The MASDANZA SHOWCASE programme brings the public closer to the artists and creators. The proposals take place in intimate and unconventional spaces, thus creating a closer experience between the spectator and the artist.
MASDANZA SHOWCASE 2025 PROGRAMME
THURSDAY OCT 09 – FRIDAY OCT 10 – PLACE TO BE DETERMINATE – 20,00 h
HONEST (13’)
Valencia, Spain
Created & Performed by: Kiko López
Music: Fink “Honestly”, Black Sea Dahu “Mind Power”
“In this emotional narrative, the protagonist immerses himself in the animation of an object, triggering an inner challenge that explores the intrinsic beauty of the human being. Through this journey, he faces the realms of play and rejection, revealing a fragile and honest perspective. The relationship between the protagonist and the object becomes a mirror of self-acceptance, exploring the complexities of humanity. The story is an ode to authenticity and the discovery of the most beautiful side of each individual».
SILENCED (10’)
Gzira, Malta
Created by: Diane Portelli
Performed by: Charlotte Carpentier & Giovanni Molendi
Music: Yo Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott “Apres un Reve Op7 for Cello and Piano”, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow “Watching”, The Insects “Stranger Danger”, Bonnie Beacher “Come Wander With Me”
“Silenced, Inspired by the killing of a Maltese journalist who was silenced for exposing severe corruption and fuelled by recent developments in countries like Afghanistan where women’s rights are being stripped daily, ‘Silenced’ tackles the concept of fragility of freedom and how it should never be taken for granted. Silenced invites audiences to reflect on the human struggle against oppression. After experiencing the exhilaration of boundless self-expression, the protagonist finds himself silenced forcing him to battle with the personification of his suppressed voice and its desperate need to be liberated once again. Bound by the shackles of silence the audience witnesses stifled gestures and suppressed emotions with a growing sense of frustration and anger. The piece then reaches a pivotal moment of surrender, where the audience witnesses what happens when someone allows something greater than themselves to take over . In a display of raw emotion and uninhibited movement, the voice is allowed to take over allowing a feeling that transcends earthly constraints, finding liberation in the freedom of pure expression. Silenced is a journey of struggle and self-discovery, emerging as a symbol of resilience and hope, inviting audiences to embrace their own power to overcome oppression and find liberation in the beauty of expresión”.
CERCLE (15’)
Saint Vallier, France
Created & Performed by: Olé Khamchanla
Original Music: Deltene “Cercle”
“Solo at the crossroads of the cultures with which the choreographer dialogues, borrowing from the West and the East, from the gestures of the street or from those of the classical arts. In Cercle, the choreographer tries to push the limits of what his dance is today, to explore a new energy. A space of interior and exterior research, the Circle is also the inspiration of a universality in its gestures, and in those of certain traditional dances. A signature solo, to affirm what his choreographic vocabulary is today and to try a new mechanism of movements. A wish to explore and compile his background, to highlight his influences and to share it, looking for a spiritual, intimate and universal way of dialogue with himself and the audience”.
LAST MOVEMENT OF HOPE: II CHAPTER – ORGANS (12’)
Marano di Napoli, Italy
Adriano Bolognino
Performed by: Cristina Roggerini & Gaia Mondini
Music: Peter Gregson ”I. Three Parallels: 1”
«Perhaps you are an organ that inhabits my body because I feel you so strongly inside of me.
Last Movement of Hope is a macro-project composed of independent yet connected dance chapters. Each explores the human experience, our fears, relationships, struggles, and the hope that moves us forward. I imagine it as a book of embodied stories: each chapter is a moment of creative inquiry, an emotion, an encounter, a reflection. The second chapter, Organs, delves into the intimacy of the body, its fragility, its strength, and the silent presence of the organs that sustain us. Invisible yet essential, they hold memory, pain, and resilience. Through movement, this chapter seeks to reveal what we carry within but often do not fully understand”.
UN DIÁLOGO ENTRE PAULA COMITRE Y JULIO RUIZ (13’)
Seville, Spain
Created & Performed by: Paula Comitre & Julio Ruiz
Singing: Al Blanco
“We were. Like two dogs who, through scent, sense each other, imagine each other. Like those flowers that, through touch, pierce one another, pass through one another. Like that dagger that sets fire to the terrible, like that dagger—no, don’t stab me with it, no. Like that night drawn on the calendar, like that summer. Like that thread, of bronze, tied with the tongue”.