PRESS RELEASE (27/08/2015)
Friday, August 28, a Loano, in the’Summer Arena Prince's Garden, to the 9:30 pm, will be held the final phase of the’ eighth edition of the International Dance Competition “A Dancing People”.
The national selection for young talents and choreographers is organized as part of the thirteenth editionof Labat Loano Dance Festival, promoted by the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano Edited by master choreographer Gino Labate and by the dancer, teacher and choreographer Emanuela Campiciano.
The competition “A Dancing People” provides for the participation of soloists, pas de deux and groups. Participants may bring on stage choreography belonging to any technique and style. The jury, composed of distinguished figures in the field of dance will award a first, second and third place for both the choreography competition and the young talent competition, two grand prix, two special mentions and a festival revelation award.
Competition winners (first place and grand prix) will attend the festival's closing gala Saturday, August 29, an evening in which the big names of international dance will dance.
President of the Jury will be Gino Labate, dancer, teacher and choreographer, who as a dancer at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and the Teatro Comunale in Florence, has held solo and prima ballerina roles alongside such illustrious names in dance as Rudolf Nureyev, Carla Fracci, Sylvie Guillemm, Ekaterina Maximova, Peter Shaufuss, Vladimir Vassiliev, Eva Edvokimova, Elisabetta Terabust, and Andria Hall.
As has become a tradition, this edition of the Labat Loano Dance brought together at Loano internationally renowned masterssuch as: Dunia Vera Hernandez (international maitre de ballet Cuba - Cuban Classical Dance ), Oscar Torrado Del Puerto (Spain - Two-step, pointe and repertoire), Lazaro Carreño (Cuba - Classical Dance), Gino Labate (Italy -Dance Style Fusion), Alessandro Minghi (Italy - Modern), Emanuela Campiciano (Italy - Choreographic Workshop), Tiziano Vasselli (Italy - Hip hop).
