Date: Jueves 9 de mayo, 2024
Time: 20 h.
Location: CICUS · Patio
Cía. Melisa Calero (Córdoba/Málaga)
LA GLORIA
La Gloria is an initiation that explores the concept of vulnerability understood as strength. A state in which the performer perceives herself as an ephemeral and finite being and establishes her own connection with beauty.
A cathartic journey, a “monstruous” shock, a revolutionary act, a manifestation with batucada, and a marathon.
The process of vulnerability as a revolutionary act, of courage and power bestowed to those who, being vulnerable, transcend normativity. Vulnerable bodies are more honest because they demand to be recognized as vulnerable, and it is there when Gloria appears, in the game of the monstruous dismantling.
“El saberse vulnerable ya implica un alcance de sabiduría. El reconocimiento de nuestra finitud es lo que nos da poder y nos hace grandes en el conjunto del Cosmos. La apreciación de la vulnerabilidad es potencia”. Blaise Pascal
Melisa Calero: concept, creation, and choreography.
María Cabeza de Vaca: artistic complement
Alberto Cortés: initial counsel in dramaturgy
Miguel Marín: Final original music composition
Melisa Calero & Antonio Bass Seismic” Mérida:
Musical collage composition
This project has received the support of the artistic houses: Crac Espacio Único (Extremadura) and La Aceitera (Sevilla). Created without subsidy.
Duration: 20' aprox.
Melisa Calero is a creator, flamenco dancer, multidisciplinary dancer and educator born in Córdoba. She stands out because of her versatility, eclecticism and focus on the fusion of flamenco with contemporary influences. She studied Teaching of Special Education and Teaching of Dance, she has collaborated with famous artists and in festivals and companies in a national and international level.
Her career includes participating in festivals such as Flamenco Mont de Marsan and the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, as well as in projects of vertical dance, as she is a pioneer in the integration of flamenco in this genre. As an educator, she teaches in workshops and laboratories that promote the hybridization and the personal expression in flamenco.
Entre sus proyectos destacan «Abducida,» nominado en los Premios Lorca 2023, «La Huella.Todos Somos Carmen Amaya,» estrenada en la Bienal de Flamenco-Sevilla, y «Toma de Tierra,» premiada en el Bionic Festival 2022. Actualmente, se encuentra inmersa en «La Gloria,» su proyecto más reciente en formato largo y en proceso de desarrollo.
Cía. Richard Mascherin (Canarias)
VACÍO ESPIRITUAL
Among her projects we highlight "Abducida," nominated to the Premios Lorca awards 2023, "La Huella. Todos Somos Carmen Amaya," that premiered on the Bienal de Flamenco-Sevilla, and "Toma de Tierra," awarded at the Bionic Festival 2022. Currently, she is submerged on "La Gloria," her most recent project of long duration and that is in a developing stage.
Richard Mascherin (Canarias): Vacío Espiritual
Live music: Alejandro Da Rocha
With the support of: Derida Dance Center, Canarias Crea, Instituto Canario de Desarrollo Cultural, Masdanza. Performance reccomended by Redescena
Duration: 20' aprox.
starts his creation project in 2015, linking dance, performance, and audiovisuals. Some of his stage proposals are caer, caer; vacío espiritual, cae conmigo or he aquí un acto romántico, and audiovisual works such as 'He aquí un cuerpo que cae' or 'Cae'. He counts on the support of institutions such as Centro Coreográfico Canal, Graner Centre de Creació, Konvent Zero, L’Estruch Fàbrica de Creació, Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera and Derida Dance Center (Bulgaria), among others. comienza su proyecto de creación en 2015, vinculando danza, performance y audiovisuales. Entre sus propuestas escénicas están caer, caer, caer; vacío espiritual, cae conmigo o he aquí un acto romántico, y audiovisuales como ‘He aquí un cuerpo que cae’ o ‘Cae’. Ha contado con el apoyo de entidades como Centro Coreográfico Canal, Graner Centre de Creació, Konvent Zero, L’Estruch Fàbrica de Creació, Centro Coreográfico de La Gomera y Derida Dance Center (Bulgaria), entre otras.
Circuito 2024 – Red Acieloabierto
En colaboración con Eléctrica Cultura, Red Acieloabierto, e INAEM-Ministerio de Cultura.
