Fargar
Cia. Berta Baliu (Catalunya)
Strength, balance, courage and wisdom in horizontal: castellers in vertical dance
Four performers will defy gravity with the dizzying effect of movements in the air while loading a castell horizontally. A historical journey by the hand of vertical dance, passing through the origins of the traditional dances ball de valencians and muixeranga, until arriving at the castells we know today. The staging and live melodies are an experience that will make you live the sensations of witnessing a human tower being built and will bring you closer to the Catalan culture. We open a square, we open a wall!
Credits
- Direction and choreography: Berta Baliu
- Performed by: Berta Baliu, Adrián Pérez, Sònia Prado and Pere Vilarrubla
- External view: Sheila Ferrer
- Musical direction and live music: Manu Sabaté
- Lighting design: Andrés Galián and José Antonio Villegas
- Costume design and making: Andrea Otín
- Rigging technician: Miguel Salord
- Production and distribution: Camaleònica Produccions
About the company
Cia. Berta Baliu was born in 2022 with the creation of the show ‘Fargar’, although the artistic director Berta Baliu has been active in creation and in teaching since 2014. The company includes previous creations: ‘Alçaki’, ‘Cubelli’ and ‘Rosella’. The company consists of a team of performers with professional experience in vertical and contemporary dance, as well as the musician Manu Sabaté. ‘Fargar’ has been performed, among other spaces, at the inauguration of the Món Casteller Museum in Valls.
