Productions

Performed by an actor and a dancer, Contra.Natura is a multidisciplinary play that, taking as a basis the language of the physical and the visual theatre, integrates elements from other art disciplines, such as dance, performance, and art installation. Using real-time video and audio effects, and giving prominence to the interaction of the performers and the stage through multimedia applications, Contra.Natura articulates a dramaturgic structure of powerful conceptual content and intense poetic force.
Nature, the Whole, is imposing, unyielding, changing, indifferent; it does not act according to any plan, it simply develops as a balance of forces. We, an only and bastard product of that Whole, have built our identity as species through a constant opposition to these overwhelming forces by means of a resolute creative/cultural action. Thus, we try to overcome our anxiety in the face of the erasing power of Nature through a persistent fight against oblivion, against extinction. And we label, classify, mummify, can. But all efforts are pointless –we know–, the battle is lost –we know–, because one day there will be nothing left of us. We will again be a speck of dust in a cosmos that overwhelms us. And that pisses us off. That we cannot stand it. Something must be done against that. Even if it is kicking the shit out of Nature, giving that swine what it serves it right, giving it the wallop out of helplessness; even if it is just to let off steam.