The Last Mayan King ~ Dzul Dance
Tax deductible
Please help Dzul Dance achieve its funding goals to assist in successfully completing this year's company projects.
We are currently seeking financial assistance in showcasing a new work that has been commissioned for a world premier at The Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ. We are now looking to present our new show, "The Last Mayan King" to our New York community before the year's end.
In addition to our company season, we are seeking funds to cover costs of hosting and curating a new festival called the Dzul International Dance Festival and Cross Cultural Exchange. This is our inaugural season and we are looking forward to making this an annual event, pending the success of this year!
Cost Breakdown:
$20,000 - Theatre Rental
$5,000 - Administrative Fees
$4,000 - Lighting
$11,000 - Performer Fees
$1,200 - Rehearsal Space
$6,000 - Travel/Accomodation Costs
$1,000 - Cross Cultural Exchange Studio Rentals
$1,800 - Costumes
Total: $50,000
Please help us BEAT OUR GOAL to continue to grow our company. We are looking for ongoing fiscal support, corporate sponsorship, grant writers and a full time administrative team. Our goal is to provide full time performers salaries and administrative staff to our budget as we grow.
Dzul Dance is a non-profit repertory company that has a unique mission of preserving ancient Mayan culture. Dzul continues to inspire audiences outside of the theatre with the Dzul Cross Cultural Exchange Program in youth and community education enrichment programs. The Dzul Cross Cultural Exchange Program focuses on themes within the scope of classroom curriculum, such as ancient civilizations, math, science, simple machines, health, folklore, poetry and traditional Mayan dance. (For more information, see below)
To learn more about Dzul Dance performing company and our educational program, continue to read and share!
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
Sincerely,
Javier Dzul
Dzul Dance, Inc.
and
Danielle Marie Fusco
Dzul Dance, Inc
Performer, Assistant Company Manager
Click here for an inside look at Dzul Dance
Interview with Javier Dzul (click here)
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Dzul Dance fuses multiple dance forms with aerial circus arts and contortion as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic, Mexican and Latin culture to create bridges between contemporary art and historical heritage. By transforming bodies into earthbound and airborne forces of nature Dzul breaks physical, cultural and political boundaries. This daring and unique company connects the ancient and the modern in order to illuminate the vast array of drama and beauty inherent to the natural world and the human condition
Dzul Dance was created in 2003. Artistic Director Javier Dzul, described as "mythical" by CityArts, and his culturally diverse company of 10 performers have been presented throughout the world garnering reviews along the way that hail Dzul’s “acrobatic wizardry” (Attitude: The Dancer’s Magazine) and "spellbinding" (The Scotsman) choreography.
Dzul Dance's intense physicality and creative appeal have won them invitations to perform at prestigious venues and festivals in over ten countries. Some highlights include United Nations, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), Festival Cervantino (Mexico), Reichold Center for the Arts (USVI), Banff Arts Centre (Canada) and Festival Centro Historico (Mexico).
Our Company has been featured by National Public Radio, American Latino, Univision's Despierta America, NY1, Bloomberg TV and in photographer Acey Harper's Private Acts: the acrobat sublime published by Rizolli in 2009.
Dzul has created performances for a number of corporations and production groups that include: Columbia Pictures Spider-Man 2: London Calling, Bloomberg, El Financiero, Latin Grammy Week (NYC), Canadian International Bank (Canada), Conde Nast, Mexico Tourism Board (NYC), Pineda Covalin (Mexico), Wild Bird Fund (NYC), Whirl Inc. (Canada), Em Polham (Korea), NYC Big Events, American Indian Community House, Government of the State of Campeche, Instituto de Cultura de Campeche, Xcaret (Mexico). United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Instituto de Turismo y Arte de Mazatlan (Mexico), Adelante: JP Morgan's Latino/Hispanic employee network, Latino Coalition Network of Deloitte, UBS and Bank of America.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
The Last Mayan King - Media Kit (click here)
The Last Mayan King is an autobiographical, physical narrative that explores pre-Hispanic Mexican and Mayan culture through the eyes of Artistic Director, Javier Dzul - the last reigning Mayan King of a remote tribe in the Yucatán. Utilizing elements of dance, physical theatre, contortion and various circus apparatuses, The Last Mayan King quite literally manipulates space vertically, horizontally and everywhere in between in an attempt to carve out the stories of one of history’s most revered and mysterious indigenous civilizations.
Time and space are widely abstracted in the work as the past and future dynamically bounce off of each other, both literally and symbolically, creating a realm in which ancestral spirits, the performers and the audience may converge in one shared present. The performers in the work take on the roles of various interchangeable characters to portray and communicate the experience of living in and practicing Mayan tradition. Excavating the practices of Mayan ritual dancers, the performers showcase the fantastic magic and trance required of one to enter and navigate through Xibalba, the Mayan underworld or world of the dead. It is on this journey through this contorted time-space vortex where one recognizes and remembers that the essence of life resides between the fragile and frequent cycles of earthly existence.
Serving as a visual memoir, The Last Mayan King introduces the real-life experiences Javier encountered whilst assimilating to modernized society. The reflection of these experiences in the work highlights the inherent trials and tribulations of being faced with a new, colonizationinduced world that creates a challenging dichotomy of two very opposing concepts of life and culture. The work also serves as a pathway by which to acknowledge how Mayan heritage helped shape Javier’s understanding of life, art, magic, tradition, honor, relationships, love and his position in the universe.
The Last Mayan King visually and physically transforms a performance space, inviting the audience to be transported into the story and its exploration of the archetypal universality of the human condition. As such, there is access for an individual from any cultural background or identity to connect a part of themselves to the life of the Mayan King - especially Javier’s journey - and potentially find awe-inspiring moments of this multifaceted, physical fantasia.
The Last Mayan King is in service of paying homage to, honoring and holding space for indigenous and ancestral history, as this is the foundation upon which we’ve built who we are today. It has been known in Mayan teachings that their prophecies and insights foreshadow what may be to come. With that in mind, The Last Mayan King offers us a chance to beget rediscovery of our most primal, basic and necessary principals of living life by reintroducing cognizance that we, as one human race, come from common roots, are able to identify where we are presently, and can perhaps take a moment to consider what we want collectively for the future.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Dates: November 25-30, 2019
Teatro Francisco Paula Toro
Campeche, Mexico
Dzul Festival Pdf (click here)
The mission of the Dzul International Dance Festival is to present the artistic visions of global dance companies and their educational expertise to the south of Mexico.
Dzul Dance company welcomes audiences to experience the diverse variety of submissions that range from modern dance, culturally influenced programs, fusion genres, commercial theatre, physical theatre, circus, ballet and more.
Dzul International Dance Festival offers a wide variety of workshops and master classes taught by festival performers from across the globe. These workshops are offered to people of all ages and levels!
ABOUT DZUL CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Youth/Community outreach and arts in education are a vital part of Javier’s vision as an artist, teacher and creator. Javier and his company use performance, post-performance discussion and workshops to provide people of all ages from diverse backgrounds with unique tools to confront their future with creativity, responsibility, confidence, strength and positivity.
Javier and his performers have brought the artistry and vocabulary of Dzul Dance to others through professional workshops and youth/ community outreach programs in the Virgin Islands, Mexico, South America, Europe, Canada and the United States.
Dzul Dance Mexico Partnerships:
The Campeche Youth Initiative was a project of Dzul Dance in collaboration with the Government of the State of Campeche, Mexican Cultural institute of New York and the Campeche Tourism Board. These organizations are committed to providing youth with opportunities to experience artistic creation, the creative process and performance in order to enhance their individual development and stimulate their artistic potential. This program has enabled young dancers from Mexico to travel, perform and study in New York and has created opportunities for them as professional dancers in Mexico.
In October 2008 the Campeche Youth Initiative project was accepted to be part of the Performing the World Conference in NYC, an event that brings together artists, activists, community organizers, researchers, youth workers, psychologists and educators from 27 different countries. The annual conference is sponsored by the All Stars Project and the Eastside Institute for Psychotherapy. The conference offers numerous performances, lectures, films, workshops and networking opportunities. Thirteen young adults from Campeche traveled to New York City to perform alongside Dzul Dancers for two weeks. None had traveled outside of Mexico before.
Campeche Youth Initiative at Performing the World
Because of the success of the Campeche Youth Initiative Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA) of Mexico and the Government of Campeche awarded Javier Dzul full funding to create La Compania de Danza Contemporanea del Estado de Campeche. The dance and aerial company has been performing and touring in festivals throughout Mexico since Javier founded the company in 2009. Since 2009 Dzul Dance and other sponsors have secured funding and visas for members of La Compania de Danza to study with and perform with Dzul Dance for two months in NYC every year.
All Stars Project Workshop with Javier Dzul, East NY
Dzul Dance and the All Stars Project:
Dzul has been involved with the All Stars project since 2008. The All Stars is an organization dedicated to the development of poor and minority youth through a performance based model. In the past three years Javier Dzul and his company have been involved with several of the organization’s leading programs including Youth Onstage, All Stars Talent Show Network, Castillo Theater, Development School for Youth and Dr. Lenora Fulani’s UX Program for community development.
In 2011 Javier Dzul received the All Stars’ PHAT Friend Award; an award given by young people to NYC’s unsung heroes. The award recognizes those adults who serve as community role models and leaders, supporting the growth and development of today’s youth.
Dzul Dance & Castillo Theater, License to Dream
Other outreach programs include:
Harlem Stage International Programming Series for NY Public Schools Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, USVI Cancun International American School, Mexico Global Impact Group, Mexico CUNY Graduate Center (sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies) New Canaan Dance Academy, CT Mano a Mano’s Indigenous Language Project Boys & Girls Harbor Dance Conservatory of Harlem The Hurley School, Boston MA Orchard Gardens, Boston MA American Indian Community House Xcaret Outreach Initiative in Playa del Carmen Lakota Youth Center
Dzul workshop at Xcaret
Professional Workshops & Classes
Within Dzul Dance resides a unique vocabulary and precise technique. Javier's company and his classes are a remarkable balance of strength, flexibility, athleticism and grace. Javier has taught professional classes & workshops in the US and abroad. In New York he teaches a company class at the NY Conservatory of Dance and is the aerial instructor at Chelsea Piers.
Professional and Collegiate residencies include:
'Mexico Espectaculo' principal performers,Xcaret
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Colegio Nacional de Danza, Mexico
Universidad de Veracruz, Mexico
Cisne Negro at Emproart, Brazil
Festival Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico
Arena Ballet School, Switzerland
ONGOING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
To assist in ongoing fiscal support, our yearly operating goal is $500,000. To inquire about joining our board of directors and/or to continue to provide on-going tax deductible support, please contact us directly
Your support ensures the artistic growth of Dzul Dance.
Please help us continue to perform, create and educate.
Dzul Dance is a 501c3 not for profit organization.
Please make checks payable to DZUL DANCE INC.
Please mail checks to:
Dzul 550 Riverside Drive #41 New York, NY 10027
New York, NY 10027
We are currently seeking financial assistance in showcasing a new work that has been commissioned for a world premier at The Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ. We are now looking to present our new show, "The Last Mayan King" to our New York community before the year's end.
In addition to our company season, we are seeking funds to cover costs of hosting and curating a new festival called the Dzul International Dance Festival and Cross Cultural Exchange. This is our inaugural season and we are looking forward to making this an annual event, pending the success of this year!
Cost Breakdown:
$20,000 - Theatre Rental
$5,000 - Administrative Fees
$4,000 - Lighting
$11,000 - Performer Fees
$1,200 - Rehearsal Space
$6,000 - Travel/Accomodation Costs
$1,000 - Cross Cultural Exchange Studio Rentals
$1,800 - Costumes
Total: $50,000
Please help us BEAT OUR GOAL to continue to grow our company. We are looking for ongoing fiscal support, corporate sponsorship, grant writers and a full time administrative team. Our goal is to provide full time performers salaries and administrative staff to our budget as we grow.
Dzul Dance is a non-profit repertory company that has a unique mission of preserving ancient Mayan culture. Dzul continues to inspire audiences outside of the theatre with the Dzul Cross Cultural Exchange Program in youth and community education enrichment programs. The Dzul Cross Cultural Exchange Program focuses on themes within the scope of classroom curriculum, such as ancient civilizations, math, science, simple machines, health, folklore, poetry and traditional Mayan dance. (For more information, see below)
To learn more about Dzul Dance performing company and our educational program, continue to read and share!
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
Sincerely,
Javier Dzul
Dzul Dance, Inc.
and
Danielle Marie Fusco
Dzul Dance, Inc
Performer, Assistant Company Manager
Click here for an inside look at Dzul Dance
Interview with Javier Dzul (click here)
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Dzul Dance fuses multiple dance forms with aerial circus arts and contortion as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic, Mexican and Latin culture to create bridges between contemporary art and historical heritage. By transforming bodies into earthbound and airborne forces of nature Dzul breaks physical, cultural and political boundaries. This daring and unique company connects the ancient and the modern in order to illuminate the vast array of drama and beauty inherent to the natural world and the human condition
Dzul Dance was created in 2003. Artistic Director Javier Dzul, described as "mythical" by CityArts, and his culturally diverse company of 10 performers have been presented throughout the world garnering reviews along the way that hail Dzul’s “acrobatic wizardry” (Attitude: The Dancer’s Magazine) and "spellbinding" (The Scotsman) choreography.
Dzul Dance's intense physicality and creative appeal have won them invitations to perform at prestigious venues and festivals in over ten countries. Some highlights include United Nations, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), Festival Cervantino (Mexico), Reichold Center for the Arts (USVI), Banff Arts Centre (Canada) and Festival Centro Historico (Mexico).
Our Company has been featured by National Public Radio, American Latino, Univision's Despierta America, NY1, Bloomberg TV and in photographer Acey Harper's Private Acts: the acrobat sublime published by Rizolli in 2009.
Dzul has created performances for a number of corporations and production groups that include: Columbia Pictures Spider-Man 2: London Calling, Bloomberg, El Financiero, Latin Grammy Week (NYC), Canadian International Bank (Canada), Conde Nast, Mexico Tourism Board (NYC), Pineda Covalin (Mexico), Wild Bird Fund (NYC), Whirl Inc. (Canada), Em Polham (Korea), NYC Big Events, American Indian Community House, Government of the State of Campeche, Instituto de Cultura de Campeche, Xcaret (Mexico). United States - Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Instituto de Turismo y Arte de Mazatlan (Mexico), Adelante: JP Morgan's Latino/Hispanic employee network, Latino Coalition Network of Deloitte, UBS and Bank of America.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
The Last Mayan King - Media Kit (click here)
The Last Mayan King is an autobiographical, physical narrative that explores pre-Hispanic Mexican and Mayan culture through the eyes of Artistic Director, Javier Dzul - the last reigning Mayan King of a remote tribe in the Yucatán. Utilizing elements of dance, physical theatre, contortion and various circus apparatuses, The Last Mayan King quite literally manipulates space vertically, horizontally and everywhere in between in an attempt to carve out the stories of one of history’s most revered and mysterious indigenous civilizations.
Time and space are widely abstracted in the work as the past and future dynamically bounce off of each other, both literally and symbolically, creating a realm in which ancestral spirits, the performers and the audience may converge in one shared present. The performers in the work take on the roles of various interchangeable characters to portray and communicate the experience of living in and practicing Mayan tradition. Excavating the practices of Mayan ritual dancers, the performers showcase the fantastic magic and trance required of one to enter and navigate through Xibalba, the Mayan underworld or world of the dead. It is on this journey through this contorted time-space vortex where one recognizes and remembers that the essence of life resides between the fragile and frequent cycles of earthly existence.
Serving as a visual memoir, The Last Mayan King introduces the real-life experiences Javier encountered whilst assimilating to modernized society. The reflection of these experiences in the work highlights the inherent trials and tribulations of being faced with a new, colonizationinduced world that creates a challenging dichotomy of two very opposing concepts of life and culture. The work also serves as a pathway by which to acknowledge how Mayan heritage helped shape Javier’s understanding of life, art, magic, tradition, honor, relationships, love and his position in the universe.
The Last Mayan King visually and physically transforms a performance space, inviting the audience to be transported into the story and its exploration of the archetypal universality of the human condition. As such, there is access for an individual from any cultural background or identity to connect a part of themselves to the life of the Mayan King - especially Javier’s journey - and potentially find awe-inspiring moments of this multifaceted, physical fantasia.
The Last Mayan King is in service of paying homage to, honoring and holding space for indigenous and ancestral history, as this is the foundation upon which we’ve built who we are today. It has been known in Mayan teachings that their prophecies and insights foreshadow what may be to come. With that in mind, The Last Mayan King offers us a chance to beget rediscovery of our most primal, basic and necessary principals of living life by reintroducing cognizance that we, as one human race, come from common roots, are able to identify where we are presently, and can perhaps take a moment to consider what we want collectively for the future.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Dates: November 25-30, 2019
Teatro Francisco Paula Toro
Campeche, Mexico
Dzul Festival Pdf (click here)
The mission of the Dzul International Dance Festival is to present the artistic visions of global dance companies and their educational expertise to the south of Mexico.
Dzul Dance company welcomes audiences to experience the diverse variety of submissions that range from modern dance, culturally influenced programs, fusion genres, commercial theatre, physical theatre, circus, ballet and more.
Dzul International Dance Festival offers a wide variety of workshops and master classes taught by festival performers from across the globe. These workshops are offered to people of all ages and levels!
ABOUT DZUL CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Youth/Community outreach and arts in education are a vital part of Javier’s vision as an artist, teacher and creator. Javier and his company use performance, post-performance discussion and workshops to provide people of all ages from diverse backgrounds with unique tools to confront their future with creativity, responsibility, confidence, strength and positivity.
Javier and his performers have brought the artistry and vocabulary of Dzul Dance to others through professional workshops and youth/ community outreach programs in the Virgin Islands, Mexico, South America, Europe, Canada and the United States.
Dzul Dance Mexico Partnerships:
The Campeche Youth Initiative was a project of Dzul Dance in collaboration with the Government of the State of Campeche, Mexican Cultural institute of New York and the Campeche Tourism Board. These organizations are committed to providing youth with opportunities to experience artistic creation, the creative process and performance in order to enhance their individual development and stimulate their artistic potential. This program has enabled young dancers from Mexico to travel, perform and study in New York and has created opportunities for them as professional dancers in Mexico.
In October 2008 the Campeche Youth Initiative project was accepted to be part of the Performing the World Conference in NYC, an event that brings together artists, activists, community organizers, researchers, youth workers, psychologists and educators from 27 different countries. The annual conference is sponsored by the All Stars Project and the Eastside Institute for Psychotherapy. The conference offers numerous performances, lectures, films, workshops and networking opportunities. Thirteen young adults from Campeche traveled to New York City to perform alongside Dzul Dancers for two weeks. None had traveled outside of Mexico before.
Campeche Youth Initiative at Performing the World
Because of the success of the Campeche Youth Initiative Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA) of Mexico and the Government of Campeche awarded Javier Dzul full funding to create La Compania de Danza Contemporanea del Estado de Campeche. The dance and aerial company has been performing and touring in festivals throughout Mexico since Javier founded the company in 2009. Since 2009 Dzul Dance and other sponsors have secured funding and visas for members of La Compania de Danza to study with and perform with Dzul Dance for two months in NYC every year.
All Stars Project Workshop with Javier Dzul, East NY
Dzul Dance and the All Stars Project:
Dzul has been involved with the All Stars project since 2008. The All Stars is an organization dedicated to the development of poor and minority youth through a performance based model. In the past three years Javier Dzul and his company have been involved with several of the organization’s leading programs including Youth Onstage, All Stars Talent Show Network, Castillo Theater, Development School for Youth and Dr. Lenora Fulani’s UX Program for community development.
In 2011 Javier Dzul received the All Stars’ PHAT Friend Award; an award given by young people to NYC’s unsung heroes. The award recognizes those adults who serve as community role models and leaders, supporting the growth and development of today’s youth.
Dzul Dance & Castillo Theater, License to Dream
Other outreach programs include:
Harlem Stage International Programming Series for NY Public Schools Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, USVI Cancun International American School, Mexico Global Impact Group, Mexico CUNY Graduate Center (sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies) New Canaan Dance Academy, CT Mano a Mano’s Indigenous Language Project Boys & Girls Harbor Dance Conservatory of Harlem The Hurley School, Boston MA Orchard Gardens, Boston MA American Indian Community House Xcaret Outreach Initiative in Playa del Carmen Lakota Youth Center
Dzul workshop at Xcaret
Professional Workshops & Classes
Within Dzul Dance resides a unique vocabulary and precise technique. Javier's company and his classes are a remarkable balance of strength, flexibility, athleticism and grace. Javier has taught professional classes & workshops in the US and abroad. In New York he teaches a company class at the NY Conservatory of Dance and is the aerial instructor at Chelsea Piers.
Professional and Collegiate residencies include:
'Mexico Espectaculo' principal performers,Xcaret
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Colegio Nacional de Danza, Mexico
Universidad de Veracruz, Mexico
Cisne Negro at Emproart, Brazil
Festival Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico
Arena Ballet School, Switzerland
ONGOING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
To assist in ongoing fiscal support, our yearly operating goal is $500,000. To inquire about joining our board of directors and/or to continue to provide on-going tax deductible support, please contact us directly
Your support ensures the artistic growth of Dzul Dance.
Please help us continue to perform, create and educate.
Dzul Dance is a 501c3 not for profit organization.
Please make checks payable to DZUL DANCE INC.
Please mail checks to:
Dzul 550 Riverside Drive #41 New York, NY 10027
New York, NY 10027
Fundraising team: Dzul Dance Company (3)
Danielle Marie Fusco
Organizer
New York, NY
Dzul Dance Inc (Dzul Dance)
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
Federico Garcia
Team member
Javier Dzul
Team member
