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Beginning
in 1992, Danisarte has sponsored workshops and productions in both English and Spanish in New York. Plays from Latin America
and Spain were presented in theatrical festivals entitled Almas Atormentadas/Anguished Souls, Caprichos de Amor/Loves' Whims,
The Eternal Conflict/El Conflicto Eterno. The actors were from Colombia, Curacao, La Republica Dominicana, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Argentina, and Spain. In 1998, Danisarte inaugurated the theatre at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center
in East Harlem, New York, with a performance piece entitled Un Homenaje a Julia de Burgos (A Tribute to Julia de Burgos).
Danisarte has sponsored playwriting workshops under the guidance of renown playwrights
Carmen Rivera, Eugene Rodriguez, Candido Tirado, Pedro Monge-Rafuls, and Oscar Colon. Portraits of Passion/Retratos de pasion,
a series of plays spawned by the poetry and lives of celebrated Latin American poets were presented at The Puerto Rican Cultural
Heritage House, The Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center, El Taller Boricua, Union Settlement House, and El Faro Community
Center in East Harlem. Los Nuevos Valores/The New Treasures theatrical festival entitled Vidas Entrelazadas/Entwined
Lives, a series of plays depicting Latino immigrants' turbulent, comical and spritual experiences was presented in December,
2003. Ernesto Villa Bejjani received an A.C.E. award for his performance. Herencia de Amor y Sangre (A Heritage
of Love and Blood) by Arnaldo Rodriguez, became the first play in Spanish to be presented at The Lower East Side Tenement
Museum in Lower Manhattan in 2003. The New Treasures/Los Nuevos Valores bilingual theatrical festivals were also held in 2004
and 2005 featuring plays that explored the diverse paths of immigrants in search of their dreams. All plays were developed
in Danisarte's playwriting and acting workshops at The Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center in East Harlem. Danisarte received
an Award from The Association of Latino Entertainment Critics of New York (A.C.E.)as cultural institution of the year in 2005,
and again in 2008. Danisarte's bilingual "Ilusiones" Theatrical Festival was held at The Julia de Burgos Latino
Cultural Center in December 2006 and Danisarte's theatrical festival "Celebracion",celebrating 15 years of achievements
in our artistic/cultural mission, was held in December 2007. In 2008 Danisarte held the theatrical festival "Inspiracion".
In 2009 Danisarte inaugurated the series "Cultural Passport / Pasaporte Cultural" in association with El Taller
Boricua and in collaboration with several different artists and multi-cultural companies. In December, 2009 Danisarte held
the bilingual theatrical festival "Fantasias", thus celebrating 17 years inspiring our artists and celebrating Hispanic
Culture.
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"Los Tres Payasos" (The Three Clowns) by Juan Guzman Directed
by Alicia Kaplan with Edison Carrera,
Jesus Martinez and Stalin Cando Performed
at Danisarte's Los Nuevos Valores/The New Treasures "Fantasias" bilingual theatrical festival in New York City during
December, 2009.
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