Dance center La Poderosa begins 2012 by celebrating the 25^th edition of IN_formales. As the name suggests, these occasional events are informal artistic meetings, bringing together dancers, choreographers and other artists from across Spain and Europe. The team at La Poderosa aim to provide an open space for creation, a place where artists can exchange, reflect, try and fail without pressure.

The varied programs at IN_formales might include unfinished works, rough sketches, experimental pieces or short performances, all with a view towards the body and dance. Becoming much more than just exhibition space, IN_formales provides fertile ground for imperfect, unpolished, fragile creations to grow. All artists are invited to submit their work and the spectator, rather than merely a viewer, becomes a witness to their creative process.

Recent editions have included dancer and Kònic thtr collaborator Sachiko Fullita’s Recorrido(s), a metaphorical take on an individual’s passage from life to death; an exploration of the boundaries between the man-made, the fictitious and the natural entitled Lo Natural by Amaranta Velarde; and ballerinas Simona Argentieri and Ángela Peris Alcantud’s Chapter One, a short narrative performance that plays on the presence-absence dichotomy. Dedicated to finding and supporting new means of artistic expression, La Poderosa’s casual events are a must for all with an interest in contemporary dance.

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