A Place to Dance

A dance piece bringing together Poliana Lima and Yinka Esi Graves, a Brazilian and a British creator, in a rhythmic dialogue between bodies, live music and audience participation, with DJ Oumoukala opening and closing the show.

The production grows out of the meeting of two careers from different origins: those of Poliana Lima, a Brazilian choreographer, and Yinka Esi Graves, a British artist linked to flamenco dance. Both build a choreographic language based on dialogue and rhythmic play, and understand dance as a tool for turning any space into a place where one can dance and feel part of something.

On stage, the bodies of the dancers generate the soundtrack: their sound is captured live and edited, so that the music evolves over the course of the performance. Juan Carlos Lérida provides the artistic accompaniment, Quino Piñero creates the sound space and Lucía Martínez takes part in the percussion. DJ Oumoukala opens and closes the performance.

The staging invites the audience to take part, so that they can dance as well as watch. The production is by Trans-Forma Producción Cultural and Asociación PCCVL, with lighting and space design by Cube.bz, costumes by Carmen 17 and Stéphanie Coudert, and technical coordination by Cristina Bolívar. Teatro Central, Festival Escena Patrimonio and Graner collaborate.