OBSEQUIO
Emulating bygone eras, when movement was offered as a tribute to honor kings and queens, Obsequio was conceived as a gift to delight the audience — the very own monarchy of the performer — through the offering of a dance.
The piece is grounded in the act of revealing oneself and in the shared experience of witnessing movement as a way of connection and dialogue.
Through the dancer’s entire body — especially through the arms and hands — the solo embraces the vulnerability inherent in facing oneself, using it to guide spectators through a display of through a display of pure dance, poetry of movement, and music. Obsequio becomes a necessary gesture of affirmation — an invitation to embrace individuality, to show off, and to take pleasure in the body fully and unapologetically.
ARTISTIC CREDITS:
Choreography and performance: Johann Pérez Viera
Music: Ninos du Brasil, Johann Sebastian Bach, Orquesta Serenata Tropical Dante, de Thomas Adès (45 min version)
Light design: Johann Pérez Viera, in colaboration with Conrado Parodi.
Light technitian: Valentina Azzati
Costum: Johann Pérez Viera
External view: LaCerda, Edward Tamayo.
Dramaturgical assistance: Sergio Martinez Vila
PREMIERED AS STREET VERSION AT FESTIVAL TRAYECTOS DE ZARAGOZA IN JUNE 2024, THE 30 MIN VERSION AT LA BRIQUETERIE CDCN OF PARIS IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AND THE 45 MIN VERSION AT LA CASA ELIZALDE OF BARCELONA IN OCTUBRE 2025.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: CERTÁMEN COREOGRÁFICO DE MADRID, CENTRO MUSIBERIA OF PORTUGAL, FESTIVAL DANZA TRAYECTOS OF ZARAGOZA, NAU IVANOW, LA CALDERA, LLEIALTAT SANTSENCA, CENTRE CÍVIC CAN CLARIANA OF BARCELONA AND THE CULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CATALAN GOVERNMENT.
