Daughters of a fire-breathing, bearded woman and a dwarf elephant tamer, the duo decided to become sisters through a pinkie swear.
First prize (ex aequo) at the 30th Madrid Choreography Contest.
Lorca Award of 2017 in the category of Best Contemporary Dances for "GOOD GIRL".
©Carolina Cebrino
Laura and Greta decided to get together in 2013 and explore new paths for creation. To accomplish that, they came up with two characters: Aletra and Virtue, capable of adapting to whatever is available immediately. Naturally, video creation became their main tool through YouTube and even WhatsApp, with the two creating the short films "Plumas y zanahorias" ("Feathers and Carrots") and “Mustum”, edited by Carolina Cebrino. They got into the performance genera by creating works for art galleries and alternative creative spaces such as "Enfajadas" ("Girdled"), presented at the Weber-Lugten as part of the Miradas de Mujer Festival and “Pulquérrimas" ("Super Meticulous") within the Iniciarte programme. They also do dance pieces by fusing artistic disciplines and collaborating with other artists, such as their collaboration with musician Sleepy James on "Aletra y Virtue se van de Balanegra" ("Aletra and Virtue Leave Balanegra"), choreographer Juan Luis Matilla (Mopa) on "Ese de ahí te va a matar" ("That Guy There Is Going to Kill You"), and by participating as actresses in the piece thought up by Miguel Marín, "Welcome to the Montgomery Experience". Spontaneity and constant change are an intrinsic part of their proposals, generating unparalleled pieces like "Puerta Celestial" ("Celestial Gateway") and also working outside of their country of residence, as was the case with "We'll kill you", created in Germany for the Rootless Movement Festival. In 2016, they confirmed their good work by winning the Pasoa2 Madrid Choreography Contest with "GOOD GIRL", a piece with which they have toured several festivals in Spain and abroad, receiving the Residency Award at the Tanzhaus in Zurich, where the seed of "A MUERTE" was sown, debuting at the end of 2018 at the Teatro Central Theatre. In 2019 they participated in the Silent City project by Artscennico Performing Arts in Dortmund (Germany) and began a new line of work, trying their hand at music with the "ADORA A LAS HERMANAS GESTRING" (ADORE THE GESTRING SISTERS") concert alongside musician Lorenzo Soria.
ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES
GRETA GARCÍA
Best Female Performer Award at FICT, Bucharest 2016. Choreographer scholarship under the program entitled DanceWEB 2017 - Life Long Burning Vienna (Austria), thanks to the Pasoa2 Madrid Choreography Contest. She obtained a Professional Degree in Classical Dance in 2010 and continued her training at the Andalusian Dance Centre from 2010 to 2013. She continues to learn and take dance, writing, and clown workshops with Christophe Tellier and Phillipe Gaulier. She has collaborated as a performer and a dancer with Cia. Collaboration with Date Danza on the piece “¿Cuál es mi nombre?” ("What is My Name?") FETEN Award of 2014 for the Best Show for Early Childhood. She is the co-producer and a dancer for the Ludo Circus Show project, directed by Antonio J. Gómez (The Great Dimitri), FETEN Award of 2018. She has been a performer with Atra Bilis / Angélica Liddell for the piece “¿Qué haré yo con esta espada?” ("What will I Do with this Sword?"), which debuted at the 2016 Avignon Festival, and she is currently involved in “Madre” ("Mother"). She created the company Lanördika alongside artist Dario Dumont, premiering at Umore Azoka Leioa 2017 the piece entitled "Rojo estándar" ("Standard Red"), awarded as the Best Street Show at FETEN 2018 in in the Lorca Awards of Andalusia, as well as receiving the ACA Award for Best Petite Circus Show. She is currently directing the new Lanördika project entitled, “Cándido” ("Candid"), which opened at Circada 2021. She is part of the Greta&Anna collective with her mother and plastic artist, Anna Jonsson, with whom she collaborates regularly, debuting the piece “Mi madre muerta” ("My Dead Mother") in 2021. She has joined filmmaker and artist Rocío Huertas in “Mamá, ¿cómo se quita el miedo?” ("Mom, how do you Get Rid of Fear?"), a miniature show about fear and the need to chase it away. Likewise, she sings and dances with Laura Morales as the Gestring Sisters in many different proposals.
LAURA MORALES
Outstanding Dancer Award from the AISGE Foundation who attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina as an international choreographer – thanks to the Madrid Pasoa2 Madrid Choreography Contest. Best Female Performer for "GOOD GIRL" at the Lorca Awards of Andalusia. Best dance piece for her solo “A full life of rivers and icy mountains” at the Seville Stage Awards.
She holds a degree in Professional Artistic Teaching in the specialty of Contemporary Dance from the Antonio Ruiz de Soler Dance Conservatory of Seville (2013) and expanded her studies at the Andalusian Dance Centre (2013-2014). In 2019, she participated in the La Faktoria International Programme.
In 2013, she created, alongside dancer Greta García, the multidisciplinary collective known as the Gestring Systems, winning first prize at the Madrid Choreography Contest of 2016 with the piece “GOOD GIRL”. She has worked with choreographers and companies like Dos Proposiciones Danza - Teatro, Teresa Navarrete, María Cabeza de Maca and the musician Miguel Marín, Guillermo Weickert, Horacio Macuacua, Aitana CorderoArtscenico productora, Judith Sánchez Ruíz and Mopa, continuing to collaborate therewith, even in the latest production "Cola Collective" which made its debut in February of 2021 at the Teatro Central Theatre of Seville. She is currently on a tour with said piece. She has also been growing with her Gestring Sisters project, with the piece “A Muerte” on tour, as well as the latest creation “Adora a las Hermanas Gestring” ("Adore the Gestring Sisters"). Likewise, she also continues growing solo. Laura Palmer” was co-produced by the LOFFT-DAS THEATRE in Leipzig, having debuted last October and subsequently going to the Teatro Central Theatre of Seville. In the summer of 2021, she started a new production with American artist Caroline Beach, “Sailor on Aisle 5”, co-produced by the Hellerau and debuting on September 23 and 24 at the TANKAPT of Dresden. Her project "Caliente Azul" ("Hot Blue") alongside visual artist Carolina Cebrino and musician Jade Tansa was selected at the Ágora Creation Residency of the Regional Government of Andalusia.