EscArt, The Lion King & The Strawberry City

Whats up lovely people from all over the world.

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing the teachers of the dance academy Escart in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, the city of Strawberry

Irapuato's Strawberry

 (Strawberry Fields)

Irapuato Downtown

This academy is doing The Lion King, an adaptation of the Broadway play.
This work will be adapted to ballet and hip hop. This incredible group of artists are doing everything possible to make this show happen. Irapuato City does not have a theater, but has an auditorium, where take place the cultural events of the Strawberry City. 

Choreography for the Lion King play

 
Here are some of the girls, the academy has over 100 students, ages from 4 to 30.
This academy was founded 44 year ago!
Many many people and great artists passed trough this class rooms.

Paulina Eguiluz, ballet teacher

In this picture you can see Paulina Eguiluz, one of the ballet teachers, she has been teacher since she was 13 years old!
She also is a Pilates instructor in this academy.
In this play she is choreographer and dancer.

Mask of one of the characters

Here you can see one of the students and Marimar Eguiluz, also a teacher in this academy and she also is the director of this montage, she is a fashion designer, and ballet dancer since she was 4 years old.

 

Hyena mask

In Escart Dance Academy are making over 100 costumes for the adaptation of the Lion King. The have: fashion designers, choreographers, and characterization experts

Making the mask

Bird costume

Two of the girls!

 All the costumes are designed by Marimar Eguiluz and Marcela Eguiluz. This surely is a family of artists!

Mask painting!

¿Remember that i came to irapuato to give this girls acting lessons?
Here they are doing an exercise that i gave to them.
 













The girls in their acting class, can you see the size of the classroom? is great isn't it?

Acting Class

 








They let me spy for a while!

The teachers of this academy are passionate and lovely people! great artists who search for integral education for the girls

 Jimena Cuen and Paulina Eguiluz, teacher and student rehearsing, for the Lion King. The presentation will be in 3 weeks in the Benito Juarez auditorium in Irapuato City.

They let me try on one of the masks!!

Here you can see the garden and the structures for the presentation!

The class rooms and the garden. There is a teacher back in the picture, Her name is Mariana Cuen Garibi.

 Marimar Eguiluz, and one of her students.

They rehearse every day because in three weeks will take place the presentation of the King Leon in Irapuato and have to have everything ready!

Learnings the steps!

Making masks!

The studens also help!!

I get to see one of the choreography

I will share with you guys: photos videos and interviews with teachers and dancers.
I hope you enjoy these posts, and expect more tomorrow, I'll go back to the dance academy Escart to continue with the interviews.
Today I was invited to see a Flamenco presentation, so whait for post also.

I'll be back later to share with you guys all the details of the Flamenco presentation.

Thanks for reading!!
 
Pablo Cuen