The DANCE IN OPEN SPACES program aims to bring Contemporary Dance closer to the public by using unconventional spaces, featuring performances by local and national dance companies, and encouraging greater interaction with the audience.
This section of the Festival showcases Spanish contemporary dance companies selected from the ACIELOABIERTO Festival Network, performing alongside other guest companies.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to circumstances beyond the organization’s control, the DANCE IN OPEN SPACES II program scheduled for October 14 at 8:00 p.m. has been moved to the stage of the Teatro Pérez Galdós, forming the new program MASDANZA Teatro Pérez Galdós. The event will remain free of charge, but advance reservation is required. Click on the red button ‘RESERVE SEAT’ to secure your place.
Entrance to the performance will be through the artists’ entrance of the Teatro Pérez Galdós.
FULL CAPACITY
PÉREZ GALDÓS THEATRE
TUESDAY 14 OCT – PÉREZ GALDÓS THEATRE – 20,00 h
A RAÍZ DE (15’)
O Porriño, Pontevedra (Galicia), Spain
Created & Performed by: Daniel Rodríguez
Music: Aida Tarrío “Despedidas”, Crnds “Alalá de Seitura”, Baiuca “Diaño”
«The body, that instrument capable of bringing to life today the stories of yesterday, and of allowing tradition and contemporaneity to engage in dialogue within a single being where past and present coexist, to build a discourse for the future.» Raíz is born from Galician tradition—through song, music, and traditional dance—and the search for its dialogue with contemporary dance. This piece achieves a symbiosis between these two languages and their contexts, bringing the past closer to the present, and tradition closer to today’s audiences, fostering a deeper connection between them and both contemporary dance and dance from the root”.
TODO ESE RUIDO (23’)
Pamplona (Navarre), Spain
Created by: Diego Pazó & Lucía Burguete [QABALUM]
Performed by: Diego Pazó, Lucía Burguete & Joan Cano
Music: Alessandro Cortini “Spettro IV”
With the support of: Centro de Danza de Zaragoza, Festival Pies Para Qué Los Quiero, Festival Cuerpo Romo, Sortutakoak – Dantzagunea, DNA 2024 – Gobierno de Navarra, Dantzalabea – Teatro Barakaldo, Universidad San Jorge, Harrobi Gaztelekua & CRJ Baragazte
«Perhaps all lives are interwoven because nature is an incomprehensible, chaotic, and absolute code whose only mutability lies in error. And perhaps we inhabit a mathematical ecosystem, and this body is a kind of avatar, and our genome an algorithm. And my atoms and yours, like pixels in an image, are not truly ours, and one day they will separate to give rise to other images, to other stories. And you and I, who have come from so far away, who have crossed the cosmos only to end up right here, will dissolve, little by little, into the eternity of which we are already a part. Todo Ese Ruido is a dance piece for two bodies and a drone, born from a fascination with the imagery of sci-fi, the powerful fragmentary and photographic storytelling of comics, the world of CGI and special effects, but also with myths about the creation of the world, Genesis, and the oldest philosophical intuitions — that elusive something humanity has always wondered about. It is inspired, in general, by the images from our history that speak of origin, of how we got here, and of what is to come. It is a danced poem that sketches a possible future, a hymn to the light that travels through time to give us form».
RHYTHM (22′)
Vilches, Jaen (Andalusia), Spain
Created by: Mario Bermúdez Gil [MARCAT DANCE]
Performed by: Alessia Sinato & Marilisa Gallicchio
Music: Skew Mask “Vli”, Michael Wall “Two Adrift”, Christophe Zurfluh “Circular Translation”
With the support of: Junta de Andalucía, INAEM
«Rhythm is a choreographic work that transcends mere physical representation to evoke a profound exploration of the relationship between space, movement, pattern, and synchronization between the two performers on stage. Through a visual and kinetic narrative, the choreography seeks to capture the essence of human existence, where rhythms and dynamics intertwine as a living metaphor for life itself. The piece unfolds like a tapestry of movement and stillness, where acceleration and deceleration alternate in a constant dialogue between the performers. Harmony and discord intersect, creating a dynamic balance that reflects the complexity of human relationships. Synchronization and desynchronization become a bodily language that expresses both connection and disconnection between the two performers, while space becomes a living element that envelops and separates them. The choreography aims to create a universe where rhythm and dynamics become a form of communication that transcends words. Through this work, the audience is invited to reflect on the nature of rhythm and its influence on our lives and relationships, and to experience the beauty and complexity of human existence through movement and dance».
SEU AQUÍ (17’)
Madrid, Spain
Created & Performed by: Laura García, Ana F. Melero, Daniel Rodríguez & Javier De La Asunción [COLECTIVO BANQUET]
Music: Xique-Xique «Río negro», Mauricio Pérez «Seu Aqui»,
With the support of: Centro Coreográfico Maria Pagés, La Nave del Duende & Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo.
«Seu Aquí invites you to sit and observe as four moving bodies reflect a society in constant growth and transformation. Through the poetics of movement, these performers explore themes such as encounter, discipline, manipulation, and the vital struggle for space, revealing the challenge of finding cooperation in coexistence in order to build a possible community. With humor and a touch of absurdity, these bodies address deep and current issues of our generation, creating a visual dialogue between the individual and the collective, the everyday and the extraordinary».