Zitzània

Zitzània is a duo that combines the elegance of circus with the fluidity of dance, focusing on physicality and difference. Through the manipulation of bodies, they explore how two contrasting presences can interact and complement each other. Like darnel (zitzània, in Catalan), a plant that grows among the wheat with its own beauty and uniqueness, the artists investigate what it means to inhabit the space of the other, a fragile and unusual territory that becomes the creative starting point.

This piece is the result of a connection forged over the years between Lali Ayguadé and Joan Ramon Graell. Having created duets together in their youth, they are now collaborating again, motivated by a deep friendship and a desire to explore new possibilities from their artistic and personal experiences. This meeting becomes an opportunity to reinvent and rediscover oneself in a scenic language that mixes circus, dance and the complicity of a shared bond.

Activity curated by laBastida
With the participation of Lali Ayguadé and Joan Ramon Graell Gabriel
With the collaboration of the Government of Catalonia Ministry of Culture
Thanks to the support of Dansa Metropolitana, Roca Umbert - Fàbrica de les Arts, L’Estruch - Fàbrica de Creació and Escola de Dansa Tutuguri

Lali Ayguadé is a Catalan performer and choreographer. She has worked with Akram Khan Company, Hofesh Shechter, Roberto Olivan and Baró d'Evel, among others. She has been the director of her company since 2013, with which she has created site-specific and street performances, as well as full-length pieces such as Kokoro, iU Mi, Hidden and Runa, which fall somewhere between reality and imagination and fuse theatricality with dance. She has collaborated with the Majorcan singer Joana Gomila, Marcos Morau, Guilhem Chatir and Akira Yoshida, among others.

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Joan Ramon Graell Gabriel is a circus artist and director trained at the Rogelio Rivel and graduated from the ESAC in Brussels, specialising in the aerial cradle. Co-founder of La Persiana, he has directed hits such as Violeta, the 21st Circ d’Hivern Invisibles and Estat d’emergència, the first national circus production. In Zitzània, he teams up with Lali Ayguadé to explore shared physicality through balance and humour.

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