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Gil Garcetti : Dance in Cuba

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 7:00 PM
Gil Garcetti discusses and signs Dance in Cuba at Vroman's Bookstore.

"Dance in Cuba" was published last month by Balcony Press. There will be an exhibition of photographs from the book at UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History from April 29 to June 4, 2006.

THE BOOK

In 2003 American Photo magazine named Gil Garcetti one of the nation’s master photographers. His two critically acclaimed Balcony Press books, Iron: Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Frozen Music, have been praised for their evocation of the poetry of the iconic Los Angeles building’s architecture and the soul of those who built it.

Garcetti’s new book of photographs, Dance in Cuba, is a visual chronicle of Cuba’s little-known, yet extremely vibrant, dance culture. Working with Alicia Alonso, Director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Garcetti enjoyed unprecedented access to classical ballet and contemporary dance studios.

Garcetti’s dramatic duotone photographs capture the folk dancing and flamenco of Cuba’s dance heritage as well as the thrilling modern street performances of daily life there. Dance in Cuba is Cuba as you have never seen it before—an island alive with dance!

More information at

balconypress.com

calendarlive.com

vroman's bookstore

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Upcoming Exhibition:

UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY. Dance in Cuba: Photographs by Gil Garcetti
April 29, 2006 to June 4, 2006
Noted urban photographer and former prosecutor and a Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti captures the essence of dance in Cuba in this selection of approximately forty images from his new book Dance in Cuba. Garcetti's rich duotone photographs reveal that dance is not only a discipline, it is a recreation in Cuba, where folkdance, classical ballet, contemporary dance, flamenco and street performances are a way of living and no one is excluded. Working with Alicia Alonso, Director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Garcetti had unprecedented access to professional dance studios and has masterfully used his camera to freeze dramatic moments and chronicle this enigmatic country with its flourishing dance heritage.
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