Laila Tafur and Enrique del Castillo
Laila Tafur (1984) is an Andalusian dancer and creator, trained as a choreographer at Listaháskóli in Reykjavík, the Polytechnic University of Lisbon, and finally at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. Between 2017 and 2021 she completed both the MPECV programme at the Reina Sofía Museum and the PEI at MACBA, where she began to develop her interest in song, an amateur approach to knowledge production, and the embodiment of critical thinking through humor. Through her solo works and collaborations, she has toured numerous festivals and theatres such as Mercat de les Flors, Sismograf, MIT de Ribadavia, Teatro Leal, Espaço do Tempo, Palma en Dansa, Surge Madrid, Cádiz en Danza, Mes de Danza, Black Box, among others. She has received awards such as Best Dancer at the Maspalomas Choreographic Competition and the Madrid Choreography Competition, as well as Best Solo at the PAD Awards. She has been awarded scholarships at the American Dance Festival at Durham University and Movement Research in New York to complete her training. As a performer she has worked with creators as diverse as Janet Novás, Xavier Le Roy, Jérôme Bel, Lipi Hernández, Albert Quesada, and Carmelo Fernández. She currently combines artistic creation with teaching as a contemporary dance professor at the Higher Conservatory of Málaga.
Enrique del Castillo (1982) holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Granada and a Master’s degree in Artistic Production and Research from the University of Barcelona. He also studied piano at the Ramón Garay Conservatory of Music. He has received awards such as the First International Sound Art Prize (2020). He has been the recipient of grants such as Residencias Matadero in the Czech Republic (2023). Among his works and exhibitions are: The Garden of Earthly Delights, a tour through the works of the SOLO collection, Umbráfono II, Matadero Madrid (2022), and the triptych Shadow and Sound, among others. In 2018 he focused his research on optical sound on celluloid and produced works at Punktum Krasova (Prague, Czech Republic, 2023), Latvia (2023), Madrid (2023), and Hangar Barcelona (2022), among others. They began working together in 2024 on projects based on play and the search for affinities between sound production and dance. With their current projects, they focus on cross-pollination between disciplines and the exploration of experimental methodologies. Their project has received funding from the UGR Sound Production Grant (2024), UNIA Contemporary Creation (2024), La Térmica (2025), and AADK.
