FLIP

FLIP is a solo dance piece on roller skates, paying tribute to Éric Martin, an acclaimed contemporary dancer and former figure skater.

FLIP is a Dance Object on Wheels built around Éric Martin, a dancer whose artistic journey began on the ice. Destined for a high-level sporting career, his dreams were cut short by a serious injury. Yet this dramatic event marked the start of an extraordinary path: he went on to choreograph the opening and closing ceremonies of the Albertville Winter Olympics and collaborated with leading dancers and choreographers, including Philippe Decouflé and Christian Rizzo.
FLIP is a tribute, a celebration and a chance for Marta Izquierdo Muñoz and Éric Martin to relive their youth with humour and passion – bringing skating back to where they first practised it: the streets!

Marta Izquierdo worked as a performer before founding the company [lodudo] producción. Her projects have explored themes such as Moroccan culture, codes of masculinity, female communities, traditional Catalan and Provençal dances and the use of a rudimentary, archaic object: the stick. FLIP (2024) is her first creation specifically conceived for public space. She also creates works tailored to specific audiences, always in close dialogue with the local environment. From 2025, she will embark on a new series of projects focused on carnival and cabaret – a journey of research and creation into masked dances during carnival in French Guiana and the figure of the Wild Man in Pyrenean carnivals [a folkloric character embodying untamed nature and ancestral traditions].

Concept and Choreographic Direction: Marta Izquierdo Muñoz T Performance, Choreography and Costume Design: Éric Martin / Sound Design: Benoist Bouvot / Site-Specific Guidance: Pierre Pilatte (Compagnie 1Watt) / Stage Management and Sound: Géraldine Belin / Costume Making: François Blaizot

https://martaizquierdomunoz.com/

Co-produced by: L’Usine CNAREP Tournefeuille / Toulouse Métropole (a Centre for Street Arts and Public Space), L’Atelline (a Centre for Artistic Creation in Public Space, Montpellier), Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque (Madrid) and the Artist Residencies programme at the Institut occitan de l’Aveyron / Institut públic de Carladez de Mur-de-Barrez state secondary school.
Winner of the SACD / Auteurs d’Espaces 2024 programme and the Cultural Olympiad – Paris 2024 Games initiative. Supported by DRAJES Occitanie (the Regional Directorate for Youth, Engagement and Sport) and the FDVA (the Fund for the Development of Community Life) as an innovative project, with funding from FONDOC (the Occitanie Fund for Artistic Creation).[lodudo] producción is backed by DRAC Occitanie (the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs) and the Ministry of Culture.
With the support of the Regional Council of Occitanie and the Departmental Council of Haute-Garonne. The City of Toulouse also provides occasional support for specific projects.