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Kokoro
Director:
Lali Ayguadé
Contact:
Rotativa Performing Arts
info@rotativaperformingarts.com
Tel: +34 699 72 20 70
Title: Kokoro
Kokoro
Dancers: Anna Calsina Forrellad, Nicolas Coutsier,
Sergi Parés, Diego Sinniger de Salas
Composer: Josep Baldomà.
Set designer: Xesca Salvà
Light designer: Fabiana Piccoli
Director: Lali Ayguadé
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Four people in search
of their identity.
The search for love, its consistency and its absence.
What is our ability or inability to love?
What happens when you are in a state of confusion and
misunderstanding? A reality you do not knowhow to explain?
We are anxious creatures, influenced by poor fellows that confuse
our reason.
Where is perfection? Is it the point where two opposites meet?
A point of balance and fragility at the same time? The road to pure
beauty? Is this the goal of every human being?
Why can we not die without being important? Is it essential to find
meaning to life? Do we believe in angels, gods and paradise for hope?
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Sometimes we need to isolate ourselves from the world. Man has
the ability to block out his body and mind, becoming a mechanical
entity. Physical Strength. Gross. Pure and simple.
The terrible thing is enclosed in the beautiful. Life embraces this
great contradiction.
To reach the absurd. We must believe in ourselves even if we
are afraid.
Weakness is great. The strength useless. Things change, modify or
alter... age, degrade. We walk aimlessly but we don’t stop. It is our
fate. Our reason for being. Our identity.
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References
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Lali Ayguadé Farró
Lali Ayguadé was born in Barcelona in
1980. At 8 years old she studied music
(solfeo and piano) sitting exams at the Liceu
Conservatory in Barcelona. In 1996 she
attended Institut del Teatre in Barcelona for
dance and later to Anne Teresa De
Keermaeker’s PARTS learning the repertory
of William Forsythe, Trisha Brown and
Rosas. In her fourth year she made a solo
“Silence” coached by Wim Vandekeybus and
later on made a duet “Zoom In” with the
polish dancer and choreographer Radek
Hewelt which was shown across Europe.
After school she joined Publik Eye Company
from Denmark where she collaborated with
the dramaturge Carmen Mehnert.
In 2003 Lali joined the Akram Khan
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Company as a full time member creating
and performing in the productions : Kaash,
Ma , Bahok (together with the National
Ballet of China), Vertical Road and
Confluence collaborating with Nitin
Sawhney and Ricardo Nova.
She has worked with Roberto Olivan
(Enclave Dance Comapy) with the
production Homeland and Hofesh Shecther
with the productions : In your rooms, Cult
and the Art of not looking back. She also
worked with Marcos Morau of La Veronal (
who won the national prize award in 2013
in Spain as best choreographer) with a piece
called Portland. Currently she is working
with Baro d’ Evel company with whom she
performed Mazut and is working on their
new creation.
In 2005 Eulalia choreographed “Twice
Read” together with the Slovak dancer and
choreographer Anton Lachky (one of the
founders of Leslovaks dance collective) and
the Slovak composer Josef Vlk . In between
2007 and 2009 she choreographed other
smaller works with the acrobat Joan Ramon
Graell (the director of circus association in
Barcelona). In 2012 she created a trio called
Little Me with Young Jin Kim and Joan
Català which was premiered in Salmon
Festival in Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona.
For the birthday of Ramon Llull she created
Encontre with Joan Català and Jordi
Molina. In 2013 she created two short
duets: Incognito and Saba.
In 2010 she was nominated as ‘Exceptional
dancer’ in the Critics awards of London.
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Diego Sinniger de Salas
Diego Sinniger de Salas born in Barcelona
in 1989, he began his path in the world of
dance for 14 years in varium (Barcelona)
with all styles of hip hop. during the next 5
years, he perfected his movement, working
with small local companies hiphop as
Brodas, dblock, or brothers dance uniq ...
Diego is a hybrid dancer. From very young
is passionate about hip hop and urban
culture but very quick, their concerns about
the body and movement led him to deepen
his training with contemporary dance
techniques at the same school.
Wanting to add more words to his
vocabulary, begins to travel to meet other
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professionals in their field, which leads
him to stand for a while in New york
taking class with great world of urban
dance and contemporary dance. Back in
Spain, decides to continue and finish their
training in contemporary dance with the
company which is integrated Cobosmika
show ScRakeja’t. Later decides to take a
year, in Brussels. But without actually quit,
start taking classes with some teachers
contemporary sector as Wim Vandekeybus,
Elena Fokina, Peter Jasko, Jordi Cortes,
Laura Aris... among others.
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Nicolas Coutsier
Nicolas Coutsier was born in Brussels in
1993, he started his dance training at the
age of 12 in his hometown, getting in touch
with urban dance styles such as hip-hop
and house dance. Over the next 5 years he
trained with small hip-hop belgian
companies who led him to work as a
commercial dancer for music videos and
tvprograms in Belgium and France.
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In 2011, graduating from a visual arts
high-school, he decided to travel to get a
better sense of what kind of dancer he
aspired to be. This curiosity led him to live
for few months in Los Angeles, taking
classes at world greatest urban and
contemporary dance centers, such as
Millennium Dance complex.
In 2012, eager to learn from various
experiences and deepen his dance education,
he entered the Artesis Plantijn Royal
Conservatory for contemporary dance.
Over the course of 3 years, he got the
opportunity to work with renowned
choreographers such as Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoui, Wim Vandekeybus, David
Hernandez, Damien Jalet,.. among others.
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Anna Calsina Forrellad
Anna was born in Sabadell (Barcelona)
in 1987. She began studying dance at the
age of 7 in her hometown, but soon she
moved to Barcelona where Anna studied
at the Institut del Teatre. In her last year of
studies, she participated in Robert Oliván’s
production “Kiosko das almas perdidas”
(Enclave Dance Company). Later, she also
participated with Roberto Oliván in the
movie “Les derniers jours du monde.”
As soon as she finished her studies at
Institut del Teatre, Anna participated in
several projects with leading choreographers
as Bruno Caverna, Carlos Pez and Lisi
Estarás. Anna worked with Lisi Estarás
in three different productions between
2009 and 2011, “Bolero”, “Caracole” and
“Primero” (as part of the company
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“Les Ballets C de la B”).
In the years 2011 and 2012, Anna
participated in the production “The
Fuyantes” of the company “Les Choses de
Rien” with Boris Gilbé scenic design and
under the direction of Camille Boitel.
Her most recent work -from 2012 till
now- she has been participated as a dancer
in “Tabac Rouge” by “La Compagnie du
Hanneton” under the artistic direction
of James Thierrée. Thierrée trajectory is
characterized by an eclectic language that
combines different artistic disciplines
(theatre, acrobatics, dance and music),
although dance forms the main focus of
interest for Anna.
Since 2009 Anna has also developed several
personal projects. She was a founding
member of “Tupperwaire colective”
where she has performed at the festival
“The Cruze Rosario” (Argentina) with their
own choreography. Anna has also worked
closely with Felix Murielle in creating
several short films and film projects, among
which include “Garage 29 Reveil” and
“Le Banquet”.
Anna has developed skills in education
teaching dance and circus skills she has
taught several courses and master classes
in dance circus schools “Rogelio Rivel
Circus School” (Barcelona), “Grown e
Viver Circus” (Rio de Janeiro), “Circonove”
(Santiago de Compostela) and Galón de
Circo Artes Urbanas (Rosario, Argentina).
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Sergi Parés Agea
Sergi Parés Agea was born in Girona in 1985.
From a young age he was drawn towards
computer science and technology, and that
brought him to pursue studies on
programming. But the hobby of physical
theater and circus grew stronger and stronger
so when he finished his formation, he
auditioned and was taken at the Circus
School of Rogelio Rivel in Barcelona. There
he spends the following 2 years learning the
basics in all the circus techniques.
In 2005 he got accepted in Dans och
Circushögskolan (the university for dance and
circus) in Stockholm, where he specializes in
hand to hand (partner acrobatics) and floor
acrobatics, with a great focus on research and
creation. Meanwhile teaching a lot for Circus
Cirkör in a variety of courses for kids and adults,
beginners and professionals, wile performing in
Corporate Events in his free time.
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At university, he created and performed in
Momo of Niklas Hjulström, We: Implicated
and Complicated of Ana Sanchez-Colberg
and 3rd Time Lucky of John-Paul Zaccarini,
and created the collective El Circo
Locuratodo witch self-produce the show
Topico Atipico, and toured Europe the
summer of 2006.
Upon finishing the university in 2008, he
co-founded Vifira and created the show ÖS
together with Circus Cirkör, and produced
the quartet Notariegatan 17b with the help of
Subtopia and Dansens Hus in Sweden.
With his award-winning duo FootSteps, he
participated in Le Plus Grand Cabaret du
Monde, the prestigious TV gala of Patrick
Sevastien In 2009. And was presented as well
in Feuerwerk der Turnkunst, an arena tour
throughout Germany.
After that, he moved to Finland, to create
and perform in the winter circus show Tuike
at the Dance Theater Hurjaruuth, and Pippi
Longstrumpf at Svenska Teatern (the
Swedish City Theater) in Helsinki.
In 2010 he spends a few months in Berlin
performing at the Chamäleon Theater with
the show Versus, directed by Markus Pabst,
before moving to Brussels where he currently
resides, becoming a member of the company
Un loup pour l’Homme for the creation of
Face Nord witch premiered in late 2011 and
toured with for the following 3 years. While
in 2013 he joints Anton Lachky Company
(one of the founders of Les SlovaKs Dance
Collective) for the creation of Mind a Gap.
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Xesca Salvà
She has a degree as a set designer at the
Institut del Teatre of Barcelona and a degree
in Catalan Philology at the UIB.
Se worked during the 2010-2011 in the
studio Plastikart (Cesena, Italy) creating
and making various Societas Raffaello
Sanzio projects.
She also participated in the workshop with
Anna Viebrock the 2013 Venice Biennale.
As a set designer she has worked on several
shows with the company Corcada Pèl al
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pit (2006. Espai Brossa); Pessoa, o que o
turista deve ver (2011. La Seca); Negret de
Guinea (2010. Teatre Principal de Palma);
el clown Leandre Ribera: Rien à dire i No
sé (2013. Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris); la
companyia la Ruta 40: Fa una mica de soroll
(2012. La Planeta), El cant de la Gorgona
(2013. La Seca) i altres espectacles de Pablo
Rosal (Anita Coliflor, tragedia de brebajes i
Monsier Apeine quiere hacer amigos (2013.
Sala Beckett). Actualment treballa amb
Andrés Lima en la producció del Teatre
Principal de Palma El Malentès d’Albert
Camus i l’espectacle de dansa Portland amb
Lali Ayguadé i Marcos Morau.
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Josep Baldomà
Catalan sound creator and multiinstrumentalist, Baldomà combines his work
as a composer of soundtracks for pictures,
theater and dance with live and studio
collaborations as a pianist, accordionist and
arranger. In recent years he has worked with,
among others, Refree, Love of Lesbian,
Sidonie, Bunbury, Miqui Puig Rockdelux
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The Experience (Kiko Veneno, Enrique
Morente, Fermin Muguruza, etc..) ... He
has written and recorded music to different
areas for over fifteen years. His compositions
draw on the tradition of pop melodies,
the revision of classical music and jazz; his
creations travel from the imagination of
improvised music to the experimentation
of new technologies for the creation and
manipulation of sound.
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Fabiana Piccioli
Fabiana Piccioli studied philosophy in Rome
where she graduated in 1999, while training
in ballet and contemporary dance. Between
2000 and 2001 she performed with a few
dance companies in Belgium, and from 2002
she was back in Rome for the Romaeuropa
Festival where she worked for 3 years as
Production Manager.
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In 2005 she moved to London joining
Akram Khan Company as Technical
Director and Lighting Designer, touring
with the company worldwide. Since 2013
she has been collaborating with many
international artists and choreographers
as Lighting Designer. Free lance based in
London, working at present on a range of
different scale projects including dance,
theatre, concerts and opera.
Winner of the 2013 Knight of Illumination
Award (Best Lighting Design in Dance)
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