JOTA E 37 Re: Emerge Dance Festival Mauricio Vera

Jim On The Air

This episode of JIM ON THE AIR features Mauricio Vera. Mauricio's dance film will be shown at the RE: EMERGE A DANCE FESTIVAL on opening night, Thursday, June 17 at 7:00 PM. The festival is produced by Center Stage Theater and the UCSB Initiative for New and Reimagined Work. All four unique programs will take place at Center Stage Theater. Chilean artist Mauricio Vera began his studies in 1998 with Hugo Urrutia Academy. In 2000, he was accepted at the Chilean Opera House School of Ballet of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago, under the artistic direction of Patricio Gutierrez. He became corp of the Ballet De Santiago under the direction of Marcia Haydée. He participated in several Chilean TV productions. After moving to the US, he trained at Steps on Broadway and School at Steps in NYC and worked with Charleston Ballet Theater in South Carolina. He danced with State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara, CA for six seasons. He moved back to the east coast and joined Roxey Ballet dancing principal roles, Connecticut Ballet Company, and Solomon Guggenheim Museum. Mauricio has toured all over Germany, China, South America, as well as the EU invited as a principal guest artist especially for the Nutcracker season. He has danced and produced the first Las Condes International Ballet Gala and Festival Reencuentro de Coreógrafos in Santiago de Chile. He produced "#danzarestless collaboration," a quarantined short film that has recently received awards and nominations at film festivals.

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