Where your transformation takes a spotlight
5-9 August
Polideportivo de Benimaclet
Carrer de Daniel Balaciart, s/n, Benimaclet, 46020
València, Spain
Immerse yourself in the universe of EYAS Dance Project for 5 days and enhance your creativity in our first summer intensive laboratory. Members of the company will guide the EYAS improvisation and repertory classes, while we connect with the pleasure of dancing. We will also delve into creative tools for your interpretation, your improvisation and your creations.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Each day begins with a class where we dive into the framework of Sensorial Improvisation. Using rich imagery and deep listening to the body, we go beyond our habits to discover new tools and unleash our imagination. We then build on the research in EYAS repertory sessions taught by members of the company, followed by choreographic LAB sessions, where we cultivate our inner creator and explore choreography and composition.
On Friday we will wrap up the week with a session of “Dance as a door to trance”, to open our senses. The session will be led by artists Sybila Gutiérrez and Itxa Sai (Venérea collective), followed by a final live jam session together with DJ Itxa Sai.
Our goal at UNFOLD is to mentor dancers in a motivating environment, to create meaningful experiences for them while honing their creativity and confidence for the ever demanding and transforming professional dance world, where dancers are more often co-creators.
With years of expertise as creators and teachers, we aim to share our experience and fantasy, guiding dancers to dive into a multilayered creative world, expanding horizons and harnessing creative tools to integrate in their dancing, research and creations.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to accelerate your transformation.
FEES
- Regular: 333€
- Early Bird Discount: 250€ (until the 21st of May)
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STAFF
Carlos González
Carlos González, born in Spain, trained in classical and contemporary dance at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza María de Avila (Madrid, Spain).
Carlos started his career in 2012 as an apprentice with OTRADANZA (Alicante, Spain), directed by Asun Noales. In 2013 he joined DANTZAZ Konpainia (San Sebastian, Spain), directed by Adriana Pous, where he performed repertoire from choreographers such as Itzik Galili, Lucas Timulak and Jone San Martín. From 2014 to 2018, Carlos danced with GHT Tanzcompany/wee dance company (Germany), directed by Marko Weigert and Dan Pelleg, where he also works with guest choreographers such as Noa Zuk, Adi Salant, Sommer Ulrickson, Hillel Kogan and Shlomi Bitton. During the years as a worker in the German theater, he also collaborated with the institution and made his debut as a choreographer with the pieces The Glass Cabinet and Tom in high heels.
In 2018, he co-founded EYAS Dance Project, which is currently based in Madrid – Valencia. Since its founding, EYAS has presented works in Germany, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Taiwan and Sweden. The company has participated and received various awards in prestigious choreographic competitions such as the Internationales Solo Tanz Theater Festival Stuttgart, MASDANZA, Certamen Coreográfico de Tetuán and Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid. He has also created works for the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome, GHT | wee dance company in Germany, Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Reina Sofía and Laboratorio180º in Madrid.
Seth Buckley
Seth Buckley, born in Canada, trained in classical ballet until he graduated from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s professional division. He then studied one more year as a guest student in Dresden (Germany), at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz and has since danced with The Guests Company Yuval Pick, in Lyon (France) and with The Saarländisches Staatstheater, under the direction of Stijn Celis, in Saarbrücken (Germany).
In 2015, he joined the contemporary dance company Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau / weedancecompany (Germany), under the direction of Marko E. Weigert and Dan Pelleg, where he danced for 3 years. In 2018, Seth moved to Spain where he works with choreographers such as Mario Bermúdez (Marcat Dance), Gustavo Ramírez and Judith Argomaniz (LASALA).
Seth is a founding member and co-artistic director of the EYAS Dance Project. In March 2019, he was awarded second prize at the 23rd Internationales Solo Tanz Theater Festival Stuttgart, with the piece Onírico. That same year, Onírico was selected in the finals at the Choreographic Competition MASDANZA and at the Tetuán District Choreographic Competition. In 2022 and 2023 he was nominated in the category for ‘best male dancer’, for his performance in Onírico and Júpiter + Jaguar, at the Valencian Performing Arts Awards.
Paula Montoya
Paula Montoya Lozano, born in Spain, trained in classical and contemporary dance at the Conservatorio Profesional de danza de Granada (Spain), and then graduated from the Conservatory of Dance Maria de Avila (Madrid, Spain).
Since 2013 she has worked professionaly in companies like CaraBdanza, directed by Gonzalo Díaz (Madrid, Spain), Centro Coreográfico Galego, directed by Amaury Lebrun (A Coruña, Spain), Valencia Dancing Forward (Valencia, Spain), Compañía Tagenbenzal directed by Jesus Benzal & Ole Tagen (Barcelona, Spain), Marcat Dance directed by Mario Bermúdez & Catherine Coury (Vilches, Spain), Dance Craft directed by Marina Miguélez (Malaga, Spain) and La Phármaco directed by Luz Arcas (Madrid, Spain).
Paula joined EYAS Dance Project in February 2019.
Itxa Sai
Itxasai Mediavilla, born in the Basque Country, defines themself as a queer artist backed by 10 years of professional experience in contemporary dance and visual arts. They highlight their work as a dancer in companies such as Titoyaya Dansa (Alicante), LaPhármaco (Madrid), IVC (Valencia) Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater (Germany), among others. In parallel, they have worked as a graphic designer, videographer and photographer on a multitude of projects related to the performing arts. Currently, their professional career has been crossed by sound, mixing samples and the generation of sound spaces, highlighting his role as DJ at Utopia Queer (Valencia) and Festival Danzar La Sierra (Madrid), as well as a sound space producer at SENSUAL TEXION, the last work of EYAS Dance Project company, and the workshops of La Danza como Puerta al Trance, by Sybaila and Venérea, a cultural platform of which they are co-founder.
Sybila Gutiérrez
Sybila Gutiérrez Poveda, born in Elda (Alicante), defines herself as a dancer, researcher, creator and process companion. She is the entrepreneur of her own project Sybila Astrodanza, and co-founder of Venérea. With a professional career spanning 12 years, with 6 works of her authorship premiered, more than 35 workshops held and around 100 mentoring sessions carried out. She highlights her work as a researcher, immersing herself in a hybrid approach or mixture between dance, astrology and cyclosophy. Currently she leads a group of international artistic residencies in the Áurea project. She also works as a dancer in companies like EYAS Dance Project and Colectivo Glovo.
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