Concept and direction: Amaranta Velarde
Interpretation and creation: Amaranta Velarde and Diana Gadish
Costume: Les Brontë (Victoria Macarte and Rosa Tharrats)
Music: Jim O'Rourke
Lighting: Oriol Blanch
Acknowledgements: Carme Torrent and Carmen Menéndez
With the support of: Graner, L´animal a l´esquena, La Poderosa, and ARTAS
Production: Mercat de les Flors

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The piece draws its inspiration from the future imagined by <strong>Houllebecq</strong> in his book <strong>Les particules elementaires</strong> in which a new human species, thanks to genetic manipulation, has managed to overcome suffering based on the ontological paradigms of gender and sex, individual and society, finitude and immortality.The piece looks for a choreographic vocabulary that allows concepts such as commitment, emptiness and the loss of a sense of individuality to emerge and be questioned and looked into in terms of whether they are real or a paradox, all within the context of a performance.

BIO
Amaranta Velarde
Graduated from CODARTS, Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2004. She has since worked intensely in the Netherlands as a performer, collaborator and assistant to choreographer Bruno Listopad on a large number of performances, investigations and installations in museums and galleries. In 2010 she choreographed her first solo piece, Eclipse, presented at Amsterdam and Groningen, and received the danceWEB Scholarship 2010 at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna.
Since 2011 she has been based in Barcelona where she developed the solo Lo Natural with the support of La Poderosa, L’Estruch, L’Animal a l’esquena and Antic Teatre. This piece was shown at various festivals including Escena Poblenou, Festival Alt de Vigo and Festival Respirations in Paris as part of the cav_a cycle organised by Antic Teatre. Since 2013 she has been a member of La Poderosa’s ARTAS collective.