POLIANA LIMA amb YINKA ESI GRAVES

A meeting between Madrid-based Brazilian dancer and choreographer Poliana Lima and Seville-based British flamenco dancer Yinka Esi Graves. The artists share the idea that the body is a place traversed by multiple cultural heritages. When the cultural alliances and lineages of the body are placed at the centre, the question of relevance arises.

Poliana Lima is a Brazilian choreographer, dancer and teacher based in Madrid. In 2011 she made her first creation, the short piece Palo En La Rueda. A year later, she began collaborating with Lithuanian choreographer Ugne Dievaityte, whose pieces toured several national and international festivals. Taking the body as the central object of her expression, Poliana explores the possibilities of creating poetics on stage that are capable of communicating with the audience in a simple and profound way. Themes such as identity and memory are recurrent in her creations, to which she adds the relationship between creation and pedagogy, which she considers a fundamental part of her work as an artist.

Yinka Esi Graves is a British dance maker and flamenco artist. Her work explores the links between flamenco and contemporary forms rooted in the African diaspora. As a flamenco dancer she has accompanied renowned artists such as Remedios Amaya and Concha Buika.

Direction, creation and dance Poliana Lima i Yinka Esi Graves Artistic accompaniment Juan Carlos Lérida / Music Miguel Marín / Lighting and space design Cube.bz / Technical coordination Cristina Bolívar / Lighting technician Andrés Dwyer
Coproduction Mercat de les Flors and Festival Dance Umbrella / With the collaboration Teatro Central Sevilla and María Pagés Fundation