Antonio Ruz Company. Double Bach

An interior and intimate show in which music, movement and light evoke fragility, depth and imbalance: Tamako Akiyama's solo with music by J.S. Bach adapted and performed on double bass by Pablo M. Caminero. The return to simplicity.

THE SHOW

Approximate duration 50 minutes

Double Bach is a collaborative project between the musician Pablo Martin Caminero, who came up with the original idea of adapting J. S. Bach's Cello Suites No. 1 and 2 to the double bass, adapting both the tonality and the technique (pizzicato instead of bow) and the choreographer Antonio Ruz.

With the powerful dance of acclaimed dancer Tamako Akiyama, the work proposes an interior and intimate space in which the performers share and dialogue from a state of non-thought and emptiness; an accompanied solitude, a desert-ocean, a blank canvas where music, movement and light (or its absence) evoke fragility, depth and imbalance.

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL DATA

Stage direction and choreography Antonio Ruz

Original idea and interpretation on double bass (pizzicato) Pablo Martín Caminero

Dance and choreographic collaboration Tamako Akiyama

Costume and scenic design Daniela Presta

                                                                                            Antonio Ruz

Lighting design Antonio Serrano

Sound design Javier Álvarez

BIOGRAPHIES

Pablo Martín Caminero has studied violone and viola da gamba at the Musik Hochschule in Vienna with Maestro José Vázquez, and double bass with Maestro Josef Niederhammer at the same school.

His musical career is inscribed not only in the fields of jazz and flamenco, but also in baroque music; Pablo Martín Quintet (jazz-flamenco), Ultra High Flamenco (flamenco), Abe Rábade Trío (jazz), Huelllas de Jorge Pardo (jazz-flamenco), Gerardo Núñez (flamenco), bandArt (symphonic), Hippocampus (baroque), Mano a mano by José Manuel Zapata (tango), Operazza by José Manuel Zapata (opera and jazz), Chano Domínguez (jazz-flamenco), Niño Josele (flamenco), Joaquín Grilo (flamenco) and a long etcetera. With his own formation he has published Doméstica ( BOST, 2005), El Caminero (BOST, 2011) and O.F.N.I. ( BOST, 2014).

He is currently enjoying the performances of Afectos with Rocío Molina and Rosario 'La Tremendita'. As a performer, she participates in the projects of Gerardo Núñez, and is also a member of the Ultra High Flamenco quartet and the trio of pianist Abe Rábade.

Tamako Akiyama was born in Asahikawa, Japan. After training in ballet studies with the Uchiyama Ballet Studio and the Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace de Monaco, she joined the Suttgarter Ballet with Marcia Haydée.

In 1996 Richard Cragun invited her to join the Company of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin as a soloist and a year later she became a principal dancer. In 1999 she joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid under the direction of Nacho Duato, participating in many of his creations as well as others by important choreographers such as Jiri Kylián, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin and Wim Vandekeybus. After her first year with the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid she became a principal dancer once again.

In 2006, she was nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse awards. In 2013 she was invited by Manuel Legris to be part of the gala The New Universe of Manuel Legris in Tokyo and Vienna. She currently combines her work with Dimo Kirilov and the Antonio Ruz Company as well as in some pedagogical projects.

Compañía Antonio Ruz was created in 2009 by its director and choreographer Antonio Ruz. It aims to research and research in the field of movement and collaboration with artists from other disciplines such as visual arts, ancient and contemporary music. The group is formed by dancers-choreographers with an important professional experience and a high technical and interpretative level and has presented its works in Spain, Europe, Africa and South America. Among its productions are No Drama, Ignoto, Ojo, Libera Me!, Vaivén or the recently premiered À L'Espagnole, a scenic fantasy with the baroque music ensemble Accademia del Piacere led by Fahmi Alqhai.

Antonio Ruz studied flamenco, Spanish dance and ballet in Cordoba and has been part of companies such as the Victor Ullate Ballet, the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Lyon Opera Ballet and the National Dance Company, under the direction of Nacho Duato. He currently combines the direction of his company in Madrid with his collaboration as assistant choreographer in the company Sasha Waltz & Guests (Berlin) as well as in various theatrical, musical and educational projects. Ruz was awarded the "El Ojo Crítico" 2013 Prize, which RTVE granted for the first time in the Dance category.