VANESA AIBAR

Having won the 2023 Max Award for the best dance show with La Reina del Metal, which we saw at the Mercat and where metal was the material around which the show revolved, the flamenco dancer now uses glass and ice in Aibar/rabiA, a palindromic title based on her surname. In this solo, the creator immerses herself in the origins of her dance and dissects the calligraphy of her own movement in order to discover the source from where everything flows. She does so through her dance, in which she perfectly blends tradition and modernity.

Vanesa Aibar’s flamenco can be defined as free, modern dance endowed with excellent technique. She trained in Granada and Sevilla and has firmly positioned herself within the scene of contemporary flamenco since creating her first show in 2019. Her previous show, La Reina del Metal, won numerous awards. She also creates shows for unconventional spaces and is interested in audiovisual creation. Apart from her own productions, she has worked with artists such as Carmen Linares, Andrés Marín, Blanca Li, Eva Yerbabuena, Enric Monfort, Mayte Martín and the Royal Concertgebouw.

Direction, choreography and dance Vanesa Aibar / Artistic accompaniment Guillermo Weickert / Dramaturgy David Montero / Musical composition and interpretation Frank Moon / Cante Gema Caballero / Scenic space design and lighting Cube / Sound design so Manu Meñaca / Design and creation of a *bata de cola* (flamenco train dress) Andrés González / Lighting technician Emilio Morales, Rafael Gómez / Production Aibar & Molina / Communication Mar Barbero / Photo and video Carlos Bonilla MJ / Graphic design Pedro J Saavedra / Disseny escultura de gel Rubén G. Argüelles

Production Vanesa Aibar / With the collaboration Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales, Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas y Música / Residències Atopémonos Bailando; MIHL Lugo; LAVA I Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid: Dantzalabea – Teatro Barakaldo; El Estadio. Residències d’Arts Escèniques de l’Instituto Andaluz de Artes Escénicas y Música, In Progress, Flamenco Festival; Residencias de Creación Castillo Palacio de Magalia; INAEM. Factoría Cultural and Ayuntamiento de Punta Umbría 

Inspired by the research of the crystallographer Juan Manuel García-Ruiz