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2016-04-14 20:00 2016-04-16 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: María Muñoz | Mal Pelo

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/11777

Catalan dancer-choreographer María Muñoz’s eloquent, evocative solo is pure movement. Embracing Glenn Gould’s recording of J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, she dances on the edge of a fragile trance. Muñoz’s superb presence and singular personality draw us into her concentrated attempts to ’catch’ the music, swirling around in the arms of an invisible partner, or breaking into a sudden syncopated run. Self-effacing, yet emphatically...

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Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
April 14 - 16, 2016
April 14 - 16, 2016
Azrieli Studio 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada
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Dance Contemporary
“Touch the air. Hold something and let it evaporate in your hands. That was the kind of elusive,  llusive dancing María Muñoz gave us. I loved this solo.”” Wendy Perron, dancemagazine.com
  • ≈ 50 minutes · No intermission
NAC Premiere NAC Presentation

Catalan dancer-choreographer María Muñoz’s eloquent, evocative solo is pure movement. Embracing Glenn Gould’s recording of J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, she dances on the edge of a fragile trance. Muñoz’s superb presence and singular personality draw us into her concentrated attempts to ’catch’ the music, swirling around in the arms of an invisible partner, or breaking into a sudden syncopated run. Self-effacing, yet emphatically defining the space around her, Muñoz elegantly recreates the joyous formal lightness of the musical notes; her body transformed into one more element in the sublime score.

Co-producers : Teatro Real (Madrid), Teatre Lliure (Barcelona).

Program Notes (pdf 1.14 MB)
contemporary | international |

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