PAPILLON

Technology has become an extension of our body and a prison at the same time, a modern version of Plato’s cave. Simulation is addictive and more appealing than reality. The infinite expansion and editing of the self is the symbol of the new freedom: a dystopian version of the former yearning for immortality. This proposal reveals the clash between impetus and sensitivity, false freedom and real freedom. Under the pretext of presenting the performer in a cocoon of light, the new identity is called into question, the uniqueness of Plato’s new caves, the dance of lights that make up the new blindness, the cables that represent the new chains.

Àngel Duran holds a Degree in Dance from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and a Degree in Art and Design from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a member of the Anton Lachky (Brussels) and Milla Koistinen (Berlin) companies. In addition, he has worked for choreographers and companies such as Stephan Herwig (Munich), DOT 504 (Prague) and Zsuzsa Rózsavölgyi (Budapest), among others. Duran also teaches workshops for different European training institutes and schools. The Beauty of It (2018) earned first prize at the International Solo Dance Theatre Festival in Stuttgart, first prize at SóLODOS en Danza and a special mention at the Cortoindanza Festival in Cagliari. In Papillon, he collaborates with the composer Alfred Tapscott and the lighting technician Xavier Moreno.

Direction and performance: Àngel Duran / Music composition: Alfred Tapscott / Lighting design: Xavi Moreno and Albert Coma / Hardware design: Xavi Moreno / Set design: Àngel Duran / Building of structure: Mecanitzats Roda de Ter and Jordi Dorado / Costume design: Txell Janot and Jorge Dutor / Assistant director: Laura Alcalà / Choreographic consultant: Mario García Saez / Dramaturgical consultant: Roberto Fratini / Graphics: Joel B. García – Vectorwho / Illustration: David Granados / Video: Pep Duran / Production support: ELCLIMAMOLA / Distribution: Fani Benages

Co-produced by: FiraTàrrega, festival Sismògraf and the Teatre l’Atlàntida de Vic / With the support of: L’Animal a l’Esquena, CAM – Roca Umbert, Teatre Ateneu Celrà and TLS Vic