Program Fira B! 2023
Meohadim
Cia Jacob Gómez
Five sisters give life to Meohadim. This contemporary dance proposal aims to be a wake-up call about what is imposed, the single way of thinking. Presented as an expression of the eternal confrontation between the old and the new, of a conflict determined to tear down walls, in the face of the immobility of cultural and religious imposition. After what begins as an innocent game full of innocent rebellion, the cry for freedom, struggle and sisterhood develops with intensity. Movement, music and voice come together vibrantly in this story of protest that is as cruel as it is warm, moving but also full of hope and life. It is a work that explores the conflicts of contrasts. As the walls around them grow, the five girls create their own world, full of candour and innocence, which the aggressive social environment is determined to enclose.
Direction and choreography: Jacob Gómez
Musical composition: Sergio Gassmann
Scenic space and costume: Sergi Cerdán
Interpretes: Blanca Tolsá, Helena Hernáez, Julia Sanz, Lara Misó, Naya monsó
Cia Jacob Gómez
Meohadim, based in Valencia and Barcelona, was born in 2019, presenting its first large-format piece at the gala of finalists of the Dance Prize of the Institut del Teatre, where it received the Audience Award. Meohadim toured this 15-minute version in several theatres in Catalonia, Valencia, Madrid and Portugal and in different choreographic competitions, winning several awards. In 2021 it receives a co-production from Tanz Bolzano and becomes part of Aliansat, where it creates the 50-minute version and premieres at the Theater Communale in Bolzano, Italy. The founder of the company, Jacob Gómez, independent dancer and choreographer, has worked in companies such as IT Dansa (Barcelona), Theater Pforzheim (Germany), Bielefeld Theater (Germany) and Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (Israel). In these companies she has created choreographic works with professional dancers and other non-professional groups. The company is made up of Blanca Tolsá, Helena Hernáez, Julia Sanz, Berta Martí and Gisela de Paz, professional dancers with a long national and international career. Sergi Cerdán is the set designer and lighting designer and Sergio Gassmann is the musical composer of the work.
