A Beginning #16161D
Aurora Bauzà & Pere Jou

  Friday, February 28
  7:30 p.m.
  €16 and €18*
MUN Theater

*Season tickets are available for the Cartographies of Music cycle, either for all four shows in the cycle or for two (€45 and €25, respectively). Remember that to benefit from this rate, you must purchase the number of tickets established for the option you choose.

In the darkness, five performers explore the relationship between their voices, light, and movement, transforming our perception to the point where notions of space and time are suspended and the boundaries between bodies are blurred.

Halfway between musical composition and choreographic writing, Bauzà and Jou propose a stage piece in which live singing and lighting manipulated by the performers themselves are central to the construction of a dramatic narrative about the (re)beginning of the world.

Live music and vocals are the expressive engines that drive the piece, combining original vocal and electronic compositions with fragments from the classical repertoire and passages of vocal improvisation. The audience is immersed in a sensory experience where the bodies and voices of the five singers are constantly transforming and converging into a single collective body, inviting us to imagine other ways of communicating, being, and relating to each other in society.

ARTISTIC CREDITS:

Created and directed by: Aurora Bauzà & Pere Jou

Cast: Elena Tarrats, Maider Lasa, Isaac Baró, Diana Pop, Pere Jou

Lighting: Jou Serra and Marieta Rojo

Music and sound: Aurora Bauzà

Choreography: Pere Jou

Dramaturgical and choreographic collaboration: Alessandro Sciarroni

Movement assistance: Clàudia Solano Watson

Costumes: Mariona Signes

Photograph: Anna Fàbrega

Video: Ignasi Castañé

Production and support: Ariadna Miquel

Co-production: L’Auditori de Barcelona. Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans

With the support of: Graner Centre de Creació. Hèmisphère Son Association. Nau Estruch. Montjuïc Castle. Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics

AURORA BAUZÀ & PERE JOU 

Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou are composers, creators, and performers at the forefront of the performing arts. Their main research revolves around the human voice and its intricate connections with the body, movement, space, stage, and light. Their compositions go beyond the traditional boundaries of artistic genres, treating music as a multidimensional entity with physical, scenic, visual, dramaturgical, expressive, and poetic qualities.

Bauzà and Jou have presented various stage works in recent years. These explore the human voice and the complexity of identity from diverse perspectives, formats, and stage devices, all unified by their commitment to creating dramaturgical narratives through the human voice. Their unique artistic approach involves a physical and movement practice that breaks down the resonant movement of sound (singing) from visual movement, creating a distinctive interaction. Choreography, seen through an acoustic lens, merges seamlessly with musical composition, forming the essence and dramaturgical structure of their interdisciplinary work.

Born in Mallorca and Barcelona, respectively, Aurora Bauzà and Pere Jou bring an obsessive curiosity to understanding contemporary human beings. Their works demonstrate their commitment to exploring the boundaries between sound, bodies, and movement, inviting the audience to question the limits of perception and identity. Recently, their piece "A BEGINNING #16161D" was selected for the Twenty24 edition of AEROWAVES.