Rafael Bonachela

Rafael Bonachela is a Spanish choreographer of contemporary dance. He is artistic director[1][./Rafael_Bonachela#cite_note-n0-1 [1]] of the Sydney Dance Company in Sydney, Australia, after taking the role in 2009.

Rafael Bonachela
Born
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationCadaqués Dance School, Barcelona
Occupationchoreographer

For the company, he has created multiple new works, including we unfold (2009), 6 Breaths (2010), LANDforms (2011), 2 One Another (2012), Project Rameau (2012), Emergence (2013), Les Illuminations (2013), 2 in D Minor (2014), Scattered Rhymes (2014), Frame of Mind (2015), Lux Tenebris (2016), Ocho (2017), ab [intra] (2018) and Impermanence (2021).[1]

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Collaborators

Bonachela has collaborated with many artists across his career at Rambert Dance Company, and as Artistic Director at Bonachela Dance Company and Sydney Dance Company. These include composers Ezio Bosso, Bryce Dessner, Nick Wales;[38] artist Mira Calix,[39] musicians Kylie Minogue,[40] Tina Turner, Sarah Blasko, Katie Noonan; writer Samuel Webster;[41] ensembles Australian String Quartet, Australian Chamber Orchestra; and designers Tony Assness,[42] Benjamin Cisterne, David Fleischer; and venues such as the Art Gallery of NSW,[43] Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Carriageworks.

Reception

For his work Soledad, Bonachela won both the Premio Guglielmo Ebreo and the independent critic's prize at the Biennale Danza e Italia in Pesaro in 2006.[44] He received the Australian Dance Award for choreography for 6 Breaths in 2011,[45][46] and again for 2 One Another in 2013.[47]

In 2012, Bonachela was named and one of the (sydney) magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People.

In February 2013, Rafael received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Civil Merit by His Majesty the King of Spain. In the same year, he was named the Dance Australia Critics Survey winner for 'Most Interesting Australian Artist'. He was also named winner of the dance category for The Monthly's 2013 Arts Awards.

References
  1. "Rafael Bonachela: Artistic Director". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. Law, Benjamin (21 May 2016). "Sydney Dance Company's Rafael Bonachela". The Saturday Paper.
  3. "New Creations 2: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela and Emanuel Gat". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Interplay: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, Jacopo Godani and Gideon Obarzanek". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. "The Land of Yes and the Land of No: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. "Louder Than Words: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela and Andonis Foniadakis". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. "Frame of Mind: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela and William Forsythe". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  8. "CounterMove". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. "Orb". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  10. Pascoe, Jacqueline (February–March 2009). "Man on the move [The new artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company, Spanish-born choreographer Rafael Bonachela, discusses his plans to re-energise Australia's flagship contemporary company]". Dance Australia. 160: 39–40.
  11. Boon, Maxim (24 April 2017). "Sydney Dance Company's Rafael Bonachela turns dance into a political movement". The Music.
  12. Mackrell, Judith (17 November 2011). "Rafael Bonachela: I'm gonna live for ever". The Guardian.
  13. "LANDforms". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. "Rafael Bonachela". Dance Consortium: International dance across the UK. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  15. Ransom, Paul. "We Unfold – Sydney Dance Co". Dance Informa. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  16. Salib, Antonia (5 December 2011). "Rafael Bonachela's 6 Breaths performed by the Sydney Dance Company". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  17. "New Creations 1: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela and Adam Linder". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  18. Wells, Annie (23 February 2005). "Rambert Dance Company". Ballet Dance Magazine.
  19. Sykes, Jill (15 October 2010). "New Creations 2". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  20. Salib, Antonia (5 December 2011). "Rafael Bonachela's 6 Breaths performed by the Sydney Dance Company". Bachtrack.
  21. "Raw models: Jacopo Godani". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  22. Barnes, Frank (14 November 2011). "The land of yes and the land of no". Education. 92 (11): 29.
  23. Jennings, Luke (4 October 2009). "The Land of Yes and the Land of No". The Guardian.
  24. Sydney Dance Company (20 August 2014). "Sydney Dance Company presents Louder Than Words: Andonis Foniadakis and Rafael Bonachela - Two world premieres" (PDF). Sydney Dance Company Media Release. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  25. "Project Rameau". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  26. "Emergence: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  27. "Emergence - Chapter One (Order/Chaos)". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  28. "Kaldor Public Art Projects 13 Rooms: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  29. "Les Illuminations: Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  30. Bostridge, Ian (7 October 2005). "From Britten with love: Benjamin Britten's tribute to Peter Pears is a gift to tenors everywhere". Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  31. "Illuminated with Sydney Dance Company". Australian Chamber Orchestra.
  32. "Scattered Rhymes: In my own words". Sunny Side Up. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  33. Iselin, Kate. "Movement is the aim for 'scattered rhymes'". Backyard Opera. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  34. Burke, Justin (20 December 2017). "Mira Calix brings Inside There Falls installation to Sydney Festival". The Australian.
  35. "Inside There Falls – a major new mixed media installation from Mira Calix presented by the Sydney Festival announced World premiere January 2015". Mira Calix. 23 October 2014.
  36. Stephens, Bill (19 May 2016). "Review / Sydney Dance Company's 'Counter Move' at the Canberra Theatre". Canberra City News.
  37. "Nude Live". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  38. 2 One Another, retrieved 22 September 2021
  39. Calix, Mira. "Inside There Falls – a major new mixed media installation from Mira Calix presented by the Sydney Festival announced. World premiere January 2015 – mira calix". Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  40. "Rafael Bonachela: I'm gonna live for ever". the Guardian. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  41. Facebook, About the Author Staff Writers Twitter (11 October 2017). "Dance masterpiece rocking its 100th performance in Sydney". Star Observer. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  42. "Spotlight on Costume Designer Tony Assness". Dance Informa Magazine. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  43. "Nude Live". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  44. "Australian Premiere: Rafael Bonachela's Soledad". Sydney Dance Company. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  45. Christofis, Lee (April 2012). "Artistic vibrancy among Australia's five major dance companies". Australian Drama Studies. 60: 120–137.
  46. "2011 Australian Dance Awards". Australian Dance Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  47. "2013 Australian Dance Awards winners". Ausdance. 5 August 2013.

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