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We invite you to DONATE HERE Ancla 1 ​ The majority are from Vulnerable Populations of Cartagena de Indias, besides beneficiaries from other cities of the country and the world, who have participated in the sensibility processes or in the formation programs of El Colegio del Cuerpo, leading them to a new vision of the sacredness of their body and about their future. ​ ​ • Children, teenagers, and youngsters. • Victims of the armed conflict. • Displaced population by violence. • Living in historical and extreme poverty. • Girls at risk of adolescent pregnancy. • Victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. • Gang members, ex-gang members, at risk of being gang members or deprived of their liberty. ​ 25,204 Beneficiaries ​ Donation Options 1 * Scholarships for children, teenagers and youngsters of the Study Programs *Compensation for donations ​ Scholarships $100,000 - 30 US DOLLARS - • Donation certificate • Photos of the children or the youngsters during the process Scholarships $500,000 - 134 USD - • Donation certificate • Photos of the children or the youngsters during the process • Video - clips of artistic or pedagogical presentations ​ Scholarships $1,000,000 - 300 USD - • Donation certificate • Photos of the children or the youngsters during the process • Video - clips of artistic or pedagogical presentations • Gratitude Video – clip of the beneficiary ​ All donors will receive a newsletter and a donation report. ​ We invite you to DONATE HERE 2 * Artistic and pedagogical activities of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias in the country and abroad *Compensation for donations ​ $100,000 donation - 30 US DOLLARS – • Donation certificate • Photos of performances or workshops $500,000 donation - 134 USD - • Donation certificate • Photos of performances or workshops • Video - clip of a performance or a workshop Donation of $1,000,000 - 300 USD - • Donation certificate • Photos of performances or workshops • Video – clip of a performance or a workshop • 2 courtesy tickets for a performance of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias ​ Donation of more than 1,000,000 OVER - 300 US DOLLARS - • Donation certificate • Photos of performances or a workshop • Video - clip of a performance or a workshop • 2 courtesy tickets for a greater number performances of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias, according to the amount of the donation. ​ All donors will be sent a newsletter and a donation report. ​ ​ We invite you to DONATE HERE 3 * Free destination for support, sustainability and fulfillment of the mission El Colegio del Cuerpo *Donations of free destination As a non-for-profit corporation El Colegio del Cuerpo contributes to the creation of processes of inclusion, social innovation, cultural development and the construction of peace. The donations of free destination also support the professionalization of the organizational structure. All donors will receive a newsletter and a donation report. We invite you to DONATE HERE Are you interested participating in the alliance? VISIT THE PROJECT enelVerde Here

Contact for more information ecdc@elcolegiodelcuerpo.org El Colegio del Cuerpo Cartagena de Indias * Colombia * South America

Board of Directors Álvaro Restrepo Director • Founder Dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Marie France Delieuvin Co-Director • Co-Founder Dancer, choreographer, pedagogue Leopoldo Javier Combariza Architect and painter, founding member of El Colegio del Cuerpo. Roberto Albisetti Strategy consultant and investment banker. Former Director head of the World Bank – IFC in Colombia, Mexico and Panama. Vice Rector of UniMinuto, with extensive experience in international business and a member of boards of directors in banks and large companies. Martin Krauss Business Administrator, entrepreneur and consultant in foreign investment, insurance, entertainment and trademark sectors, with experience in Culture Management in Europe. Member of the Board of Directors of El Colegio del Cuerpo for more than 18 years. Maria Claudia Trucco Expertise in the Social Sector, CSR, Sustainability, Strategic Communications, Active Citizen. Change Agent through consulting services, volunteering and participation in boards of directors of social organizations with social impact. Elena Sterenberg Creator, pedagogue and researcher of the scene, with more than two decades of experience in formulation and direction of academic and artistic projects, founding member of El Colegio del Cuerpo. Work team May Posse Academic Subdirection Gisela Del Valle Executive Management Enilsa Vasquez Administrative Assistance Zoraida Guerrero General Services Dancers Mayerlis Romero Ana María Bermúdez Johan Gutiérrez Gina Carrasquilla Cristian Mogollón Mauricio Suárez Camila Silva Alexander Patrón ALLIES Ministerio de Cultura Programa Nacional de Concertación Cultural UP

Education for Dance ​​ ​ Contemporary Studies in Dance ​ Intensive pre-professional level formation process in Contemporary Dance with emphasis on interpretation, investigation / composition, and pedagogy, aimed at young dancers between 18 and 24 years old, with previous formation or empirical experience in any of the dance genres and from diverse socioeconomic and cultural origins. ​ ​ Education for Dance Groups The formation process is aimed to children and teenagers who were initiated within the strategy Education with Dance. They have voluntarily chosen dance according to their talent, vocation, and clairvoyance for a future professional realization path, after they participate in the preprofessional level of Contemporary Studies in Dance. Formation intensity: 7 hours a week. The participants are students at public schools in Cartagena, whose pedagogical process is accomplished during their free time from the academic school schedule including Saturdays, with the support from public and private entities, such as Enel Foundation, among others that have contributed throughout time, as well as from generous donors and benefactors. ​ ​ ​ More information gcarrasquilla@elcolegiodel Cuerpo.org 1/1 RISE

EL COLEGIO DEL CUERPO •eCdC• •THE SCHOOL OF THE BODY• ​ Founded in 1997, in Cartagena de Indias by dancers, choreographers and pedagogues Álvaro Restrepo (Colombia) and Marie France Delieuvin (France), El Colegio del Cuerpo (The School of the Body) has become one of the pioneer proposals in Education for Peace through the Arts, in Colombia and the world. As a non-for-profit organization, it has contributed to the creation of spaces of social inclusion and innovation, to artistic, professional, and human development of more than 10, 000 children and youngsters from vulnerable populations, and to the formation the Talent Stratum, a converging methodological strategy of human diversity for the construction of Peace. FOUNDERS AND DIRECTORS Alvaro Restrepo Director ​ Is considered one of the pioneers of Contemporary Dance in Colombia and a referent of Latin American scenic arts. He studied Music, Philosophy, Literature and Theater before dedicating to Dance at the age of 24. His encounter in 1980, with the Italian priest Javier de Nicoló and with his work, focused on kids living in the streets, left him a lasting mark, not only because of the magnitude of the tragedy of Colombian abandoned children, but also due to the passion, generosity, and dedication of this extraordinary man. With a grant from the Colombian government, he went to New York where he studied with such emblematic figures as Jennifer Muller, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and his most important master: South Korean Cho Kyoo Hyun. In 1986 he founded his creation nucleus Athanor Danza and premiered at La MaMa (New York) his first creation, a homage to poet Frederico García Lorca in the 50th anniversary of his assassination. He then returned to Colombia, where he created Rebis , his most emblematic solo, as part of his homage to Lorca, traveling around the world with this piece, and receiving important recognitions; amongst them, the Great Pegasus Award 1992, at Kampnagel Theater in Hamburg (Germany). In 1991 he was appointed as subdirector of Colombian Culture Institute and in 1992, as director of Superior Arts Academy of Bogotá (ASAB), where he created the first Dance program. His artistic work has been performed in more than 50 countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has been invited as master and lecturer in several countries and has published numerous press articles in the national and international media. In I997 he founded with Marie-France Delieuvin, El Colegio del Cuerpo (The School of the Body) in Cartagena de Indias, which he considers his most important work of art and 'social sculpture'. ​ Marie France Delieuvin Co -Director French dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. She received formation in Paris with Françoise and Dominique Dupuy, as well as with Jérôme Andrew. As a soloist of the company Les Ballets Modernes de Paris, she participated in all its creations, tours, and festivals. She received a scholarship from Harvard University (USA), and continued her formation as a dancer, studying the American techniques: José Limón, Merce Cunningham, Nadine Revene (American Ballet Theater), and being a soloist in Mathews/Masters Dance Company. She started her own choreographic work in Paris with companies Transit and Libre Parcours. As principal master of the Superior National Dance Conservatory of Lyon (France), she was appointed in 1991 by the Ministry of Culture of France, as Director of the Superior Contemporary Dance School of Angers, the first National Choreographic Center of the country, teaching in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 1998, she received from the Ministry of Culture of France the honour: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 1997, she founded and co-directs with Álvaro Restrepo, El Colegio del Cuerpo. She is the creator of some of the pieces of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias, and associate choreographer of Álvaro Restrepo. Meet the board of directors, the work team and the dancers UP

Education with Dance ​​ Seeds of Talent Stratum Convergence space aimed at children and teenagers from vulnerable populations of the city, who study in public schools and live in historical and extreme poverty neighborhoods. Some of them have been victims of forced displacement or sexual abuse and exploitation. El Colegio del Cuerpo has been an oasis where they have discovered their bodies as source of expression, communication, personal overcoming, respect towards human diversity, transcendence, artistic vocation, essential and creative learnings for community life. ​ Education with Dance Groups Children from 7 – 8 years old initiate a process of body sensibility awakening, approximation to the basics of Contemporary Dance language, revelation of creativity and discovery of expression through movement. Formation intensity: 3 hours and 30 minutes a week. The pedagogical process is accomplished during their free time from the academic school schedule including Saturdays, with the support of public and private entities, whose missions converge with the principles of eCdC, contributing to the development of childhood and adolescence, being both, the soil where dreams and hope in the future are revealed and cultivated. Likewise, the generosity of visionary people strengthens the cause by assuming the sponsorship of the kids. ​ ​ ​​ ​ PROJECTS Body CON (S) cience Con(s)cience based on taking care of the body, prevention of risks, biosafety, respect of human diversity and the construction of Peace. 149 children and teenagers from public schools and libraries of the city participated in the project in 2021. Body: Ma*Estro*** Territory T he Japanese notion of MA (pause, interval) was the conceptual axis of the project: the human body as habitat, as the place where life occurs, also refuge, temple. Besides MA, we introduced the suffix “estro” that means ardent inspiration of the poet or the artist when creating his works”, meaning that the pedagogical act must be also a creative, artistic act… an inspiration. More than being a teacher, the Ma*estro** (the master) must be an inspirer…” ​ The project was accomplished with the Education District Secretariat of Bogotá, through the Pedagogies Line of Memory, Peace, Reconciliation and Migrations of the Direction of Inclusion and Integration of Populations, with the participation of 118 victim masters of the armed conflict, parents and members of the educational community. See publication of the Pedagogical Model Body: Ma*Estro*** Territory El Colegio del Cuerpo in the Territory National impact experience achieved in 5 cities: Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Medellín. A total of 7,099 beneficiaries of different ages, socioeconomic and cultural origins participated in the artistic and pedagogical activities: sensibility awakening workshops, formation/creation process for the presentation of the piece The famished road, danced conferences, and performances of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias. Testimonio Testimonio MA Project: my body, my house The project was a contribution of El Colegio del Cuerpo to traditional education by including the body in the center of the educational universe. Through the thematic axis: Body Practices, Art Languages and Integral Body Education, fundamental issues for the human development of the children were approached: Anatomy and Physiology, Identity, Rights and Values, Violences, Sexuality, Health and Nutrition, Addictions and Body Ecology. 3,600 children participated (2007 – 2009), besides 620 (2010 – 2011). The Project was funded by Japan Social Development Fund through the World Bank. El Colegio del Cuerpo has left its impression on the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional body of the children, teenagers, youngsters, teachers, students, parents and elders of diverse cultures and socioeconomic conditions in the country and the world: ​ Institution Jeanne d'Arc - Colombes (France) 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Institution Saint Pierre–Saint Jean Neuilly Sur Seine (France) 2018 Watermill Center (Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 2014, 2016, 2018 South Korea / 5 cities - Preparation and Anniversary of Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games – South Korean Ministry of Education / Asia Iberoamerica Foundation 2018, 2019 Centro Nacional de las Artes CENART (Mexico) 2015 El Colegio del Cuerpo in the Atlantic (Colombia): Barranquilla, Malambo, Sabanalarga, Soledad, Galapa – Secretaría de Educación de la Gobernación 2018 Casa de la Cultura de Chinavita (Boyacá, Colombia) 2018 Centro de Innovación del Maestro MOVA (Medellín, Colombia) 2014, 2015 Taller Cuerpo Panamá (Panama City) 2008, 2009 Instituto Distrital de la Participación y Acción Comunal IDEP (Bogotá, Colombia) 2007 Other Processes Body Sensibility Awakening RISE

“ "I am often plagued by the disturbing question of how it was possible, in this Colombia that is bleeding and wavers on the brink of the abyss, that an artist like Álvaro Restrepo, son of our time and of our agonizing circumstance, has managed to create with such certainty and serenity a work of such quality and rigor, without ever falling into the anecdotal nor in a sterile preciousness, both temptations common to so many of our artists blindly entrusted to the easy proposals of a talent that renounces reflection and discipline from the beginning ". ​ ​ Alvaro Mutis Álvaro Restrepo: Vision and revelation El Espectador 1992 "I feel blessed personally to have experienced such an inspirational day yesterday. Seeing you and hearing you speak about what you have created was fantastic. I am in admiration for what you have done. The entire day was unique... impassioned. What a joy!.. It will create a memory to last forever. Your dancers dance with such energy and passion. Fantastic!" ​ Jennifer Muller choreographer In this paragraph you can share content with the user. Click "Edit Text" or double-click to add your own text and make changes to the font. ... Why call a dance school college of the body? Because it evokes a greater dimension for an institution whose purpose is to treat the body with dignity in a country that does it with violence…, Restrepo said… ” ​ Anna Kisselg off Latin America brought talent and pain to France New York Times “Álvaro, your work is a confirmation of what Watermill stands for and what I believe in. Thank you for being a part of Watermill and doing what no one else is doing. I am proud to know you.” ​ Robert Wilson ​ Watermill Center ​ “Powerful and disturbing, this work ( Quartet for the End of the Body ) It is not only a remarkable achievement – it is also a remarkable work. Created - like the music of Messiaen ( Quartet for the End of Time ) -, in extreme circumstances, it shows that there should not necessarily be concessions between social values and the artistic ones; in other words, between doing good and do it right." ​ ​Sanjoy Roy Marrying Artistic and Social Agendas Through Dance in Colombia “Leonard is very pleased and touched, he says the work is excellent, he rarely gives such praise. We are ready to support your work.” ​ Robert Kory Manager Leonard Cohen Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) ​ “I found the entire evening totally original....no one on the New York dance scene uses this kind of imagery...and so integrated with the range of movement the dancers executed with such commitment. This may sound like shorthand...but to me, the evening offered a form of Magic Realism.” ​ Anna Kisselg off ​ Dance Critic New York Times ​ Álvaro Restrepo - Publications in See all publications in El Espectador Academic Theses The Role of Artistic Education in the Reinvention of Identity The Colombian Case: El Colegio del Cuerpo - The School of the Body - 2010 Marcelo Rueda, BA, MFA Le Collège du Corps 2011 Angela Losada When the Body is Oppressed, or MA Project, Dancing a New Collective Story (Participatory Research on Communication for Social Change) 2011 Carolina Novella Discipline & Happiness 2012 Gabriella Windsor Art in the Construction of a New Political Theology for Peace, A theological reading of the El Colegio del Cuerpo de Cartagena 2021 Nilson Jair Castro Laverde SJ Download Download Download Download Download Printed books and pedagogical model about El Colegio del Cuerpo See post. Pedagogical model. Body: Territory MA*Estro** See post. Log Body: Territory MA*Estro** See: Body sketch Model RISE Check here the Tax Information for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021

2022 Calendar Compañía Cuerpo de Indias APRIL 7 eCdC 25th Anniversary Celebration Centro Ático, Javeriana University. Bogotá 8 – 9 Ibero-American Theater Festival Bogotá William Shakespeare Theater 4 presentations Dos Volcanes y un laberinto ​ 12 – 13 Contemporary Studies in Dance Auditions 18 Starting date formation students of Contemporary Studies in Dance 25 Latimpact Event ​ 26 Compañía Cuerpo de Indias travels to New York City ​ ​ 28 – 29 La MaMa Moves Festival - Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) JUNE may 30 to june 19 Residency in Colombes (Paris – France) Artistic – pedagogical activities Institution Jeanne d’Arc and Music and Dance Conservatory 8 – 12 Performance Compañía Cuerpo de Indias Flowers for Kazuo Ohno (and Leonard Cohen) Café de la Danse (Paris 4) 17 – 18 Performance at Eco Festival Colombes may 26 a jun 2 Residence on the Earth eCdC territory in Pontezuela / Temple Without Religion Seminar for 20 persons from Comfama – Medellín ​ AUGUST Month of August Creation of the piece with Symphonic Orchestra of Bogotá 24 to 28 Project - Comfama Park in Medellín 4 performances Compañía Cuerpo de Indias ​ OCTOBER 21 – 22 Graduation 2022 Contemporary Studies in Dance DECEMBER 13 – 14 Performances Compañía Cuerpo de Indias Chapel - Hotel Santa Clara MAY april 30 to may 6 Residence in New York -Workshops Parrish Museum - Southampton 5 La MaMa Theatre 60th Anniversary Gala - Homage to Álvaro Restrepo and 4 other artists. -It has been postponed- 7 Beginnig Enel Foundation Project - Children from Saint Francis of Assisi School - Arroz Barato neighborhood. 9 Beginning of workshops cycle for 154 employees of Santa Clara Hotel – 20 sessions from 05/09 to 07/25 27 Performance Compañía Cuerpo de Indias – Formation Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española 29 Compañía Cuerpo de Indias travels to Paris JULY 2 End of the Residence on the Earth ​ Month of July Creation process for the project with the Symphonic Orchestra of Bogotá. ​ SEPTEMBER 4 to 11 Rehearsals and premiere of creation with the Bogotá Symphony Orchestra And Cuerpo de Indias Company 9 – 10 Premiere of the piece in Bogotá New Theater Delia Zapata 23 El Colegio del Cuerpo - 25th Anniversary Celebration 28 Performance Compañía Cuerpo de Indias Chapel - Santa Clara Hotel NOVEMBER 6 Performance Compañía Cuerpo de Indias Chapel - Santa Clara Hotel ​ 29 – 30 El Colegio del Cuerpo 25th Anniversary Celebration. Cartagena de Indias Conventions Center

Direct contact for alliances: enelVerde alianzas@elcolegiodelcuerpo.org Cartagena de Indias * Colombia * South America

Ancla MENU INICIO El Colegio del Cuerpo El Colegio del Cuerpo is an artisitic and educational - non-for-profit corporation. For the past 25 years it has trainned world-class dance artists, members of Compañía Cuerpo de Indias and citizens of Peace. El Colegio del Cuerpo educates for dance and with dance. ​ ​ It is a community of social entreperneurs that through Art and the search of excellence, impacts and transforms individuals and communities. Through the technique of contemporary dance (our core language) we sculpt human beings who are part of a great social sculpture. ​ Education for Dance and with Dance ​ Read more SOCIAL IMPACT ACHIEVEMENTS educate for dance ​ Formation process based on : natural talent for Contemporary Dance, vocation, passion and the clairvoyance of children, teenagers and youngsters that choose this artistic discipline as their path for professional realization. ​ ​ Read more Education with Dance ​ ​ Education for Peace through Art, as a contribution for inclusion and social innovation, based on respect and a new ethics of the body, for being the sacred instrument for life, searching for the prevention of risks, the awakening of sensibility, creativity, and human development. Read more enelVerde Read more The School of the Body enelVerde B.O.R.N. Territory B ODY • E DUCATI O N • A R T • N ATURE • ​ We have formulated a proposal for long term strategic alliances of with Companies, Universities, Foundations and Corporations with a convergence of values and goals in a win-win scheme of enormous impact at the local, national and international level, based on the trajectory and prestige of El Colegio del Cuerpo, as well as on the solidity and citizen ethics of the companies and institutions that are expected to join this alliance. Read more Compañía Cuerpo de Indias Directed by choreographers Álvaro Restrepo (Colombia) and Marie-France Delieuvin (France), Compañía Cuerpo de Indias is recognized as one of the emblematic proposals of Contemporary Dance in the international scene. Its creation and interpretation work has been performed in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, thus contributing to transform the image of the country in the world. Read more ... Why call a dance school college of the body? Because it evokes a greater dimension for an institution whose purpose is to treat the body with dignity in a country that does it with violence…, Restrepo said… ” ​ Anna kisselg off Latin America brought talent and pain to France New York Times PUBLICATIONS see more ALLIES Ministerio de Cultura Programa Nacional de Concertación Cultural RISE Contact for additional and general information ecdc@elcolegiodelcuerpo.org Cartagena de Indias • Colombia • South America Design and graphic concept: Susana Carrié

Marie France Delieuvin, Amada Tinoco and Álvaro Restrepo The first generation of dancers, members of the ’Pilot Experimental Group’, graduated in 2008 from the Basic Dance Education program of Antioquia University through a covenant signed with El Colegio del Cuerpo, Technological University of Bolívar and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia. RISE