Ananda Dansa is on stage at Les Arts with the premiere of 'ÂTMAN, EL COMIAT'

Ananda Dansa is welcomed by the public to the Palau de les Arts with the premiere of its latest show 'ÂTMAN, EL COMIAT', which on December 17, at the Teatre Martín i Soler, inaugurates 'Les Arts és Dansa', the first cycle of the center d'arts dedicated entirely to this discipline

The director of the company, Rosángeles Valls, the composer Pep Llopis, the master Cristóbal Soler and the artistic director of the Arts, Jesús Iglesias Noriega, have presented at a press conference this spectacle of new creation, co-produced between the Palau de les Arts and Ananda Dansa, with the collaboration of the Valencian Institute of Culture and the Gran Teatre Antonio Ferrandis in Paterna.

Jesús Iglesias Noriega has highlighted both the dance cycle, with the selection of Ananda Dansa and the inaugural company of the theater's new artistic line.

"The opening to our audiences also implies the diversification of the offer and dance is an essential discipline in any European opera theater. And, in this sense, the Arts, in addition to the stages of large national companies, play a fundamental role as a promoter and showcase for the talent of this territory. For this reason our first The new production of the season is a dance spectacle”, explained the artistic director.

"'Âtman' means 'anima' in Sanskrit, this anima runs through the entrails of pain, sadness, death and also life; 'comiat' is 'l'acte d'acomiadar-se' but also has a second acceptance, 'permís per anar-se'n'", així has presented Rosángeles Valls l'espectacle.

"The latest artistic act of the Ananda Dansa company, founded by her mother and her German Edison Valls, proposes an artistic, compassionate and poetic reflection on that love that generates violence, esbiaixant ends and all the lives of those it esteems. 'ÂTMAN, EL COMIAT' in its talk of patiment, of the transitions of life, of hope and the congratulations of the gifts”, he pointed out.

Rosángeles Valls has recalled the commitment of Ananda Dansa to the society at the time of conceiving its last show: "I who made it better for a committed and progressive company that reflects in its last show on death and celebrates, now, a song to life. From the warmth to the light."

"La mort - he has explained - is the life of these gifts that each loses their lives to the mans of their parents, giving rise to all the terrors and impotents of their own children, also victims that suffer from life with this trauma. Life is that of the gifts and those children who have managed to escape from the violence, and they make a great effort to break the records.”

"And here we are all, but to donate them the most to learn to overcome the difficulties and recover the joy of life: let go of the peace and the love; the calm. Consider a change of life, looking to the future with hope. I això is a thing that we will only be able to fer when we continue to be able to pose nom to the one we have taught ocorregut”, Rosángeles Valls said.

Ananda Dansa has built this homage to traditional Valencian music passed through the filter of contemporary music, accompanied by poems by Vicent Andrés Estellés and in the cant d'estil, “a homage to the city on its most artistically new and which has seen us believe and develop, and from which it is known. acomiadem: València”, the choreographer has said.

For now, it features music by the company's regular collaborator, Pep Llopis, along with 17 ballarins, actress Rebeca Valls, singer-songwriter Jonatan Penalba and the Valencian Community Orchestra under the direction of also Valencian Cristóbal Soler.

Rosángeles Valls, who created the idea, the creation and the choreographic direction of 'ÂTMAN, EL COMIAT', is also the author of the scenic elements. The muntatge is based on choreographic material by Paloma Calderón, Cristina Maestre, Sara Canet, Miguel Machado, Renata Valls, Toni Aparisi and the mateixa Rosángeles Valls.

The creative team is complete with Toni Aparisi, assistant director; Nacho Diago, responsible for the direction of Rebeca Valls; Pascual Peris, costume designer; Antonio Castro, responsible for illumination; Amparo Panadero, author of texts and literature of musical themes, and Rodolf Sirera in literary assessment.

17 professionals who have integrated the Valencian company in its different stages over its 38 years of existence are back in 'ÂTMAN, EL COMIAT'.

Toni Aparisi, Paloma Calderón, Cristina Maestre, Sara Canet, Miguel Machado, Renata Valls, Lorenza Di Calogero, Yolanda Peña, Paula Quiles, Isabel Abril, Susana Rodrigo, Cristina David, Julia Cambra, Irene Mira, Abel Martí, Paco Bodi and Jose Giménez constitute the list of ballarins and dancers who participate in this 'festa de comiat', as qualified by the director.

In addition to the performance on February 17, the Martín i Soler Theater will host more performances of this show on February 19, 22, 25, 26 and 31, in addition to two performances on February 1 and 2. The locations, which can be purchased at the theater box office or at 'www.lesarts.com', have a single price of 25 euros.

Now, 'Les Arts és Educació' has reserved two more functions, on days 23 and 29, for the public of the didactic program.