Blind Horizon is the experience of a meeting between these five artists in which dance, music, voice and high-quality and refined performance flow towards a horizon without a specific direction. They simply walk together during this evening letting themselves be guided by their capacities and experiences in instant composition. Nothing is pre-written or set. Through movement they share their affinities and views regarding performance and improvisation.
Iris Heitzinger (1980) Austria. She holds a B.A. in contemporary dance and pedagogy from A. Bruckner University (AT). Freelance dance maker, performer and teacher. Associate Artist at tanz_house Salzburg, La Caldera Barcelona and RedSapata Linz. Has collaborated with different artists such as Guillermo Weickert, Natalia Jiménez, Jeremy Wade, Ted Stoffer, Vincent Dance Theatre, Editta Braun, Willi Dorner, Group LaBolsa & Thomas Hauert, etc. Teaches regular classes and workshops in contemporary dance, improvisation and composition in Austria, Canada, Japan, Poland, Spain and the UK. Has been creating her own work since 2007, with an interest in interdisciplinary and intercultural collaborations that investigate the body`s capacities from different angles.
Manel Salas Palau (1980) Barcelona. After studying physical Education he started his career as a dancer, teacher and Hip-hop choreographer. His interest in Dance brought him to study mime, Butoh, acrobatics and improvisation. In 2008 he received his BA in contemporary dance at Codarts, Rotterdam Dance Conservatory. Since then he has been teaching and dancing with different companies, projects and choreographers around the world, such as Julyen Hamilton, David Zambrano, Angels Margarit, Arno Schuitemaker, Edita Braun, Cobosmika company, Ramon Oller, Vloeistof, Jasmine Morand, Color company, etc. He currently lives between Switzerland, Spain and Holland teaching internationally, collaborating with other artists and developing his own work, which has been toured in China, Russia, the Netherlands, France and Spain.
Paolo Cingolani is an Italian dance performer specialised in the art of improvisation and instant composition. A teacher of Tai Chi Qi Gong since 2006, he became active in the contemporary dance scene after completing a degree in anthropology (Rome, 2004). He mostly works as an independent artist, making performance videos and projects in collaboration with other dancers, musicians and visual designers. As an independent artist, he has performed in Netherland, Finland, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Greece. Since 2012 he is part of Allen’s Line Company directed by Julyen Hamilton. Allen’s Line has regularly presented its productions in Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Strasbourg and Oslo.
Julyen Hamilton has been making and performing dance for over 40 years. He is an inveterate improvisor and his dancing and text work have been seen all over the world. He is director of the Julyen Hamilton company: Allen’s Line.
He has played with many great musicians over the years, including Barre Phillips, Fred Frith, Micha Mengelberg.
His latest in a long line of solos, ‘INTERVIEW’, is showing in the Czech Republic this autumn.
His work can be found on Vimeo and is sold via his label BlueDog dvds.
He also works as pianist performing with Hamilton Carroll who have just released their first album, ‘POINTER’.
Núria Andorrà is a percussionist and improviser. She has a degree in percussion from Esmuc, and later studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Germany), where she obtained the title of dka i master in contemporary music. Her main collaborations are with contemporary music groups Icarus Ensemble, Abstrai Ensemble, Barcelona 216, Kammart, Patschwork Ensemble. She also works with Carles Santos, Hèctor Parra, Matmos and other interdisciplinary projects. She has improvised with Agustí Fernández, Le Quan Nihn, Ingar Zahr, Mats Gustafsson, Pablo Ledesma, Nate Wooley, Frances-Marie Uitti, Joe Morris, Ramon Prat, Tom Chant, Johannes Nästesjö, Nenad Markovic, Ivi Rausi. Joachim Badenhorst, Yasmine Azaiez, Anne-liis Poll, Marc Vilanova, Alessandra Rombolà.
