Events in Dominican Republic - August 2008

Dr Steven Levenkron Conférence, Casa San Pablo Auditorium, Santo Domingo

Dr Steven LevenkronAugust 1st, 2008

Steven Levenkron is a recognized and experienced New-Yorker psychotherapist.

He will visit for the first time Dominican Republic in order to offer two great talks in which he’ll answer and give explanations about the causes of Anorexia, Bulimia and other Eating Disorders.

The Dr Levenkron, author of the first works about the anorexia and famous for having among his patients entertainment stars (models, singers…) will talk about the new treatments and give updated advices about how the families can help their loved ones that suffer from anorexia to recover health and self-esteem.

Prices Between 500 and 450 pesos.

ANFC 2 Gladiators Generation (Generación de Gladiadores), Boxing Coliseum Carlos Teo Cruz, Santo Domingo

ANFC 2 Gladiators GenerationAugust 8th, 2008

A martial arts circuit in the Coliseum Carlos Teo Cruz in Santo Domingo, where the American MMA and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) stars Ira Guyer, Johnny Curtis and Todd Duffee and the Dominicans Omar de la Cruz, Oscar Sosa y Alexander Madi will measure their strengths.

The program contains good other fights of Dominicans stars as : Emilio Martínez, Marcos Hernández, Miguel Mena y Juan Carlos Valido.

Prices between : RD $200.00 - RD $1,000.00.

The summer event: Willie González, El Torito & Los Potros in Agua Splash, Santo Domingo

Agua SplashSunday August 10th, 2008 at 10.00 am

It’s a concert that brings together three of the most important tropical pop music artists of our time:

The salsa singer Willie González from Puerto Rico and the Dominicans Merengue Singers Héctor Acosta El Torito and Jandy Ventura & Los Potros.

The event is planned for this Sunday August 10, in the Water Park Agua Splash, in a 100% beach atmosphere (artificially recreated), where the romantic salsa of Willie and the El Torito and Los Potros songs will make everybody dance.

Price: 600 pesos.

Frank Reyes in La Rancheta of Las Terrenas

Frank ReyesFriday August 22th, 2008

El Principe of the bachata, Frank Reyes, will be on the stage of La Rancheta, this Friday August 22th.

The world famous artist, author of the songs Dejame entrar en ti,Quien eres tú,El alcohol, Princesa, Dosis de amor between others, will offer a unique show to his fans.

Pedro Guerra Tour Vida 2008 in the National Theatre, Eduardo Brito Hall, Santo Domingo

Pedro GuerraSaturday August 23rd, 2008 at 08.30 pm

After more than three years since his last visit to Santo Domingo, Pedro Guerra, one of the most important contemporaneous songs writer of this time, comes back to the country for his Vida Tour.

During this 4th concert in the Dominican Capital, the writer of the songs Daniela, Pasa, Raiz et Debajo del Puente will present his new production Vida and will sing his old songs too.

As for his other concerts, the night will be magic, and the energy and sensibility will come together with the smooth and wonderful music.

Prices: From 900 to 1300 pesos.

Cristian Castro & Gilberto Santa Rosa in the Sports’ Palace of Santo Domingo

Cristian CastroSaturday August 23, 2008 at 08.30 pm

For the first time together: Two of the most talented latino singers.

The Puertorican singer, Gilberto Santa Rosa and the Mexican romantic pop artist Cristian Castro will be together for an unforgettable show, on Saturday august 23, in the Sports’ Palace of Santo Domingo.

Two different styles, but they will make people dance without stopping and will sing for a varied audience and good music lovers.

Prices between 600 and 2500 pesos.

Aventura in Gran Arena del Cibao Doctor Oscar Gobaira in Santiago

Aventura groupOn Saturday August 30 starting from 08.00 pm

The Dominican group of Bachata Aventura will be the musical attraction that will inaugurate formally, as the spectacles’ room, the Gran Arena del Cibao Doctor Oscar Gobaira, during an unforgettable concert for the fans of the famous band.

On Saturday August 30 at 08.00pm, Aventura will present its more recent artistic production that has is already a hit in all the world.

Gran Arena del Cibao, former Palacio de los Deportes is a structure that was inaugurated last month by president Leonel Fernández, and that is able to accommodate 7000 persons.

Gran Arena del Cibao is located in the north of the of Santiago town, between the 27 of Febrero, Imbert and J. Armando Bermúdez avenues.

Alejandro Fernández in the Palacio of los Deportes, Santo Domingo

Alejandro FernándezOn Saturday August 30th

The Mexican star Alejandro Fernández comes to Dominican Republic with his spectacular show that is part of his world Tour Viento a favor.

After a 5 years without coming to the country, the singer arrives with the bags filled with hits, the old ones, and the new ones.

Alejandro, which met a great success with its Tour Viento a favor that fills the concert halls in Latin America, will offer a wonderful show to the public that will come to see him in the Palacio de los Deportes.

Prices from 1000 to 3500 pesos.

Oxygen by Michel Bizet in Las Casas Reales Museum, Santo Domingo

Michel BizetFrom August 12th to August 30th

It is under the title of Oxígeno (Oxygen) or the Space of the Insipid that the Museum Las Casas Reales will welcome in its colonial space the first individual exhibition of the French artist Michel Bizet, from August 12 to august 30.

The exhibition shows a selection of the most recent pictorial work of the artist coming from France, who resides in Dominican Republic for more than 10 years.

The Bizet’s work is defined as a dialogue with the frame by Amable López Meléndez, a famous Art critic.
In the majority of works of Oxygen, the game of chromatic contrasts is soft and the harmonious fusions are an exceptional peculiarity.

According to Candido Gerón, a famous Dominican artist, Bizet needs only the magic of the colors to cook the matter to highest degrees until finding a released language or the fundamental matter impulse.

The Bizet’s exhibition benefits will be donated to the Center for the Agricultural and Forest Development (CEDAF), a non-profit institution that will reinforce the projects developed by the Scientific Reserve Las Neblinas.

Michel Bizet was born on September 26 in Jallieu, close to Lyon, in France where he draws and paints intensely until he is 17 year-old.
Then he travels to Paris where he learns the waiter profession in the prestigious hotels. Later, he becomes antique dealer and joins industry fashion, collaborating with great designers, models and famous artists.

He is the founder of the clothing chain named BASIC Jean.
After the Algeria War, in which he participated as a member of the French marines, he goes to Liverpool to learn English.
At the end of the Sixties he comes back to France and develops important tourist projects.

In Saint-Tropez, he shares good moments with his painter friends, Antoni Clave, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Jacquemon and the musician Jean-Michel Jarre.
In 1995 he visits the Dominican Republic and the next year he settles in Las Terrenas, Samaná, where he develops the real estate project Parques Las Terrenas and the shopping malls Casa Linda and Plaza Taina.

But the material achievements did not supplant the dreams that he creates through the paintbrush.
I am ready now because it is the first time that I am free. I have a spiritual life and I can say that painting is something very serious. I feel like if I was answering an uncontrollable need to draw and to paint the artist says.