Oskara Plazara (dance and cinema)
Oskara combines dance and cinema The creative process of Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau "If you want to know who you are, dance!" Based on the documentary by Pablo Iraburu and Iñaki Alforja, Kukai Dantza proposes this format that combines dance and cinema. Three dancers perform excerpts from the show Oskara, combined with the screening of the documentary.
Oskaraisan installation that explores certain aspects of Basque culture and myths, from their origins to the present day, tracing a visual and emotional journey through symbols and iconography of ambiguous and disconcerting power that, in the most absolute sense, encapsulates the history of human experience.
General admission: €12 and €10
Approximate duration: 65 minutes
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'Oskara Plazara (dance & cinema)' - Teaser from Kukai Dance Company on Vimeo. |
Oskara represents the meeting between Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau / La Veronal, the union between two choreographic universes and two perspectives on dance that navigate between the most popular roots and the most avant-garde expression. The show was awarded Best Dance Show at the 30th Huesca International Theater and Dance Fair ( 2016) and three MAX Awards: Best Costumes, Best Cast, and Best Dance Show. The Kukai Dantza company won the 2017 National Dance Award. ARTISTIC CREDITS Director: Jon Maya Sein |
DOCUMENTARY
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The documentary chronicles the creative process that emerges from the encounter between choreographer Marcos Morau and the Kukai Dantza company. Together they create a show with the aim of narrating the challenges, encounters, ideas, emotions, failures, and successes behind the creative process. Oksara won the award for best production at FIVER ( International Dance Film and Audiovisual Dance Festival) and best cinematography at the Madrid Film Festival FCM-PNR. It was also nominated for best production at the Portobello Film Festival awards.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Production company: Arena Comunicación Audiovisual, Iñaki Alforja, and Altxu Lanak Directors: Pablo Iraburu and Iñaki Alforja Screenplay: Pablo Iraburu Photograph: Iñaki Alforja |
PABLO IRABURU (SPAIN, 1969). Founder and creative director of Arena. Co-director of "Nömadak Tx," "Pura Vida," "Muros," "District Zero," and many other documentaries, always alongside the Arena team. In addition to his work as a documentary filmmaker, Iraburu produces audiovisual pieces for various museums, such as the National Archaeological Museum, as well as video art, installations, and video dance.
IÑAKI ALFORJA (SPAIN, 1967). Independent filmmaker. He specializes in documentaries, but has also produced all kinds of projects: commercials, corporate videos, films, music videos, and TV programs, such as Discovery Max's "Yasuní, Genocide in the Jungle." He directed the feature-length documentary "Motxila 21."
Date
November 30, 2018
Time
7:30 p.m.