JANIRE ETXABE. “ATXINE”
DANCE
, PERFORMANCE
DATE // TIME
May 14th, Wednesday and 15th, Thursday // 8:00 pm
DURATION
34’
SPACE
Atrium of Cultures
TICKET
Free admission
Dancer and choreographer Janire Etxabe merges vertical dance and art with memory and popular culture using Basque nature as a support for the movement.
“Atxine” is her first solo flight, a suspended dance that explores emotions during different stages of life, such as birth, youth, war, and old age. Through the various possibilities of interacting with an object, she reveals how such object changes its symbolism and concept at each of these stages.
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In the sound space created by composer Paula Olaz, traditional melodies like those of the string drum or xirula will encounter more industrial and modern sounds.
A woman and her headwear (buruko) represent the cultural and emotional baggage she carries throughout her life cycle via a structure that changes its symbolism in each scene. Within it, the woman will be born and find refuge. And from that same structure, she will pour out her voice, her sweat, and her life.
ARTISTIC INFORMATION
Production: Eusko Jaurlaritza – Basque Government, Dimegaz
Direction: Janire Etxabe
Dramaturgy: Janire Etxabe
External Perspective & Movement Adviser: Garazi Etxaburu, Magalie Lanriot
Music: Paula Olaz
Sound: Mikel F. Krutzaga
Voices: Itziar Aizpuru, Paula Olaz, Janire Etxabe
Text: Josean Artze
Staging: Jose Pablo Arriaga
Wardrobe design: Ikerne Gimenez
Seamstress: Inma Gomez
Lighting design: Carlos Solano
Rigging: Mikel Bonilla
Photography: Eider Iturriaga
Artistic residency: Txitatoki Zirko, Garaion Sorgingunea, La Nave, Sarobe Urnieta
Distribution: Teresa Sala
Founded the Dimegaz Association in 2017 and Harrobi Dantza Bertikala Company in 2020. Both formats have enabled her to create and produce documentaries, vertical dance shows and site specific proposals, as well as unique artistic spaces and events in different countries. Acknowledged internationally for her suspended dance technique, she has worked with famous artists worldwide and her work is endorsed by the Basque institutions.
