MarÍa Ibarretxe
VERMELHO BEATS / Sculpturing the white
Duration 45 min (aprox.) | M/16
Culturgest | Room 1 and Foyer of Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium
6 and 8 July, 17h00 and 18h00
This site-specific work is part of the choreographic investigation “The Spontaneous Breath of Enthusiasm”, driven by the threefold Ancient Greek concept of enthusiasm: “In”, “Theo”, and “Asthma” which combine to mean “inner breath of God”.
Ibarretxe adopts this definition, changes the gender, and transforms it into “Inner Blow of the Goddess”, as in the engine that starts (or activates) bodies after times of mourning and grief.
Concept and direction María Ibarretxe del Val
Collaboration and performers Lucas Damiani and Victor Lattaque
Artistic accompaniment Carolina Mendoça and Silvana Ivaldi
María Ibarretxe is a visual and performing artist who combines various mediums including film, sound, installation and choreography. Her live performances and installations simulate cinematographic experiences in which the audience becomes part of the action. Her work is driven fundamentally by artistic research–inspired by the culture and context of each individual project.
She studied drama art in Basque Country and direction at the EICTV/Cuba. In 2002 she co-funded with Alaitz Arenzana the artistic collective Sra Polaroiska, obtaining awards such as Gure Artea for best creative activity in Basque Country 2017, Ertibil 2012, Choreographic Contest of Madrid 2012 or INJUVE 2003 (Ministry of Culture of Spain). They were associated artists in Azkuna Zentroa 2019-2021. Parallel, Ibarretxe collaborated with Koen de Preter in Belgium, Renate Keerd in Estonia and Miriam Sedacca in Japan.
Since 2014, Ibarretxe has developed a project-process that reflects on states of mourning throughout different residencies in Belgium, South Korea, Japan, up state New York and Kurdistan Irak.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Robert Jackson, Elena Oguiza, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz Gisela Dória, Alex Cassal, Márcia Lança, Filipe Lemos, artistas PACAP 6 e equipa Forum Dança.
Image Credits © María Ibarretxe (2023)
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Coproducers and Support
Coproducers PACAP 6: Teatro do Bairro Alto and Culturgest
Support PACAP 6: Casa da Dança – Almada, Fundação GDA, O Rumo do Fumo, Alkantara, OPART | Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, Piscina.
