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Based on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Roman Baca’s work aimed to connect military veterans, victims of war and civilians.

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Choreography by Roman Baca

Roman Baca shared his work in progress  with more than 30 Fulbright Scholars at a special event hosted by Trinity Laban in collaboration with the US-UK Fulbright Commission on Saturday 20 January 2018.

 

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Professor Anthony Bowne, Principal of Trinity Laban, said:

“Roman Baca is an exceptionally talented individual doing truly extraordinary work. We were honoured to have the chance to present his work to this year’s Fulbright Scholars, within our magnificent dance building. We are incredibly proud of our longstanding links with the US, and are thrilled to be partners with the US-UK Fulbright Commission.”

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Penny Egan CBE, Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission said:

“Trinity Laban is a highly valued partner of the Fulbright programme, and we were delighted to collaborate with them on this special performance choreographed by Roman Baca.”

Fulbright Scholar Roman Baca

The remarkable story behind his work as a choreographer

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Roman Baca

Roman Baca is a classical ballet dancer who served in Fallujah, Iraq as a United States Marine. As the recipient of the 2017 Fulbright Trinity Laban Scholar Award, Mr Baca is currently pursuing an MFA in Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. While at Trinity Laban he is choreographing a work to Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, collaborating with dancers, musicians, artists, and military veterans. He is also conducting research into other organizations that are connecting military veterans and the performing arts.

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Fulbright Scholarship

The Fulbright-Trinity Laban Award in Music & Dance offers US citizens the opportunity to pursue a one-year Master’s degree (or the first year of a longer Master’s or PhD degree program) in music or dance at Trinity Laban in London.

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Work in progress

ROMAN BACA

The evaluation of training for war on the individual and how it informs personal experience from an ethnographic approach.

Choreography by Roman Baca

Performers: Yingchi Lin, Lisa Fitzgerald, Laura Gagliardi, Federica Bertani, Ellis Martin-Wylie

Music by Max Richter

Two dancers running in place