Nereo ahogándose
I can swim like the others only I have a better memory than the others. I have not forgotten my former inability to swim. But since I have not forgotten it my ability to swim is of no avail and I cannot swim after all.
F.Kafka, Parábolas y paradojas
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How does the surrounding, living world mould and modify our bodies and how can we talk about that?
Nereo drowning turn the body into a liquid mass of flesh, rolling and unfolding on the floor; an exploration into the materiality of the new bodily perception on a alienated contemporary society. The piece attempt against a social construction exposing certain symptoms of repression, and for turning against itself the mechanisms of alienation it produces.
What is his capacity resistance to survive in the middle of a world where he has no place?.
Artistic team
Performed, choreographed and directed: Joaquín Collado
Dramaturgy: Nicolás Jongen
Costume design: Estela Miguel
Lighting and sound design: Ximo Rojo
With the support of: Escuela de dansa El Magatzem, Teatre El Musical, Government of Valence
Calendar
2019
04-07.12.2019
Nereo ahogándose | Mash International Choreography Competition | Jerusalem, Israel
27.07.2019
Nereo ahogándose | Beijing Dance Festival | Pekin, China
30.06.2019
Nereo ahogándose | Trayectos Festival Internacional de danza contemporánea | Zaragoza
23.03.2019
Nereidas y Nereo (ahogándose) | Quinzena Metropolitana de la Dansa | CC Barceloneta | Barcelona
2018
24.11.2018
Nereo ahogándose | Festival Migrats (en breu) | Carmen's Cultural Center, Valencia
21-22.10.2018
Nereo ahogándose | Theater Victoria | Santa Cruz de Tenerife
18-21.10.2018
Nereo ahogándose | 23 Choreography Competition MasDanza | Palmas de Gran Canarias | #Primer premio
13.10.2018
Nereidas y Nereo (ahogándose) | Festival Danse avec les foules | Brussels
6-7.10.2018
Nereo ahogándose | El Respiradero//GetxoArte | Bilbao
6.06.2018
Nereo ahogándose + Site specific |Cultural Center of the Spanish Embassy in Washington DC
3.05.2018
Nereo ahogándose | Festival PalcoScenico danza| Torino
28.04.2018
Nereo ahogándose | Dag Van de Dans | Spanish Embassy in Brussels
14.04.2018
Nereo ahogándose | Choreography Competition Distrito de Tetuán | Madrid | #Primer premio
20.01.2018
Las Nereidas y Nereo (ahogándose) | Teatre El Musical | Valencia | World Premiere
2017
27.07.2017
Nereo ahogándose | Emergentes Encuentro Internacional de Jóvenes Creadores | Sevilla | Estreno
10 - 11.05.2017
Nereo ahogándose | International choreography competition Festival 10 Sentidos | Valencia
4 - 9.05.2017
Nereo ahogándose | MEDITERRANEAN 18 YOUNG ARTIST BIENNALE | TIRANA (ALBANIA)
