| Maker | Daniel Mariblanca |
| Duration | 60 min |
| Part of | Language no problem |
"The solo....resonates for a long time."
— Theaterkrant
"...having full agency of my body yet being fearless in my vulnerability. Exposing vulnerability as a strength. A process that needed solitude in the making, in order to understand how to collectively share this journey. This work is essentially about liberation. Reality and fiction coexisting at the same time. Erasing borders of what is real and what has been created. In order to connect through a shared liberation an internal revolution must happen."
— Daniel Mariblanca
A journey full of feelings and emotions difficult to describe in words.
The Basement. A journey full of feelings and emotions difficult to describe in words. Ungraspable yet felt with intensity. The Basement is a fictional space based on true events. Making visible the invisible.
This solo work explores the multiple realities and fictions that arise from the dynamics expressed when power relationships are morphed. It is intuition led; allowing the body to speak through physical expression and freedom.
The practice of freedom; personal and artistic. A freedom that requires labor, courage and urgency to expand beyond imposed limits of acceptability, legitimacy or beauty.
Daniel was part of the previous edition of CaDance Festival with his solo 71BODIES 1DANCE which featured his own story as a transman and that of 71 other trans people.
Note! This performance features nudity, blood, intense images, and occasional loud noises/music. The age recommendation for this performance is 18+
71BODIES, a transgender inclusive dance and performance company based in Bergen, was created by Daniel Mariblanca in 2016. The company continues to naturally evolve in a sustainable way whereby one project inspires the other and the next and so on. A core intention of the company is to work with and in particular communities where the body is at the center of the discussion.
The interest of 71BODIES is centered on generating artistic expressions through the personal stories and lived experiences of people that exist beyond mainstream society. With every production of 71BODIES we create other ways of expressing what beauty is.
Born in Barcelona, Spain, Daniel Mariblanca began his professional dance career immediately after graduating from the L'Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. After 17+ years of dancing professionally around Europe, Daniel moved to Norway to join Carte Blanche The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance. After seven years of working with CB, Daniel has taken on the full time responsibility of Artistic Director of 71BODIES.
To date, Daniel has received two nominations for the Pernilleprisen Audience Award for 71BODIES1DANCE by 71BODIES (2018) and Time With You Is Precious w/ Carte Blanche (2020). He has also garnered the award for Artist of the Year from Bergen Kommune (2018), received BTs Critics' Award in Pernilleprisen for the full production of In First Person by 71BODIES. Most recently, received a nomination as a best director and was awarded with the first HEDDA prisen award in the category of dance & performance for the production, In First Person 2020-2022.
| Choreographer & Performer | Daniel Mariblanca |
| Scenographer | Kjersti Alm Eriksen |
| Lighting Designer | Thomas Bruvik |
| Sound Artist | Lykorgous Poryfris |
| Filmmaker | Ursula Kaufmann |
| Technician | Andreas Lassen |
| External Eye | Ingeleiv Berstad, Koyote Millar |
| Company & Tour Manager | Davone Sirmans |
| Produced by | 71BODIES |
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