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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

Become our ally! enelVerde Act Now INQUIRE HOW TO MANAGE YOUR ALLIANCE enelVerde EL COLEGIO DEL CUERPO B.O.R.N. TERRITORY BODY • EDUCATION • ART• NATURE• El Colegio del Cuerpo (The School of the Body), based in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), has celebrated 25 years after having initiated, in September 1997, its work in the most socially and economically unequal city of the country. Emblematic city, alternative capital of Colombia, it simultaneously displays UNESCO´s designation as Historical and Cultural Patrimony of Humanity. More tan 10,000 children and youngsters from what we have called Talent Stratum have participated during these years in the different projects and programs of our two methodological strategies: Education for Dance (artistic professional formation) and Education with Dance (integral body education for non-artists). In 2008 El Colegio del Cuerpo received from the Mayoralty of Cartagena a 9.884 acres land based in Pontezuela, semi-urban township, where we initiated in the midst of Master Pandemic, the construction of our definitive site. Download or read online here the complete document of the d escriptive memory of the Architectural Project Architecture as an Extension of our Body The architect Leopoldo Javier Combariza, founding member of El Colegio del Cuerpo, has designed a project that in a masterful and coherent way reflects the pedagogical philosophy of our institution: from the beginning of our work in 1997, the issue of the dignity and suitability of the spaces became an essential pedagogical tool. The contact with beauty, pulchritude, thermo-accustic conditions for concentration and – I insist – in the notion of dignity, inspire and transform the behaviour of youngsters and children. Architecture is nothing more and nothing less than a prolongation of our body, or, as the architect Leopoldo Combariza Díaz (father of our founding member), calls it: “Architecture is our third skin”. View from the East ARCA – General Warehouse – Already built. Strategic Alliances Route In the following document we have formulated a proposal of long term strategic alliances with Enterprises, Universities, Foundations and Corporations based on a convergence of values and objectives by means of a win-to-win scheme of enormous impact on the local, national and international level, based on the trajectory and prestige of eCdC, as well as on the solidity and ethic civic principles of the enterprises and institutions that would join this Alliance. The pioneer Enterprise to join this common effort is SURA. This emblematic enterprise of our country, guided not only by social enterprise responsibility , but above all, by a humanistic and committed posture with the highest values of concern, respect, conviviality and co-responsibility with the common wellbeing: a new citizenship and a notion of richness linked with integral wellbeing and plenitude, not only with material goods and finantial results. Download or read online here the complete document ARCA – General Warehouse – Already built. Descriptive memory of the architectural project LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY The land on which El Colegio del Cuerpo is being built is located near the town of Pontezuela, a small semi-urban and/or semi-rural agglomeration that is part of the District of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. This town is 16 kilometers from the city of Cartagena. PROPERTY AREA 40,000 m2 TOTAL BUILDING AREA ON THE FIRST FLOOR PERMITTED BY CURRENT POT RULES 4000 m2 TOTAL OCCUPANCY AREA ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL OF THE BODY: 3088.82 m2 Download or read online here the complete document Or visit this gallery for more information by clicking on each image Know the plans of the project enelVerde Click on the images to enlarge them enelVerde Park Museum The pedestrian trails that permit access to each point of the terrain and interweave the edifications conform a circuit enelVerde, that will thread an itinerary of the visit to the place, becoming a real Botanical Garden and an open-air Museum. Thus, the visitor, student or master will be able to appreciate along his wandering, the installations and works of art that are being desiplayed from now on in the place, whose autor is the founder Álvaro Restrepo, as well as many other artists and masters who shall display – in a transitory or permanent way – their talent in this Cultural Park. https://goo.gl/maps/wZ3r1NWpLnRQMpZb8 UP

It is an artistic and educational corporation —non-profit— that for 25 years has been training world-class dance artists, members of the Compañía Cuerpo de Indias and citizens of peace. 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