6TH CYCLE OF ARTISTIC ACTIONS IN THE LA MARINA NEIGHBORHOOD
With the arrival of summer, once again Graner, a creation factory dedicated to dance and living arts, drives BOOMBETA, a cycle of artistic proposals that focuses on the long-term relationships it has been building with its closest environment: the La Marina neighborhood. This year, the BOOMBETA cycle will be traversed by the idea of laboratory and experimentation, turning Graner and the streets into spaces of practice, dance, and celebration to find convergences between citizens and artists. Other perspectives on our surroundings, the collective history of the neighborhood, and its memory will be activated to generate nine imaginaries from dance and living arts.
All activities are free, with most requiring prior reservation, from July 1st to 20th, 2023, at Graner and its surroundings. A few days before Sant Joan (June 21st), coinciding with the La Marina del Port local festival, we will present the program to the neighborhood residents in an open day at Graner activated by the center’s affiliated artists.
BOOMBETA 2023 PROGRAM:
- Saturday, July 1st, at Graner, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dance Workshop “Tercerear” for children aged 7 to 10 and their companions with Nora Baylach, where collective play is taken as a starting point to experiment with the possibilities offered by movement. Prior reservation at info@granerbcn.cat (indicating how many adults and children will attend the workshop).
- Saturday, July 1st, at Graner, at 1:00 p.m.
“Relatos del cemento enfermo” (Tales of Sick Cement), an intervention in the La Marina neighborhood by Urati Laboratorio, which takes as its starting point the traces of the neighborhood’s social struggles.
- From July 3rd to 13th, at Graner, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Laboratory “Lo Memorable” by Javier J. Hedrosa and Paula Romero on memory in theatrical communicative acts + collective visit of the group to a GREC show.
- Wednesday, July 5th, at Graner, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Dance and body training sessions with the company Los Informalls open to professional and citizen community. This session is part of Les Bacanales, a cycle named after the popular designation of the La Marina neighborhood’s local festivals, inviting collective invention of new dances and spaces of community celebration. Call closed, but if you want to participate, write to info@granerbcn.cat and ask if we open more spots!
- Saturday, July 8th, at Graner, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Thought laboratory of the project “Territorio(s), Comunidad(s) y Prácticas artísticas” (Territory(ies), Community(ies), and Artistic Practices). Shared and participatory reflection day linked to the project of the same name that Graner carries out with Ateneo de 9 barrios, La Central del Circ, and Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de creación. Open call until June 16th.
- Wednesday, July 12th, at Can Sabaté Park, at 7:00 p.m.
Informal Stage by Los Informalls within the Summer Terrace cycle of the Civic Center La Cadena. A space for open scenic encounters for any type of proposal to happen. A space for improvisation training, dynamic, full of freedom and humor. No prior reservation, free entry until full capacity.
- Saturday, July 15th, at Graner, at 7:00 p.m.
Open Studio by Janet Novás, who shares her piece “PROTO (SN 1604)” with the audience, taking as its starting point the phenomenon of stellar explosions called supernovas and asks how we can explode together and generate new, brighter, and less catastrophic scenarios. In co-production with the Xunta de Galicia through the Centro Coreográfico Gallego and the TNT Festival, and with the support of Graner and Centro de Danza Canal). Limited capacity, prior reservation at info@granerbcn.cat.
- Thursday, July 20th, at Graner, at 7:00 p.m.
Open Studio by Luz Arcas, which opens the public to the creation process of “Numerosos seres desierto” (Numerous Desert Beings), taking as its starting point the obsolescence of bodies and objects. On stage, we will see a group of people who have undergone a previous laboratory with the choreographer at Graner. Limited capacity, prior reservation at info@granerbcn.cat.
Boombeta is a cycle driven by Graner, a center for dance and living arts creation, with the support of the Barcelona Grec Festival, the Montjuïc Castle, Pla de Barris (with the Toolbox program), and in collaboration with the Civic Center La Cadena and Villa Vecina.
