Bach
María Muñoz and Justin Taylor
Bad Hair

 Saturday / Mar 23 / 19:30h
 50 min
 16 y 18€ 
MUN Theatre

Study of movement, gaze, rhythm, breathing and presence in relation to musicality.

Bach María Muñoz - Recording 2013 by Núria Font from malpelo on Vimeo.

Bach is an iconic piece in the history of European contemporary dance that is part of Mal Pelo's research path. One of the companies that has developed since 1989 a marked poetics of its own that, in addition to movement, incorporates elements from various disciplines. This work becomes a unique opportunity to enjoy the language of movement of María Muñoz accompanied by the interpretation of harpsichordist Justin Taylor. 

Bach is a selection of preludes and fugues contained in The Well-Tempered Clavier composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in the 18th century, in which María Muñoz combines the dance of some preludes played live with the memory of some fugues danced in silence.
 

ARTISTIC FILE

Creation: María Muñoz
Interpretation: María Muñoz (dance), Justin Taylor (harpsichord)
Music: Harpsichord Ben Temperat, Johan Sebastian Bach
Assistant to the direction: Cristina Cervià
Rehearsal assistant: Leo Castro
Video production: Núria Font
Lighting: August Viladomat
Photography: Jordi Bover
Costumes: Montserrat Ros
Production, promotion and distribution: Gemma Massó, Eduard Teixidor

BIOGRAPHIES

María Muñoz (Mal Pelo)
With parents born in Chera (Guadalajara) and Panticosa (Aragonese Pyrenees), she grew up in Valencia, where she studied music and practiced competitive athletics. There he also began dancing and later traveled to Amsterdam and Barcelona to further his training.

He had his first professional experience in 1982 with the show EraShe is a member of the Japanese company Shusaku & Dormu Dance Theater, based in Holland. In 1985, the formation of the group La Dux, together with Mariantònia Oliver, marks the beginning of his own career in stage creation. In 1988 he collaborates with Pep Ramis in the creation of the solo Storage room and in 1989 they formed the group Mal Pelo, where both have since then shared the creation and direction.

In the group she develops a facet of researcher and pedagogue of movement. She also edits and stimulates the creation of texts for the stage. She is currently choreographer, dancer and co-director of the creation center L'animal a l'esquena in Celrà, Girona.

Mal Pelo

With artistic co-direction by Pep Ramis and María Muñoz, Mal Pelo is a group of scenic creation characterized by a shared authorship that has resulted in more than 30 shows to date. Since 1989, Mal Pelo has developed its own artistic language through movement and the creation of dramaturgies that include text, original soundtracks, live music, the construction of scenographic spaces, light and video among other scenic tools.

María Muñoz and Pep Ramis have found in the stage and the creation of shows, an ideal place to deposit the need to experiment, question and share the issues that are vital in their career.
 

Justin Taylor 

Justin Taylor's dazzling concert and recording career began in 2015 when he won First Prize at the Musica Antiqua Harpsichord Competition in Bruges, along with the Audience Award, the Alpha Classics Award and the EUBO Developing Trust Award. He is renowned for his virtuosic, sensitive and gourmand interpretations.

In 2017, he was nominated as one of the three finalists in the "Instrumental Soloist Revelation" category of the "Victoires de la Musique Classique". That same year, the Association of Professional Critics awarded him the "Musical Revelation of the Year" Prize.
Since then, he has been invited to play in concert halls in Europe, he has also played with orchestras such as the Orchestre National de Ile-de-France, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, the Orchestre de Picardie, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Mannheim, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Duisburg, the Concerto de la Loge and the Concerto de Cologne.