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Averno
Marcat Dance

Name: Averno Marcat Dance
Start: 2023-10-21T19:30
End: 2023-10-21T20:30
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Saturday / 21 Oct / 19:30 h / 19:30 h
60 min
20 € y 22 €
Theatre
Header image Derek Pedros, 2023

"Dante's Inferno - and the whole of Dante's Commedia - is the great poem of the Christian epic. Everything takes place in the underworld and everything is expressed through dialogue... and the body, as a consequence of the central truth of Christianity: the Incarnation. The gesture, the attitude, the posture, the expression of the face, speak to us of pain, compassion, fear and hope. Averno is an expressive challenge: a dance performance that captures the atmosphere of the Inferno, which through the art of the body in movement, a suffering and vulnerable body, wants to point to something beyond".

Grabriel Insausti (Professor of Contemporary Literature, University of Navarra).

Dante's Inferno serves as a starting point for a personal inquiry through dance into human emotions and contradictions. A transforming journey into his own inner self.

Mario Bermúdez, immersed in a splendid moment of choreographic maturity, plunges into a journey into the "hell" of the creator, of the artist in his creative process. It is not necessarily a negative experience, but a revealing experience that opens up to transmutation.

The artist begins this journey to find his true essence, his most intuitive, primitive and untamed self. In the process he will face his fears, his boldness, his fragility and his strength. Averno is about passion and renunciation, about the desire for knowledge and its limits, about conscience and intuition and, finally, about the need to transcend.

The MUN premieres the Italian theater version of Averno, after the debut of its Roman theater version at the Italica Festival on July 11.

ARTISTIC FILE

Choreography and direction: Mario Bermúdez Gil

Dance Performers: Mario Bermúdez, Catherine Coury, Marilisa Gallicchio, Javier de la Asunción, Andrea Pérez, David Eusse, Raúl Melcón

Rehearsal director: Catherine Coury
Musical composition and design: Jose Pablo Polo
Dramaturgy: Isabel Vázquez
Scenic costume design: Moises Nieto
Lighting design: Mamen BGil
Executive Production: Mamen BGil
Distribution: Danzas del Mundo
Management: Claudia Morgana
Communication: SURNAMES

With the support of Junta de Andalucía, Festival Internacional de Danza Italica and Museo de la Universidad de Navarra.

MARCAT DANCE

It is the artistic home of Mario Bermúdez Gil, the award-winning Spanish choreographer and American dancer Catherine Coury, co-founder of the company. Its base is located in the rural village of Vilches, in Jaén, where the company is dedicated to work each creation from creativity and movement, without forgetting another fundamental pillar: the training they provide around the world.

Marcat Dance believes in the power of imagination, in betting on creativity and in the continuous research of the dynamics of the body. The group connects with the human spirit and finds inspiration in different cultures, rituals and landscapes of the world. Since it was founded in 2016, the company has performed internationally and transmitted its teachings, touring the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Their multiple shows have won awards such as Best Male Dance Performer (MAX Awards 2023), Best Show of the Year (Lorca Awards 2022, PAD Awards 2021 and 2020), Best Original Music (PAD Awards 2020), Best Male and Female Performance (Lorca Awards 2022, PAD Awards 2021), Best Choreography (Escenarios de Sevilla Awards 2019), have been finalists in 3 categories of the MAX Awards 2020 and winners of the Max for Best Dancer 2023. They have received the First Prize in Choreography in four international choreographic competitions (2016-2019). Averno has been awarded three Escenarios de Sevilla 2023 Awards: Best Dance Performance, Best Female Dancer and Best Costumes.

The company has won three Escenarios de Sevilla Awards: Best Dance Show, Best Dancer (Catherine Coury) and Best Costumes (Moisés Nieto).

MARIO BERMÚDEZ GIL

In addition to his creations with Marcat Dance, he has been guest choreographer in other relevant international companies such as the Compañı́a Nacional de Danza de España, the Scapino Ballet of Rotterdam, the Hung Dance Taiwan, il Nuovo Balletto di Toscana or the National Company of Wales. He has recently promoted the creation of the Vildanza Festival held every summer in his village Vilches (Jaén) where they offer professional contemporary dance performances.

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