Antonio Ruz Company. Double Bach

An intimate indoor show in which music, movement, and light evoke fragility, depth, and imbalance: Tamako Akiyama's solo with music by J.S. Bach adapted and performed on the double bass by Pablo M. Caminero. A return to simplicity.

THE SHOW

Approximate duration : 50 minutes

Double Bach is a collaborative project between musician Pablo Martin Caminero, who came up with the original idea of adapting J. S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 1 and 2 for the double bass, adjusting both the key and the technique (pizzicato instead of bowing), and choreographer Antonio Ruz.

With the powerful dance of acclaimed dancer Tamako Akiyama, the work proposes an intimate interior space in which the performers share and dialogue from a state of non-thinking and emptiness; an accompanied solitude, a desert-ocean, a blank canvas where music, movement, and light (or its absence) evoke fragility, depth, and imbalance.

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL CREDITS

Stage direction and choreography Antonio Ruz

Original idea and double bass performance (pizzicato) Pablo Martín Caminero

Dance and choreographic collaboration Tamako Akiyama

Costume and stage design Daniela Presta

                                                                                            Antonio Ruz

Lighting design Antonio Serrano

Sound design Javier Álvarez

BIOGRAPHIES

Pablo Martín Caminero studied violone and viola da gamba at the Musik Hochschule in Vienna with maestro José Vázquez, and double bass with maestro Josef Niederhammer at the same school.

His musical career spans not only jazz and flamenco, but also baroque music; Pablo Martín Quintet (jazz-flamenco), Ultra High Flamenco (flamenco), Abe Rábade Trío (jazz), Huelllas by Jorge Pardo (jazz-flamenco), Gerardo Núñez (flamenco), bandArt (symphonic), Hippocampus (baroque), Mano a mano by José Manuel Zapata (tango), Operazza by José Manuel Zapata (opera and jazz), Chano Domínguez (jazz-flamenco), Niño Josele (flamenco), Joaquín Grilo (flamenco), and many more. With his own band, he has released Doméstica ( BOST, 2005), El Caminero (BOST, 2011) and O.F.N.I. (BOST, 2014).

He is currently enjoying performances of Afectos with Rocío Molina and Rosario'La Tremendita'. As a performer, he participates in Gerardo Núñez's projects, while also being a member of the Ultra High Flamenco quartet and pianist Abe Rábade's trio.

Tamako Akiyama was born in Asahikawa, Japan. After training in ballet at the Uchiyama Ballet Studio and the Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace de Monaco, she joined the Stuttgart Ballet with Marcia Haydée.

In 1996, Richard Cragun invited her to join the Company of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin as a soloist, and a year later she achieved the status of principal dancer. In 1999, she joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid under the direction of Nacho Duato, participating in many of his creations as well as those of other important choreographers such as Jiri Kylián, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, and Wim Vandekeybus. Upon completing her first year with the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, she once again became a principal dancer.

In 2006, she was nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse awards. In 2013, she was invited by Manuel Legris to take part in The New Universe of Manuel Legris gala in Tokyo and Vienna. She currently combines her work with Dimo Kirilov and the Antonio Ruz Company with a number of educational projects.

Compañía Antonio Ruz was created in 2009 by its director and choreographer Antonio Ruz. Its aim is to conduct research and exploration in the field of movement and to collaborate with artists from other disciplines such as the visual arts and ancient and contemporary music. The group is made up of dancers-choreographers with significant professional experience and a high technical and interpretive level, and has presented its work in Spain, Europe, Africa, and South America. Its productions include No Drama, Ignoto, Ojo, Libera Me!, Vaivén, and the recently premiered À L'Espagnole, a stage fantasy performed alongside the baroque music ensemble Accademia del Piacere, led by Fahmi Alqhai.

Antonio Ruz studied flamenco, Spanish dance, and ballet in Córdoba and has been a member of companies such as the Víctor Ullate Ballet, the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon, and the Compañía Nacional de Danza, under the direction of Nacho Duato. He currently combines directing his company in Madrid with working as a choreography assistant for the Sasha Waltz & Guests company (Berlin) and on various theater, musical, and educational projects. Ruz was awarded the 2013 El Ojo Crítico Prize, which RTVE awarded for the first time in the Dance category.