Que Le Pongan la Macarena: Distance Dancing over the Internet :: October 14, 2010; 7:15 – 8:15 pm :: Mobius Art Space, 725 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA + Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporaneo, La Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.

FREE and open to the public. No dance talent required. RSVP to: andi.sutton [at] gmail.com. Dancing will start promptly at 7:30 and no late arrivals will be admitted in. Please be punctual! For those not able to participate as dancers, the piece will be able to be viewed on the PerfoArtNet

Have you been dying to aprender la Macarena paso de commodified, globalized, pop-culturized paso? Join Boston-based artist Andi Sutton, Colombian artist Maria Cristina Agudelo Guerrero, and Platform2 to tomar una clase de baile Macarena over the Internet!

Gathering at Mobius art space, Boston-based participants van a juntar con bailarinas en Santa Marta, Colombia for the class. Participants will aprender los pasos basicos and groove away the evening – ambos Americanos, unas del Norte y otras del Sur. Connected via web cam and video projection, los dos grupos van a layer languages, movement y gestos for one night of cross-frontera dancing.

The class will be led by Andi Sutton (in Santa Marta) y Maria Cristina Agudelo Guerrero (en Boston).

This performance is co-produced by Platform2: Art and Social Engagement and Espacios Alternativos, an initiative of the Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporaneo supporting contemporary artists from Santa Marta, Colombia. It is part of the International online Biennial of Performance: PerfoArtNet, presented live (in Bogota, Colombia) and on the web from October 12-16, 2010.