This research project is taking place since September 2019, where he is researching the origin of the Latvian National Ballet within Latvia’s complex historical-cultural context in the early 20th century, when Riga established itself as a crossroads of cultures. Its roots lie on the Russian imperialism from the Mariinski Ballet in Saint Petersburg, on the European avant-garde from Paris, driven by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, and on the rise of the Latvian Awakening. All this led to the following production:
Scientific Production
Reviews & Chronicles
– Preciado-Azanza, Gonzalo (2019) Giménez-Morte, C., Soprano Manzo, V., Bayarri Furió, A., Tena Medialdea, M.D. & Mesa García, S. (eds) (2018). La Investigación en Danza. Sevilla 2018. 10º Aniversario. Valecia: Ediciones Mahali, Acotaciones. Investigación y Creación Teatral, vol. 43, pp. 339-341
Academic Works
– Proyecto de la Exposición “Contexto del origen del Ballet Nacional de Letonia: Imperialismo Ruso, Vanguardismo Europeo e Identidad Nacional Letona (1914-1934)” (Master Dissertation), 47 pp., Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (July 2020)
Conferences, Talks & Presentations
– Proyecto de la Exposición “Contexto del origen del Ballet Nacional de Letonia: Imperialismo Ruso, Vanguardismo Europeo e Identidad Nacional Letona (1914-1934)”, Master Dissertation, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (July 2020)
Artistic Production
Popular articles
– Preciado-Azanza, G. (2020). Tchaikovsky in Riga. Dance Europe, vol 251, pp. 70-71
–Preciado-Azanza, G. (2020) La Escuela de Riga y la Unión Soviética en el devenir de la carrera artística de Alicia Alonso. Danza en Escena, vol 45, pp. 32-33
Reviews
–Preciado-Azanza, G. (2020). St Petesburg Eifman Ballet, The Pygmalion Effect. Dance Europe, vol 248, pp. 94-95
–Preciado-Azanza, G. (2019) Igor Moiseyev State Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance, Dances of the World. Danza en Escena, vol 44, pp. 27