This work is profoundly inspired by Artistic Directors' Krogol and Reeves creative residency work in Llorenç Del Penedes, Spain, where they were able to witness the deeply moving construction of human towers during the Fiesta Major celebrations of the region. Un Castell uses the embodied knowledge of contact improvisation and partnering work to explore new methods of weight sharing, relationship, and interdependence to make us ask the question of where the physical metaphors of tower building exist in our own community. Un Castell is a step in Krogol and Reeves artistic process to find them.
“It's about weight. It's about the weight of our bodies. It's about holding each other and building. Where are our castells in our everyday relationships? What are we building? Who are we supporting?”
Premiere
2016, Joe's Movement Emporium
Direction & Choreography
Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves
Choreography created in collaboration with performers
Lighting Design
Paul Jackson
Sound Design
Jeff Dorfman
Costume Design
Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves
Running Time
60 - 70 min
Performers
14
GRACIAS ESPECIALES
CeRCCa Residency
Pau Cata
Marina Saura
Joaquim Sicart Bertran
Maria Vall Camell
Ignasi Perez Galan
Alba Vinyes Lasso
SPECIAL THANKS
Brooke Kidd, JME’s Founder and Executive Director, for making this performance possible and bringing us into the space.
Miriam Phillips, for guiding our process and approach to the dance research involved in the work.
Performers
Emily Ames
Mustapha Braimah
Chelsea Brown
Robin Neveu Brown
Gabrielle Di Giuseppe
Ronnie Harris
Atlas Hill
Jonathan Hsu
DeeDee Johnson
Colette Krogol
Nicole Sneed
Matt Reeves
Celeste White
Allen Xing
Videography
Oliver Mertz