dispararon algunas refl exiones sobre la danza argentina en más profundo, lo más primitivo. la actualidad La música barroca ha sido compuesta en relación a ciertos En el último año estrenó tres obras en Chile. ¿Qué lo llevó a conceptos históricos y a cierta simbología que aparecía trabajar en el país vecino? representada en el sonido. Lo más reciente fue el estreno el 2 de octubre de Las Cuatro Sí, es música que tiene una trama. Respecto a Vivaldi, compuse Estaciones de Antonio Vivaldi, en la ciudad de Rancagua. Pero una obra a partir de Las Cuatro Estaciones. Porque el espectáculo empecé trabajando en Chile con el estreno en noviembre del incluye un prólogo y un epílogo: La Sinfonía del Santo Sepulcro año pasado de Tríptico de Eros en el Teatro de la Universidad también de Vivaldi y Passacaglia Della Vita de Stefano Landi. de Concepción, con la dirección orquestal de Carlos Calleja. La orquesta y los bailarines están en escena y ambos grupos Ambas ciudades están ligadas a la música antigua. A través del trabajan con interludios vocales que compuse en relación a la director de orquesta argentino Marcelo Birman, director de la naturaleza, la vida, la muerte, el sexo, el paso del tiempo. La Compañía de las Luces, se generó un convenio de colaboración pieza es un tránsito de ciclos, de momentos que se suceden es- con el Teatro de Rancagua. En mayo de este año estrené la ópera piraladamente. Por eso decido profundizar en el ciclo de la vida, ballet Platée, de Jean-Philippe Rameau, y a raíz de su éxito, se en el suceder, elementos que son soportes de la composición me convocó para Las Cuatro Estaciones. coreográfi ca y corporal, porque la danza es un hecho de acción. Una sucesión de secuencias de movimientos que van en una di- ¿Cómo es el abordaje coreográfi co con piezas musicales tan rección, y una secuencia de intenciones que terminan narrando, ligadas a un período histórico? de alguna forma, aunque no sea una narración lineal o abierta, No es un límite, al contrario. Aunque así parezca, no toda la permitiendo multiplicidad de lecturas. música barroca es tan ornamentada. Es el gran soporte musical del cual después se desarrollaron los grandes músicos. Compo- Estas tres obras presentadas en Chile fueron interpretadas ner con ese material sonoro es simplemente ahondar en la pro- por la compañía Los hijos de Platée. La compañía surge a raíz de la ópera ballet que requería cier- to tipo de bailarín, necesitaba un perfi l determinado desde la dirección escénica de la obra, de acuerdo con su planteamien- to estético e ideológico. Audicionamos a través de la Bienal de Arte Joven y llegamos a estos nueve bailarines. Son muy bien formados, con gran capacidad de improvisación. Cuan- do compongo trabajo con artistas que me proponen y con los cuales dialogo. No trabajo como bailarines a los cuales moldeo como arcilla, no soy paternalista. Podría abordar con ellos in- fi nidad de obras. Cuerpos contemporáneos se suceden al ímpetu de Vivaldi en La Consagración de la Primavera, en la foto por el Ballet Contemporáneo del Chaco Foto . Alfredo Gil 56 .. BALLETIN DANCE .. NOVIEMBRE 2015 El gran árbol creado para hablar de los ciclos, en Las Cuatro Estaciones, “absolutamente bello” Foto . Alejandro Held De estas tres creaciones, La Consagración de la Primavera blar de los ciclos. Lo interesante es poder trabajar con bailarines fue la única obra estrenada en Argentina. argentinos y músicos chilenos (la Orquesta Barroca del Nuevo Sí, se estrenó en 2012 con el Ballet Contemporáneo del Chaco, Mundo). Dos países limítrofes con una muralla natural como es primero, y luego con la misma compañía en el Teatro Nacional la cordillera terminan demostrando que el límite termina siendo Cervantes. Después surgió una invitación particular para Con- inexistente, se disuelve ante el arte. Es un lujo, con una calidad cepción, concretamente de Freddy Varela Montero, concertino humana, artística y un cuidado como pocas veces he visto en de la Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón. Allí invito al ballet mi vida. del Chaco para llevar La Consagración… y ya en Chile surgió la posibilidad de hacer un programa más ‘stravinskiano’ y abordar En relación a ello ¿cómo ve que están trabajando los teatros Nubes y La Siesta del Fauno, de Claude Debussy, con Leandro ofi ciales en la Argentina? Fue bailarín del Ballet Estable del Tolosa, bailarín del Teatro Colón. Así surgió Tríptico de Eros. Teatro Colón hasta su retiro en 2012, siendo aún joven.
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