Program Fira B! 2025
Jarana
Cia Laia Santanach
Friday, 3 de October / 17.30 h
Duración: 25'
JARANA explores traditional collective practices that are disappearing or at risk of vanishing. It is a project that invites reflection on the importance of preserving traditional celebrations, while also opening the door to new forms of group expression in an ever-changing and increasingly technological world.
JARANA is a celebration, a research journey that concludes a trilogy of works in which traditional collective practices are the main concepts of the exploration. It stems from the creator’s fascination with observing human participation in communal rituals, rooted in the universal need for connection and belonging.
Artistic team
- Concept and direction: Laia Santanach
- Creation and performers: Anna Hierro, Mario G. Sáez, Carlos Martorell, Julia Sanz and Laia Santanach
- Original music: Carlos Martorell
- Outside eye: Isaac Montllor
- Technical coordination: Adrià Juan
- Sound design: Adrià Juan
- Costume design: Mariona Signes
- Management: Caroline Giffard
- Video creation: Ignasi Castañé
- Photography: Jofre Moreno
Cia Laia Santanach
Laia Santanach is a choreographer, dancer and pedagogue from Barcelona. She currently leads her own dance company under her name. In 2016 she created her solo Ballant ballàvem, still on tour, which earned her the Best Performer Award at the 15m2 Festival in 2023. Since 2017 she has been working with live electronic music, resulting in Replica, a finalist at the IT Awards. Since 2018, she has been exploring tradition and ritual in her pieces.
In 2019 she premiered ÀER, winner of the Delfí Colomé Award, finalist at the Max Awards for Best Choreography, and at the Dansacat Awards for Sound Design.
In 2022 she premiered TRADERE at Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona. TRADERE received two nominations at the XXV Critics’ Awards (Best Choreography and Best National Dance Performance) and was selected for the touring programs of Mercat de les Flors and the Generalitat de Catalunya (2023).
Most recently, Laia Santanach presented JARANA, the third part of her trilogy, at Teatros del Canal (October 2024) and in April 2025 at Mercat de les Flors. The dance film JARANA received the ScreenDance Prize at the Dansacat Awards.
Her works have toured Spain, the Netherlands, France, Réunion and Italy, and have been supported by institutions such as the Ballet National de Marseille, Mercat de les Flors and Teatros del Canal, among others.
In parallel, in 2016 she co-founded the Menorca en Dansa festival, which she continues to co-direct.
She currently teaches at the dance department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
