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Festival of collective artists in the streets of Leioa from 18 to 21 May

  • Leioa XXIII. Next weekend will be the Mood Fair. 43 performing arts companies and 90 performances will be planned, including 17 Basque companies.
Irudian, Kimuak dantza kolektiboa, 'genEroa' ikuskizunean. (Argazkia: Kimua / Unai Sorrarain)

From 18 to 21 May, XXIII of Leioa (Bizkaia). The Humor Fair will host dance shows, theatre, circus, performances, clown, facilities and music, conferences, conferences and book presentations, among others. The guests include 17 street theatre groups from Euskal Herria, with a total of 43 companies and 90 performances from Thursday to Sunday.

They highlight the fair's commitment to Basque productions, highlighting the participation of Aukeran Dantza Konpainia, Kimua Dantza Taldea and Andoni Aresti Dantza Eskola. The first will present the work Aiurri, with the objective of "moving" the viewer; the Kimuak collective, for its part, will reflect on gender roles through the genEroa show, with the participation of the writer and bertsolari Ekaitz Goikoetxea; and the Andoni Aresti Dance School, for example, will offer a show based on different choreographic works.

The invited groups of the Basque Country shall, in addition to the three mentioned, be the following: Panta Rhei, Barré Group, Vertical Quarries Dance, Hortzmuga Theatre, Demabru Beltzak & Hortzmuga Theatre, La Glo Zirko and Vertical Dance, The Demons of Lekitto & Zozon, Pantzart, Piszafaktoria Ideian Laboratory, Red Telón, Red

Daily programme:

18 May, Thursday

  • 18:00 Patzart, "The game is metamorphosis," Boulevard Stoa.
  • 18:30 Cia. Mariana Collado & Lucio A. Baglivo, Souvenirs of margaritas, City Hall.
  • 18:30 Batcharte Dance, Sister[tu.E]gina, Parking Mill
  • 19:00, 21:30 Aukeran, Aiurri, Boulevard Udondo 2.
  • 23:30 Quarry Vertical Dance Company, Zion(R), Plaza Rekalde (a crystal).

19 May, Friday

  • 17:30, 20:30 Collectif Primavez, Laisse-Moi ("Leave me"), Plaza Sabino Arana.
  • 18:00 Circus and dance La Glo, Ensueño ("Amets"), Plaza Rekalde.
  • 18:00 Pantzart, "The game is metamorphosis," Boulevard Stoa.
  • 18:30 Amabe Company, We all live in a box ("We live in a box"), City Hall.
  • 20:00 Batcharte Dance, Sister[tu.E]gina, Parking Mill.
  • 21:00 Cia. Mariana Collado & Lucio A. Baglivo, Souvenirs of margaritas, City Hall.
  • 22:00 Miguel Barreto and La Petite Victoria Cen, I apologize if I present you as not knowing you ("Forgive, if you present yourself as if you did not know you"), City Hall.
  • 22:30 CIA. UpArte, DESproVIEWED, Aldapa Auditorium.

20 May, Saturday

  • 13:30, 18:30 Kimua collective dance, genEroa, Plaza Sabino Arana.
  • 14:00, 18:00 Qabalumni, The measure to divide us ("The measure to separate us"), City Hall.
  • 18:00 Miguel Barreto and La Petite Victoria Cen, I apologize if I present you as not knowing you ("Forgive, if you present yourself as if you did not know you"), City Hall.
  • 18:30 CIA. UpArte, DESproVIEWED, Aldapa Auditorium.
  • 21:00 Amabe Company, We all live in a box ("We live in a box"), City Hall.
  • 22:00 Circus and dance La Glo, Ensueño ("Amets"), Plaza Rekalde.
  • 22:30 Zirkozaurre, Lotura, Boulevard Ikurriña.

21 April, Sunday

  • 12:30 Zirkozaurre, Lotura, Boulevard Ikurriña.
  • 13:30 Andoni Aresti Dance School, 13:30, Plaza Rekalde.

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