Open Studio by Juan Carlos Panduro

A hybrid project between circus and poetry, Salar la pena brings a body in crisis to the stage. Through handstand, contortion, and voice, it explores failure, loss, desire, and everything that connects the sacred to the monstrous. A liturgy of cleansing and emptying, a call to the beyond. At Graner, Juan Carlos opens up his creative process and presents a fragment of the piece to test the format he will showcase at the Circus Next 2025 Final.

I’m no longer afraid of what’s outside,
I’m afraid of what stays inside.

Team: External advice and dramaturgical assistance: Elena Zanzu and Sara Gilsanz / Sound design: Marc Naya / Costume design: Miguel Peñaranda / Textile design: Sara Gellez / Set design: Víctor Peralta / Lighting design and technical coordination: Horne Horneman / Production and distribution: Las Amigas / Supported by: La Central del Circ, Café de las Artes Teatro, Espai Inestable, Centre d’Arts en Moviment de Roca Umbert, El Invernadero, PdCirco, and the Community of Madrid / Finalist project for Circus Next 2025 / With the grants: Ayuda Injuve for Young Creation 2024, Support grant for production from the Second Plan for the Promotion of Circus in Catalonia (from the APCC and the Generalitat de Catalunya).

Practical information:

• Friday May 9th 2025
• At 7 pm
• At Graner (c/Jane Addams 14-16): Location
• Free with FORM registration

Photo by Josefina Colli