LUZ ARCAS - LA PHARMACO

Tierras raras is a work about the earth’s crust, where the world’s dead reside, their belongings, the cities buried by natural disasters and which is the main source of technological progress, the supplier of our hopeful and reckless Promethean dreams. Tierras raras is a toxic ceremony, an alchemical dance in which matter is transformed, from the oxide of seriousness to the spark of cigarette lighters, touch screens and wind-driven turbines for the green transition.

Luz Arcas is a dancer, choreographer and stage director who founded the company La Phármaco in 2009. She brings together her latest works in two projects, Bekristen / Tríptico de la prosperidad (2019-2023), which consist of the pieces La domesticación, Somos la guerra and La buena obra, and Ciclo de los milagros (2020-2022), which includes her three works Toná, Trilla and Mariana. She has choreographed for the Víctor Ullate Ballet, the National Dance Company of El Salvador, the IPCNA of Lima (Peru), the Teatro Real de Madrid (Rigoletto, 2023) and the FIL of Guadalajara, Mexico (Bordo Poniente, 2024). She is the author of the book Pensé que bailar me salvaría (Continta me tienes, 2022). Among her many other recognitions, Luz Arcas received the National Dance Award in 2024.

Dance Luz Arcas, La Merce, Danielle Mesquita, Javiera Paz, Raquel Sánchez / Voice Perrate / Artistic direction and choreography Luz Arcas /  Dramaturgy Luz Arcas, Pedro G Romero / Light design Jorge Colomer / Sound design Xabier Erkizia / Costume Andrea Otín / Scenic space Victoria Aime / Stage space assistance Natividad Martín / Photo and video Virginia Rota / Graphic design María Peinado / Technical coordination Cristina L. Bolívar / Lighting technician José Espigares / Executive producción Fernando Jariego / Production coordination Alberto Núñez / Production management Alex Foulkes
Production Luz Arcas – La Phármaco / Coproduction Mercat de les Flors de Barcelona and Ma-scène national Pays de Montbéliard (Francia) / With the complicity Teatro Central de Sevilla and MIT Mostra Internacional de Teatro de Ribadavia / Accompaniment and support in residence  La Aceitera (Bollullos de la Mitación, Sevilla) y Hort-Art (Faura, Valencia) / Thanks Festival Madrid en Danza

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