Deep in the secluded Amazon Nature Reserve of the Tambopata Maidi Wilderness in South Eastern Peru, in a camp without electricity Company E was given unique permission to film and to dance.

The results of the journey up-river, of dawn walks to a warm lake in deep rain, of tiny tree frogs and hand-fed tamarind monkeys was a simple set of steps and movement inspired by the moment.

Shot on Saturday, June 26th by Francisco Campos-Lopez and edited by Mr Campos-Lopez.

Starring Jason Garcia Ignacio, Kathryn Pilkington, Amanda Engelhardt and Robert Priore.

Costumes designed specifically for the Rain Forest and Machu Picchu by Maria Djordjevic.

Jason Garcia Ignacio at Harman Hall in February 2012.

In October 2012 Company E brings together some of the finest choreographers who call or have called Spain home. Together in partnership with the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Company E premieres its season with NEXT: SPAIN.

On June 27 and 28, 2011 Company E was granted access to the ancient sacred city of the Inka, Machu Picchu to film and photograph its first work as the new company and successor to Artistic Director Paul Emerson's CityDance Ensemble....

During Paul Emerson's tenure as Artistic Director at CityDance Ensemble the company created its celebrated NEXT Commission, and in 2011 awarded New Yorkers Gregory Dolbashian and Loni Landon the 2011 commissions. In Washington for a two-week period in January, Landon and Dolbashian created duets for the Company.

Heading into the final two days they talk in Episode Three of this Inside Look series about the surprises, challenges and rewards they've found in the process.

Filmed and edited by FilmWORKS Creative Director Shannon Schwait.

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