Threshold Figures Javier Martín I Movement Arts

 Friday / September 29 / 7:30 p.m.
 60 min
 16 and 18 €
MUN Theater

Choreographer, researcher, and performer Javier Martín brings us a new creation that invites reflection, pause, and breathing. In doing so, he places the figure on the threshold, at that turning point that leads us to think about ceremonies and rites of passage. 

The concept of "crossing the threshold," so characteristic of rites and ceremonies of passage, has been present in countless cultures since ancient times, involving a body in motion in a dance that becomes an event.

At a time when these rituals are becoming blurred, an era in which acceleration, liberalism, and globalization push us into increasingly frenetic rhythms, the artist seeks to develop a choreographic work that encourages reflection, pause, and breathing. 

This research also opens up to the famous archetype of the "guardian of the threshold." These figures, which take on the forms of our most intimate fears, guard the threshold not to deny us entry, but to encourage us to experience the appropriate labyrinth that enables transformation and, therefore, passage. It is necessary to don the skins of beasts, to inhabit masks. To vibrate with the form of the monster and incorporate difference.

ARTISTIC CREDITS
Concept and movement: Javier Martín
Lighting: Octavio Más
Space and design: Javier Martín
Sound: Abul Mogard, Philip Jeck, and Leyland Kirby
Production and theoretical support: Sabela Mendoza
Visual effects: Juanma Lodo
Costumes: Cremallera Studio, Álvaro M. Leiro, CCG
Video and photography: Leo López
Co-production: Javier Martín, CCG Galician Choreographic Center
Research residency: Teatro Leal, La Laguna
Special thanks to: Pep Ramis -L’animal a l'esquena, Javier Cuevas, Juanma Artigot, Laura Cedrón
Co-production: Javier Martín | Artes del Movimiento and CCG Galician Choreographic Center.

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTION / CREATION / PERFORMANCE

Javier Martin He is a choreographer, researcher, and performer. He is developing an epistemological and critical research project on the arts of movement. Situated in choreographic creation that seeks change and the taking of a stance, the artist finds his outlets in different discursive overflowings through various disciplines and stagings such as writing, performative lectures, work processes accompanied by laboratories and working groups, the activation and development of research groups, the accompaniment of training itineraries in different universities, and the development of seminars.

He was originally a resident artist at the Teatro Galán in Compostela during his first year of work (2005) while studying Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela, specializing in Quantum Mechanics. Since then, he has created more than 30 pieces, including fourteen stage shows and more than twenty short pieces, special collaborations, site-specific projects, and performances for unconventional spaces. He has presented his work in Spain, Portugal, France, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Uruguay, and Guatemala.

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RELATED ACTIVITIES

SEP 21, OCT 7, and OCT 13 - 6:00 p.m. COME AND SEE THE DANCE 

SEP 28 - 7:00 p.m. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH... RITES OF PASSAGE Javier Martín

OCT 11 - 7:30 PM EXPLICA DANSA WITH TONI JODARThis activity is free with your ticket to any dance performance this season. 

OCT 20 - 2:00 p.m.THE LANGUAGE OF GAGA Masterclass with Catherine Coury

OCT 25 - 7:00 p.m. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH...ORIENTE María Pagés - El Arbi El Harti