{"id":1424,"date":"2019-02-28T14:56:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/?page_id=1424"},"modified":"2024-01-02T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T12:52:42","slug":"masdanza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/masdanza\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MASDANZA, The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands [Spain]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 1996 by dancer and choreographer Natalia Medina, MASDANZA holds since 2019 the EFFE Quality Label from the European Festivals Association, an initiative of the European Union, and has been nominated for the Best European Dance Festival Award.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">One\nof <strong>MASDANZA<\/strong>\u2019s main objectives is to bring\nContemporary Dance closer to audiences in the Canary Islands and to continue to be a launching platform for local, national and international creators. <strong>MASDANZA<\/strong> contributes to the cultural\nheritage of the Canary Islands by exposing dance to all kinds of audiences,\nthrough projects that generate the participation of different collectives in\nthe different activities of the Festival. <strong>MASDANZA<\/strong>\nconceives contemporary dance as a tool to obtain social objectives:\nparticipation, inclusion, integration, tolerance and diversity, enriching the\ncoexistence in a season of encounters, discoveries and exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.masdanza.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BUBBLE_MD_001.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>MASDANZA<\/strong>\npresents within its program the Solo and Choreography Contests in its Official\nSection, and also, different sections during the month: <strong>MASDANZA DUNES, MASDANZA CINEMA, MASDANZA SHOWCASE, BREAKING MASDANZA, DANCE IN OPEN SPACES, MASDANZA CANARIAS, MASDANZA INTERNATIONAL, THE SPACE OF THE BODY, WORKSHOP and OTHER PROGRAMS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In\naddition to the above,<strong> MASDANZA <\/strong>organizes\nthe<strong> Extensions Tour <\/strong>with stops in\nthe different islands of the Canarian archipelago with a selection of the\nfinalists who participated in the Official Section of the Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Through\nthe national and international Collaboration Agreements signed by <strong>MASDANZA<\/strong>, the artists are provided with\nthe opportunity to opt for artistic residencies, performances and\ncollaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MASDANZA, The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands [Spain] Founded in 1996 by dancer and choreographer Natalia Medina, MASDANZA holds since 2019 the EFFE Quality Label from the European Festivals Association, an initiative of the European Union, and has been nominated for the Best European Dance Festival Award. 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