INKA ROMANÍ

During the Franco dictatorship in Spain (1939-1975), the women’s branch of the Falange fascist political movement in Spain controlled women’s lives and oversaw their political indoctrination. It also organised women’s sports and mass meetings and parades, as well as appropriating the folkloric traditions. This is the starting point of El demonio del cuerpo, a choreographed documentary that returns to the Francoist archive to investigate memory, censorship and the violence exerted on women and queer bodies during this period.

Inka Romaní is a Valencian choreographer and dancer. She trained in her home city and Toulouse, and also in London, where she collaborated with the Sadler’s Wells Theatre. She won the Me, Myself & I award in 2019 and she obtained a Master’s Degree in Artistic Production in 2022. She has directed artistic mediation projects for key institutions, such as the IVAM and the Centre del Carme, and she has been a resident artist at various prominent creative venues: KVS (Brussels), Graner (Barcelona), La Licorera – Cali Dance Biennial, the Cité Internationale des Arts and La Briqueterie (Paris). In 2024 she was awarded a danceWEB scholarship and during the 2025–2026 period she will take up an artistic residency at K3 (Hamburg)

Choreography and performance Inka Romaní / Co-choreography and performance Andrea El Ameri, Venetsiana Kalampaliki / Costume Teresa Juan / Scenography Reyes Pe / Musical composition Andrea D’Arsié / Technical direction, ligbt design Raúl León (UPV) / Coordination of production Fernando Jariego / Photo Fran Garofalo / Distribution Vicenç Mayans (Palosanto projects)
Production K3- Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg