Program Fira B! 2023
El Arco. Canary Focus
Cia Daniel Abreu
Thursday, 12 de October / 18.30 h
Teatre Principal de Palma (Sala Petita)
Duración: 17'
Observaciones: The three shows included in FOCO CANARIO: “El Arco”, “Apolo” i “Tekio” start at 6.30 pm and end at 7.30 pm. It is compulsory to see all three shows. It will not be allowed to enter or leave the auditorium once it has started.
The pictures of this play speak of the exhibition of bodies and desire. The fantasy that surrounds the act of seduction, as a curvaceous journey from nothing to everything. A shot on target. A figure awaits us on stage to take us into the depth of a fragmented story, but it comes together through the concepts of necessity and hunting, exactly as advertising does in the media, creating need and void. It appears to be narrated by this observer who perceives life in a poetic and fantastic form. It looks at two characters who contort the flesh and its idealization, showing through their dance the care, use, confrontation, and the undone. The transformation of real images in robotics, presented in the beginning of the proposal, invites us to overcome the impulses and their weaponry. Increasingly accustomed to living with the irreal image, El Arco is a parallelism to the digital worlds, the conquest, their distortions, and some outcomes. At an audiovisual level, the cultural times intermingle and clash, and at the same time speak to us of one feeling, before and now. Two universes and their impulses, which connect and disconnect. The current music and the frequencies of bygone centuries are distanced in times of use, but not in the human depth that sustains them, both so superficial and profound.
Title: The Arc (fragment)
Direction and creation: Daniel Abreu
Performers: Dácil González and Daniel Abreu
Lighting: Alfredo Díez and Daniel Abreu
Technical coordination: David Benito and Alfredo Díez
Photography: Marcos Gpunto
Distribution: Elena Santonja
Cia Daniel Abreu
Founded in 2004, the Daniel Abreu Company is considered one of the most recognized on the Spanish stage. Daniel Abreu’s choreographic work is characterized by its simple performing language, the strength and personality of the dancers, the suggestive landscapes derived from the construction of magnificent oneiric and present-day images, and a sensitive sound experience. The various interpretations of the scenic images and the great poetic storytelling, characteristic of each work, prop up each of the performed creations in both solo and group format. The Daniel Abreu team is made up of dancers devoted to the physical vocabulary and bodily communication. So far, the company has premiered more than fifty performances. The company has visited more than forty countries in its regular tours around Europe, the Americas and Asia. Their popularity both with audiences and the specialized press has led to further support with an array of institutions such as the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the Cervantes Institute, and the Madrid Community.
