Harakiri

Ariadna Peya

She trained in dance in Barcelona, and has held courses in New York, London, Israel, Berlin, Cuba and Bahia with international choreographers. She is passionate about movement and creation. Over time, she has developed her personal strong, passionate, careful and poetic language. Her work is closely linked to music and blending performance languages. She is the co-founder, creator and performer of Les Impuxibles.

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Choreographer and adviser of movement in series, advertisements and performances such as Puertas Abiertas directed by Abel Folk and Calma! by Guillem Albà, video clips such as Mujer Frontera and Niña by Clara Peya and musical theatre such as El despertar de la Primavera and Maremar by Dagoll Dagom.

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Clara Peya

Pianist and composer. She has released 11 records. She is considered one of the country’s most prolific and transgressive pianists, and is energy and feeling in its purest form. The piano always forms her focal point for composing and writing songs, as she was raised on the sounds of artists such as Samora Pinderhughes, RY X, Patrick Watson, Douglas Dare, Beady Belle, and renowned artists such as Portishead and Björk. An activist and campaigner, she was recognised with the National Culture Award in 2019 for her career and social commitment. She is the creator and performer of Les Impuxibles, and a composer of various music pieces for theatre and dance shows.

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María Velasco

María Velasco has published more than a dozen plays, and has received awards such as the runner-up for the Marques de Bradomín award (2010); the Max Aub – Ciutat de València award (2017); the Heidelberger Stückemarkt International (2022) award; and the Max award for the Best Playwright (2022). Her texts for theatre have been translated into several languages (notably including French, Italian, English, German, and Turkish). The compilation Parte de Lesiones (La uña rota, 2022) includes some of the most significant titles in recent years, such as Escenas de Caza and La espuma de los días (covers); Líbrate de las cosas hermosas que te deseo, La soledad del paseador de perros and Talaré a los hombres de sobre la faz de la tierra (original titles). Her works have also been featured at international festivals such as Con Testo (Milano), Scenes d’Europe (Reims), Rencontres des Arts de la Scène en Mediterranée (Montpellier), Il mondo è ben fatto (Turin), etc.

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She has been producing and directing some of her shows since 2013. In recent years, she has created La espuma de los días (Teatro Español, 2019/Teatre Lliure, 2020) and Talaré a los hombres de sobre la faz de la tierra (38 Festival de Otoño, 2020/Sala Beckett, 2022).

Velasco has also made adaptations for the Teatro de la Zarzuela and dramaturgy for dance companies, such as the Spanish-Italian Kor’sia, and interdisciplinary companies, such as the Catalan Les Impuxibles. The latter work, Suite TOC núm. 6 (Sala Beckett, 2019/Veranos de la Villa 2021), received the 2019 Butaca Nuevas Aportaciones Escénicas Award; FAM (Festival Grec, 2021); Harakiri (TNC, 2022).

She holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University and a master’s degree in Performing Arts Practice and Visual Culture from the Reina Sofía National Art Centre Museum and the University of Alcalá. She was a member of Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Visual Arts for two years, and has published theory on film, essays and narrative.

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