edition 2026: memory
riudaura (girona, catalonia)
from 24 to 29 august
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
microdance
28th and 29th August
10 microdance projects
29th August, 21h
award recognitions
grill
friday 28
| Artist | Stage | Time |
| TERESA ROCA and ANAÏS PRAT | In front of the Civic Centre | 18:30h |
| CRISTINA KHAI and GRACIA FERRÍS | Gambeto Square | 19h |
| ALBERT BARROS | Can Casaula | 19:30h |
| COLINE LARGEAUD | Riudaura Civic Centre | 19:30h |
| DUO OLAIA & GILLES | Sports court | 20h |
saturday 29
| Artist | Stage | Time |
| OSSI RITTER and AITOR CLIMENT BARBA | Can Casaula | 17:30h |
| TERESA ROCA and ANAÏS PRAT | In front of the Civic Centre | 17:30h |
| ROLANDO SALAMÉ | Riudaura Civic Centre | 18h |
| DUO OLAIA & GILLES | Sports court | 18h |
| M DE MILAGROS | Terrica Street – Rompeculs | 18:30h |
| CLAIRE DUCREUX | Sports court | 18:30h |
| OSSI RITTER and AITOR CLIMENT BARBA | Can Casaula | 19h |
| ROLANDO SALAMÉ | Riudaura Civic Centre | 19h |
| ANDRÉS CORCHERO | Plaça de l’Església | 19h |
| M DE MILAGROS | Terrica Sreet – Rompeculs | 19:30h |
| CRISTINA KHAI and GRACIA FERRÍS | Gambeto Square | 19:30h |
| CLAIRE DUCREUX | Sports court | 19:30h |
| ALBERT BARROS | Can Casaula | 20h |
| COLINE LARGEAUD | Riudaura Civic Centre | 20h |
| ANDRÉS CORCHERO | Plaça de l’Església | 20h |
unconventional spaces
Gambeto Square
Can Casaula
Terrica Street – Rompeculs
Riudaura Civic Centre
| Theatre |
| In front of the Civic Centre |
Sports court
Church Square
24th August, 18 to 20:30h. Riudaura Civic Centre
welcome and presentation DESCOBRIM EL 15M2 with Última vèrtebra
talk MEMÒRIA HISTÒRICA, LA DISPUTA DEL PASSAT: DE LA NECESSITAT ALS LÍMITS with Raül Valls
mural painting EL BALL DEL GAMBETO with Nirvana Jiménez
24th, 25th and 26th August, 17 to 20h. In front of the Civic Centre
open residency CREACIÓ EN ESPAIS SINGULARS
28th August, 18h. Riudaura picnic area
microdance creation workshop showcase with students from the Higher Cycle of the Lluís Castells School of Riudaura; DUES TRISTES TARONGES RODONES
28th August, 20:30h. In front of the Civic Centre
outdoor talk COM HEU ARRIBAT FINS AQUÍ?
edition 2026
memory, riudaura (girona, catalonia)
from 24 to 29 August
Memory: faculty of remembering. Presence in the mind of a person or thing from the past.
We live in a liquid, fast-paced society with excessive consumption. Immersed in an ever-new, luminous and flat actuality, which despises the past and pushes us to forget our memories and delegate their custody to external devices. Under a globalizing digital domain that deteriorates memory and imagination, and standardizes experiences and identities, in this context, remembering, becomes transgressive and essential.
This year’s edition of the 15m2 comes to Riudaura to talk to us about memory. Riudaura is a small municipality in la Garrotxa, located in the Riudaura valley and next to the stream that bears the same name. The only village in the Pyrenees that maintains the traditional adoration of the sheep for the Midnight Mass, where shepherdesses sing in dialogue with the village choir and the shepherds make rhythms with their clogs and cowbells. For the ‘Festa del Roser’, there’s a race to find out who goes up the steepest street of ‘la Terrica’, which they call ‘Rompeculs’, and ends up in the ‘plaça del Gambeto’ where, on Pentecost Sunday, young and old get involved to give life to their traditional dance, the ‘Ball del Gambeto’.
It is said that in Riudaura there’s a musician in every house. A village of cobbled streets and historic buildings, windows and corners adorned with life, traces of the passage of time and sounds of transhumance. Its inhabitants, ‘riudaurencs’ and ‘riudaurenques’, determined not to forget, collect the past to enrich their present and build a rooted future.
An edition to vindicate memory, so necessary to establish links between people and their contexts. Bonds that allow us to build firm relationships of care and love. To constantly reinterpret ourselves in the search for our own identity. To articulate collective narratives that reinforce the identity of peoples and people. And as Marta Tafalla observes very well in her reading of Adorno’s philosophy, memory allows us to repair the injustices of the past, prevent them from being repeated and thus, become the main hope for the future. Because memory, he adds, is everyone’s job.
Information of interest:
edition 2026
memory, riudaura (girona, catalonia)
from 24 to 29 August
Memory: faculty of remembering. Presence in the mind of a person or thing from the past.
We live in a liquid, fast-paced society with excessive consumption. Immersed in an ever-new, luminous and flat actuality, which despises the past and pushes us to forget our memories and delegate their custody to external devices. Under a globalizing digital domain that deteriorates memory and imagination, and standardizes experiences and identities, in this context, remembering, becomes transgressive and essential.
This year’s edition of the 15m2 comes to Riudaura to talk to us about memory. Riudaura is a small municipality in la Garrotxa, located in the Riudaura valley and next to the stream that bears the same name. The only village in the Pyrenees that maintains the traditional adoration of the sheep for the Midnight Mass, where shepherdesses sing in dialogue with the village choir and the shepherds make rhythms with their clogs and cowbells. For the ‘Festa del Roser’, there’s a race to find out who goes up the steepest street of ‘la Terrica’, which they call ‘Rompeculs’, and ends up in the ‘plaça del Gambeto’ where, on Pentecost Sunday, young and old get involved to give life to their traditional dance, the ‘Ball del Gambeto’.
It is said that in Riudaura there’s a musician in every house. A village of cobbled streets and historic buildings, windows and corners adorned with life, traces of the passage of time and sounds of transhumance. Its inhabitants, ‘riudaurencs’ and ‘riudaurenques’, determined not to forget, collect the past to enrich their present and build a rooted future.
An edition to vindicate memory, so necessary to establish links between people and their contexts. Bonds that allow us to build firm relationships of care and love. To constantly reinterpret ourselves in the search for our own identity. To articulate collective narratives that reinforce the identity of peoples and people. And as Marta Tafalla observes very well in her reading of Adorno’s philosophy, memory allows us to repair the injustices of the past, prevent them from being repeated and thus, become the main hope for the future. Because memory, he adds, is everyone’s job.
Information of interest:
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 between 10 and 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
Ossi Ritter and Aitor Climent Barba
Com s'arriba a casa meva?
| Saturday 29th | Can Casaula | 17:30h |
| Saturday 29th | Can Casaula | 19h |
“Com s’arriba a casa meva?” is a piece of microdance and basketry that explores the relationship between memory, body and the idea of home. In a historical moment marked by constant mobility, migrations and transformations of the territory, the notion of home becomes a complex construction: a physical place, but also an emotional, bodily and collective space.
Ossi Ritter
Dancer, multidisciplinary artist and educator. Her practice combines dance, poetry, visual arts, and pedagogy to explore themes such as identity, migration, memory, and the relationship between body and territory. Her stage practice investigates the body as a living archive of memory and experience, and seeks to generate intimate stage formats that bring the audience closer to the creative process.
Aitor Climent Barba
Visual artist interested in the memories and knowledge that emerge from the relationship between society and territory. He works mainly with documentary drawing, engraving and sculpture, incorporating artisanal processes when the project requires it. His work reflects on the landscape, the transformation of environments and the material traces of memory.
artistic file
| Original idea and direction: Osnat Ritter and Aitor Climent Barba |
| Creation and interpretation: Osnat Ritter |
| Text and voice: Osnat Ritter |
| Basketry and scene objects: Aitor Climent Barba |
| Duration: 15 min. |
Photographs: Gresol Art
Teresa Roca and Anaïs Prat
BRUTES
| Friday 28th | In front of the Civic Centre | 18:30h |
| Saturday 29th | In front of the Civic Centre | 17:30h |
Women roll up our sleeves as we have always rolled up our sleeves. We put our hair up and we get together: we make a community and we make a family. When we do laundry, femininity runs through our veins: we rub, rinse and spread. We sustain the repetition of everyday and ordinary life: a life of flesh and blood. We scrub, rinse and spread. Women are strong and have always been: pillars, references, voices and silences. And a cycle that lasts. We scrub, rinse and spread.
Teresa Roca
Dancer and student of Catalan philology, trained in contemporary dance and classical dance between Barcelona, Madrid, Portugal and Brussels. He has presented the solos “Llorona” and “Cuatro Vientos” at the VOLKÀ FEST, Olot. Currently, he participates in the processes of creation of the Central de la Danza. On the other hand, he is also developing his creative gaze in personal projects, while exploring the parameters of the world of instant composition.
Anaïs Prat
Contemporary dance dancer, trained at the Central de la Danza. Currently, he is a member of the HUMANCÍA company, where he is part of the cast of “EGO” and “FRAGILE”, pieces with which he has participated in numerous national and international festivals such as Danza metropolitana/ BDC, Festival Abril en Danza, Sorties du Brain, Gevlegeulde Stad Ieper, Red RENAR, among others. In addition, he also participates in the various creative processes of the Central and in its artistic residency program, with various companies and emerging artists.
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| Artistic direction and dramaturgy: Teresa Roca |
| Choreography and interpretation: Teresa Roca and Anaïs Prat |
| Duration:15-20 min. |
Photographs: Teresa Roca
Rolando Salamé
| Saturday 29th | Riudaura Civic Centre | 18h |
| Saturday 29th | Riudaura Civic Centre | 19h |
“El mundo atrás” is a piece of dance and physical theater that deals with an exodus, no longer that of a people, but that of the human being. Of rootedness, of what is carried with it, and carry, of what is left behind and remains. Of the family, of the ties that bind us to the land. And also of our identity, who we are, here or wherever we continue.
Rolando Salamé
Chilean scenic artist living in Madrid, his work combines theater and dance at the level of movement and dramaturgy, he has developed his career as a performer, director, choreographer and creator in different theater, dance and mime companies, touring theaters and festivals in America and Europe with his work, receiving different awards and recognitions. Today he is mainly focused on his company No bautizados, and on more personal works, collaborating as a creator and performer in the world of music, photography, painting, sculpture, and cinema.
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| Direction and creation: Rolando Salamé |
| Choreographic assistance: Lucas Morones |
| Interpretation: Lucas Morones and Rolando Salamé |
| Music: Passed over Trail (Raime), Join us (Maserati), You are memory (Message to the bears), De magnetiska slagfalten (1900) |
| Duration: 16 min. |
Photograph: Albiiru
Coline Largeaud
Le Dictateur (El Dictador)
| Friday 28th | Riudaura Civic Centre | 19:30h |
| Saturday 29th | Riudaura Civic Centre | 20h |
The solo was born out of a desire to question the establishment of dictatorial regimes, especially in Europe. We are faced with a clumsy character, thirsty for power and obsessed with control, who repeats his political discourse – absurd and disturbing – with euphoria and excessive enthusiasm. For 15 minutes, we travel between reality and fiction: it is no longer clear what belongs to each or what exists only in the dictator’s mind. Does it really have power? Or is he simply a madman who believes himself to be a politician?
Coline Largeaud
Trained in France and Barcelona, her work combines contemporary dance, theatre and physical theatre. She was a member of the young company FreeBodies, directed by Nadine Gerspacher. His creations address social and political issues, sometimes through personal experiences, questioning the human being, the relationships between people and our relationship with the world. An important aspect of his work is the search for truth and what each moment needs to create a genuine connection with the audience.
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| Choreography and interpretation: Coline Largeaud |
| External view: Nadine Gerspacher and Ombline Huvelle |
| Duration: 18 min. |
Photographs: Aurélie Veyrat
M de Milagros
Paisajes de lo Posible
| Saturday 29th | Terrica Street – Rompeculs | 18:30h |
| Saturday 29th | Terrica Street – Rompeculs | 19:30h |
Anyway, the only thing I wanted to say is that there are days when I thought that sharing my way of seeing the world is also an act of moving: it is as if others closed their eyes and when they opened them they found themselves inside mine; And in this ocular metamorphosis, a small miracle happened: let them look as I look at what I see.
Milagros García Salgueiro
Dancer, creator, dance and improvisation teacher. Since 2016 she has lived in Barcelona where she has collaborated with different projects and companies in the city. In 2018 he created together with Valentina Azzati the project Si Los Martes Fuera Viernes whose works have been presented at the MDLF, La Caldera, Sala Cuarta Pared, Granero, among others. Currently, he works as a performer in “WE, Nosotros y el tiempo” by the company Mal Pelo, in “El Baile” by La Zurda and “Fiebre” by LaCerda. He has also made the sound design for the revival of the piece “Fervor” by Josefina Gorostiza within the Metropolitan Dance Festival 2026 in Barcelona. In his free time he likes to transform himself into Dj Miraclas.
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| Direction, creation and performance: Milagros García Salgueiro |
| External views: Luis Fruta García, Julia Magnano and Jordi Cardoner |
| Original music: Ferry de Javentu/ Jacob Gregerson and Vitus Denifl |
| Costumes: Sabrina Lescano |
| Vídeo: Paula Ramis and Paula Calveras |
| Support: L’animal a l’esquena, Festival L’arreplegada, La Poderosa and Festival El cuerpo está presente – Huelva |
| Duration: 15-16 min. |
Photographs: Jesús García Serrano
Duo Olaia & Gilles
Festa Formal
| Friday 28th | Sports court | 20h |
| Saturday 29th | Sports court | 18h |
“Festa formal” is a meeting between traditional Basque and Walloon music, an approach to each other’s culture, a dialogue of rhythms that invite you to be part of a shared dance.
Duo Olaia & Gilles
Duo Olaia & Gilles is made up of a Belgian dancer, Gilles Noël, and a Basque dancer, Olaia Valle, who try to develop creative work around the arts of movement. This group presented its first choreographic work, “Dos pies para Dos”, in 2020. After five years and an enjoyable journey with “Two Feet for Two”, the desire arises to create a show that aims to be a window into their respective cultures, as well as an opportunity to question them and discover more about them. As creators, they are united by an interest in simplicity and a desire to explore the boundaries of space, time and duo work.
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| Concept and interpretation: Gilles Noël and Olaia Valle |
| Musical composition: Zuhaitz Fernandez |
| Costumes: Nelida Silva |
| Collaborators: Aterpean (Dantza Hirian and Le temps d‘aimer la danse), Iturri (ADDE and LABOXL), Soinuenea |
| Residences: Dantzagunea, Le Labeur and Ékla |
| Duration: 20 min. |
Photographs: Jean Paul (up) and Stephane Belloc (down)
Albert Barros
Com romadre d'empeus (en un cos abandonat per la memòria)
| Friday 28th | Can Casaula | 19:30h |
| Saturday 29th | Can Casaula | 20h |
The body remembers what memory erases. Between repetition, error and fiction, an interpreter breaks down the movement and the story until he generates a physical landscape where identity becomes unstable, mutable and in constant tension.
Albert Barros
Dancer trained at Cobosmika SEEDs in Palamós. He has focused his artistic career more as a performer than as a stage creator, working under the names of different choreographers, both national and international. Some of them have been Jesús Rubio Gamo, Julien Rossin or Theo ‘TJ’ Lowe. Currently, he can be seen in the family shows of the Cia Roseland Musical and Cobosmika Company, as well as contemporary dance shows such as “Orgia” by Miquel Barcelona or in “Records i Ficcions” by Agnes Balfegó.
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| Choreography and direction: Albert Barros Cantero |
| Interpretation: Albert Barros Cantero |
| External view: Agnes Balfegó Brull |
| Duration: 20 min. |
Photographs: Abaïs Vidal Estepa
Cristina Khai and Gracia Ferrís
Lo que no crece en el suelo
| Friday 28th | Gambeto Square | 19h |
| Saturday 29th | Gambeto Square | 19:30h |
“Lo que no crece en el suelo” explores how two bodies become cogs in a system that squeezes the land and those who work it. From the mechanization of screening, a fissure emerges, the automatic is transformed into enjoyment, bond and common memory, celebrating the possibility of reconquering our task, our relationships and what sustains us.
Cristina Khai
Dancer and contemporary dance creator based in Valencia. She is currently finishing her studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza. Trained in Granada and with experience in Prague and Portugal, she has worked with renowned choreographers such as Horacio Macuácua, Poliana Lima, Mafalda Deville and Daniel Doña. Of Moroccan origin and a graduate in Biology, she integrates the relationship between nature, body-movement and somatic practices into her artistic practice.
Gracia Ferrís
Dancer and creator of the Sierra del Segura based in Valencia, trained at the Conservatories of Granada and Valencia and with an international career in cities such as Brussels, Porto and Havana. He has worked as a performer with choreographers and companies such as Mafalda Deville, Horacio Macuacua, Poliana Lima and Babirusa Danza. She is also dedicated to teaching dance and works on projects that hybridize artistic and community practice.
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| Original idea: Cristina Khai and Gracia Ferrís |
| Choreography and interpretation: Cristina Khai and Gracia Ferrís |
| Sound space: Gracia Ferrís |
| Duration: 20 min. |
Photographs: Pol Ros
invited artist
Claire Ducreux
De Paseo
| Saturday 29th | Sports court | 18:30h |
| Saturday 29th | Sports court | 19:30h |
“De Paseo” is a show of dance, gestural theatre and humour at the service of simple moments of shared emotions and what is created with the audience.
Claire Ducreux
Dancer and street theatre artist. Their shows have as their language a mixture of dance, visual theater, humor, poetry and interaction with the public. In 1999 he founded the Leandre-Claire company together with the clown Leandre Ribera and, from 2004 until now, he creates his own street dance-theatre solos that he performs at festivals around the world.
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| Creation and interpretation: Claire Ducreux |
| Duration: 18 min. |
invited artist
Andrés Corchero
Terra incògnita
| Saturday 29th | Church Square | 19h |
| Saturday 29th | Church Square | 20h |
“Terra incògnita” is an approach to the spiritual terrain from the body and dance. Inspired by texts by various writers, all of them close to the mystical fact, I enter these intangible paths, in the hope of finding something that transcends one’s own existence. Each performance is a discovery of this “unknown land”, of that different place each time sharing it with the audience.
Andrés Corchero
Honesty, risk and sensitivity are some of the qualities of Andrés Corchero’s works. National Dance Prize of Catalonia 2003. A tireless explorer of the languages of the body and dance, his shows are intimate, elegant and full of emotion; his poetic language, and full of contemporaneity. He has collaborated, above all, with poets and musicians, and artists from other disciplines.
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| Choreography and dance: Andrés Corchero |
| Music: Rita Corchero |
| Photograph: Pep Daudé |
| Duration: 20 min. |
Photograph: Pep Daudé
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.
– Anna Vegas, mayor of Riudaura.
– Pep Garcia, member of the Garrotxa Folklore Research Group.
– Mònica Casal, a native of Riudaura and a great custodian of the village’s collective memory.
– 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 2026
welcome and presentation
Descobrim el 15m2
Monday 24th August, 18 to 20:30h
Led by Anna Garreta of ÚLTIMA VERTEBRA.
Riudaura Civic Centre
Free activity with prior registration. Register via the linkç (here). For more information, email info@festival15m2.cat.
Presentation of the 15m2 project and the programme developed in Riudaura on the theme of memory.
The presentation of the 15m2 project is part of a joint event which includes a talk on historical memory with Raül Valls and the inauguration of the mural by Nirvana Jiménez.
At the end of the event, there will be a tasting of products from the Cacau patisserie of Olot for all attendees.
In collaboration with the Cacau patisserie and Riudaura Town Council.
informative talk
Memòria històrica, la disputa del passat: de la necessitat als límits
Monday 24th August, 18 to 20:30h
Presented by RAÜL VALLS.
Riudaura Civic Centre
Free activity with prior registration. Register via the link (here). For more information, email info@festival15m2.cat.
With the dawn of the new century, historical memory has come to occupy a central place in our society, whilst at the same time sparking all manner of controversies regarding our traumatic pasts. Despite the general consensus that without it there can be no collective identity, social cohesion or a healthy democracy, historical knowledge cannot be seen as a miracle cure capable of saving us from the mistakes made and the catastrophes suffered in the past.
The talk forms part of a joint event that includes the launch of the 15m2 festival and the mural “El ball del Gambeto”.
At the end of the event, there will be a tasting of products from the Cacau bakery for all attendees.
In collaboration with the Amical Antics Guerrillers de Catalunya, the Patronat d’Estudis Històrics d’Olot i Comarca, the Cacau bakery and Riudaura Town Council.
Raül Valls and Lucea
Barcelona, 1965. He holds a degree in Philosophy from the UAB and a Master’s degree in Humanities from the UPF. He has been involved in various political, social and environmental campaigns and, since 2018, has been a member of the Amical Antics Guerrillers de Catalunya, where he is dedicated to preserving the historical memory of the anti-Franco maquis. He works as a researcher at Alba Sud, a centre for research and communication on tourism from critical perspectives.
mural painting
El Ball del Gambeto
Monday 24th August, 18 to 20:30h
Presented by NIRVANA JIMÉNEZ.
Riudaura Civic Centre
Free activity with prior registration. Register via the link (here). For more information, email info@festival15m2.cat.
This work pays tribute to one of Riudaura’s most iconic medieval traditions, El Ball del Gambeto. It is a way of celebrating the village’s identity through a dance that has brought generations together throughout history and has become the most cherished expression of its intangible cultural heritage at the Festa del Roser.
The unveiling of the mural “El Ball del Gambeto” forms part of a joint event that includes the presentation of the 15m2 festival and a talk on historical memory with Raül Valls.
At the end of the event, there will be a tasting of products from the Cacau bakery in Olot for all those attending.
In collaboration with the Cacau bakery and Riudaura Town Council.
Nirvana Jiménez
Maià de Montcal, 1986. Artistic director, illustrator and muralist. Her visual universe is characterised by symbolism, nature and the interplay between line and colour. She has created graphic designs for various festivals and cultural events, as well as for musical projects, editorial illustrations and product illustrations. Her interest in mural art and large-scale works has led her to create large-scale interventions on surfaces and in environments using paint or light, exploring art’s potential to transform spaces and give them new meaning.
open residency
Creació en espais singulars
Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th August, 17 to 20h
By Teresa Roca and Anaïs Prat.
In front of the Riudaura Civic Centre
Free event.
‘Brutes’, the microdance creation by Teresa Roca and Anaïs Prat, will be in artistic residence on the unique stage where it will be presented. An open space for the 15m2 festival, with the aim of deepening the use and integration of the singular scenic space, and of reducing distances between the residents of Riudaura and the processes of scenic creation. A reclamation of public space as a place of gathering and resistance.
In collaboration with the Riudaura Town Council.
performance from the microdance creation workshop
Dues tristes taronges rodones
Friday 28th August, 18h
With the Upper Cycle pupils of the Lluís Castells School in Riudaura, led by artists Ossi Ritter and Aitor Climent Barba.
Riudaura picnic area
Free event.
During May and June, a microdance creation workshop was held with sixth-form students from the Lluís Castells School in Riudaura, led by the artists Ossi Ritter and Aitor Climent Barba. The resulting work will be presented as part of the Professional Microdance Showcases.
In collaboration with the Lluís Castells School, the Lluís Castells School Parents’ Association (AFA) and Riudaura Town Council.
Synopsis
Home or exile? Are threads a boundary or points of connection? Refuge or exposure? Do we live in a world trapped in perpetual conflict?
A collective work combining microdance, poetry and textile installation, interpreting emotions and gestures whilst weaving together stories of the Spanish Civil War in Riudaura and current conflicts, shedding light on other possible futures.
artistic file
| Concept and direction |
| Aitor Climent Barba, Ossi Ritter, Year 5 and Year 6 pupils of Lluís Castells School in Riudaura |
| Performers |
| Aran Oliva, Clara Sucarrats, Iona Pujol, Llibert Bassaganyes and Martí Herrero |
| In collaboration with |
| Lluís Castells School, the Lluís Castells School Parents’ Association and Riudaura Town Council |
| Duration |
| 10 min. |
open-air discussion
Com heu arribat fins aquí?
Friday 28th August, 20:30h
In front of the Riudaura Civic Centre
Free event.
Whilst enjoying the cool evening air, we’ll be chatting to some of the participating artists about the works on display.
And for those fancying a bite to eat, the JUICY LUCY food van will be there!
In collaboration with Juicy Lucy and Riudaura Town Council.
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
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.
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
2025 edition; to muddy (la bisbal d’empordà, girona)
With the support of the Provincial Council of Girona, the Department of Culture and the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Government of Catalonia.
With the collaboration of the Terracotta Ceramics Museum of La Bisbal d’Empordà, La Bisbal d’Empordà Town Council, La Bisbal Ceramists’ Association, Ceràmica Ferrés, Argiles Bisbal S.L., Els Voltors, Terrisseria La Vacamorta, La Bisbal Ceramics School, Surtdecasa and La Bisbal Street Circus Fair.
2024 edition; water and textile (puig-reig, barcelona)
With the support of the City Council of Puig-reig, the Department of Culture and the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
With the collaboration of the Museum of the Colonia Vidal, the Associació de Veïns i Amics de Cal Pons, the Associació d’Amics de les Colònies Industrials de L’Alt Llobregat, the Lebanna Project, the Associació de Veïns de Cal Prat, SETEM Catalunya, the Revista l’Erol, the Àmbit de Recerques del Berguedà, the Vidàlia Cooperative, the KINO Project, Espai la Morada, Industrial Puigreig S.A., the Associació de Veïns i Veïnes de l’Ametlla de Merola, the Associació Cultural Esplai, the Celler Vinyas d’Empremta, Blancafort cheeses, La Rocatova i Cal Music, Embotits Caus, Televisió de Puig-Reig and the Consell Comarcal del Berguedà.
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.
