PAZ ROJO

This piece explores the relationship between dance and the unknown through an imagination created in the light of darkness – an invitation to contemplate alternative futures. This darkness opens up a mythical timeline that cuts through all that has been and all that is yet to come, where everything is passed on instantly through entanglement. It is as if an impromptu gathering of scattered “dancing museums” has suddenly come to life.

Paz Rojo works across dance, artistic research, curating and teaching. She studied in New York and holds a PhD in Performative Practices, specialising in choreography, from the University of the Arts in Stockholm. The title of her artistic research thesis is The decline of choreography and its movement:  a body’s (path)way (2010-2020). Developed over a decade, this research birthed a wide range of artistic artefacts, which have been presented in countries including Austria, Russia, the Netherlands, France, Poland, Mexico, Estonia, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Portugal. She is also the author of several books.

Conception, artistic direction, movement practice and curatorial research Paz Rojo / Co-creation and dance Arantxa Martínez, Paz Rojo / Soundscape co-creation Luz Prado / Sound engineering assistance and technical coordination Pablo Contreras / Artistic accompaniment Javi Cruz / Management and production Paz Rojo
Project financed by the Madrid City Council’s Grants for Contemporary Creation / Supported by artistic residences of La Caldera (Barcelona), Los Barros (Madrid), the collective production and research office Dorothy Michaels (Madrid) and the festivals Domingo (La Casa Encendida, Madrid) and Citemor (Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal)