3.6.2024. at 21:00, Pogon Jedinstvo, Trnjanska struga 34
MARIA PALMA COMPANY (ES): THE SUBMERGED VOICE
Age: 8+
Duration: 45 ´
The submerged voice is a multidisciplinary piece that puts circus and movement in dialogue with an unusual medium, water. A large aquarium full of water serves as a pretext to talk about silences, barriers and overcoming. It is a path to the depths of the subconscious through the experience of apnea,
where sound and light are the protagonists. A piece that investigates body movement in relation to breathing, weight, voice and the element of water.
This proposal revolves around breathing as a basic human experience between the individual and the totality, as a hinge between power and weakness, related to the emission of the voice and, referring rather to its physiological explanation, as a hinge between movement and stillness; “our first and last breath marks the beginning and the end of life. A baby’s first breath, perceived by its cry, contains a symbolic meaning of joining humanity. It is the breath of life. I am here, he says. Listen to me. Witness my efforts to exist and to communicate.The last breath is raspy, irregular, forced. Or it may be virtually imperceptible. It says: I am abandoning breath, which is abandoning life, and between the first inhalation and the last exhalation the whole of life takes place, continually rising and falling, inhaling the outside and exhaling the unnecessary, taking in and letting go” (Carel 2016:128).
Apnea as a risky practice, the constant relationship with the element of water and the aquatic acro movement inside and outside the aquarium make this show an unconventional circus piece.
Teaser: https://vimeo.com/797416044
Author and performer : Maria Palma
Director and dramaturgy : Anna Pascual
Movement and body work : Anna Calsina
Vocal collaboration: Nihan Devecioglu
Lighting design: Manoly Rubio
Sound creation and musician on stage: Lluís Casahuga
Lighting technician and technical coordination: Wanja Kahlert
Musical collaboration: Clara Peya
Costume design: Anna Domingo (CajaNegra)
Scenography construction: Uli Weigel, Manipulados Santiga S.L.
Executive production: Clara Faura, Maria Palma
Logistics production: Manel Rosés
Distribution: Maria Palma
Video: Tristán Pérez-Martín
Photography: Jordi Plana
With the advice and complicit eyes of : Fabrizio Giannini
The MARIA PALMA BORRAS residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union.
Co-produced with: Fundació Joan Brossa – Centre de les arts lliures and FiraTàrrega’s programme of support for creation.
The MARIA PALMA BORRAS residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union.
With the support and collaboration of: Accompanying Space to the Artist of La Central del Circ, La Grainerie, Estruch Fàbrica de Creació de les Arts en Viu, Teatre Llevant, Rocaumbert/CAM, El Invernadero, Can Grau-Festival Cantilafont/Cardant Cultura.
Institutional collaborators: ICEC – Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises, OSIC (Catalan Cultural Initiative Support Office).
Special thanks to: Clara Basiana, David Belmonte, Sébastien Davis-VanGelder, Oriol Escursell, Joan i Sara, Jose Luís i Jordi, CN Kallipolis, Roberto Magro, Albert Oliveres, Didac Palma, Armando Rabanera,
Bruno Valls, Frédéri Vernier.
