NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES: ATALAŸ + TUNDRA

Creative team

Choreography: Mario Bermúdez Gil

Music: G.S. Sultan, Redundancy Charm Study; Asian Dub Foundation, Dhol Rinse; Deru, Only the Circle; Erkan, Our Firat Agit; Mercan Dede, Toz Pembe

Lighting design: Joseff Fletcher

Costume design: Brigdhe Penn

Costume design: Amy Barrett

Criticism

"The movement is sinuous, percussive, spiritual, and at times relentless."
Buzz Magazine

"An elegant and passionate work that strikes a balance between seriousness and simplicity, between softness and dynamism."

The Stage

"Fletcher's stunning lighting design is the other star of Atalaÿ; the scene in which a solo dancer twists and distorts the backlighting was my favorite moment."
Arthur's Seat.

Mario Bermúdez Gil

Mario discovered dance at the age of 20. Since 2008, he has studied at the Andalusian Dance Center in Seville, and in 2010 he moved to New York. Between 2012 and 2016, he lived in Tel Aviv, where he danced with the Batsheva Dance Company and performed in works by Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Shechter, and Roy Assaf, visiting some of the most prestigious theaters in the world.

His choreography through Marcat Dance has been performed in New York, Michigan, Wyoming, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Korea, China, and Tel Aviv, and has been featured in the New York Times and Dance Magazine. In 2016, Mario won second prize at the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition and a Production Award from the National Company of Wales. In 2017, he won first prize at the Choreography Competition in the Tetuán district of Madrid and was considered the "best dancer" in the competition.

Awards

Best dance production at the 2018 UK Theater Awards.

Best choreography at the 2017 Wales Theatre Awards.

Creative team

Choreography: Marcos Morau

Choreography assistants: Marina Rodríguez, Lorena Nogal, and Lee Johnston

Visual art, set design, and design: Joseff Fletcher

Music: Svadebnie pesni (Duhovskaya), Olga Sergeeva; Cradle Song ( Russian Jewish lullaby), Kitka; 1559 W. Cunningham Cosmogr. Glasse 125, Akira Rebelais; Fail, Demdike Stare; Consumed, The Haxan Cloak; Shisen, Mariah

Lighting design: Joseff Fletcher

Costume design: Angharad Matthews

Criticism

"Every part of this production is ethereal and dizzying magic."
Wales Arts Review

"Cold, but strangely sexy."
The Stage

"A heavyweight who brings something truly unique to NDCWales."
Culture Whisper

Marcos Morau

(Valencia, 1982) He studied choreography at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, the Conservatorio Superior de Danza in Valencia, and Movement Research in New York, obtaining the highest grade in his final degree project and the Institut del Teatre's extraordinary prize. His artistic knowledge is not limited to dance but extends to other disciplines such as photography and dramaturgy.

In 2005, he created La Veronal, a collective formed by artists from the worlds of dance, film, literature, and photography. The aim of his artistic team is to constantly seek out new forms of expression and cultural references. La Veronal has recently been present at some of the world's most important festivals and theaters, such as the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, the Venice Biennale, Sadler's Wells in London, and the Oslo Opera House.

Marcos Morau has been awarded the 2013 National Dance Prize, among other awards.

National Dance Company Wales

National Dance Company Wales is Wales' contemporary dance company. It was founded in 1983 as Diversions and became National Dance Company Wales in 2009. In 2018, Fearghus Ó Conchúir was appointed artistic director.

It consists of ten dancers who perform in Wales, the United Kingdom, and other countries such as Germany, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and Hong Kong. It mainly hires choreographers who have not yet worked in the United Kingdom. It is known for its innovative work with and for all kinds of people in all kinds of spaces and in different formats and contexts.

Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Artistic Director

He has presented his choreographies in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, and China, collaborating with renowned performers, directors, and composers. He recently worked as artistic director of The Casement Project, one of the Irish Arts Council's largest projects for the commemorative events of the Centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. He has worked as a dance teacher for companies such as Adventures in Motion Pictures, Arc Dance, and Le Ballet Preljocaj, as well as at the London Contemporary Dance School, Middlesex University, and the London Studio Centre. His work is strongly focused on diversity, and he has developed dance projects for different groups.