3/11/13
“IMAGINARIUM” a short film selected by "Cannes Court Métrage, Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2013”
The short film “IMAGINARIUM” a story subtracted from our current performance “IMAGINARIUM Life” directed by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran, has ben selected by the "Cannes Court Métrage, Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2013”. This short film reunite the essence of our “IMAGINARIUM Life” multi-media performance piece journey.
3/9/13
"IMAGINARIUM Life" @ Miami Beach Cinematheque
BISTOURY presents "IMAGINARIUM life"
A Dance Theatre and Film Fusion Performed Live!
March 15 - 16 - 17, 2013
9:00 -10:30 PM
Miami Beach Cinematheque at Historic City Hall
1130 Washington Ave
Miami Beach 33139
"IMAGINARIUM life" is a visual experiment where dance theatre and film fuse to shed light onto a dark world of desires and disorder. It is translated by a new form of communication and language through body gestures, serving as an escape from the established social order. It is a creative experience fusing and integrating contemporary dance theatre and film, narrating the story of Ana and Ruben, who have decided to abandon his tormented life by taking refuge within their own imagination, which distances them from all material and emotional attachment, thus exorcizing his ego.
"IMAGINARIUM life"
Based on the screenplay "Imagimundo" written by Carla Forte.
Produced by: Bistoury Inc.,
Directed by: Alexey Taran
Choreography: Alexey Taran and Carla Forte
Lighting Design: A. Puig
Visual Artist: Vicente Forte
Film Credits: Directed and Produced by: Carla Forte and Alexey Taran
Cinematographer and Editor: Alexey Taran
Composer: Frank Wow
Anti-Poems "The exorcisms of Ego" by: Vicente Forte
Subtitles: Carlos Ortiz
Cast: Ana: Carla Forte, Rubén: Alexey Taran
Project Supporters:
"With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners."
USA Project
Artist2Artist Fund
The inkub8 (open-studio) Residency Program
Commissioned by Miami Theater Center as part of the SandBox Series 2012-2013
Camposition
Tickets: www.mbcinema.com
Adult (Non-member) $17.00 (USD)
MBC Member $15 (USD)
Student or Senior $16.00 (USD)
1/25/13
"Imaginarium Life" review by NEIL DE LA FLOR @ Artburst Miami
Imaginarium: An Astonishing Look At Life On Stage
Artburst Miami
Imaginarium Life is a complex multi-media performance piece created by the brilliant dark angels at Bistoury Physical Theatre, Alexey Taran and Carla Forte. The performance documents — through dance theater, sound and gorgeous cinematography — the spiraling, chaotic world of an artist whose obsession with himself and his own imaginary world of self-inflicted wounds destroys him and the person he loves. Sounds tragic, yes, but the unregulated, self-centered ego focused only on detachment instead of human connection is a recipe for disaster. This all-too-human failing demands attention. Taran and Forte focus our eyes and egos on this failing in this exquisitely eerie performance.
Ruben, the artist, played by Taran, suffers greatly. In fact, he deifies suffering at the cost of his own well-being. But why? He seeks happiness and freedom, which are reasonable goals. We all deserve these things, but he tries to achieve those goals through radical isolation and detachment — an often misunderstood Buddhist notion. What we don’t realize at first is the suffering that his wife, Ana, played by Forte, experiences throughout this piece. As Ruben tries to retreat into his imaginary world to escape the demons on his back (who are always on his back no matter what world he steps into), Ana supplies the structure to keep her husband afloat in la la land. She enables. She encourages. She feeds. She loves him, but love sometimes leads us to betray our own self-interest that will inevitably come back to haunt us (and Ana) in the end.
“You dream too much: does it hurt?” is one of the first lines to create a lightening bolt. In the imaginary world there’s supposed to be no pain, no suffering, no hurt; just happiness, joy and freedom — at least in theory. This line made me question what isImaginarium Life. Is it an imaginary world free from sin and sorrow? Shame and suffering? Despair and desolation? Or is Imaginarium Life just life as it is simply renamed to give us (or Ruben) the false impression that we can create new worlds out of nothing when we are in fact powerless to do so.
“To be able to live: first kill the self.” I know what Ruben feels. Sometimes the only way to save ourselves is to destroy the absurd notion of the self that we’ve created because we feel like we’re not good enough, smart enough, cute enough, creative enough or fill-in-the-blank enough. This broken self, this powerful and intoxicating thing, becomes so big and damaged that it sublimates our authentic self to our manufactured self.
12/7/12
IMAGINARIUM Life is a visual experiment where dance theatre and film fuse to shed light onto a dark world of desires and disorder translated by a new form of communication and language through body gestures, serving as an escape from the established social order. A creative experience fusing and integrating contemporary dance theatre and film, narrating the story of Ana and Ruben, who have decided to abandon his tormented life by taking refuge within their own imagination, which distances their from all material and emotional attachment, thus exorcizing his ego.
“Imaginarium Life,” opens Thursday Dec. 6 and runs Fridays and Saturdays from Dec. 7-22 at 8 p.m. at the SanBox, Miami Theater Center.
“Imaginarium Life,” opens Thursday Dec. 6 and runs Fridays and Saturdays from Dec. 7-22 at 8 p.m. at the SanBox, Miami Theater Center.
For more info: http://www.mtcmiami.org/event/bistouri-physical-theater/
“I want more freedom.” “I want to be happy.” “I want to live free from pain and sorrow.” “I want to be free to do what I want to do.” Happiness and freedom have become these dual-driving forces that seem inextricably linked to our egos that no one seems to know anything about except that they want it, more of it and they want it now. Taran and Forte try to figure this out for us and I’m happy for that.
By Neil de la Flor (KnightArts Blog) Dec 3 2012
10/25/12
Fundraising for IMAGINARIUM Life a performance merging Dance, Theatre and Film.
IMAGINARIUM Life is a performance fusing and integrating Contemporary Dance Theatre and Film, narrating the story of Ana and Ruben, who have decided to abandon his tormented life by taking refuge within their own imagination, which distances their from all material and emotional attachment, thus exorcizing his ego.
We are asking for $7,000 to fund this project. Your donations will go toward our production costs and total budget which include paying performers, designers, musicians and video production costs. Note: we must reach our minimum goal by our deadline in order to receive any funds.This project cannot be realized without your generous donations. Please consider a donation to IMAGINARIUM Life and considering a tax-deductible donation. Thank you for supporting this work and our first ever web campaign trough the USA Projects Program created by United State Artist (USA)!
Check out the USA Projects Program page for IMAGINARIUM Life and make your donation today! http://www.usaprojects.org/project/imaginarium_life
The realization of this project will take place in collaboration with the Inkub8 Residency Program 2012 and produced by Miami Theater Center as part of the SandBox Series 2012-2013.
Dates: Open Rehearsal and Feedback Forum at Inkub8 (November 10, 2012). Premiere at Miami Theater Center MTC San Box Series 2012-2013 (December 6, 2012).
10/23/12
7/25/12
Bistoury Physical Theatre at LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2012
Assassins for One Night, Bistoury Physical Theatre performance during LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2012 Marathon of the Unexpected, June 24th, 2012 at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, 8. International Festival of Contemporary Dance - Awakenings.
6/14/12
URBAN STORIES at Miami Beach Cinematheque. Miami Theatrical Premiere!
JUNE 15 and 16 - 9pm
HISTORIAS DE LA URBE/ URBAN STORIES a BISTOURYfilms Production at:
MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE - $10 general
at Historic City Hall
1130 Washington Avenue, South Side, Ground Floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 67-FILMS (673-4567)
1130 Washington Avenue, South Side, Ground Floor
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(305) 67-FILMS (673-4567)
HISTORIAS DE LA URBE/ URBAN STORIES Directed by Carla and Vicente Forte at Miami Beach Cinematheque.
Miami Beach Cinematheque, presents: URBAN STORIES, the film directed by CARLA and VICENTE FORTE /2011/80mins.
With Eliana López, Miguel Sahid, Pablo Diaz, Luke Grande, among others.
With music by Omar Roque, Yadam and Beatriz Luengo, Mestizaje, Daniel Molino, Venuezuela Subterranea, Vagos y Maleantes, Andres Levell, El Sagrado Famillion, Frank Wow, Achuira.
A city beyond the beauty. URBAN STORIES is a contemporary dramatic feature film that follows several Immigrants of different nationalities as they adapt to life in Miami.
6/4/12
"ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT" selected to participate in "La Biennale di Venezia Marathon of the Unexpected"
ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT a Bistoury Physical Theatre Production, selected to participate in "La Biennale di Venezia Marathon of the Unexpected".
24 June from 3:00 p.m. > 8:00 p.m.
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
http://www.labiennale.org/en/dance/index.html
“Assassins for one Night” is a multimedia dance-performance piece combined with video installation. Throughout its 15 minutes of duration, with two dancers and a musician live on stage, the piece will incarnate and recreate the life of three siblings obsessed with the task of making order out of chaos.
“Assassins for one Night” bases its inspiration on the play “Night of the Assassins” by Cuban playwright José Triana. It narrates a struggle against the constant restrictions imposed upon us by a system without any real power, a rebellion against repression, including that which we bring upon ourselves. At times, this struggle walks the path of reality, while other times it delves into rite and fantasy.
Through dance, theatre, music and projections, three characters deconstruct the obstacles that limit their individuality through the use of imagination and fantasy. Alexey Taran (Director of ERE. Bistoury Physical Theater) and Carla Forte (Screenwriter and Filmmaker) are the intellectual authors of this night, during which the act of becoming an assassin will become a liberating escapade for both the participants on stage and for the audience.
It is a cyclical play where the characters will indefinitely repeat the act of symbolically murdering their parents in order to attain individual liberty. The piece will return us to the place where we began; they are empty rites based on words rather than actions, where the characters do not have possibilities nor alternatives. The game does not allow any solution, and for them the only exit is the absence of an exit. One of the siblings says: “oh, my sisters, if love could...only love...because in spite of it all, I love you.” “Assassins for One Night” is a continuous and interminable game that serves as a ritual to exorcize the demons of the crime.
5/8/12
Entrevista por ELI BRAVO a CARLA FORTE
Entrevista por ELI BRAVO a CARLA FORTE para http://www.inspirulina.com/, Directora y Escritora del cortometraje "RESET" seleccionado a participar en Cannes Court Metrage - Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012, protagonizado por LUKE GRANDE, y producido por BISTOURYfilms.
4/4/12
RESET Short Film selected for Cannes Court Metrage - Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012
RESET Short Film selected for Cannes Court Metrage - Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012
Produced by
BISTOURYfilms
In collaboration with
CINEOLA FILMS
Cast
LUKE GRANDE
Written and Directed by
CARLA FORTE
2/28/12
ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT (5min Excerpt)
ASSASSINS FOR ONE NIGHT (10 Min Excerpt)
A Meet the Composer Commission
(Inspired on the play "La noche de los Asesinos" by the Cuban playwright Jose Triana.)
Conceived by: CARLA FORTE & ALEXEY TARAN
Composer: JURAJ KOJS
Performers: CARLA FORTE, JURAJ KOJS, CARLOS ORTIZ & ALEXEY TARAN
Lighting Designer: A. PUIG
Photography: GLASSWORKS MULTIMEDIA and VICENTE FORTE
2/23/12
2012 inkub8 Artists in Residence
2012 Inkub8 Artists in Residence
Shaneeka Harrell
Niurca Marquez
Alexey Taran (Project: Imaginarium)
Antonia Wright
Shaneeka Harrell
Niurca Marquez
Alexey Taran (Project: Imaginarium)
Antonia Wright
IMAGINARIUM Directed by Alexey Taran in Collaboration with the filmmaker Carla Forte
11/26/11
S.A.V.E. Silent Animal Voices Euthanized
S.A.V.E. Silent Animal Voices Euthanized is a documentary that will investigate how different societies face and deal with the issue of homeless dogs and cats around the world according to their cultures and political views. Everyday millions of dogs and cats face the obstacle of being able to survive another day and have another chance at life. Neglect, abuse, the fur trade industry and euthanasia are just some of the factors affecting animals in different societies throughout the world today.
11/9/11
Urban Stories (Historias de la Urbe) IndieFlix Official Selection
Watch "Urban Stories" (Historias de la Urbe) online:
http://indieflix.com/film/historias-de-la-urbe-33192/
http://indieflix.com/film/historias-de-la-urbe-33192/
11/3/11
“Miami Fall” workshop series at Inkub8
1:00 PM
Saturday Oct 29th 1- 4 pm
with Neil de la Flor & special guest.
This multi-dimensional, multi-genre creative writing workshop will build your confidence as a creative writer by encouraging you to tap...
6:00 PM
Friday Nov 11th 6-9 pm
Saturday Nov 12th 1-4 pm
with ISABELLE KIROUAC
Contact Improvisation - Dance Workshop
Contact Improvisation - Dance Workshop
CATCHING WAVES ::: Dancing the body migrations (all levels)
We will learn to fall and rise...
1:00 PM
Saturday December 12th 1-4 pm
with Bistoury Physical Theatre ALEXEY TARAN & CARLA FORTE
IMPROVISATION IN URBAN SPACES
A workshop designed to focus our study of Improvisation through the Underscore, a...
1:00 PM
December 17th 1-4 pm
with Heather Maloney
This workshop explores the physicality of falling with gravity through the frame of a contemporary dance technique class, and then continues into an...
10/26/11
"HISTORIAS DE LA URBE" (Urban Stories) IndieFlix Official Selection, Release on 11/8/2011
"HISTORIAS DE LA URBE" (Urban Stories)
IndieFlix Official Selection
Release on 11/8/2011
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They believe that every good movie has an audience.
For more Information:
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For more Information:
http://indieflix.com/
http://blog.indieflix.com/
http://www.facebook.com/indieflix
9/11/11
8/19/11
S.A.V.E.
S.A.V.E. is a documentary that will investigate how different societies face and deal with the issue of homeless dogs and cats around the world according to their cultures and political views.
Everyday millions of dogs and cats face the obstacle of being able to survive another day and have another chance at life. Neglect, abuse, the fur trade industry and euthanasia are just some of the factors affecting animals in different societies throughout the world today.
The main objective of this project/documentary is to create a collective conscience when it comes to giving these animals the treatment and quality of life that they truly deserve; featuring the dedication and laborious work of small rescue groups as well as caring individuals who work so hard on a daily basis to create a better world for the animals.
The goal is to create awareness of the hardships these animals endure every day of their lives and to transform the way some societies currently function - to fuel the public's conscience reminding them that as humans, we owe these animals respect and to offer them the protection they need.
Directed by: Carla Forte
Everyday millions of dogs and cats face the obstacle of being able to survive another day and have another chance at life. Neglect, abuse, the fur trade industry and euthanasia are just some of the factors affecting animals in different societies throughout the world today.
The main objective of this project/documentary is to create a collective conscience when it comes to giving these animals the treatment and quality of life that they truly deserve; featuring the dedication and laborious work of small rescue groups as well as caring individuals who work so hard on a daily basis to create a better world for the animals.
The goal is to create awareness of the hardships these animals endure every day of their lives and to transform the way some societies currently function - to fuel the public's conscience reminding them that as humans, we owe these animals respect and to offer them the protection they need.
Directed by: Carla Forte
Producers: Carla Forte, Alexey Taran
Produced by: ERE. Bistoury
Executive Producer: Miami World Cinema Center
Collaborators: Yisell Hernandez, Maritza Sillie, Randy Valdes, GEARstudioMiami, Miami-Dade County Film and Entertainment Office, Miami-Dade County - Animal Services.
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