{"id":8394,"date":"2026-05-11T08:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/?page_id=8394"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:45:18","slug":"proyecto-un-paso-adelante-3-tradicion-y-origenes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/en\/proyecto-un-paso-adelante-3-tradicion-y-origenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Project One Step Forward 3: TRADITION AND ORIGINS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.upa-ed{max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;color:#fff;box-sizing:border-box}\n.upa-ed p,.upa-ed li{font-family:\"Open Sans\",system-ui,sans-serif;font-size:19px;line-height:1.7;color:#fff}\n.upa-ed .lead{font-size:23px;line-height:1.6}\n.upa-ed h2{font-family:\"Crimson Text\",Georgia,serif;font-weight:700;color:#fff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.15;margin:52px 0 18px;padding-bottom:12px;border-bottom:2px solid #ED1919}\n.upa-ed h3{font-family:\"Crimson 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auto;max-width:100%}\n.upa-ed .upa-logos .esc{width:100%;max-width:392px}\n.upa-ed .upa-logos .fin{width:100%;max-width:760px}\n@media(max-width:1240px){.upa-ed{padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px}}\n@media(max-width:700px){\n.upa-ed .upa-title{font-size:34px}\n.upa-ed h2{font-size:28px}\n.upa-ed .upa-row{flex-direction:column}\n.upa-ed .upa-team{columns:1}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"upa-ed\">\n<p><a class=\"upa-back\" href=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/en\/upa-rural\/\">\u2190 Back to UPA Rural<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"upa-title\">A Step Forward for Rural Areas 2025<\/h1>\n<p class=\"upa-subtitle\">Our focus: Tradition, Origins and International Dialogue<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Dossier-UPA-3-vfinal-scaled.png\" alt=\"Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025 \u2014 edici\u00f3n \u00abTradiciones\u00bb\"><\/p>\n<h2>What is Un Paso Adelante Rural?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead\">Un Paso Adelante Rural (UPA Rural) is a cultural revitalization project conceived and promoted by the choreographer and creator Alicia Soto through her company Alicia Soto-Hojarasca.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly three decades, the company has been actively working to decentralize the performing arts. Our goal is to create stable spaces for encounters between contemporary creation and rural areas, using disciplines such as contemporary dance, circus arts, and puppetry in the province of Valladolid as a tool for social transformation, citizen participation, and local development.<\/p>\n<h2>The impact on the territory: the voice of the municipalities<\/h2>\n<p>We have gathered statements from the socio-cultural facilitators of the participating towns, who endorse the value and the need to continue Un Paso Adelante:<\/p>\n<style id=\"upa-testimonios-css\">.upa-testimonios{max-width:900px;margin:0 auto;position:relative;padding:0 20px}.upa-testimonios .swiper-slide{height:auto}.upa-testimonios blockquote{margin:0;padding:8px 4px 0;text-align:center}.upa-testimonios .upa-quote{color:#fff;font-family:\"Crimson Text\",Georgia,serif;font-size:25px;line-height:1.5;font-style:italic}.upa-testimonios .upa-quote::before{content:\"\\201C\";display:block;color:#ED1919;font-family:\"Crimson Text\",Georgia,serif;font-weight:700;font-size:70px;line-height:.6;margin-bottom:10px}.upa-testimonios .upa-cite{display:block;margin-top:20px;color:#fff;font-family:\"Open Sans\",system-ui,sans-serif;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:.03em}.upa-testimonios .upa-tprogress{height:3px;width:100%;max-width:180px;margin:16px auto 0;background:rgba(255,255,255,.18);border-radius:2px;overflow:hidden}.upa-testimonios .upa-tprogress span{display:block;height:100%;width:100%;background:#ED1919;transform:scaleX(0);transform-origin:left center;will-change:transform}.upa-testimonios .swiper-pagination{position:static;margin-top:22px}.upa-testimonios .swiper-pagination-bullet{background:#fff;opacity:.55;width:11px;height:11px}.upa-testimonios .swiper-pagination-bullet-active{background:#ED1919;opacity:1}@media(max-width:600px){.upa-testimonios{padding:0 8px}.upa-testimonios .upa-quote{font-size:21px}}<\/style><div class=\"upa-testimonios swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Testimonies from the municipalities\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><blockquote><p class=\"upa-quote\">It&#039;s essential to keep moving forward, step by step, to cultivate a strong audience that engages with the visual language of dance. Quality is appealing; its uniqueness and language spark a desire to learn and connect with it. It would be very beneficial to have a long-term project and explore ways to better integrate the local community.<\/p><cite class=\"upa-cite\">Sociocultural animation \u00b7 La Seca (2024)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><blockquote><p class=\"upa-quote\">Bringing these activities to rural areas is of great importance: they help to revitalize rural life and boost their cultural offerings. We highly value the continuation of these initiatives, making culture accessible to everyone and offering attractive leisure options for all audiences.<\/p><cite class=\"upa-cite\">Sociocultural animation \u00b7 Nava del Rey (2024)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><blockquote><p class=\"upa-quote\">The Alicia Soto-Hojarasca Dance Company is based in our town, and every year we carry out enriching activities that foster social connections and physical development. More and more people are interested in participating, appreciating and gaining knowledge about dance that many of us would otherwise not have access to.<\/p><cite class=\"upa-cite\">Sociocultural animation \u00b7 Serrada (2024)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"upa-tprogress\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-h2flag\">\n<h2>The origin of the international connection: Alicia Soto and Djarama, Senegal<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"upa-flag\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-row\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>This transcontinental dialogue is not born by chance, but from a solid educational and artistic commitment that unites both cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The connection stems directly from the work of Alicia Soto, who has been providing movement training within the Yaakaar program since 2018. This integration program is run by the association. <strong>Djarama<\/strong> (P\u00f4le Culture cultural center, directed by <strong>Mamby Mawine<\/strong> in the Toubab Dialaw area of Senegal). From this deep and continuous work, the young Senegalese company Yaak&#039;Art was born.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"upa-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-Djarama-festival-649-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"La compa\u00f1\u00eda Yaak'Art y la asociaci\u00f3n Djarama en Senegal\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A cultural mirror between two continents<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to this professional and human bond, the 2025 edition becomes a true cultural mirror between two continents, making a profound comparison between the rural environment of Castilla y Le\u00f3n and the territorial reality of Senegal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"upa-destacado\">\n<p>Through in-depth research and joint reflection on intangible heritage, community identity, and shared roots, both territories, despite the geographical distance, are strongly marked by a deep-rooted agricultural tradition and an identical spiritual and existential connection to the land and its cycles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Where does it take place?<\/h2>\n<p>The activities coordinated by the company build bridges between Senegal and three rural towns in the province of Valladolid with a deep winemaking and agricultural tradition: <strong>The Dry<\/strong>, <strong>Nava del Rey<\/strong> and <strong>Serrada<\/strong>. These municipalities share experiences, history and identity with Senegalese culture through the arts of movement and direct coexistence with Senegalese artists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"upa-fotos swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Photographs from Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07-15.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07-13.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.07-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.06-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.09.05.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-47.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-43.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-38.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-33.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-32.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-31.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-27.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-06-at-10.08.32-13.jpeg\" alt=\"Actividades de Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-tprogress\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Main actions of the project<\/h2>\n<p>We promote innovation and creative inspiration linked to intangible cultural heritage. Discover the initiatives that shape this intercultural exchange:<\/p>\n<div class=\"upa-action\">\n<h3>International Artist Residency<\/h3>\n<p>The creative residency brings together Alicia Soto-Hojarasca&#039;s artistic team and the Senegalese company Yaak&#039;Art at the Ismael de Serrada Theatre. This collaborative space allows them to continue the creative process for the show &quot;Traditions,&quot; incorporating the experiences and stories gathered during their direct work with the local population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-action\">\n<h3>Shared Biographies Laboratories<\/h3>\n<p>These workshops create spaces for artists, primary school students, and senior citizens to meet, share life stories, traditions, and perspectives on the land. They foster valuable intergenerational and intercultural exchange, enriching both the creative process and collective reflection on identity and roots.<\/p>\n<p>With the indispensable collaboration of local educational centers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CEIP Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica (Serrada)<\/li>\n<li>CEIP Miguel Delibes (Nava del Rey)<\/li>\n<li>CEIP C\u00e9sar Bedoya (La Seca)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-action\">\n<h3>Movement, Circus and Acrobatics Workshops<\/h3>\n<p>Aimed at children, these workshops introduce the language of circus arts and movement from an educational and participatory perspective. Through play and physical expression, they holistically develop coordination, creativity, confidence, teamwork, and psychomotor skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-highlight\">\n<h2>Final show: \u00abTraditions\u00bb<\/h2>\n<div class=\"upa-row\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>As the culmination of the project, &quot;Traditions&quot; is presented, the first show by the Yaak&#039;Art company: a stage proposal that merges dance, puppets and physical theatre to tell the story of an albino girl and her mother.<\/p>\n<p>The play addresses themes such as diversity, identity, acceptance, family, and respect for difference, constructing a poetic fable. Each performance concludes with a discussion between the artistic team and the audience to encourage dialogue and reflection.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"upa-facts\">\n<li><strong>Direction and dramaturgy:<\/strong> Alicia Soto and Mamby Mawine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International co-production:<\/strong> Alicia Soto-Hojarasca and Djarama.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong> the treatment of a very sensitive reality, the treatment of albino children.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public:<\/strong> family-friendly, especially recommended for girls and boys aged 8 and up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"upa-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cartel-tradiciones-copia-scaled.png\" alt=\"Cartel de la presentaci\u00f3n del espect\u00e1culo \u00abTradiciones\u00bb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Calendar of activities by location \u00b7 November 2025<\/h2>\n<div class=\"upa-cal\">\n<div class=\"loc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"escudo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serrada.png\" alt=\"Escudo del Ayuntamiento de Serrada\"><\/p>\n<h3>Serrada<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 10-20<\/span>Creative residency and company rehearsals at the Ismael Theatre.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 19<\/span>Laboratories of shared biographies with older people.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 27<\/span>Acrobatic movement workshops and shared biography laboratories for children.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 28<\/span>Official performance of &quot;Traditions&quot; (family audience).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"escudo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/escudo-nava.png\" alt=\"Escudo del Ayuntamiento de Nava del Rey\"><\/p>\n<h3>Nava del Rey<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 22<\/span>Official function of &quot;Traditions&quot;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 24<\/span>Shared biography labs and acrobatic movement workshops for children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"escudo-img\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/la-seca.jpeg\" alt=\"Escudo del Ayuntamiento de La Seca\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Dry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 25<\/span>Shared biographies laboratory for older adults and acrobatic movement workshops for children.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"d\">November 26<\/span>Official function of &quot;Traditions&quot; and shared biographies laboratory for children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Equipment<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"upa-team\">\n<li><strong>Artistic direction, pedagogy and coordination:<\/strong> Alice Soto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production:<\/strong> Sergio Medina (Alicia Soto-Hojarasca)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teaching staff (educational activities):<\/strong> Adama Ciss\u00e9 and Adram\u00e9 Bangoura<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performers (Yaak&#039;Art company):<\/strong> Seynabou Faye, Adama Ciss\u00e9, Pape Baidy Diaw and Adram\u00e9 Bangoura<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coordination in Senegal:<\/strong> Mamby Mawine and Olivier Guillochon (Djarama Association)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photograph:<\/strong> Luis A. Barajas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication, design and web development:<\/strong> Precise Future<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sociocultural animators:<\/strong> Ana M\u00aa Maroto (Serrada), \u00d3scar Carranza (La Seca) and Diana Escudero (Nava del Rey)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collaboration:<\/strong> Djarama Association and Yaak&#039;Art Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Acknowledgments<\/h2>\n<div class=\"upa-thanks\">\n<p>The success of the 2025 edition of Un Paso Adelante Rural has been made possible thanks to the commitment, trust, and collaboration of the town councils of Serrada, Nava del Rey, and La Seca, as well as the involvement of their educational communities and residents. Together, we continue to demonstrate that rural areas are vibrant hubs of innovation, community, and international dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>A production by Alicia Soto-Hojarasca, in collaboration with the town councils of Serrada, La Seca, and Nava del Rey, and the Djarama Association. The show &quot;Traditions,&quot; a production by Alicia Soto-Hojarasca and Djarama, also has the support of the Embassy of Spain in Senegal and the AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-logos\">\n<div class=\"upa-logos-row\">\n<span class=\"lbl\">In collaboration with:<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"esc\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/logos-ayuntamientos.png\" alt=\"Con la colaboraci\u00f3n de los ayuntamientos de La Seca, Nava del Rey y Serrada\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"upa-logos-row\">\n<span class=\"lbl\">Funded by:<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fin\" src=\"https:\/\/hojarasca-danza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Copy-of-Dossier-UPA-3-vfinal-4.png\" alt=\"Financiado por la Uni\u00f3n Europea \u2013 NextGenerationEU, Plan de Recuperaci\u00f3n, Ministerio de Cultura, INAEM y Junta de Castilla y Le\u00f3n\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Volver a UPA Rural Un Paso Adelante Rural 2025 Nuestro eje: Tradici\u00f3n, Or\u00edgenes y Di\u00e1logo Internacional \u00bfQu\u00e9 es Un Paso Adelante Rural? Un Paso Adelante Rural (UPA Rural) es un proyecto de dinamizaci\u00f3n cultural concebido e impulsado por la core\u00f3grafa y creadora Alicia Soto a trav\u00e9s de su compa\u00f1\u00eda Alicia Soto-Hojarasca. 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