MEDIATHEK

Born in Bilbao, Juan Carlos García begins in the theatre world with "Akelarre", a company from his city. He began his studies in classical and modern dance in the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona. Then he moved to the Centre National de Dance Contemporaine d'Angers (France) to work under the direction of Viola Farber. He later went to New York, where he studied under various teachers of classical dance and experimented with different techniques of modern dance. Here we begin to see the origins of what was to be his dynamic and innovative choreographic conceptions. In 1986, after his stay in the United States, Juan Carlos Garcia founded Lanònima Imperial. One of the companies most rewarded in the national panorama. Since then, Garcia has created a repertoire, with which he has toured almost all of Europe, and also further afield to Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Israel and Canada. His plays have been co-produced by important festivals in Spain, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and Holland. e has also been invited to create important dance pieces for companies such as the Ballet de Zaragoza, the Berlin Komische Oper, the Maggio danza Fiorentino, the Deutches Oper, the Dresdner Miskfestspiele or the Gulbenkian Ballet. Also many well-respected companies have incorporated creations of Garcia in their repertoires notably the company founded by Gregor Seyffert with a version of Landschaft mit Shaten, a piece premiered at the Komischen Oper, and also the Itzi Galili Dance Company with Eco de Silenci. He has been awarded many prizes both national and international for his achievements of evolutionary choreography. For his strong physical style, his constant investigation into movement and the quality of his dancers. He has received among others the Ciutat de Barcelona award, the Gran Premio Ciudad de Zagreb, the Susan Dellal (Tel Aviv, Israel) award of the jury and the public and the National Award of Dance in Catalonia. Recently he has worked on new and very different projects like the making of one of the carriages of the Three Kings appearance in Barcelona (with the plastic artist and set designer José Menchero) and a very big multimedia event in the city of Vic (Catalonia). During the last years he has created Orfeo Concert, including the Hindu Katak dance and flamenco dance and live music, and teo very different pieces: Man's thing, a dueto about a man's couple, and "La Mar de Formas" (about shapes), a piece created for the youngest. Actually he is working in a new production inspired by greek tragedy. In 2006, Juan Carlos is collaborating with University of Zürich, like special teacher, in the master degree of virtual stenography. (Quelle: http://www.lanonima.com/) / jst