Les Archipels and Sònia Gómez
Fira Mediterrània de Manresa promotes cross-transmission spaces; in this case, we intersect three lines: the Quebec company Les Archipels; Sònia Gómez Vicente; and the Youth from the traditional dance promotion program.
Les Archipels: Created in 2019, Les Archipels is the result of the meeting between two dancers and choreographers from traditional dance with a desire to create a more contemporary language. Their paths, increasingly converging, naturally led them to become inseparable collaborators. They are joined by various collaborators, regular or occasional, who feed the ecosystem of Les Archipels. This union allows choreographers Philippe Meunier and Ian Yaworski to associate in order to deepen research, creation, and production in contemporary dance. Like an archipelago, Les Archipels bring together different creators and artists who unite their strengths while maintaining their individuality and uniqueness.
Sònia Gómez: (La Sénia, Tarragona) Dancer, performer, and choreographer. She studied Contemporary Dance and Choreography at the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona) and P.A.R.T.S Brussels, Belgium. Since 2004, she has worked on projects focused on identity construction, as well as the discovery of certain social impostures through art and the impostures of art through the body and performance. She has performed in Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Estonia, Portugal, the USA, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, and Canada.
The youth performers of the project are from the Traditional Dance Promotion Program, a program aimed at all popular culture entities working in the field of traditional dance, with special attention to dance ensembles and groups that provide a perspective on tradition explained through dance.
