Work in Progress

THE
SYNOPSIS

We live in a sociocultural context where, in order to avoid mentioning about censorship or limits, countless of small abuses are tolerated. We become indulgent and permissive beings, lightly following common habits, without realizing that those can destroy us. And when turning around and seeing what happened, there may be no way back. Inside, subtle psychic and physical movements are born and dead in a matter of seconds. Our entity is on alert, and at the same time numb, you scream and no voice comes out.

A-Cos.o, a Spanish word that defines disqualifying practices in social, psychological and physical spheres, contains within it the Catalan word “body”, the central axis of the artistic work for this Tap Dance proposal of contemporary movement, dramaturgies, projections and original music.

THE
ARTISTIC TEAM

Artistic Direction Estefanía Porqueras

Músic Composition Gabriel Guirao

Movement Assistant Aixa Guerra

Dancers Aileen Mazenauer, Estefanía Porqueras

Technical Advice Joel Valera | Niklas van Bonn

Image Ayesha Zangaro

Graphic Design almostDesign

This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

DURATION 60min
LANGUAGE [adaptive written text]

THE
SYNOPSIS

Our wars, failures and victories speak of who we are, but we are also the ones who decide to what extent we want this to define us. Our path is a summary of scars that attest that the fight happened, that it belongs to us as part of our history.

“Our scars make us know that our past was real”
- Jane Austen

The new scar arrives and moves between the emotional walls that we build to isolate ourselves from the outside, those that we define to enter and exit them; a space in echoes of reality, with anguish for breathing, of unmeasured euphoria and memories of grief.

“Isolation is a way to know ourselves”
- Franz Kafka

The cure begins when we concentrate on what is essential to review the restlessness, the fear, the battle and the defeat, the joy and the disappointment, and give the wound the value that we want it to have, place it in our summary, and move on.

How do you want to face yourself? 
How do you want to interpret your own scars? 
How do you want to face yourself? 

In Summary of Memories and Scars, internal dialogues in Tap Dance, Electronic Music and Motion Graphics offer a vision and a space for introspection and reflection of our own traumas, to walk through its phases and extreme states, to rethink the question we ask ourselves day by day: “What prevents me from moving forward?”

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Production selected for Danza a Escena 2022 circuit by Redescena and supported by INAEM.

THE ARTISTIC TEAM

Original Idea, Artistic Direction and Choreography ESTEFANÍA PORQUERAS

Musical Composition GUILLIAM SONS | ESTEFANÍA PORQUERAS

Motion Graphics and Image Design almostDesign

Movement Advice AIXA GUERRA

Tap Dance GAËTAN FARNIER | CLARA MARTÍNEZ | ESTEFANÍA PORQUERAS

Musician on Stage GUILLIAM SONS

Covers JOFRE COSTA | SARA MACCHIAVELLI | JOËL SEMPERE

Voice ALBERT BOLEA

Lighting Designer and Technician JOEL VALERA

Sound Designer PAU BOSCH

Costume Making MARLEN MUMBRU

Photography and Video SHARKA FOTO | GLÒRIA ROMA | AYESHA ZANGARO

Production selected for Danza a Escena circuit by Redescena and supported by INAEM.

(2022 Season).