This movement methodology investigates, through various perspectives, the body’s agility in its movement and displacement in space. Agility is understood as the most efficient way to use body mechanics and energy to achieve maximum power.
We will explore the natural asymmetries of the body, primarily in the spine, in the relationships between the skull, the shoulder girdle, and the pelvis. The use of the limbs as an extension of the asymmetric movement of the spine, while also providing support to experience freedom. The relationship between supports, weight distribution, and the movement of the structure to find the inertia created by the interplay of forces and weights. The possibility of perceiving space as infinitely open, vast, and three-dimensional where the body moves.
The foundation of this methodology is based on the ability to observe what happens when I engage with different materials (observing in my own body and in others’) and from there, deduce, incorporate, and learn from the experience, both individually and collectively. To understand the experience of dance as the joy that arises in moments of discovery.
LUCAS CONDRÓ
Lucas Condró is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
In 1999, he was invited by master and choreographer David Zambrano to attend a seminar at SNDO (School For New Dance Development), where he later studied for three years, graduating with the title of Dance Maker.
In the Netherlands, he worked with choreographers such as Paz Rojo, Hooman Sharifi, Nicole Butler, and David Zambrano. He later pursued further training at the Choreographic Center of Montpellier, working with teachers like Mark Tompkins, Lisa Nelson, and Mathilde Monnier.
Upon returning to Argentina, he began collaborating with choreographer Diana Szeinblum and performed in her works 34 metros at the Center for Scenic Experimentation of Teatro Colón, Sur as part of a tribute to Mauricio Kagel, and Alaska. With Alaska, he participated in the V Buenos Aires International Festival and toured the U.S., Ecuador, Mexico, Spain (Festival Escena Contemporánea), and Chile.
In 2006 and 2007, he was invited to the International Dance Season Festival in the cities of Bogotá and Medellín, where he premiered his solo piece Materia Aérea. In September 2008, he premiered his show Alguien próximo at the Buenos Aires International Festival.
In 2009, he and Diana Szeinblum were invited to do an artistic residency at PICA (Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts), from which emerged the piece Una cosa por vez. This work was performed in Buenos Aires and at the International Danzalborde Festival in Valparaíso, Chile.
Alongside his stage work, since 2005 he has been teaching contemporary dance at various institutions, including the Dance Workshop at the Teatro General San Martín (Buenos Aires, Argentina), LA ARENA Circus School (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the LA VITRINA Collective (Santiago de Chile, Chile), the SODRE School (Montevideo, Uruguay), UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico), Dance Theater Workshop (New York, USA), the Higher Conservatory of Dance (Madrid, Spain), DANSCENTRUM (Gothenburg, Sweden), DOCH Circus and Dance (Stockholm, Sweden), and the Cullberg Ballet Company (Stockholm, Sweden).
Since 2012, he has been leading his project ASYMMETRICAL-MOTION, a research effort aimed at developing and systematizing his experience in contemporary dance pedagogy.
In February 2016, he co-published the book Asymmetrical-Motion/Notes on Pedagogy and Movement with Pablo Messiez, through the Contenta Me Tienes publishing house. He also published Lo singular under the same label. Together with Poliana Lima, he organizes the dance cycle MoverMadrid at the Cuarta Pared theater.
