AIMAR PÉREZ GALÍ

ALBA is not only a dance and piano recital, but also a publication of musical choreographies, or an album of danced poems. It is a game about choreographic, musical and poetic writing. In this new work, Aimar Pérez Galí sets out to understand composition as a theme in itself, playing with the rules of different languages to establish intertextual paths back and forth. With five performers and a live pianist, together they will unfold a choreographic poetry book inspired by artists who have understood language and its composition as a game, from Joan Brossa to Raymond Queneau, Lucinda Childs, Gloria Fuertes, Tom Johnson, Maria Mercè Marçal, Josep M. Maestros Quadreny and Georges Perec.

Aimar Pérez Galí expresses his art as a dancer, choreographer, researcher, pedagogue and writer. He graduated as a performer in contemporary dance from the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) and later studied on the Independent Studies Programme at MACBA. He teaches Composition at the Conservatori Superior de Dansa of the Institut del Teatre, where he was a member of the management team between 2019 and 2022. His work, which has been seen nationally and internationally, includes stage performances such as Sudando el discurso: una crítica encuerpada, The Touching Community and èpica, the film Touching Blues, and publications such as Sudando el discurso, Lo tocante and Cuadernos sobre el tocar. He wrote this last publication with Jaime Conde-Salazar, with whom he shares the CondeGalí BL project, creating works aimed at school audiences, such as DITDIT and Subjecte · Verb · Predicat. He has been studying piano for three years.

Concept, direction and choreography Aimar Pérez Galí / Choreography Aimar Pérez Galí and the performers / Performance Almudena Pardo, Iver Zapata, Tania Libertad, Núria Crespo, Joan Ferré / Choreographic assistance  Sara López / Musical composition Hug Vilamala, Aimar Pérez Galí / Musical collaboration Maria Arnal / Piano live Hug Vilamala /  accompaniment and Feldenkrais Samuel Letelier / Set design and art direction Isabel Bassas and Aimar Pérez Galí / Costume design PEDRA / Light design OSCILA / Production Isabel Bassas / Executive production Oriol Escursell / Graphic design Blanca Fernández / Photography Anna Izquierdo / Make up and hair Julieta Fernández / Comunication and social networks Dian Pop and Álvaro García
Coproduction Mercat de les Flors, Festival Perelada and OSIC – Generalitat de Catalunya / With the support Festival Dansàneu, eel Centre d’Art i Natura de Farrera, la Fundació Joan Brossa – Centre de les Arts Lliures and beques Barcelona Crea/ With the collaboration Centre d’Arts Escèniques Casal d’Alella, L’animal a l’esquena, Espai de marge i l’Escola Rel i l’Escola del Mar de Barcelona
The initial research process has received the support of the educational services of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Teatre L’Artesà
Thanks Eva Vinaixa, Blanca Pujals, Meritxell Neddermann, Pol Guasch, Carolina Campos, Daniel Méndez, Jaime Conde-Salazar, Alba Cerdeiriña, Ana Conde-Salazar i Toldos Maragall