Christmas has arrived in the city. Lights, fairs and activities enhance the festive atmosphere of Barcelona. And the Mercat de les Flors did not want to be less, which is why it has created a program of three shows aimed at young audiences. Tempo, the new choreography by Toni Mira that premieres at the Mercat, Firmamento, the work by Marcos Morau and La Veronal that has just passed through France and Italy, and Pláncton, the show by Big Bouncers that triumphed last Christmas and is now repeat in the program.
Toni Mira has more than 30 years of experience in dance. And this time he mixes his experience with the talent of young dancers in Tempo, the latest choreography by the winner of the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona in 2009 and which makes its premiere at the Mercat. The piece gives a special place to rhythm and space, two elements that the dancer knows well from his years of tap dancing and his architecture studies.
Through different musical styles, the choreographer seeks to see how they affect each person. “In Tempo you will see how different musical rhythms affect us emotionally and physically,” says the dancer. “There are six different characters. “Six different ways of representing emotions and how music affects them,” adds the founder of the company Nats Nus Dansa, which in 2010 won the National Dance Prize of Catalonia.
Another proposal that mixes elements of theater, with dance and, also, cinema is the one brought by Marco Morau, who has been in charge of the La Veronal company since 2005. The choreographer, who has become one of the Spanish dancers with the greatest international projection, presents Firmamento, a work inspired by his adolescence with which he seeks to show the world of possibilities that exist in this stage of life.
“The show comes from Italy and France and is for all types of audiences. It links dance, theater and visual arts. It is a tribute to my adolescence. “Try to make sense of nonsense and imagination,” adds the artist trained in New York and Barcelona, ??who in 2013 became the youngest National Dance Prize winner in the history of Spain.
Plàncton is a show already known at the Mercat. The choreography of the Big Bouncers collective, formed in 2012 by Anna Rubirola, Mireia de Quero and Cecilia Colacrai, was scheduled last Christmas season but the desire to see it again was greater and it returns to the stage again.
The work was thought about children’s curiosity about nature. That is why plankton was chosen, a little-known element, but one that fascinates for its qualities. “It was rescheduled because people wanted to see it again. It’s not something that usually happens. It is a show that focuses on children, with a slow tempo. We are used to a high level of speed and I wanted to do something different. “People appreciate this other tempo,” adds the director of the piece.
The Christmas billboard of three local shows that the Mercat brings for this season, and that focus on the youngest audience, can be seen between December 27 and January 14, with multiple performances.
