Compañίa Sharon Fridman - Free Fall

(c) Saris & den Engelsman

Sharon Fridman choreographs an intriguing dance piece for six professional dancers and twenty volunteer dancers.  Falls, verticality, contact, necessity and impulse are the core elements of Free Fall, an adventurous choreography that challenges the limits of instability. Falling becomes an infinite starting point from which an unlimited repertoire of movement occurs, as the body resists abandoning its vertical state. Strong imagery, complex and delicate dynamics generate from the repeated separating and coming together of bodies. Natural movement is the raw material used in the composition of movement; stripped of artifice and posturing in order to find true virtuosity, an essential dance occurs, whose honesty stems from the artist's inner connection with the material she expresses. Caught up in an endless cycle of picking oneself up again after falling, Free Fall is a stunning performance that invites us to see for ourselves if a free fall is indeed possible.

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Artistic Direction: Sharon Fridman
Choreography: Sharon Fridman in collaboration with the dancers
Assistants to the Choreographer: Arthur Bernard-Bazin, Carlos Fernández
Dancers: Pau Cólera, Juan Carlos Toledo, Maite Larrañeta, Richard Mascherin, Melania Olcina, Léonore Zurflüh
Dramaturgy: Antonio Ramírez-Stabivo
Original Music: Luis Miguel Cobo
Set and Graphic Design: oficina 4play
Lighting: Sergio García Domínguez
Video: Damián Varela, Eva Viera
Tour Management: Nacho Azagra
Communication: Laura Gil Diez
Photography Press Kit: Ignacio Urrutia

Supporters: INAEM - Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, Centro Comarcal de Humanidades Cardenal Gonzaga Sierra Norte, Centro Danza Canal

Compañía Sharon Fridman is a contemporary dance company founded in 2006 and based in Madrid. The company's Artistic Director is Israeli choreographer Sharon Fridman whose works have been presented at numerous festivals and venues in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, U.K., Holland, Colombia, S. Korea and Singapore among others. Since its creation, the company has premiered the works: Carlos & Me (2006), a duet choreographed by Fridman that was awarded five prizes at Certamen Coreografico de Madrid of the same year; Q Project (2008), his first full-length work presented at Festival Internacional Madrid en Danza; Shakoff (2010), Al Menos dos Caras (2011); Hasta donde, a 20 minute extract of Al Menos dos Caras that won the Certamen Coreographico Burgos - New York and the VIII Premio Iberoamericano de Coreographia Alicia Alonso CIC Ά12; Rizoma (2012), a large-scale, outdoor site-specific performance presented at dawn with 70 volunteer participants and 10 cellists; Inner (2012), a collaboration with Italian choreographer and performer Silvia Gribaudi, and Free Fall / Caida Libre presented for the first time in 2014.