The elegance and delicacy of three dance styles embrace ships stranded under a twilight. They are the choreographers Jon Maya, Cesc Gelabert and Israel Galván in direct dialogue with the installation No Return installation by Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes, a unique encounter that can be seen at the close of the show Soliloquioswhich premieres this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, in the exhibition halls of the Museo Universidad de Navarra.

This is a newly created work, which arises from a commission from the Museum to the artists, who come together for the first time on the same stage. The performances will begin at 8 pm and tickets cost 16 euros.

This Tuesday they shared one of their rehearsals with the media in the very special setting of the exhibition halls, which, as Jon Maya, the author of the idea, points out, arose from a visit to the Museum, when he got to know the Collection and the different spaces. "I identify very much with artists like Chillida and Oteiza, and when I saw the Tàpies room I couldn't imagine anyone other than Cesc Gelabert dancing there. When it came to proposing a meeting between different looks at dance, from the roots, in which we are interested in crossing different languages, I decided to call him and Israel Galván."

Each of the performances can be attended by up to 150 people who, divided into three groups, will attend each of the artists' choreographies (Maya in dialogue with Chillida, Gelabert with Tàpies and Galván with Palazuelo) and, finally, the joint piece in Cecilia Paredes' installation. "Each one will perform a solo based on Basque zortziko, their own version and then we will dance together. I'm happy to have had such a rich creative process," explains Maya, whose latest production, Erritu, has just received the Max for best choreography from Sharon Fridman.

Gelabert also points out the importance of tradition in this project because "behind the movements there is a lot of acquired culture of which we are heirs. It is a pleasure to live it". Likewise, Galván highlights this "union of north and south" and the uniqueness of dancing in places other than the traditional stages. "With our presence we change the Museum, the exhibition halls and offer a totally different experience to the public."

At the presentation, the three artists were accompanied by Luis Miguel Cobo, author of the musical creation; Jaime García del Barrio, general director of Museo Universidad de Navarra; and Teresa Lasheras, head of the Performing Arts and Music area of the Museum. Cobo stressed that "the public will have a 360-degree immersive experience. It is a journey through the rooms and seeks that, when the public approaches, the Museum comes alive from the point of view of sound. And this must accompany the dance of three styles". In this line, has pointed out the richness of "contamination, fusion, mixing, which is fundamental to this project.

For his part, Garcia del Barrio stressed that "this show hits the target of the DNA of this Museum, where we try to do a job of accompanying artists in their projects and also the coexistence of the arts. Here there is not only a relationship between visual and performing arts but also between different types of dance.

Likewise, Teresa Lasheras has stressed that the premiere of Soliloquios, which began to gestate since the end of 2017, is going to be "an exceptional encounter". Thus, she has defined the show as "a dance piece built from the gaze of three artists, choreographic backgrounds, origins and different perspectives, who meet at the Museum to look at themselves and dialogue with each other from the Collection."