Return the Five Dancethe festival organized by the Martorell City Council that aims to strengthen the exhibition and dissemination of this art. Eight events -exhibitions, workshops and masterclasses- will unfold from this Wednesday, January 15th until Sunday, the 19th. Three dance companies will be present at the event -Miquel Barcelona, Thomas Noone Dance and Antonella d’Ascenzi- and there will also be proposals from the elderly, students from educational centers, dance schools and sports organizations.
The action danced by the students of the Urban Dance 360 program – from La Mercè, Juan Ramón Jiménez, José Echegaray, Vicente Aleixandre, Lola Anglada, Mercè Rodoreda and Els Convents – opens the cycle. It will be Wednesday, simultaneously at the respective schools (5:30 p.m.).
On Thursday, the proposal will be repeated, at the same time and place, and there will also be added a ‘Dancing for life’ with the elderly, who will perform a dance exhibition (5:00 p.m., Esplai de la Gent Gran de Buenos Aires) where anyone who wants to can join it spontaneously.
Throughout the weekend there will be three performances by professional dance companies. The first (Friday, 7 p.m., Plaça de la Vila) is that of Miquel Barcelona, which presents unfasten. A duet of dancers and the mix of body, technology and nature, will convey the importance of rebelling against what no longer works and push to create innovative solutions, with new voices that break with current inertia and past bad practices that lead to an apocalyptic inertia.
Saturday, the Thomas Noone Dance company brings to El Progrés (8:00 p.m.) Beneatha montage about human perceptions and how the rules of interaction between people condition each individual and their body language, their behavior, their perception of others and their reaction. To attend, you need to purchase tickets a entrades.martorell.catat the price of 6 euros for the general advance, 5 euros for the reduced advance – young audience up to 25 years or older audience over 65 or pensioners – and 7 euros at the box office.
On the same day, at 12.00 and at 17.00 there will be a session of the ‘Balla Dansa’ in the Nau#2 of Ca n’Oliveres, with the participation of the Dance School of El Progrés, the Esplai de Gent Gran de Buenos Aires, the Esplai de Gent Gran de La Vila, the Sonia Navarro Dance School, the Espai Dance Center, Barefoot Dance and Martorell Gymnàstic club
Finally, on Sunday 19th, the cia Antonella D’Ascenzi arrives with Pillara piece of contemporary dance and visual poetry that talks about the power of the relationship between bodies and objects, a relationship that develops from the distance of the threads. The production can be seen at the El Progrés theater (12:00 p.m.) and is recommended for ages 6 and up. Reservations are required entrades.martorell.catat the price of 3 euros for the general advance; 2.50 euros reduced in advance (young audience up to 25 years old or older audience 65 years old or pensioners) and 4 euros at the box office.
And also on Sunday, the Nau#2 of Ca n’Oliveres proposes (18.00h) a show curated by Martorellon choreographer Carme Vea which, under the title El carrer, brings life on the streets of a city to the dance floor , where its inhabitants, roofs, stairs, meetings, light, color and movement appear. The price of the tickets is 3 euros for the general advance, general advance; 2.50 euros reduced in advance (young audience up to 25 years old or older audience 65 years old or pensioners) and 4 euros at the box office. Ticket sales a entrades.martorell.cat.
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