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On November 14, I had the opportunity to attend a performance of Cicatriz , by Kirenia Martínez, at the Municipal Auditorium of Vigo, as part of the Vigocultura program. Cicatriz  is a dance performance featuring Kirenia herself on stage, accompanied by Antón Reixa, whom we see dancing for the first time. The piece explores bodily expressiveness through Antón’s poems, making his presence on stage particularly meaningful. The work stands as a manifesto in itself, through its s

Antón Reixa is a born creator. He has been proving it throughout his life by working across many fields, from poetry to cinema, including literature, screenwriting, and television series. But no one expected that, at the age of 68, Reixa would dare to take on contemporary dance. And yet, he has. He was persuaded by Cuban dancer and choreographer Kirenia Martínez, director of the performance Cicatriz , based on a poetry collection by Antón Reixa himself. With a 65% physical di

On the stage of Cicatriz , dancer and choreographer Kirenia Martínez Acosta and poet—now also dancer—Antón Reixa meet. She brings over 25 years of turns and leaps on stage, along with injuries she navigates in every performance to keep moving forward. He learns each day to cope with the aftermath of a traffic accident that left him with a 65% physical disability after several days in a coma. The eyes follow the lines of their bodies, and the mind wonders how this could be Rei

Cicatriz  is a contemporary dance piece that gives bodily form to the poem of the same name by the iconic Antón Reixa, under the choreography and direction of Kirenia M. Acosta. Three hundred verses beginning with “I WANT” explore desire and the frustration of not attaining it as driving forces of life. On stage, two sutured bodies: that of the renowned Galician artist, who begins dancing at the age of 67 after a car accident that left him in a coma, and that of a choreograph

Applause for Antón Reixa and Kirenia M. Acosta at Galicia Escena PRO More than a hundred people applauded Kirenia M. Acosta and Antón Reixa yesterday at the Igrexa da Universidade after the performance of Cicatriz , a dance piece co-produced by the Galician Choreographic Center, which premiered yesterday in Santiago. Reixa and poetry The piece, with scenography by Suso Mareque, lighting by Daniel Rodríguez and Violeta Martínez, sound by Bruno Baw and Marcos Payno, music by Br

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One would risk sounding like a liar by claiming that Antón Reixa (Vigo, 1957) could ever feel embarrassed or ridiculous on stage. A...

A fusion of dance and poetry exploring desire as a vital driving force, marking the dance debut of the renowned Galician poet and performer alongside the Galician-Cuban dancer. This Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, at 8:30 p.m., the Germán Coppini Hall at the Fundación SGAE in Santiago de Compostela will host the premiere of CICATRIZ, a contemporary dance performance created through the collaboration between Kirenia Danza, Artestudio, and the Galician Choreographic C

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Antón Reixa e Kirenia M. Acosta presentaron en Santiago a proposta escénica «Cicatriz». Paco Rodríguez The multifaceted artist makes his...