Based in Havana, Cuba, Malpaso Dance Company is committed to bringing Cuban contemporary dance into the 21st century by collaborating with international choreographers while nurturing new voices within Cuba. It was founded in 2012 by the triumvirate of executive director Fernando Sáez Carvajal, dancer Daileidys Carrazana Gonzalez, and resident choreographer Osnel Delgado Wambrug. Under Fire was co-commissioned by Jacob’s Pillow and the Joyce Theater, and its performance programs included a note from choreographer Trey McIntyre, who had recently disbanded his company. McIntyre spoke of burning years of paper documents only to discover a metaphor for human life: “The more we try to burn away and change our exterior, the more our essential born selves become evident and manifest.”
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