When people come together and work or stand up for something as a community, this may cause Ofelia Jarl Ortega to burst into tears. The young choreographer and dancer of Chilean ancestry, daughter of a flamenco dancer and a percussionist, won the Prix Jardin d’Europe at ImPulsTanz in 2018. She likes to make connections and takes pleasure in affiliating not only people but genres as well: dance and film, for example. In her new work, Bien y Mal, she gives free rein to her passion for openness: “I like being at a crossroads where things can go in different directions.” The result is a quintet about the spectrum between good and evil, cleverness and naivety. Five characters risk uncertainties, undermine power relations and provoke complex and exciting group dynamics to the wonderful music of Jassem Hindi – brilliantly danced in a cutting-edge choreography with extremely cool costumes.
Idea and concept: Ofelia Jarl Ortega
Choreography: Ofelia Jarl Ortega in close collaboration with the performers
Performers: Ewa Dziarnowska, Gergo D. Farkas, Paolo de Venecia Gile, Dolores Hulan, Karina Villafan
Composition and sound design: Jassem Hindi
Light design: Mira Svanberg
Dramaturgy: Andrea Rodrigo
Costume: Erik Juvia Annerborn
Producer: Terry Johnson (Johnson & Bergsmark)
Photo: Nadja Voorham
Coproduction: Arsenic – Contemporary Performing Arts Centre in Lausanne, Dansehallerne in
Copenhagen, Dansens Hus in Stockholm, Workshop Foundation in Budapest, BIT Teatergarasjen in Bergen
Residency support: DansIT in Trondheim, Dansstationen in Malmö, höjden studios in Stockholm, MDT in Stockholm
With support from: The Swedish Art Grants Committee, The Swedish Arts Council and Stockholms Stad
