Dossier Brea y Plumas English

BABIRUSA DANZA

BREA Y PLUMAS (TAR AND FEATHERS) First Prize at DeUnaPieza Contest2013 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Technical Residence at Centro de Creaci贸n La Nave del Duende in C谩ceres Artist in Residence Grant Program. March 2014.

Temporary Residence at Centro de Danza Canal Madrid. May-June 2014 Creation Laboratory at Core贸grafos en Comunidad Madrid. 2013-14.

Coreographic Production Support by Comunidad de Madrid 2014.

“Extremism destroys what it claims” María Zambrano

ARTISTIC TEAM Creation and interpretation: Beatriz Palenzuela Martinez Direction Assistant: Rafael de la Lastra Lighting Design: Sergio García Set and Wardrobe Design: Marta Llorente Pascual Music: Various Production: Inés Gutiérrez Arciniega – IMPULSARTS Duration: 50 minutes aprox.

Promo Video: https://vimeo.com/115658119 Video of the whole performce: https://vimeo.com/116366680 Login: Estreno

SYNOPSIS Brea y Plumas (Tar and Feathers) is a project born in 2012/13 with the investigation of a dance solo. A first work in progress in a short format, which is awarded at the First Prize Contest 2013 DeUnaPieza at Carlos III University, is born from this first stage.

From here continues its investigation during 2013-14 at Choreographers in Community in the Conde Duque Cultural Centre, in March 2014 at Creation Centre La Nave del Duende within its Artists in Residence Grant Program and in May-June 2014 at Centro de Danza Canal (Madrid). The project has also received Choreographic Production Support by Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid, 2014).

The project builds on the experiences during the social movements of 15M in Madrid and makes us rethink the expression "you are a chicken". In these times of crisis we all get carried away by the flow of events. We are all responsible for what happens.

Oppression, fear and manipulation are installed throughout society. In this very dark picture the possibility of finding another path to hope arises.

The choreographer engages in a solo where her mask is identified with that of a man, a dance through repressive gestures identified with patriarchy, characters like Hitler and Mussolini with his arm raised. Memories of those dictatorships of the past and present. Patriarchy was the first structure of domination and subordination of history and even today remains a basic system of domination, the most powerful and enduring inequality and the least perceived as such.

The body reflects on these times so hard and also of infinite possibilities. From here comes Brea y Plumas (Brea and Feathers), a song of hope, a reflection on the being and its complex paths, generating a change where to find and allow ourselves a space to be free.

BABIRUSA DANZA

Babirusa Danza founded in 2006 by Beatriz Palenzuela and Rafael de la Lastra, since its inception the company has released several productions for theatres and unconventional spaces in which contemporary dance, physical theater, dance video and videomapping merge.

The choreographer Beatriz Palenzuela has received several awards as AD Festival Award Molina de Segura, First Prize DeUnaPieza Constest at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 2013, 2nd Prize Videodance II CAPTURADANZA 2010, Barcelona International Dance Exchange Award at Madrid Choreography Competition 2010, Grant to International Contact meets Contemporary Festival and AISGE Award to an Outstanding Dancer at Contemporary Choreography Competition 2014 in Madrid.

For the creation of its productions Babirusa Danza has received technical and artistic residencies at the Centre for Resource Artistic Management La Nave Del Duende (Cáceres), Choreographic Centre Coslada Larumbe Danza, El Navegatorio, Theatre RESAD, Centro de Danza Canal (Madrid), Centro Cultural Eduardo Úrculo and Choreographers in Community (Madrid).

The company has shown its works at festivals such as Body Navigation Festival St. Petersburg, IDN Festival Mercat de les Flors, Madrid en Danza, American Dance Festival USA, International Festival of Theatre and Street Arts in Valladolid, Festival Vila-Real in Dansa, Choreography Competition in Madrid, Choreographers in Community Festival, Festival Internacional Cadiz en Danza, Tanzmesse Düsseldof, GXF Santander, Dantza Hirian and AD Festival Molina de Segura.

Founding member of the Collective Choreographers in Community with Sharon Fridman, Mey-Ling Bisogno, Camille Handson, Manuel Rodriguez, Jesus Rubio, Janet and Paul Esbert Novás.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Set up: 8 horas Length of the show: 50 min. aprox.

Set out: 2 horas SCENE Ideal dimensions: 8x10 (adaptable).

Black dance linoleum SET 2 kilos of feathers 4 boxes with a pulley system to drop feathers 4 fans ILUMINACIÓN Adaptable to the venue 3 Profile 1kw with iris 18 Profile 1kw 8 PAR of 5 9 Pc of 1kw 6 Fresnel 1kw Note: All lights should have hook, security chain and shades.

Programmable Lighting Board 38 Dimmer channels of 2 Kw.

SOUND P.A. (According to venue) y monitors.

Sound Board.

2 CD players with AUTO-PAUSE. STAFF 2 lighting technicians to set up 1 sound technician to set up

Beatriz Palenzuela (Dirección) 662311911 – 667951551 babirusadanza@gmail.com

Sergio G. Dominguez (Técnico) 616295822 alteraccion@yahoo.es

STAGE SKETCH. LOCATION PLAN OF BOXES OF FEATHERS FOR STAGE

SKETCH FEATHERS BOXES

WARDROBE DESIGNS

BABIRUSA DANZA http://www.babirusadanza.com babirusadanza@gmail.com 667951551-662311911

BOOKING Inés Gutiérrez Arciniega – IMPULSARTS ines@impulsarts.com www.impulsarts.com +34 657 38 24 03