En–Knap & Guy Nader, Maria Compos

LOOP DE LOOP

30 min

#en–knap group's repertoire

2016

Double Bill: On the Edge

LOOP DE LOOP continues choreographers' previous choreographic principles. It travels into the curved paths of the circularity, dimensions and volumes that exist for a body in space. It searches for a continuous motion and how to alter the direction of that motion, playing with weightlessness and heaviness, body’s centrifugal force and rediscovering new directions for velocity and acceleration to happen. With its constant interest in the joy of repetition, the piece wants to draw our attention to the perception of time, memory and lived experiences, a series of infinite opportunities for time and space to be compared.

ON THE EDGE

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LOOP DE LOOP was presented alongside Pearl by Adrienn Hod, in the double bill titled En–Knap Group On the Edge, marking nine years of the ensemble’s artistic development and maturity. The two works approach the idea of limits from different directions: Pearl tests the dancers’ psychological boundaries through confrontation with taboo, desire and prejudice, while LOOP DE LOOP subjects the body to an equally demanding physical exploration of focus, endurance and stamina.

Our approach to dance reconfigures from one project to another, with every work achievement it becomes a learning process where we discover new places to explore, that later on lay out into a specific language and contour.

Guy Nader & Maria Campos

bio

The Barcelona-based choreographers and dancers, Guy Nader (Lebanon) and Maria Campos (Spain), two of the currently hottest new names in European dance, have collaborated together since 2006. They have created several works shown internationally in various festivals and venues. Guy Nader and Maria Campos have been developing their own artistic language through movement, and constantly redefine themselves while searching for new contexts and territories for dance. Their artistic work continues to pass over a wide range of progression. They have a common ground in their individual approach to dance, where both look for a high demanding physicality aiming to push the body into its limits. Seeking for strength and delicacy of their own bodies, they allow a whole spectrum of imaginary to rise, discovering and providing an endless body landscape. Together they have drawn a common interest in the partnering work where they experiment new ways of approaching the relation between two or more bodies, developing strategies and tasks in order to provide the body a distinct image and perception.

credits

Concept and choreography Guy Nader, Maria Campos

Dancers Luke Thomas Dunne, Ana Štefanec, Jeffrey Schoenaers, Matea Bilosnić and Bence Mezei

Music Miguel Marin 

Light design Luka Curk 

Costume design Katarina Škaper

Photography Andrej Lamut

 

Production En–Knap Productions

 

En–Knap Productions

Founder and artistic director Iztok Kovač

Production manager Marjeta Lavrič

Executive producer Karmen Keržar 

Financial Manager Julija Travančić 

Rehearsal Director Tanja Skok 

Head of public relations and editor Nina Smerkol 

Project and marketing coordinator Goran Pakozdi  

Programme coordinator and organiser Katja Gabrijelčič

Designers nejaaka

Technical coordinator Jaka Šimenc 

Technicians Leon Curk, Gal Škrjanec Skaberne, Omar Ismail, Hotimir Knific, Aleksander Plut, Špela Škulj

The programme of En–Knap Productions, administrator of Španski Borci, is financially supported by: City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, which also supports Španski Borci activities, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia