Albert Quesada

Albert Quesada (Spain, 1982), is a Spanish dancer and choreographer based between Brussels and Barcelona. He trained at MDT (Amsterdam) and PARTS (Brussels) after his studies of philosophy and multimedia engineering in Barcelona. The exploration and translation of musical structures and compositions into choreography and the invitation of an audience to perceive and to listen to the proposed works, stands at the heart of Quesada’s choreographic work. Next to that, Albert is intrigued by group movement and dynamics, sparkled by his collaboration with ZOO/Thomas Hauert. Under the company ACME, he holds many artistic projects, both educational and for the stage. This is together with his long term collaborators Marcus Baldemar, Federica Porello, Mireia de Querol, and Zoltán Vakulya.

http://www.acmearts.xyz/acme/

Last project in residence

Desert is based on the piece Timber (2009) by American composer ‎Michael Gordon (1956-), a work premiered in Spain in 2016 by the percussion ensemble ‎FRAMES Percussion.‎ This new staging by dancer and choreographer Albert Quesada, with an innovative sound ‎design, presents a rereading of the piece and offers a unique immersive experience.‎ In Michael Gordon’s words, Timber “evokes a journey through the desert”, a ‎journey that spectators will embark upon situated in the centre of sound and dance, which ‎will take them through the austerity and physicality of the sound material. The work is scored ‎for six large pieces of wood, known as simantras and used in Eastern Orthodox liturgy.‎ An aesthetic experience that will make us reflect and travel through our own personal, inner ‎desert. ‎

Residency archive Graner

  • 2022 · collaboration with L’Auditori · Desert (with Frames Percussion)
  • 2019 · with Mercat de les Flors · Flamingos
  • 2018 · with Mercat de les Flors · Flamingos
  • 2017 · collaboration with L’Auditori · It’s time
  • 2016 · open call · It’s time
  • 2016 · collaboration with Sâlmon< Festival · Undostresundos
  • 2015 · open call · Undostresundos
  • 2014 · collaboration Sâlmon< Festival · Wagner & Ligeti
  • 2013 · open call · nova creació
  • 2012 · open call · FF80 · Bach & Gould

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