Concept and choreography: Roser López Espinosa Created and performed by: Nora Baylach, Magí Serra, Anamaria Klajnš�ek, Noé Ferey, Pontus Fager Creative collaborator: Roberto Provenzano Music: Mark Drillich Lighting designer: Joana Serra Costume designers: Lluna Albert, Åsa Gjerstad Dramaturge: Marta Galán Sala Acrobatic movement adviser: Špela Vodeb Photographers: Alex_Salcedo, Tristán Pérez-Martin Technical team: Joana Serra, Mario Andrés Gómez Executive producer: Mireia Gràcia Bell-lloch Co-producers: Mercat de les Flors, Quinzena Metropolitana, Festival Temporada Alta, Lowland Performing Arts With the support of: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, INAEM, AC/E - Acción Cultural Española In collaboration with: Atrium Viladecans, CAM – Roca Umbert de Granollers, La Caldera – Centre for contemporary dance and performing arts creation (Barcelona)
“The knot concentrates all qualities of manual intelligence: attention, patience, meticulousness, refinement. The knot knots, so to speak, the hands to the world, the eyes to the earth, the body to the other bodies.” To be or not to be (a body) Santiago Alba Rico (Spanish philosopher)
It seems that all complex systems are woven from a few simple rules. And with this thought, we unfold our own game rules and try to exist together. We are a group. A band. A gang. TRAMA is set in the form of a concert, with its different voices, tunings and discordant notes. We interlace bodies and relations to trace a physical score of interdependency and mutual trust. Of agreements and dissensions, shared balance, disorders and even Gordian knots. Bodies that fold back on themselves and actions that unfold into collective movements. TRAMA is a score about a group, its boundaries and where it drifts.
Roser López Espinosa’s choreographic work is based in a strong physicality, with great passion for precision, delicacy, acrobatic elements and detail. Collaboration and teamwork go hand in hand in a vital and playful imaginary, with refined poetics and a touch of humour. After her studies at MTD / High School of Arts in Amsterdam and her training with former Olympic trainer Jaume Miró, she has worked with choreographers Àngels Margarit, Cesc Gelabert, Pere Faura, Iago Pericot, Katie Duck, Marta Reig Torres and filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, among others. Her work as a maker has received international recognition and won several prizes, and is regularly present at international stages (Lowland, November, Hand to hand). In 2017 she created L’estol, a large scale piece for National Dance Production of Catalonia. In 2019 she premiered Trama, which won the XXII Critics Award for best choreography. She is a guest choreographer with international companies such as Skånes Dansteater (Sweden), Conny Janssen Danst (The Netherlands), MiR Dance Company (Germany) and Zagreb Dance Company. She collaborates with circus companies Circ Pànic (Catalonia) and Compagnie XY (France). She is a resident artist in theater Mercat de les Flors 2018-20 in Barcelona and a guest teacher at international dance centres.
