Agenda Barcelona

Insectotròpics

El batec de la memòria

Multimedia theatre – Catalonia

Performance for all audiences

Walkabout performance

Are you in a hurry? You probably are, because these days everyone is rushing around and nobody has time for anything. But what if we could live in a city at a pace inspired by the natural life we’ve lost touch with?

El batec de la memòria [ The Beat of Memory ] is an artistic creation born of the need to reconnect with calm, with shared memory, with the living heritage and the emotional landscapes that are part of our everyday lives. The title refers to this underlying and collective pulse that runs through generations at a deep and steady pace, reminding us of where we come from, but also of where we might go.

Inspired by Gaudí’s symbolic and organic universe, and by natural forms that remind us we are part of a whole moving at its own pace, the performance unfolds as a sensory, dreamlike and visual journey. Shapes, shadows and music become channels through which memory emerges as energy in motion. It is a call to listen to the city from within and to live our urban lives at a more natural pace.

With a walkabout format designed for public spaces, El batec de la memòria is a production open to all audiences, inviting us to relive heritage through imagination, art and shared experience.

Insectotròpics and Laia Ribas (artistic direction)

Maria Thorson (Executive Director)

Celia Waliño (Head of Production and Assistant Art Direction)

Xanu (live creation and painting)

André Cruz (video design)

Jan Barceló (visual and lighting creation)

Jaime Jimenez (live drawing and light painting)

Danio Catanuto (musical composition and live music)

Mireia Tejero, Marta Oron (live music)

Andrea Paz (stage movement)

Mar Nicolás (actress and texts)

Marta Lofi (inflatable changing rooms)

Mar Medinyà (styling)

José Menchero (construction of structures)

Àlex Faure (sound design)

Aleix Ramisa (lighting design)

Martí Sánchez (technician and lighting programming)

Arnau Jofre (sound technician)

iEX (video and art direction support)

Mâa Berriet (AAASeed creative coding)

Amanda Wilson Requena, Blanca Canela Miralles (acrobatics - hair suspension)

Andrea Thorson, Paula Fernández Gou, Irene Quintana and Javi Morera (acting)

Desirée Povedano (distribution)

Yolanda Jiménez (communication)

With the support of trainees and volunteers, among others, from:

Barcelona Activa:

Nil Salvat, Guillem Thorson, Bruna Martínez, Anna Sevilla, Marina Sol, Magalí Ugolini, Aina Gustamante, Jofre Alsina. Tutor: Carles Llàcer (production and stage management)

Sandra Bagnasco, Charly Esbozar, Eduardo Gonzàlez, Aina Martínez, Xavier Oto, Guillem Roman, Júlia Tomás, Biou Jaiteh, Tutor Raquel Brey (audiovisuals)

Iván Ramos, Dalia Aventin, Ju Vilalta, Éric De Grande, tutor Nerea Bello Lights: Ada Ortega, Sara Domingo, Kika Zavitsanou, Kora Soler, Tutor José Ramón Pascual (sound)

Rogelio Rivel Circus School:

Gerard Catalan, Adela Horňanská, Jan Bartomeu, Laura Rojas Tovar, Francesca Centonzio, Anabella Ainé Posadas, Vinyet Ponce

Eram University School of the Arts:

Aurora Kause (production and acting), Balaram Figueredo Falgàs and Júlia Isern (acting)

Ites / Bandeapart

Aina Boix, Aina Lombarte (audiovisual assistance

A production of the Institute of Culture of the Barcelona City Council and Insectotròpics, with the collaboration of Palau Robert (Direcció General de Difusió – Generalitat de Catalunya).

With the support of the ICEC, the Catalan Institute of Cultural Companies of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation, Casa Batlló, Barcelona Activa, Rogelio Rivel Circus School, ERAM University School of Arts.

With the collaboration of the Photographic Archive of Barcelona (with the loan of images by Pérez de Rozas, J. Postius, E. Olivella, Colita).

Acknowledgements: Conchita Hernando and, especially, to the large group of volunteers without whom this show would not have been possible.