edition 2024: water and textile
puig-reig (barcelona, catalonia)
from 27 August to 7 September

15m2 international festival of itinerant microdance

  15m2 is a microdance festival that takes place in singular and unconventional spaces around a thematic axis and a specific locality. It is a way of linking stage creation with the fields of knowledge and the cultural fabric of the territory.

  An itinerant and emerging cultural project, where each edition is a construction in itself, an exploration of a theme in a different locality each time. The festival has a programme of professional microdance exhibitions and complementary activities of Knowledge and territory. On the other hand, it also has various activities and actions that, outside the dates of the festival, give continuity to the objectives of the  project, under the name of 15m2 en xarxa.

programme

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saturday 31

Artist   StageTime
ISABEL IS MY NAME   New Tower19h
MÍRIAM MAACH   Linden trees walk19h
ANA F. MELERO & LUNA SÁNCHEZ   Sant Josep Church19:30h
GILLES VIANDIER   Linden trees walk19:30h
PAU ARAN GIMENO   Sant Josep Church20h

sunday 1

Artist   StageTime
RAVID ABARBANEL   Sant Ignasi Street18h
LAFONTE CIA   Library18h
AMBAE COMPANY   Pelota court18h
ANA F. MELERO & LUNA SÁNCHEZ   Sant Ignasi Street18:30h
MÍRIAM MAACH   Pelota court18:30h
CIA NADINE GERSPACHER   New Theater18:30h
RAVID ABARBANEL   Sant Ignasi Street19h
AMBAE COMPANY   Pelota court19h
FEDERICA PORELLO & DANIEL CLARET   New Theater19h
LAFONTE CIA   Library19:30h
CIA NADINE GERSPACHER   New Theater19:30h
GILLES VIANDIER   Sant Josep Church19:30h
ISABEL IS MY NAME   Pelota court20h
FEDERICA PORELLO & DANIEL CLARET   New Theater20h
PAU ARAN GIMENO   Sant Josep Church20h

15m2 coach

Exclusive to come to the 15m2 from Barcelona, on Sunday 1st September in Colonia de Cal Vidal (round trip).

Barcelona - Colònia Vidal (Puig-reig)

Departure: 15:45h Sants Station, Barcelona
Arrival: 17:15h Colònia de Cal Vidal

Colònia Vidal (Puig-reig) - Barcelona

Departure: 21:45h Colònia de Cal Vidal
Arrival: 23:15h Sants Station, Barcelona

Price: 25€ per person (return trip)

Last day to buy tickets is Sunday 25 August.

unconventional spaces

Colònia de Cal Pons

     New Tower
     Sant Josep Church
     Linden trees walk

Colònia de Cal Vidal

     New Theater
     Sant Josep Church
     Library
     Pelota court
     Sant Ignasi Street

knowledge and territory

27 August, 20 to 23h Puig-reig, Cal Prat, Cal Casas and Cal Pons

night walk Caminada pel Llobregat en quart minvant with the ASSOCIACIÓ D’AMICS DE LES COLÒNIES INDUSTRIALS DE L’ALT LLOBREGAT and the LEBANNA project

30 August, 18h La Sala (Puig-reig)

workshop Tèxtil, la traçabilitat impossible with SETEM Catalunya

31 August, 18h Cal Pons

conversation Pinzellades singulars de Cal Pons with JAUME SERRA of the Associació de Veïns i Amics de Cal Pons

6 September, 19 to 21h Cal Marçal

day L’AIGUA I EL TÈXTIL; visit to the turbine with JOSEP PARERA and programme of short films with the KINO project.

7 September, 17:30 to 20.30h L'Ametlla de Merola

day LA DONA I EL TÈXTIL; textile conversations with ROSA SERRA and workers from different generations, visit to the cultural spaces with the Associació Cultural Esplai and two female microdance exhibitions.

edition 2024
water and textile, puig-reig (barcelona, catalonia)

from 27 August to 7 September

  The 2024 edition will be from August 27 to September 7 on the theme Water and textile, in the municipality of Puig-reig, Berguedà region (Barcelona).

  Water is an essential element for life and is a basic resource for humanity. The various civilizations throughout history have been built and grown along the rivers, because the river is energy, wealth, progress. The river is life. Water and textiles become two inseparable elements in the context of the industrial textile colonies, built on the banks of the Ter and Llobregat rivers and their tributaries in the second half of the 19th century, when the textile industry was becoming one of the most important engines of the Industrial Revolution in Catalonia.

  From 1858 onwards, the lack of coal made textile production move to the river basins to take advantage of the power of water and obtain hydraulic energy, which was much more economical. These river factories were accompanied by the construction of housing first, and later of a school, church, store and other services, since they were far from the urban centers and allowed the workers and their families to live and work without having to leave the colony.

  The Llobregat river, from its source in Castellar de n’Hug to its mouth in El Prat del Llobregat, hosted 46 textile colonies. In the counties of Berguedà and Bages is where the concentration of colonies is highest, and in the municipality of Puig-reig there are seven:  

– Cal Prat

– Cal Casas

– Cal Pons

– Cal Marçal

– Cal Vidal

– Cal Riera

– L’Ametlla de Merola

  The textile colonies relied on cotton fiber and water power to generate yarn and fabrics. These elements have been relegated to other sources of energy, man-made fibers and other textile products. Today, the textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, and the river and water remains a precious and necessary source of energy and life to be preserved.

  Stretching the thread from the process of industrialization in Catalonia with the textile colonies and the use of hydraulic energy, we propose a theme to observe the evolution of the sector and the current social and environmental situation. To question the sense of the current model of clothing consumption: highly polluting, ephemeral and excessive, cheap and poor quality product. A consumption completely linked to the construction of an identity enslaved by image and superficiality, in a globalized and capitalist society, but aware of the need for urgent change.

  A theme also to give value, promote and disseminate knowledge of the textile industrial heritage, so significant in the process of Catalan industrialization and an important part of our history, which helps us understand where we come from, to situate ourselves in the present and project ourselves into the future.

Fountain: El llegat patrimonial de les colònies industrials. Chapter 9. PATRIMONIS – XARXA AUDIOVISUAL LOCAL, 2021

  Information of interest:

how to get

by car

   From Barcelona
Take the C-16 Highway (Highway Barcelona-Terrassa-Manresa) until exit 79 Puig-reig south. Itinerary with tolls.

Take the N-II to Abrera. Follow the C-55 to Manresa which links with the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig. No tolls.

   From Tarragona
Take the A-7/E-15 freeway to Martorell and C-55 Abrera – Manresa. From here the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig south.

   From Girona and Lleida
Take the C-25 (Eix transversal) to Manresa and from there, take the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig south.

   From France
From Puigcerdà take the C-16, cross the Túnel del Cadí and follow the road until you reach exit 83 Puig-reig north.

by public transport

   By bus
The ALSA bus line passes through the municipality of Puig-reig on its Berga-Manresa-Barcelona line:

Or on the website of Mobility of Berguedà, line BCN1: 

   By cab
In the municipality you will find a cab service company that you can contact for your transfers: Jaume Feliu – Telf. 608 695 449

special collaborators

nunart guinardó

   nunArt Guinardó is a creative space managed by nunArt Creacions, a cultural association based in the Guinardó neighborhood that was founded in 2019 as a sister project of the nunArt association (2007-2020). nunArt Creacions has a management team that projects a vision, but it is possible thanks to a large number of artists, friends and entities that through collaborations and exchanges make it possible to develop the task in a professional way.

   Individual exploration and artistic creativity should not be practices restricted to the professional field of the performing arts, but can be part of the vital development of any individual, at any age, which is why the activity of our program takes into account the diversity of potential profiles.

   Ours is a space that, in its journey, has established itself as a center for the development of the scenic, formative and creative, local and international fabric, but also wants to remain open to people from any professional field who wish to explore and enjoy their human and expressive potential.

https://guinardo.nunartbcn.com/

edition 2024
water and textile, puig-reig (barcelona, catalonia)

from 27 August to 7 September

  The 2024 edition will be from August 27 to September 7 on the theme Water and textile, in the municipality of Puig-reig, Berguedà region (Barcelona).

  Water is an essential element for life and is a basic resource for humanity. The various civilizations throughout history have been built and grown along the rivers, because the river is energy, wealth, progress. The river is life. Water and textiles become two inseparable elements in the context of the industrial textile colonies, built on the banks of the Ter and Llobregat rivers and their tributaries in the second half of the 19th century, when the textile industry was becoming one of the most important engines of the Industrial Revolution in Catalonia.

  From 1858 onwards, the lack of coal made textile production move to the river basins to take advantage of the power of water and obtain hydraulic energy, which was much more economical. These river factories were accompanied by the construction of housing first, and later of a school, church, store and other services, since they were far from the urban centers and allowed the workers and their families to live and work without having to leave the colony.

  The Llobregat river, from its source in Castellar de n’Hug to its mouth in El Prat del Llobregat, hosted 46 textile colonies. In the counties of Berguedà and Bages is where the concentration of colonies is highest, and in the municipality of Puig-reig there are seven: 

– Cal Prat

– Cal Casas

– Cal Pons

– Cal Marçal

– Cal Vidal

– Cal Riera

– L’Ametlla de Merola

  The textile colonies relied on cotton fiber and water power to generate yarn and fabrics. These elements have been relegated to other sources of energy, man-made fibers and other textile products. Today, the textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world, and the river and water remains a precious and necessary source of energy and life to be preserved.

  Stretching the thread from the process of industrialization in Catalonia with the textile colonies and the use of hydraulic energy, we propose a theme to observe the evolution of the sector and the current social and environmental situation. To question the sense of the current model of clothing consumption: highly polluting, ephemeral and excessive, cheap and poor quality product. A consumption completely linked to the construction of an identity enslaved by image and superficiality, in a globalized and capitalist society, but aware of the need for urgent change.

  A theme also to give value, promote and disseminate knowledge of the textile industrial heritage, so significant in the process of Catalan industrialization and an important part of our history, which helps us understand where we come from, to situate ourselves in the present and project ourselves into the future.

Fountain: El llegat patrimonial de les colònies industrials. Chapter 9. PATRIMONIS – XARXA AUDIOVISUAL LOCAL, 2021

  Information of interest:

how to get

by car

   From Barcelona
Take the C-16 Highway (Highway Barcelona-Terrassa-Manresa) until exit 79 Puig-reig south. Itinerary with tolls.

Take the N-II to Abrera. Follow the C-55 to Manresa which links with the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig. No tolls.

   From Tarragona
Take the A-7/E-15 freeway to Martorell and C-55 Abrera – Manresa. From here the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig south.

   From Girona and Lleida
Take the C-25 (Eix transversal) to Manresa and from there, take the C-16 until you reach exit 79 Puig-reig south.

   From France
From Puigcerdà take the C-16, cross the Túnel del Cadí and follow the road until you reach exit 83 Puig-reig north.

by public transport

   By bus
The ALSA bus line passes through the municipality of Puig-reig on its Berga-Manresa-Barcelona line:

Or on the website of Mobility of Berguedà, line BCN1: 

   By cab
In the municipality you will find a cab service company that you can contact for your transfers: Jaume Feliu – Telf. 608 695 449

special collaborators

nunart guinardó

   nunArt Guinardó is a creative space managed by nunArt Creacions, a cultural association based in the Guinardó neighborhood that was founded in 2019 as a sister project of the nunArt association (2007-2020). nunArt Creacions has a management team that projects a vision, but it is possible thanks to a large number of artists, friends and entities that through collaborations and exchanges make it possible to develop the task in a professional way.

   Individual exploration and artistic creativity should not be practices restricted to the professional field of the performing arts, but can be part of the vital development of any individual, at any age, which is why the activity of our program takes into account the diversity of potential profiles.

   Ours is a space that, in its journey, has established itself as a center for the development of the scenic, formative and creative, local and international fabric, but also wants to remain open to people from any professional field who wish to explore and enjoy their human and expressive potential.

https://guinardo.nunartbcn.com/

the festival

thematic and itinerant character

  The festival is structured around a thematic axis, with a theme and a specific locality to highlight the value of the territory and the fields of knowledge.

  The thematic axis is related to current affairs and to artistic, cultural, traditional, historical, scientific or natural knowledge, in order to highlight the uniqueness of the territory. Thus, for example, the themes of future editions will be of a very diverse nature, both themes related to the plastic arts, such as the literary work of a poet, the plastic work of a sculptor or that of a photographer, and those linked to cultural, historical, archaeological or natural heritage, or related to knowledge of customs and beliefs, crafts, rural art or Romanesque art.
  And also current issues and social criticism such as the problem of plastic waste, depopulation, ageing and dependence of the elderly or liquid modernity.

unconventional spaces

    The microdance creations will be performed on 15m2 stages, referring to the name of the festival, located in unique or unconventional spaces, both indoors and outdoors, of interest for the theme and location where it takes place. The stage will be square with sides of 3.90 m in length. Depending on the spaces, and on some stages, a rectangular steel structure with the same dimensions will be set up for the exhibitions.

  The 15m2 festival aims to vindicate small-format culture and highlight the value of microdance: short pieces in small, singular and unconventional spaces, designed for small, intimate audiences. Close creations, worked from the detail, where the audience almost shares the space with the performer. And the dimensions and singularity of the stages build a space of involvement and proximity with the spectator.

microdance

  The microdance creations will be short pieces, between 15 and 20 minutes, which will be inspired by the theme of the festival. Movement and the body will be the main focus of the proposals, although other artistic disciplines will be welcome. With the aim of encouraging scenographic creation in movement works, the festival will value the creation of scenographic proposals with elements and materials related to the thematic axis in the public call for entries.

  The creations will have to be adapted to the festival’s exhibition spaces, with few technical requirements, without special lighting needs and with a set-up and dismantling time of no more than 10 minutes respectively.

  The festival will host 12 microdance creations. There will be a public call for proposals and the festival will propose one or two guest creations. The proposals will be chosen according to the artistic criteria of the festival and the criteria of territorial scope. On the one hand, the aim is to promote local creations that are close to the festival’s locality, and on the other hand, to welcome creations from outside Spain in order to internationalise the festival.

  The festival wants to generate a microdance circuit in the Catalan territory to decentralize and expand the scenic creation and cultural programs outside the big cities..

10 microdance projects

Míriam Maach

La filadora

Saturday 31   Linden trees walk19h
Sunday 1   Pelota court18:30h

La filadora is a contemporary dance solo where all the fabrics of our life are collected in a single performer with thread on stage. How Ariadne saved Theseus from the Minotaur thanks to a thread, how thanks to the union of these threads clothes can be created and how thanks to this fact relationships and networks of people and communities are spun.

Míriam Maach

Creator, dancer and contemporary dance teacher based in Barcelona. She studied at El Magatzem Escola de Dansa and continued her training at the Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School. As a performer she has been with NOW-ID, CPH Arts Collective, Cía La Espina, among others. She co-won the 2nd prize in Koreography Konkurrencen 2022 from Danse kapellet and Uppercut Danseteater. He also created the solo “Terra Baixa” which has been touring Scandinavia in 2023.

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Creation and interpretation: Míriam Maach
Support: El Magatzem Escola de Dansa
 
Duration: 15 – 20 min.

Photographs: Leila Maach Enguita

Ravid Abarbanel Dance & Projects

The art of a structure

Sunday 1   Sant Ignasi Street18h
Sunday 1   Sant Ignasi Street19h

A home without a house is just a feeling. A house without a home is just a structure.

I am exploring the interrelationship between the structure that supports the house and how it interacts with the bodies, investigating how they behave with the environment: what makes our house a home and vice versa. This relationship of mutual exchange requires balance and is an art.

I call it THE ART OF STRUCTURE.

Ravid Abarbanel

Dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, based in Barcelona. She graduated from the Maslool Professional Dance Programme, Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam and holds a degree in B-Dansi from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She was a lecturer in the Master of Modern and Contemporary Dance for dance teachers, an initiative of the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Among her works: ‘Underneath’ (2015), ‘ALIZA’ (2017), ‘WildHome’ (2018), ‘HomeLima’ (2018), ‘Home NC’ (2019), ‘Uprooted’ (2019), ‘Thoughts about leaving’ (2022), ‘Freeze IT’ (2022) and ‘The Art of a Structure’ (work in process).

Ravid was awarded the Best Performer Award at Masdanza Dance Festival 2022 and received a full scholarship to the Dance WEB and American Dance Festival, 3rd Prize for choreography. At the International Dance Competition in Stuttgart and also the Best Performer Award at the Barnes Crossing Solo Duo, Cologne, Germany.

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Direction, choreography and performance: Ravid Abarbanel
 
Duration: 15 -17 min.

Photographs: Deganit Artman

Cia Nadine Gerspacher

In collaboration with Camille Lejeune

Sunday 1   New Theater18:30h
Sunday 1   New Theater19:30h

We enter Edith’s intimacy. Edith lives behind closed doors with her car, a mute and faithful companion who accompanies her every day. Seductive and narcissistic, she spends her time in a world she has created in her own image, between memories and fantasies. By placing ourselves at the heart of this tragicomic character’s universe, we explore our relationship with the objects that surround us, the objects that contain our memories.
Edith fantasises about a life full of charm in an extravagant and humorous language.

Camille Lejeune

She studied sociology at the University of Nantes until 2017. She then discovered contemporary dance and decided to begin her training in Toulouse, at the James Carles Choreographic Centre. Her training continues in 2019 with the young company FREE BODIES, in Barcelona. Since 2021, she dances for the company Nadine Gerspacher, in different pieces such as ‘The Age of Aquarium’, ‘Non-Upgraded Existence’ and ‘Das Innere Beben’. In 2022-23 she works as a rehearsal director for the FREE ROOTS programme in Barcelona. Camille Lejeune is a very versatile dancer: she is interested in different forms of dance and expression, as well as singing, clowning, dance theatre and performance. She enjoys creating imaginary worlds inspired by images and developing characters through the grotesque.

Cia Nadine Gerspacher

It is an independent artistic project that acts as a platform for its own works as well as for collaborations with other artists. Since 2018, the company has been regularly co-produced by the E-WerkFreiburg theatre in Germany and has received support from various institutions. The company is part of Alliansat from 2023 to 2026 at SAT Teatre in Barcelona and has received funding for three years from the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Tanzland, and INTHEGA theatres for 2023-2026 in Germany. Nadine Gerspacher’s central field of work is dance theatre inspired by everyday life, where she combines absurdity, poetry and unfiltered corporeality in a narrative way. Her pieces are characterised by humour, transformations, grotesque moments and vulnerability, and seek to emotionally engage the audience and address critical and current issues in society while exploring the fundamental questions of human existence.

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Creation and direction: Nadine Gerspacher and Camille Lejeune
Interpretation: Camille Lejeune
External look: Ombline Huvelle
Costumes: Akimbo Future
Music: Clara Rockmore, Igor Stravinsky, Eugen Doga
Photography: Aurélie Veyrat, Nicolas Clausen
Production: Cia Nadine Gerspacher and Camille Lejeune
Manegement: Nadine Gerspacher and Camille Lejeune
With the support of: Anna Castells, Andréa Vibert, Maëlle Omnès and Zélia Sanchez-Battestini
 
Duration: 20 min.

Photographs: Nicolas Clausen – Lokal de risc

Ambae Company

La veu de les (d)ones

Sunday 1   Pelota court18h
Sunday 1   Pelota court19h

A dancer sails through a sea of vibrantly coloured fabrics illustrating the ocean and its waves. In ancient Greece, water was a feminine element. Inspired by the mythical mermaid, a symbol of femininity and duality, the garment explores the ongoing struggle for women’s voices to be heard.

Ambae Company

Is a project founded in 2019 by dancer Arina Lannoo and musician Tito Ripoll. Their work delves into contemporary social issues and encourages a deeper understanding of the human experience. The first work ‘Connection’ premiered at Dansa Metropolitana in 2021. ‘Wealllive in a box’. The second creation premiered in 2022 at the Festival Mais Imaginarius in Portugal and has been touring Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium. Their new production ‘La veu de les (d)ones’ premiered in April 2024 at the aTAnsa’T festival in Llinars del Vallès.

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Direction artistic: Ambae Company
Concept and choreography: ArinaLannoo
Music and sound design: Tito Ripoll
Performer: Arina Lannoo
Set design: Ambae Company
External look: Julieta Gascon (Cia Zero En Conducta) i Marc Esteve
Distribution and production support: Fani Benages
Support: ICEC – Generalitat de Catalunya
Colaborators: Roca Umbert CAM de Granollers, Can Gassol de Mataró, Festival aTAnsa’T and Teatre Auditori de Llinars del Vallès, Gouvernement and Viernulvier de Gent and Festival Tierras de Qala’t
 
Duration: 15 min.

Photographs: Olga Segura

LaFonte Cia

Els Dits Als Mots

Sunday 1   Library18h
Sunday 1   Library19:30h

The company LaFonte is investigating the relationship between the body and its deep desire. We are talking about bodies, specifically, that manifest a clear problem, be it physical, emotional or mental, and that have the fervent need to resolve it, and within the company’s first trilogy, this resolution involves the declaration of the space of fiction, writing and, more specifically, poetry.

In this second opus, ‘Els Dits Als Mots’, we unfold the figure of the poet Miquel Martí i Pol in three characters: the body, poetics and fantasy, weaving these three branches into a piece of powerful physicality and great oneirism.

Clio Van Kerm

She works with Olga Alvarez and Jordi Cabestany’s company La Taimada, with which she wins the 34th Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid in 2020 with the piece ‘Filia et Fobia’. In 2023, she performed at the Mercat de les Flors with ‘El jardí’ by La Taimada. In 2022, he co-creates the LaFonte Company with Laura Azuaga, with which they are touring their first two pieces, both in street and indoor formats and in international festivals (Me Ya Be, Congo).

Laura Azuaga

She is an actress and dancer. She trained in performance at El Timbal. In 2023 she worked as a performer with the company La Taimada in their latest project ‘El jardí’, premiered at the Mercat de les Flors. In recent years she has participated in several dance and theatre projects as a performer and assistant director, among others in: ‘Guie Biaani’ by Valeria Vázquez, ‘El tiempo que nos queda’ by Claudia Marcela Estrada (as part of the opening of Mas Riera), ‘Terremotos en Londres’ by Mike Bartlett and directed by Sílvia Navarro. In 2022, he co-creates the LaFonte Company with Clio Van Kerm.

Carmen Cabot

She is a performer graduated in 2023 in dance and performing arts at PERA – SchoolofPerformingArts, GAU, in Cyprus. In Barcelona she works with the company La Taimada, to which she was awarded, in 2020, the First Prize of the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, with the duet ‘Filia et Fobia’. She is currently developing a solo within the Plan de Impulso en la Danza 2024.

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Choreography: LaFonte Cia
Direction: Clio Van Kerm
Assistant direction: Olga Álvarez, Aïda Bellet
Performer: Clio Van Kerm, Laura Azuaga i Marta Pajares
Music: Ola Witalisz – LOOP
Costumes and stage space: Laura Matamoros
Lighting design: Cooperativa PUNCH
 
Duration: 20 min.

Photographs: Claudia Marcela Estrada

Isabel Is My name

El sudor el agua... El textil diluido.

Saturday 31   New Tower18h
Sunday 1   Pelota court20h

A body dressed in overconsumption, confronts sweat and movement, contemplating the impact that falls on it and its surroundings. Textile becomes skin, sweat becomes water. Contemporary dance.

Isabel Is My name

Isabel Is My Name is a signature dance company that uses the languages of contemporary dance and fashion, addressing the themes of gender – feminism, upcycling and activism. It is directed by the Chilean choreographer – dancer and fashion designer Isabel Peña, based in Valencia, Spain. Isabel Peña is a fashion designer, graduated in Design, Master in Management and creation of fashion brands (Escuela Superior de Diseño Barcelona). She is currently studying for a higher degree in contemporary dance, specialising in choreography and performance at the Conservatorio Superior de danza Valencia.

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Creation and performance: Isabel Peña – Isabel Is My name
Choreographic assistance: Pau Aran Gimeno
Photography: Rocío Cuminao
Make-up: Thiara Estay
Costume assistant: Emilia Ávila
 
Duration: 20 min.

Photographs: Rocío Cuminao

Ana F. Melero & Luna Sánchez

PIES DE GALLINA

Saturday 31   Sant Josep Church19:30h
Sunday 1   Sant Ignasi Street18:30h

PIES DE GALLINA is the common body created by two women who dance their synchronicities and discordances. The work is inspired by the expressions ‘Having goose bumps’ and ‘Walking with leaden feet’, exploring the contrast between the instinctive and the rational. These two bodies explore understanding and support as a basis for survival, generating a volume in perpetual collapse that sustains and is sustained. PIES DE GALLINA is a journey on the importance of these two inseparable bodies, so strong and weak at the same time, proposing support and imbalance to the mutant relationship of its two performers and creators.

Ana F. Melero i Luna Sánchez

Ana and Luna have known each other for years at the Centro Andaluz de Danza and currently develop their personal projects in Colectivo Banquet and La Basal, touring pieces such as ‘Rojo Rojo Rojo Verde’, ‘Latente’, ‘Quiral’ or ‘MudarseInstalarse’. Both combine their creations with their work as performers: Ana F. Melero works with Hanni Dance, Sol Picó and Isabel Vázquez; and Luna Sánchez with Guillermo Weickert, Jesús Rubio Gamo and María Cabeza de Vaca, among others.

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Direction, choreography and performance: Ana F. Melero and Luna Sánchez
Sound space: Xerach Peñate and Lucía Bocanegra
Customes: Mariona Signes
External look: María Cabeza de Vaca and Isabel Vázquez
Video teaser: Elena Puchol
Supports: INJUVE, Teatro Albert Camus Ajuntament de Sant Lluís, L’Estruch Fàbrica de Creació de les Arts en Viu, Centro Huarte, Aaron Vivancos Talent Center and La Cavatina Social Club Mahón
 
Duration: 15 min.

Photographs: Lourdes de Vicente

Gilles Viandier - Cie Promenade d'artiste

Hi(s)las

Saturday 31   Linden trees walk19:30h
Sunday 1   Puríssima Square19:30h

Water, like dance, is a source of energy. The elastic, fluid, monumental and compact quality of a blue veil reveals spaces and brings energy from water. Themes around the production and consumption of the clothes that clothe us, water for the survival of the body, echo of ecological, somatic and poetic actions.

Gilles Viandier

Graduate architect and amateur musician, he danced as a contemporary dancer in several companies in Europe: Montpellier, Marseille, Paris (F), Lausanne, Geneva (CH), Berlin (D), Tilburg, (NL), Budapest (HU), Cadiz, Barcelona (E)… Since 2006 he develops and choreographs performances that question public space, context, colour, gestures and the role of the spectator within the projects ‘#Number#’ and ‘Street Pantone’.

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Creation: Promenade d’artiste
Conception, choreography and scenography: Gilles Viandier
Producció: Promenade d’artiste
 
Duration: 20 min.

Photographs: Daniel Petit (top) i Alain Cotten (bottom)

  invited artist

Federica Porello & Daniel Claret

El demà d'ahir

Sunday 1   New Theater19h
Sunday 1   New Theater20h

‘History and timelessness came together. Then there was only a hard, impersonal, eternal space.
Everything participated in the same order: nothing is closer to the sacred than nothingness’. Etel Adnan

To be two passers-by in a place, which is at the same time a passer-by in itself. To meet. To take root and then let oneself be carried away by the wind. The trace remains and, just as water provides energy, memory weaves identity.

Federica Porello

Dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and therapist in craniosacral biodynamics.
She is a member of the companies Mal Pelo and ZOO/Thomas Hauert. In her artistic career she alternates between collective creations and transmission, putting in dialogue the artistic languages of dance, music and object theatre.

Daniel Claret Mora

He combines classical concerts in venues such as the Palau de la Música and the Auditori de Barcelona with proposals in which music is integrated into other elements, such as dance, text or movement. Since 2020 he has been part of ‘Highlands’ and ‘Inventions’, shows by the creative group Mal Pelo. At the same time, he teaches cello at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona.

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Dance: Federica Porello
Music: Daniel Claret
Techincal assistance: Xavi Moreno
 
Duration: 17 min.

Photographs: ragabcnphoto

  invited artist

Pau Aran Gimeno

Seeking the truth

Saturday 31   Sant Josep Church20h
Sunday 1   Puríssima Square20h

Water, a symbol of purification and renewal, merges with the textile industry, a source of creation and expression, in Seekingthetruth. Through Pau Aran Gimeno’s abstract dance, the need to find truth in the midst of confusion and disorder is revealed. Like colours blending in a fabric, emotions intertwine in a profound understanding of identity and belonging. In this work, the troubled waters of frustration become a river of connection between cultures and beliefs, exploring the complexities of the human relationship with the world around us. In a scenario where rejection and denial surround us, dance guides us towards finding our authentic essence, like a drop of water that becomes part of the infinite ocean.

Pau Aran Gimeno

Born in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), he began his career at the age of eleven through Latin American, standard, jazz, modern and classical ballet. He completed his studies at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma in Madrid and later at the Folkwang Hochschuleder Künste in Essen, before joining the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal – Pina Bausch in 2005, until 2020 as a permanent member and later as a guest. It was also in 2020 that he began his artistic collaboration with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which continues to this day.

From 2013, he began his independent choreographic creations, generally developed through interdisciplinary collective work and creative workshops. His shows include ‘Avui em veus, demà seré invisible’ (2013); ‘Tres maneras’ and ‘Mimosa’ (2016); ‘Notes onLife’ (2019), produced in Yokohama; ‘Brocken’ and ‘Ich bin nicht nur ein Körper, aber wenn du willst, kann ich tanzen’ (2019), both for the Tanztheater Wuppertal; ‘Lettred’amour’ (2020), co-produced with the GREC Festival in Barcelona, together with Consuelo Trujillo and Alberto Conejero; and “Un cadavreexquis II” (2022), premiered at the Teatro Español together with José Troncoso.

Her current motivation is to continue developing expression through body language, focusing on the creation and pedagogy of contemporary dance. The search for movement and her interest in the poetics of contemporary dance theatre are represented in her projects. With a commitment to sharing previously acquired knowledge and experience with the next generation of artists, Pau encourages self-discovery, simultaneously combining heritage and tradition with the passage of time and the transitory nature of the dance of the future.

 

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Direction and interpretation: Pau Aran
Dramaturgy: José Troncoso
Assistant director: Isabel Peña
Direction musical: Flavien Berger
Lighting space: Oriol Ibáñez
Codtumes: Isabel Peña
Management and production: Apricot productions & Jaume Nieto (Imagin.art)
Acknowledgements: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Dayan Akhmedgaliev, Andrea Bou Othmane ‘Drew’ and Antonio Ruz
 
Duration: 17 min.

Photographs: Rachel Papo

recognition of awards

  With the aim of recognising the work and giving value to the efforts of the creators and the projects presented, the festival will organise an awards ceremony with 4 categories:

– Interpretation Award

  With the aim of valuing small-format stage creation as a complete and quality product. The distinctive elements of microdance will be valued (reduced space, brevity and proximity to the audience) and the degree of quality in the interpretation of the proposal as a whole (presence, relationship with the space, between the performers and/or with the scenographic elements, body work, voice, etc.).

– Scenographic Creation Award

  With the aim of encouraging the use of scenography or scenographic elements in movement proposals. The degree of singularity and quality of the scenographic elements will be valued, especially those that have been created expressly for the proposal and are inspired by the theme of the festival.

– Arrel i Memòria Award

  The aim is to recognise the beauty of the experience, both personal and collective, and in the proposals elaborated with skill. The degree of coherence, robustness and experience of the proposal as a whole (interpretation, scenography, costumes, texts and/or other elements) will be assessed, valuing simplicity and honesty as transversal elements of the proposal and the link with traditional knowledge.

– Public Award

  With the aim of seeking the complicity and involvement of the audience, this award aims to offer the possibility of assessing, at the personal discretion of each person, the proposal that has been most liked.

  The jury is made up of representatives of the municipality and/or linked to the theme, representatives of the dance sector, and representatives of cultural journalism.

– Jordi Vidal, director of the Colònia Vidal Museum.
– Josep Parera, Councillor of Colonies of the Puig-reig Town Council.
– Gisela Creus, director of the creative space nunArt Guinardó.
– Jordi Sora, cultural journalist and critic specialising in contemporary dance.

knowledge and territory

  Under the name of Knowledge and territory, the actions of community participation and the promotion of new audiences are materialised. These actions are, in turn, an exploration of the subject matter and a desire to contribute depth and richness to the cultural project and stage creation.

  It takes the form of a programme of activities complementary to the stage shows, such as: practical workshops, round tables, conferences, various exhibitions, guided tours, plastic installations, community artistic actions, creation laboratories, creation and publication of contents, etc., carried out within the framework of the festival and open to everyone. Different activities in each edition, depending on the characteristics of each locality and the possibilities offered by each theme.

  One of the final objectives of the festival will be the construction of literary or visual works based on the thematic axis of reflection, both from an artistic, scientific and documentary point of view. Thus, for example, depending on the areas of knowledge of the theme, a group of experts or a participatory process will produce a final document as a synthesis of the festival.

citizen participation and new publics

social involvement (non-public)

territorial partnerships

commercial fabric and local economy

fields of knowledge

creation of physical, literary or visual works

volunteering 15m2

knowledge and territory

  Under the name of Knowledge and territory, the actions of community participation and the promotion of new audiences are materialised. These actions are, in turn, an exploration of the subject matter and a desire to contribute depth and richness to the cultural project and stage creation.

  It takes the form of a programme of activities complementary to the stage shows, such as: practical workshops, round tables, conferences, various exhibitions, guided tours, plastic installations, community artistic actions, creation laboratories, creation and publication of contents, etc., carried out within the framework of the festival and open to everyone. Different activities in each edition, depending on the characteristics of each locality and the possibilities offered by each theme.

  One of the final objectives of the festival will be the construction of literary or visual works based on the thematic axis of reflection, both from an artistic, scientific and documentary point of view. Thus, for example, depending on the areas of knowledge of the theme, a group of experts or a participatory process will produce a final document as a synthesis of the festival.

citizen participation and new publics

social involvement (non-public)

territorial partnerships

commercial fabric and local economy

fields of knowledge

creation of physical, literary or visual works

volunteering 15m2

knowledge and territory activities 2024

night walk

Caminada pel Llobregat en quart minvant

Tuesday 27 August, 20 to 23h

Walk with the ASSOCIACIÓ D’AMICS DE LES COLÒNIES INDUSTRIALS DE L’ALT LLOBREGAT and the PROJECT LEBANNA of the space La Morada de Cal Marçal.

Itinerant (Puig-reig, Cal Prat, Cal Cases and Cal Pons)

Start and end: Plaça Nova (Puig-reig)

Free activity with prior registration. Registration at the link (here). For more information send an email to info@festival15m2.cat.

A circular night walk around the Llobregat river and the Colonies of Cal Prat, Cal Cases and Cal Pons, to rediscover the territory and the industrial textile heritage of Puig-reig, and to approach it with all the senses. With the collaboration of Puig-reig Town Council, the Association of Friends of the Industrial Colonies of Alt Llobregat and the Lebanna project of La Morada de Cal Marçal.

At the end of the walk there will be a small tasting of local cheeses for all those attending. It is necessary to wear suitable footwear, comfortable clothes and light, and it is advisable to bring water.

Associació d’Amics de les Colònies Industrials de l’Alt Llobregat

The Associació d’Amics de les Colònies Industrials de l’Alt Llobregat is an entity created to foster, promote, disseminate and preserve the historical, cultural, heritage and natural values of the industrial colonies of the Alt Llobregat, as well as the social and environmental aspects of its fluvial surroundings that make up a unique and singular landscape of this territory along the Llobregat river.

https://amicscoloniesllobregat.cat/

Lebanna – Espai La Morada

Annabel Garcia Circuns is a member of Espai La Morada and responsible for the Lebanna project. From her research at a formative, experiential and work level, she discovers that her vocation is to work with the human group, regardless of the group, gender, age. After completing her training in Psychocorporal Therapy at the Rio Abierto System, she started Lebanna, a project of accompaniment through expressive movement and psychocorporal therapy. This last year she received a grant for applied dance from the APdC and created the project “Habitar el territori amb el cos”, an experiential project that links industrial heritage, culture, nature and community.

https://www.instagram.com/lamorada_espai/

workshop

Tèxtil, la traçabilitat impossible

Friday 30 August, 18 to 19:30h

By ANNA ARMENGOU BALAGUER, SETEM CATALUNYA’s workshop leader.

La Sala (Puig-reig)

Free activity with prior registration. Registration at the link (here). For more information send an email to info@festival15m2.cat.

A workshop to provide tools and data for reflection on the different causes of labour rights violations and the feminisation of poverty and inequality generated by the global textile sector.

Through a participatory dynamic, the workshop explores the functioning of the textile sector and how the business model and the production chain, resulting from the processes of offshoring and subcontracting, facilitate the generation of inequalities between the North and the global South. The final objective of the workshop is to encourage debate and reflection in the group, building new ways of acting and consuming together.

With the collaboration of Puig-reig Town Council.

SETEM Catalunya

SETEM Catalunya is an independent and participative Development Education NGO that, together with organisations from the South, raises awareness in our society about North-South inequalities, denounces their causes and promotes personal and collective transformations to achieve a fairer and more united world.

SETEM Catalunya’s aim is to combat the injustices of globalised capitalism by raising awareness, denouncing and mobilising Catalan citizens, international solidarity and promoting an economic model that puts people’s rights and needs at the centre.

https://www.setem.org/catalunya/

knowledge conversation

Pinzellades singulars de Cal Pons

Saturday 31 August, 18h

Conversation with JAUME SERRA from the ASSOCIACIÓ DE VEÏNS I AMICS DE CAL PONS.

Colònia de Cal Pons

Free activity.

A conversation about the spaces of Cal Pons used as unique stages for professional microdance shows with Jaume Serra from the Association of Neighbours and Friends of Cal Pons. A look at the history and architecture of the church of Sant Josep, the Passeig dels Tileres and the Torre Nova.

With the collaboration of Puig-reig Town Council and the Associació de Veïns i Amics de Cal Pons.

Associació de Veïns i Amics de Cal Pons

It was created in 1995 when the industrial activity came to an end due to the closure of the Manufactures Pons S.A. factory. We are neighbours of the colony and the surrounding area who have a very special appreciation for our land. Our main tasks are the revitalisation and protection of our environment, organising various activities and festivals throughout the year to promote and raise awareness of the important architectural and industrial heritage of this area, through guided tours of our colony.

One of the main objectives of the association is the defence of the natural environment, and we are concerned about the maintenance of the garden woodland which in the past was one of the jewels of our region. Looking to the future, we plan to expand our activities and involve more people and political powers to continue with the improvement and restoration of all our heritage.

informative day

L'aigua i el tèxtil

Friday 6 September, 19 to 21h

A day to learn about the relationship between the river and the factory and the importance of water in the context of the industrial colonies. A look at the trade of the turbinaire, often unknown, and a key garment in the development of the textile colonies.

Colònia de Cal Marçal

Free activity with prior registration. Registration at the link (here). For more information send an email to info@festival15m2.cat.

The visit to the turbine is limited to 20 people. Reservations in order of registration.

19h Guided tour of the Cal Marçal factory turbine with JOSEP PARERA

The turbine was a crucial element in the development of the textile industrial colonies in the mid-19th century, replacing the waterwheels, which were much more efficient in harnessing the energy of the river water to run the factory and enable life in the colony.

The current turbine building of the Cal Marçal factory is an interesting construction of masonry and brick, of extraordinary elegance, both in terms of the distribution of the machinery and the decoration of ceramic material on the walls, as well as the painting and especially the luminosity offered by the large windows.

20h Programme of short films of the KINO project in the Xemeneia square.

With the collaboration of Puig-reig Town Council, La Morada space, the KINO project and Industrial Puigreig, S.A.

Josep Parera Traserra

He was born at number 10, Colonia de Cal Marçal, in Puig-reig, many afternoons ago. At the age of 15 he started working in the factory when the looms on that shore were still making themselves heard. In 1988, everything they knew came to an end and it was time to dream of another future. A computer scientist by profession, he returned to the factory 9 years ago, to understand water as a turbinaire. The unmistakable smell he smells when he enters the big door still takes him back to a time when everything went more slowly. This is where he started working and where he has proudly ended up.

KINO – Cinema, Espais i Comunitat

Queralt Pons Serra is a sales agent, distributor and film producer. In 2023 she started KINO, a project that aims to recover spaces in the village of Puig-reig and the region to enjoy cinema in community. Its headquarters are in the space La Morada, in Cal Marçal

Industrial Puigreig S.A.

Company formed in 1959 dedicated to the production of hydroelectric energy, located in the old colony of Cal Marçal. The beginnings of Cal Marçal date back to 1886, and it was from 1929 when it developed a more prosperous growth, after the acquisition of the colony by the Viladomiu family.

Turbine of the Cal Marçal factory (Photograph: Josep Parera).

informative day

La dona i el tèxtil

Saturday 7 September, 17:30 to 20.30h

A day to learn about and reflect on the role of women in the industrial textile colonies, so significant in the historical and current context of the women of the colony of L’Ametlla de Merola. A look to discover their identity, as well as the extensive cultural activity that their colony has developed.

Colònia de L’Ametlla de Merola

Free activities. Prior registration is required for the activities Textile Conversations and Guided Tour. Registration at the link (here). Or call 669 944 689. For more information send an email to info@festival15m2.cat.

17:30h Textile Conversations with ROSA SERRA at the Aspirantat

A conversation led by Rosa Serra with workers from different generations of the L’Ametlla de Merola colony. With the participation of Pilar Vilarnau, Mercè Riera, Dolores Picas, Encarna Mora, Esther Vilà and Isabel Boixadera.

18:30h Guided visit to different cultural spaces.

A visit to the cultural heartbeat of the colony; the theatre, the Aspirantado space with the dwarf and his dance and the mural Les filadores, with the collaboration of the Associació Cultural Esplai.

19:30h Professional microdance shows in the Church Square

Two female microdance exhibitions.

With the collaboration of the Puig-reig Town Council, the Associació Cultural Esplai and the Associació de veïns i veïnes de l’Ametlla de Merola.

Rosa Serra Rotés

Historian and disseminator of Puig-regenca. She has a degree in Geography and History and a Diploma of Advanced Studies from the University of Barcelona. She has been a secondary school teacher, director of the Museu de les Mines de Cercs and responsible for different management and coordination tasks at the Diputació de Barcelona, among others. She has numerous publications on the Berguedà region and industrial heritage in local, regional and national journals. She has been a member of the Berguedà Research Area since its foundation and director of the journal L’Erol since 2005.

Associació Cultural Esplai

It was created in 1975 with the aim of bringing together in a single entity the three activities that at that time were the social and cultural driving force of the almond tree: Cinema, Theatre and, within this, but independently, Els Pastorets. This association was also responsible for promoting culture in all its aspects, as well as taking care of maintaining the different activities and traditions that were being carried out at that time and being the central axis of new creations.

In addition to taking care year after year of the Pastorets performances and their anniversaries (100 and 125 years), the Esplai Cultural Association and the Neighbourhood Association merged into one to maintain and revitalise the following cultural manifestations such as Els Cascavells, which began to be danced in the Almendra de Merola around 1902; The Dwarfs, resulting from the attempt to celebrate the Béguedan festival of ‘La Patum’ in the period 1885-90 and who continue to dance as they were when they were created, and Les Caramelles, sung in L’Ametlla since 1880.

Associació de veïns i veïnes de l’Ametlla de Merola

The Associació de veïns i veïnes de l’Ametlla de Merola is a non-profit and voluntary association, founded in 1980 with the aim of intervening in the day to day life of the Ametlla de Merola settlement.

15m2 en xarxa

  The activity of the 15m2 festival extends beyond the days of the programme in each town where it is held. In this sense, 15m2 en xarxa is born, a space to develop all the actions that give continuity to the main axes of the festival: the scenic creation (microdance) and the activities of Knowledge and territory. Also as a result of the desire to establish synergies with other projects and groups, it represents a constant research in the form of interventions, workshops, talks, exhibitions, cycles, installations, community participation actions, etc., which integrate and nourish the links and the cultural fabric of the whole territory.

Cicles 15m2

Microdance in the municipalities

Última vèrtebra

The Cicles 15m2 are a space to activate the main lines of action of the 15m2 festival beyond the dates of the festival: the scenic creation (microdance), knowledge and territory; developing a work of proximity to the environment, community participation and promotion of new audiences.

A proposal that offers an afternoon of professional microdance (between 2 and 3 short pieces of a maximum of 20 minutes each), plus at least one activity of knowledge linked to the territory. Using unique and unconventional spaces of the municipality, where the public almost shares the space with the performer, and the dimensions and uniqueness of the scenarios build a space of involvement and proximity to the viewer.

Cove

Dance and handicraft shows

Última vèrtebra

“Cove” is a dance performance about the handmade construction of a traditional Catalan basket. A transgressive and almost exotic action to question the time and rhythm of contemporary society, and a way to claim the use of traditional knowledge for an advanced society, coherent and with greater individual and collective capabilities.

A proposal that integrates movement and craftsmanship, singing, sound art and digital visual art, to enhance the movement of the body and hands of the basket maker and also of the materials and tools he uses. A captivating, risky and transcendent proposal, which proposes a new look at contemporary dance.

“Cove” is born in the context of Arrel i memòria (Last vertebra 2021 – 2024), a project that promotes traditional knowledge through the performing arts and community participation processes, and where the transversal element is the body and movement as a repository and vehicle of knowledge.

Quan plouen granotes

Art installation and community creation workshop

Última vèrtebra

Public spaces in the city of Barcelona (Barcelona)

“Quan plouen granotes” is an artistic installation with a community creation workshop that is exhibited as a result and continuity of a cultural research project to rethink the time and public spaces of the city of Barcelona in fifteen square meters.

La Rambla, Passeig de Gràcia, Turó del Carmel, Plaça Virrei Amat and Vallvidrera Reservoir have been the setting for this research.

From an empty steel structure and fifteen chairs, Última vértebra has proposed different artistic and community dynamics in different contexts of the city, a process of scenic agitation to reflect on the “stop doing” in public spaces.

The installation is accompanied by a creative workshop to activate the key concepts of the project: the vindication of public space as a place of social expression, the transgressive and symbolic action of ceasing to perform, and its artistic and scenic exploration.

Píndoles - 15m2

Collaboration between festivals

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Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona (Barcelona)

Collaboration with the Festival Píndoles – Teatre breu en espais vius in the framework of working with other festivals in the territory of unconventional scenarios to create dialogue and new relationship links. 15m2 collaborates with the selection of dance projects that premiere at the Pindoles Festival and initiates a framework of exchange of artistic proposals between festivals.

2022

“EME – Fugaz de la memoria” by José David Cerda and Julie Tartaglia, from the 2021 15m2 edition, is part of the artistic program of the Festival Píndoles 2022 at the Castell de Montjuïc well space in Barcelona.

2023

“Punteggio per due corpi” by Rober Gómez and Virgínia Gimeno, from the 2022 15m2 edition, is part of the artistic program of the Pindoles 2023 Festival at the former barracks of the Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona.

2024

“Doma” by Andrea El Ameri, from the 2023 15m2 edition, is part of the artistic program of the Pindoles 2023 Festival at the Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona.

www.pindoles.com

Mentre mengem carquinyolis

Stage installation

15m2 – Última vèrtebra

Espais Vius d’Art, l’Espluga de Francolí (Tarragona)

Two sublime elements, the carquinyoli of l’Espluga de Francolí and you. No more is needed for the dance of proximity. “Mentre mengem carquinyolis” is a device of encounter through a scenic installation based on the carquinyoli, how craftsmanship and dance are related from everyday life. A reflection from the street, in a space of intimacy and comfort. Watch and let yourself be watched while we waltz.

With the participation of Espluga FM Ràdio and Espluga Audiovisual.

El blat es transforma en farina

Community participation project

15m2 – Última vèrtebra

Santa Coloma de Farners (Girona)

“El blat es transforma en farina” is a community participation project with women recently arrived from the La Selva Adult Education Centre in Santa Coloma de Farners in dialogue with the work of the painter Josep Beulas and Sant Jordi’s Day. This artistic project has been investigated in different stages of work, with painting and writing as the axes of action and transformation. Among them, an installation has been constructed in the form of a mosaic of bookmarks inspired by Beulas’ painting in a delocalised and neuralgic context of the local life of the municipality, such as the Plaça Farners.

With the collaboration of the La Selva Adult Education Centre in Santa Coloma de Farners.

organization

The 15m2 festival is organised by Ùltima vértebra, a platform for research, creation and promotion of art and culture, with movement and the body as the backbone of its activities. It is a space for linking different artistic forms with knowledge, territory and stage creation, through different projects that articulate these elements and facilitate processes of participation, reflection and community debate.

support and collaboration

2023 edition; feminisms – rural women (guissona, lleida)

  With the support of the City Council of Guissona, the Department of Culture and the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

  With the collaboration of Nèvia, Associació de Dones de Guissona, the Ateneu de Guissona, the Montse Esteve Dance School, the Museum of Guissona, L’obrador, ceramic workshop, the Library of Guissona, BonArea, Vins Ecològics Comalats, the Diputació de Lleida and the Museu de la Vida Rural.

2022 edition; silence – sant jeroni de la murtra (badalona, barcelona)

  With the support of the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

  With the collaboration of the monastery of San Jerónim de la Murtra, the Francesca Güell religious and cultural rest area, the Catalonia-America Foundation, Red de Murtras, the organic vegetable garden Conreu Sereny Cooperativa, La Sargantana Cooperativa, the vineyard Vall de Betlem, SapsQue Cultural Agenda of Badalona, Anís del Mono, Area Space for Dance and Creation, Festival Píndoles and the Fundació Catalunya Cultura.

2021 edition; horizon – josep beulas (santa coloma de farners, girona)

  With the support of the City Council of Santa Coloma de Farners, the Diputació de Girona, the Associació de Professionals de la Dansa de Catalunya (APdC), selected by the project Carretera i Dansa: Beques de Dansa Aplicada 2021 of the APdC and the productions of Última vértebra of the Horizonte-Beulas project: ENTRE (prep.) and Retorn, from the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

  With the collaboration of l’Any Beulas, the Casa de la Paraula, the Joan Vinyoli Library, the CDAN (Art and Nature Centre, Beulas and Huesca Foundation), the University of Barcelona, the Centre de dansa d’Art, nunArt Creacions, the pastisseria Tuyarro, Trias Galetes SA, Font d’Or water and the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra.

15m2 en xarxa

  With the collaboration of the Diputació de Girona, the Centre de Formació d’Adults La Selva, the city council of l’Espluga de Francolí, Espais Vius d’Art, Espluga FM Radio Conca de Barberà, the Festival Píndoles, the Grand Tour, the Centro de Creación Contemporánea Nau Côclea, the Centro de Creación Can Bonamic, the city council of Riudellots de la Selva and the Escuela Dansa Elena, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, the city council of Barcelona, the Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica, Area, Espai de Dansa i Creació, the Forn de Pa La Sitja, Supermercado Ecológico Linverd, Escofet, the Mercè Market, the Mercat Cultural de Vallvidrera, the Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia, the Parc de Collserola, the Associació de Cistellaires de Catalunya, El Canal de Salt, the city council of Sant Jaume de Llierca, the Department of Equality and feminism of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Festival Sismògraf.