rojos

Description

rojos is a performing arts piece resulting from a 2-year research on the postwar period of the Spanish civil war. This research was carried out on the basis of a parallel research project -roges- consisting of 15 immersions in the territory in search of memories of this period. These activities sought to generate synergies between particular testimonies, work-in-progress samples of choreographic material and theoretical and artistic information about the period. The stage result has the language of contemporary dance as its discursive axis but seeks to immerse itself in the memory of the singular space where it is performed.

A post-war period is a universal theme and common fact in the memory of all people, territories and sides. Essentially, the language of dance allows us to offer nonnarrative discourses that evoke collective imaginaries. After all this road travelled through this research that is still alive, and we can recognise this project as a way to listen, to learn, to repair and to make visible.

to recover the memory of a generation that admits that “not enough has been said” in order to bring it closer to the new generations using an interdisciplinary language.

to highlight the dissident and clandestine life during the repression through artistic figures, women creators and the homosexual movement.

to link the present moment with the post-war period through new references, first-person experiences and the construction of an artistic story -complementary to the historical onecreated from imaginaries present in the collective memory.

ROJOS-10

rojos escena

1/12

Figueres 1_ Mònica Quintana

Figueres 2_ Mònica Quintana

Figueres 1_ Mònica Quintana

1/9

staged version

street version

+ Max Award 2023 for best lighting design_ Laura Clos "Closca".

+ Butaca 2022 Award to the best dance performance_ rojos

+ Butaca 2022 Award for best male performer_ Miquel Barcelona Palau

+ Dansacat 2022 Award to the best scenic space_ Laura Clos "Closca"

+ Certamen de Nuevos Investigadores Teatrales Cenit 2022 Award (Sevilla) to the best dance performance_ rojos

+ Nomination for the best dance show to Teatre Barcelona

Artistic team

Direction, concept and research:

Miquel Barcelona Palau

Management: Biel Martínez

Production: Cia Miquel Barcelona

Administration: Francisca Araújo

Conceptual advice and graphic design:

Àurea Estellé Alsina

Musical composition:

Carlos Martorell (stage) / Oriol Mula (street)

Choreographic accompaniment: Fátima Campos

Vocal accompaniment: Nacho Melús

Performers and choreographic collaborators:

Miquel Barcelona, Helena Gispert,

Martí Güell and Bea Vergés

Technical team

Video: Ignasi Castañé

Photography: Nora Baylach and Núria Aguadé

Lighting design: Laura Clos “Closca”

Sound design: Josep Sánchez-Rico

Costume design: Mariona Sala

Scenography: Laura Clos “Closca”

Lightning technician: Marieta Rojo

Sound technician: Juantxi Fernàndez

Acknowledgments: Maria Argentí, Rafaela Casado, Toni Gutiérrez, Oriol Mula, Mariona Castillo, Ester Vendrell, Berta Vilarrasa, Martí Torras and Haizea Arrizabalaga.

rojos has already performed at: Mercat de les flors (Barcelona, Catalonia, 2022), Lekuona (Errenteria, Euskadi, 2022), El Costals de Castellbisbal (Castellbisbal, Catalonia, 2022), Dansa Metropolitana (Granollers, Catalonia, 2022), El Sismògraf (Olot, Catalonia, 2022), Festival Límbic (Terrassa, Catalonia, 2022) i Festival Tangent (Barcelona, Catalonia, 2022), Festival Natures (l'Alzina de l'aguda, Catalonia, 2022), Festival sense portes (Argentona, Catalonia, 2022), Teatre de l'Atlàntida (Vic, Catalonia, 2022), Espai Alella (Alella, Catalonia, 2022), Barcelona Districte Cultural (Barcelona, Catalonia, 2022) x 4, Teatro TNT Atalaya_Festival Cenit (Sevilla, Andalucia, 2022), LAVA (Valladolid, Castilla y León, 2022), Plaça del Rei (Tarragona, Catalonia, 2023), Teatre de Tarragona (Tarragona, Catalonia, 2023), La Unió Santcugatenca (Sant Cugat, Catalonia, 2023), Sala Cuarta Pared (Madrid, Madrid, 2023), Cool days Festival, (Artà, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, 2023), Teatro Municipal Francisco Rabal (Pinto, Madrid, 2023), Can Reón Festival (Tiana, Catalonia, 2023), Madferia - Matadero (Madrid, Madrid, 2023) and Festival Dansàneu (Esterri d'Àneu, Catalonia, 2023).