The third chapter of Joyce’s Ulysses begins with a revelation: “the signatures of all things I am here to read (…) coloured signs. Limits of the diaphane”. This statement draws from European mystical tradition with thinkers such as Jacob Boheme and his treatise De Signatura Rerum in which he considers nature as a book to be read. How to read the dancing bodies? What are our dances made of? What is there under the shapes we practice? How do these inherited actions, steps, signs… still serve us to understand a bit more about human nature? I will travel to Espaço do Tempo with a group of dancers to practice and reflect upon these subjects. This residency is the first period of work towards a new choreographic creation.
Credits
Choreography
Jesús Rubio Gamo
Dancers
Eva Alonso, Clarissa Costagliola, Joan Ferré, Diego Pazó, Gonzalo Peguero, Roberto Provenzano, Raúl Pulido, Luna Sánchez, Paula Santos, Olaia Valle
Music
Luz Prado
Choreographer's Assistant
Maria Hernando
Jesús Rubio Gamo is an independent dancer and choreographer based in Madrid. After studying ballet, contemporary dance, theatre and literature, Jesús was awarded with a MAE-AECI grant to develop dance studies in a foreign country. He moved to London where he completed an MA in choreography at London Contemporary Dance School (Distinction). He has also studied an MA in Performative Studies at Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. His work has been presented at National and International Festivals such as Chantiers d’Europe (Théâtre de la Ville-Paris), Dancenet Sweeden, Festival de Otoño (Madrid), The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (London), FAEL (Lima), Les Plateaux (La Briquetterie-Paris), Birmingham International Dance Festival, ARC for Dance (Athens), International Theatre Amsterdam, Hay Festival or Romaeuropa Festival. He has been invited to participate in several European projects such as DanceWeb (ImpulsTanz 2010) and Programme Tour of choreographers (developed in 2011 by 5 choreographic centres in France, Germany, Poland, Spain and Ireland).
Jesús was selected two years in a row (2017 and 2018) by the Platform Aerowaves as one of the most relevant 20 young choreographers in Europe. In 2020 the Spanish National Radio awards him with the Prize OJO CRÍTICO in dance.