Repic is a contemporary roots dance piece that places the castanet at the centre of its stage research, understood as a sonic, bodily and relational instrument.
The project starts from the study of the repic — the rapid roll of the castanets — as a shared physical and rhythmic act, exploring repetition, collective listening and the building of a common body through sound.
Far from a folkloric reading, Repic offers a contemporary rereading of the castanet and of roots dance as living heritage, able to generate new stage languages and to build solid bridges between tradition and present-day creation.
Sound becomes movement, movement generates rhythm, and rhythm shapes the relationships between the performers, putting the bond between the individual and the group at the heart of the piece.
Trailer
- Duration
- 25 min
- Audience
- All ages
- Minimum space
- 10 × 10 m
- Sound
- 2-way PA with subwoofers and minijack input
- Dressing rooms
- For 4 people, with water, mirrors and showers
- Venue
- Street, square or theatre
- Lighting
- Without daylight, lighting must be agreed
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Re: to repeat. Picar: from Latin picare, to strike.
Roots not as a closed form, but as ground for research, transmission and transformation. The castanet works as an extension of the body and as a shared, non-verbal language.
The repic — repetition, variation, insistence — builds a sonic architecture that orders time, shapes the quality of each gesture and keeps the bodies constantly listening to one another. Sounds, silences, textures and rhythmic dynamics become dramaturgical material, testing the group’s endurance, persistence and cohesion.
Laia Santanach
Choreographer, dancer and teacher with an established career in contemporary creation and in the dialogue between roots dance and new stage languages. Her work focuses on collective processes, the relationship between body and rhythm, and turning traditional material into present-day stage language.
Gallery
High-resolution photos- Original idea and production coordination
- Radicel·la
- Artistic direction and choreography
- Laia Santanach
Radicel·la - Performers
- Sònia Serra Vila
Roger Cusidó Diez
Eduard Roca Bigorra
Irene Mata Mari - Music
- Carlos Martorell
- Costume design and making
- Radicel·la
Judith Guré - Costume advice
- Pau Fernández
- Graphic identity
- Víctor Castrillón Corretja
- Photography and video
- Pedro José Morales Martínez
- Co-production
- Fira Mediterrània de Manresa
Centro Coreográfico Canal
La Unió Santcugatenca
Fundació Iluro (festival Nosaltres) - Supported by
- Barcelona Crea
Generalitat de Catalunya - In collaboration with
- Programa d’Impuls a la Dansa d’Arrel
- Artistic residencies
- La Unió Santcugatenca
Esbart Sant Cugat
Centre Moral d’Arenys de Munt
Esbart Manresà - Thanks to
- Eulàlia Mateu
Teresa Agustí
Lluís Calduch
Marina Escoda
Cesc Franquesa
Jordi Gros
