From the SUR
From the SUR is a multidisciplinary project led by a team of artists who will lead Afro-Latin American music and dance workshops, focused on exploring and expanding elements of the cultural heritage from South America by creating a piece of music and dance together.
Pianodrome CIC worked in partnership with Jose Rojas to secure funding for From the SUR from the Diversity and Inclusion Fund.
Have you ever thought about building your own instrument and then learning how to play it? Perhaps you have thought about discovering your body through new dance techniques?
Do you want to learn more about Latin American culture, talk about music, dance, explore your experience with racism/discrimination and different cultures/heritage?
Do you want to be part of a colourful crew playing or dancing in a safe, respectful and diverse environment?
If your answer is YES to one of these questions then From the SUR is for you!
From the SUR workshops are free of charge and aimed towards 13 to 30 year olds.
To book a place or for more info email: eltallerlatinamerican@gmail.com
From the SUR workshops
Cajones in the neighborhood - led by Jose Rojas
In the 9 sessions of craft & music workshops we will build percussion instruments and learn some traditional and modern rhythm patterns from Afro-Latin American Heritage.
Both workshops include street art to paint the instruments and creating of some costumes with the street painter Lukasz Wierzbicki . The finale of the project will be to produce an amazing performance at the Grand Pianodrome.
Dancing Sur - led by Andrea Torres
These 9 sessions will give you a creative journey through elements of Afro-Latin American dances to develop a site-specific performance, creating an encounter between the sculptural location and physical space of the Pianodrome, while learning dance movement and approaches from the Sur [South].
Both workshops include street art to paint the instruments and creating of some costumes with the street painter Lukasz Wierzbicki . The finale of the project will be to produce an amazing performance at the Grand Pianodrome.
We will examine how traditional elements of Afro-Latin American music and dance can be presented in a setting like the Pianodrome. Crafting the instrument (cajon) while unfolding a dialogue between the space’s architecture, key aspects of the dances, and street art. The goal is to upcycle traditional elements of this cultural heritage, and to explore and expand new ways of approaching the music and dance from the Sur [South].
Music workshops
Cajones in the neighbourhood
April 30
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
May 7
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
May 14
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
May 21
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
May 28
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
June 4
From 11am to 1pm
location TBC
June 11
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Dance workshop
June 18
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Dance workshop
June 25
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Dance workshop
June 26
The Grand Finale at the Grand Pianodrome!
Time TBC
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
Dance workshops
Dancing Sur
April 30
From 11am to 1pm
at the North Leith Parish Church
1a Madeira Pl, Edinburgh EH6 4AW
May 7
From 11am to 1pm
location TBC
May 14
From 11am to 1pm
at the North Leith Parish Church
1a Madeira Pl, Edinburgh EH6 4AW
May 21
From 11am to 1pm
at the North Leith Parish Church
1a Madeira Pl, Edinburgh EH6 4AW
May 28
From 11am to 1pm
location TBC
June 4
From 11am to 1pm
location TBC
together with the Music workshop
June 11
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Music workshop
June 18
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Music workshop
June 25
From 11am to 1pm
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
together with the Music workshop
June 26
The Grand Finale at the Grand Pianodrome!
Time TBC
at the Pianodrome Warehouse
28 W Harbour Rd, Edinburgh EH5 1PN
From the SUR workshops are free of charge and aimed towards 13 to 30 year olds.
To book a place or for more info email: eltallerlatinamerican@gmail.com
Andrea and Jose
Andrea Torres Viedma is a BAME dance artist from Chile, based in Edinburgh.
In her practice Andrea combines dance, choreography and research with an interest in the somatic-political aspects of moving together.
Andrea explores contemporary dance practices with a decolonial feminist approach from South America, deepening elements of Afro-Latin American dances, epistemologies of the South, and weaving practices which she integrates into her dance practice.
Andrea is a PhD candidate in Dance Studies at the University of Roehampton, UK.
She obtained an MFA Creative Practice awarded by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance and Independent Dance, UK. Andrea also has a BA (Hons) in Dance and a PGCert on Foundations for Contemporary Critique for Performing Arts both at the Universidad de Chile.
Jose Rojas is a Chilean BAME musician and researcher with a Music degree from the Universidad de Chile.
Jose coordinates the website Kuriche.cl dedicated to the Chilean Afro-culture and is the co-author of the book “Danza Afro en Chile: abriendo caminos” [Afro Dance in Chile: opening pathways]. Jose is one of the tutors of the project “Musicians in Exile”, which provides musical support to refugees and Asylum seekers in the city of Glasgow.
Currently Jose runs a project called “Cajones in the Neighbourhood” funded by the Edinburgh Festival Carnival (part of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival). This project is focused on young people and consists of building the percussion instrument called Cajon along with learning and playing Afro-Peruvian rhythms with the newly built Cajon. So far Jose has conducted workshops with Creative Sparks Theatre and Arts and the Iranian-Scottish Community group, both in Glasgow.
Jose is part of the Bristol Branch band and the Ché Caré Trio, both from Edinburgh, percussionist in En Tu Contra band from Chile and the composer of the “Casi” contemporary circus and physical performance company directed by Gabriel Ávila in Montpellier, France.
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