RAFA JAGAT

Actor, performer and playwright. He trained for six years in dramatic art and physical theatre. All this learning time is combined with workshops of different disciplines within the language of movement

Creates his own company JAGAT MATA, with 6 shows since 2008. Besides all his creations, he dances for the Mey Lin Bisogno company and Omos Uno for 4 years.

He works with David Zambrano for a month on the im- provisation project “Two songs for two humans”.

Is co-founder of EXIN, which organizes workshops rela- ted to the movement throughout Europe.

Teaches dance theatre in Spain and Europe. Assist to Sa- brina Gargano in her creation“May you listen?” for the JV2 Jasmin Vardimon’s company in 2021.

He also collaborates with circus companies (Som Noise, Papaya, Akrosphere and Iron Skulls) as director and drama- turg.

SABRINA GARGANO 

Sabrina is a free-lance dance artist. After completing the Professional Development Jasmin Vardimon Course JV2 in 2014, Sabrina performed in U.K. and abroad.

She collaborated with PanicLab Dance Theatre (U.K.), Gregory Maqoma for Companhia Instàvel (Portu- gal), Tom Dale (U.K.) Company Idem (Switzerland) ,Ciemulator Dance Theatre (Switzerland), Beatrice Alle- granti Dance Theatre (U.K.), Fuora Dance Project (U.K.), Victoria Fox for //Tribe (U.K.), Mafalda Deville for Companhia Instavel (Portugal), Becky Namgauds and Jasmin Vardimon (U.K), performing in the title role of Jasmin’s Pinocchio.

Sabrina also collaborates with Verena Schneider, their duet was performed in Italy, London and North Ireland. She was commissioned to choreograph the youth company at The Point, Pera University, Lincoln Uni- versity.

She teaches workshops in the U.K. and around Europe, Sabrina is also an Education Facilitator for Jas- min Vardimon and is the Programme Leader for JV2 2019-20 and 2020-21. Creates “MAY YOU LISTEN?” for the JV2 Jasmin Vardimon’s company in 2021.

THE ELELEI DANCE THEATRE COMPANY was born in 2020 from the collaboration between the artists, Sabrina Gargano (Barletta, Italy) and Rafa Jagat (Valencia), with the idea of being able to combine dance and theatre and create a single disciplinary language.

Motivated by telling stories, wondering why things happen and how they could be assimilated by the audience, they created their first work “A CIEGAS” in 2020.

The work premiered in the spring of 2021 and it has, already, won the first prize at the MAIS IMAGINARIUS Fes- tival in Portugal and the AUDIENCE AWARD at the 35th Competition International Choreographer Hannover 2021.

The duet is touring across Spain, the U.K., Portugal, Greece and Italy.

In October 2020, ELELEI started the collaboration with Fani Benages who accompanies, advises and promotes the company and its shows. In January 2021 they created the physical theatre film “MAY YOU LISTEN?” commis- sioned by the young company Jasmin Vardimon JV2 in England and premiered in May 2021. Elelei was invited again by Jasmin Vardimon to create a dance piece “MARATHON” for JV2 in January 2022. “MARATHON” toured across the U.K. to finally culminates its tour at Sadlers Wells (London) in May 2022.

Their latest work “SOY MADERA”, co-produced by the MAIS IMAGINARIUS premiered at the same festival in May 2022.

Elelei company has co-created in Austria with AKROSPHERE COMPANY their last work called “AUX”. They also collaborate as playwrights and choreographers on projects from other companies.

CONFLICT MOVEMENTS

This workshop is based on the need to create a space of imagination and consciousness in dancers when it comes to using their body to dance and create.

We differentiate two parts. The first is dedicated to “movement research”, while the last part is directed to the importance of scenic composition on a physical level.

MOVEMENT RESEARCH

We rely on what we call the “dramaturgy of movement” to convey rhythm to the dancers. We employ a series of dyna- mics in relation to this, to facilitate the understanding of our methodology.

In this section we focus merely on the form, the mere dance and its abstract aspect to delve into the most physical area of the participants.

Through the use of repetition, circularity, tiredness and play, we invite to discover new qualities and structures, to open new doors in the movement codes and to abandon the known patterns for a moment.

SCENIC COMPOSITION

In this section we combine what was taught in the first part with the creative tools, where the ques- tion emerges strongly in dance to know what we do and why we do it when it comes to telling sto- ries with our body. For this we introduce theatrical dramaturgy in the exercises.

As creative artists we are interested in trans- mitting to the participants our need to know what we do on stage to avoid loss and to make them understand that we are not just bodies that dance but also tell something beyond the content being abstract, narrative or visual.

We notice an absence in professional dance training in this regard, where technique and cop- ying teachers occupy the entire spectrum, leaving the creative entity that resides in each of the dan- cers without development options

GOALS

• Stimulate, motivate and inspire students so that they awaken their creative instinct and are not just imitators of movements.
• Convey that the world of contemporary dance is a profession and not a hobby. In our message we constantly insist on this. Take responsibilities with themselves so that this is fulfilled and thus be respected, but also respecting this wonderful art and those around
• We want attendees to take risks from start to Dare to do what they have never done before and connect with their instinct and not their judgment in order to discover the unknown about them.
• Prioritize experiential experience over expo- sure and
• Have fun