FERRAN CARVAJAL

In the winter of 2001 while on tour in Australia and in front of the mirror in his dressing room, Merce Cunningham said “not a moment too soon” while recording himself with his video camera. Merce was 79 years at the time. Not a moment too soon is a multidisciplinary, dance-theater piece about the shared journey in the last 15 years of Merce Cunningham’s life, in which he was gracefully accompanied by Trevor Carlson, his Executive Director and friend. A introspective act based on the memory of Trevor that suggests a subjective and intimate view into the final days of a master.

Ferran Carvajal is a multidisciplinary artist who works as director, choreographer and performer. He has developed work for theater, dance, opera, film and television producing over 50 works both for stage and film. His work lies at the intersection of various theatrical disciplines. He is co-founder of the company Thorus Arts with Trevor Carlson. Trevor Carlson is an arts administrator and producer who lead for more than twenty years numerous artists with his visionary approach. He worked fifteen years for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company creating new contexts for the development of the Company and pioneering projects such as the transition to follow the founder’s death through the Legacy Plan. He has curated and collaborated with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Radiohead, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Tacita Dean amongst others.

Direction and choreography Ferran Carvajal / Performance Trevor Carlson / Playwriting Albert Tola / Text Trevor Carlson, Albert Tola / Vídeo creation Miquel Àngel Raió / Video technician Tomeu Fiol / Stage space Max Glaenzel / Composition Jaume Manresa / Light design Maria Domènech / Costume design Alejandro Andújar / Sculpture creation Casey Curran / Photography (Hands of Cunningham) Mark Seliger / Movement coach Joan Palau / Video documentation of the creation process Elisabeth Prandi, Guayarmina Amador, Yoana Miguel / Graphic design Carol Pérez / Assistant direction Octavi de la Iglesia /Technical coordinator Xavier Salavert / Constructor Óscar Hernández Pol / International distribution Oriol Galgo i Pedragosa / Production Thorus Arts / Executive production Anabel Labrador

Coproduction Thorus Arts, Mercat de les Flors / Comissioners Katherine Hayes, Mary Rice, Sutton Stracke / With the support Sandra Cornelius, Kim Cullen & David Taylor, Nancy Dalva, Molly Davies, Carolina Nitsch, Judith Pisar, Pamela Schaeffer, Mark Seliger, and Holly Sidford / With the collaboration Graner fábrica de creación, La Caldera
This project has been realized with the support of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Special thanks Arnie Apostol, Bande à part, Brummell Hotel, Deborah Ceballos, Marta Filella, Kathleen Fluegal, Fractured Atlas, Santiago Latorre, Mercat de les Flors staff, Merce Cunningham Trust, Marta Oliveres, David Quinn, Toni Racklin, Kevin Taylor, Sue Weil and specially to Laura Kuhn
The videos of Merce Cunningham, held in a private collection in New York, have been made generously available without restriction.

Dedicated to the memory of Alberto Sanagustín

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