Alegorías
Beyond the reality of bodies: celestial, animal, mineral, there is another reality, the result of human imagination, sculpted in the material world and validated by cultural processes. This reality, invented and materialised as a fortress to separate and protect the human from the rest of the manifestations of life, has been engendered in the world […]
Workshop
Trained at the Conservatoire Supérieur of Paris, Anna Chirescu has collaborated with various choreographers and performed works from the Merce Cunningham repertoire. In 2017, she co-founded the company Lava alongside visual artist Grégoire Schaller, developing projects that intertwine dance and visual arts. In 2022, she created VACA, followed by her first solo piece, KATA, in […]
Workshop
Born in Seville in 1994, Paula Comitre graduated in Flamenco Dance from the Conservatory of Seville (2012) and earned a degree in Flamenco Dance Pedagogy from the Conservatory of Málaga (2019). She was part of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía (2013–2016) and later joined the companies of David Coria and Rafaela Carrasco as a soloist […]
KATA & Ordeal by Water
KATA Kata, the art of solitary combat in karate, sequences codified movements against imaginary opponents. Twenty-six series of movements, like letters of an alphabet. Exploring its formal and symbolic meanings, Anna Chirescu creates a solo piece shaped by ideas of transmission, imagination, and personal memory. In an attempt to map words and memory, she recalls […]
Blossom
* Participative project “Blossom” is a participatory piece created in unexpected places, such as prisons or hospitals, meeting the audience where they are. A cross between a show, a concert and a choir, this performance engages the body and the voice in an immersive experience. The dancers, singers and musicians, accompanied by an amateur group […]
Bate Fado
Jonas&Lander’s most recent creation entitled Bate Fado is a hybrid performance, between dance and fado concert, designed for four dancers, a fado singer and four musicians. Like most urban musical styles, such as Samba or Flamenco, Fado also had its own dances. In Lisbon, the dance with the most expression was Fado Batido, a dance […]
Polina
Polina is a 2016 French drama film directed by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, based on the graphic novel Polina by Bastien Vivès. The film was screened as part of the Venice Days programme at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. Running time: 108 minutes Languages: French, Russian, with English subtitles