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The Dance On Ensemble was founded in 2015 by the Berlin-based cultural organization Bureau Ritter gUG and celebrates the artistic excellence of dancers over 40. In collaboration with internationally renowned choreographers and directors, including Rabih Mroué, Lucinda Childs, Meg Stuart and Jan Martens, the Dance On Ensemble develops a programme of innovative and challenging contemporary […]

The theatrical troupe Compañía Criolla is well known for its reformulations of classic works, bringing them closer to new audiences and making them shine anew in the context of modern society. Three examples are ‘Romeo y Julieta de bolsillo’, ‘Cyrano de más acá’ and ‘La comedia de los Herrores’. In this sense, the troupe’s latest […]

The members of Hotel Europa are André Amálio (Portugal) and Tereza Havlíčková (Czech Republic). They are the creators of theatrical documentaries that explore the limits between theatre, dance and performance. Their works are constructed in layers consisting of autobiographical material, family stories, national lore, testimonies, interviews and historiographic research. They shine a light on matters […]

Gara Hernández Sánchez is a musicologist and a noise artist. At this time, she is studying a doctorate in queer musicology associated with noise experimentation. Her work focusses on the politicisation of sound through acoustic discomfort and theoretical speculation on the evolution of noise, sound and the identity-related policies of queer bodies. As director of […]

She trained in the dramatic arts and has a nascent career as a performance artist. She studied at Escuela Lecuona, of Actores Madrid, and at Escuela Ápice. In the world of cinema, she has participated in several shorts with directors such as Anatael Pérez Hernández, José Piñero, Cristian Velasco. In addition, she has worked as […]

In 2020, we celebrated our 35th anniversary as a theatrical company. From the start, we have focussed on the projection of theatrical projects from the Canary Islands to the world. Our professional activities include 27 productions covering a wide range of contents and styles, such as drama, comedy, contemporary theatre, gestural theatre and street theatre. […]

Salvador Sobral has lived in the United States, Mallorca and also Barcelona, where he studied jazz for two years at the prestigious Taller de Músics school. During that time abroad, he composed his own songs, formed several projects and discovered his musical identity. In 2016, he launched his first solo album ‘Excuse Me’. In 2017, […]

The voice of Sílvia Pérez Cruz is one of the most emotive to emerge in recent years. Jorge Drexler defined it as ‘the kind of voice that marks a generation’. A singer and composer with eight solo recordings, she has collaborated with many artists from Spain and abroad. She frequently interacts with other forms of […]

The formation “Silencio volcánico” (volcanic silence) is comprised of electronic artist Başak Günak (alias Ah! Kosmos, born in Turkey and based in Berlin), pianist and composer Hara Alonso (Gran Canaria) and visual artist Pedro Maia (Portugal). The three seek new ways to integrate acoustic instruments with electro-acoustic resources (analogue, modular synthesisers, and software). Combining signal […]