JAVIER MARTÍN

A piece that invites us to reflect and review the speed of our era, installed in our bodies and fragmenting our attention. Javier Martín invokes the concept of ancestral rituals of “crossing the threshold”, involving the body in a social dance. In the words of the artist: “The famous ‘Guardian of the Threshold’ archetype refers to those figures that take on the forms of our most intimate fears: they guard the threshold, not to deny us entry, but to encourage us to explore the propitious labyrinth that facilitates transformation and, therefore, passage.”

Javier Martín, a choreographer with a scientific background and passion for philosophy, is developing an epistemological and critical research project about the art of movement. He takes a transdisciplinary approach to choreographic creation and dance, drawing on writing, performative conferences, research groups and creative laboratory and tool development. Since starting out in 2005, he has created and showcased more than 30 productions in Spain, France, Russia, Portugal, Ukraine, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala and Uruguay, with fifteen stage shows and an equal number of site-specific projects and special collaborations.

Concept and movement Javier Martín / Lightning Octavio Más / Space and designs Javier Martín / Sound pieces Abul Mogard, Philip Jeck y Leyland Kirby / Production and theoretical support Sabela Mendoza / Visual technique Juanma Lodo / Costume Cremallera Studio, Álvaro M. Leiro, CCG / Video and photo Leo López
Co-production CCG Centro Coreográfico Galego / Research residency Teatro Leal, La Laguna / Thanks to Pep Ramis -L’animal a l’esquena, Javier Cuevas, Juanma Artigot, Laura Cedrón

Screening of the documentary The improper point
This is a documentary directed by Javier Martín about the process of creating the choreography El punto impropio A/S/V that premiered in 2023 at the Miguel Covarrubias de Danza UNAM theater in Mexico City. The documentary collects visual, bodily, poetic and sound notes from the work and accompanies the team in their searches over the course of a year.