Unravel

Programmed by Barcelona Districte Cultural.

Inspired on the figure of the cotton spinner and based on the testimonies of the women who worked in spinning mills, Unravel questions the dichotomy between modernization and dehumanization, between the automatism of actions and human behaviour. In this piece human fragility is shown, unravelling the collective memory of a generation, of which we are the heirs, like the perfectly braided thread formed of a thousand cotton fibres. Through the context of spinning mills, industrialization and, in short, an important part of our history, the intention is to contrast the two sides of progress. A dichotomy that is present and transverse in many different societies and cultures. It is undeniably a context with its light and shade that gives us the opportunity to learn where we come from and also to understand what other societies are experiencing at present. This historically rigorous piece moves between themes as current as labour and gender conditions offering a representation through a contemporary lens.

A graduate in Dance at SEAD (Salzburg, Austria) and in Art and Design from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Angel Duran has also trained as an actor in Madrid and Barcelona. He has worked for different European choreographers and companies such as Anton Lachky Company (Brussels), Milla Koistinen (Berlin), Stephan Herwigh (Munich) or DOT504 (Prague). At the same time, he has given workshops and classes for formations and companies in Europe like Seesaw Project (IT), Equilibrio Dinamico (IT), TREFFPUNKT, Stuttgart (DE), MARAMEO Berlin (DE), Ona Dance, Palamós (ES), Tersicorea, Cagliari (IT), Motion*s Studios, Berlin (DE), AREA, Barcelona (ES). Since 2018, Duran has developed his most personal creative project under Angel Duran Performing Arts. His work focuses on the exploration of the human condition through research into body language, with a clear commitment to new dramaturgy. Influenced by philosophy and theatre, Duran’s work moves through the poetry of movement and emotional expression with the aim of connecting with the public and inviting it into his particular imaginary.