Fang + Young Blood + Let Us All Smile

The opening event of Dansa Metropolitana 2022 will be constructed around an extract of Fang, Quim Girón’s show, and two short pieces by the Cia. Arnau Pérez and The Jokerz Company.

It will take place in the Espai Baronda, an ancient ceramic factory that is now a municipal facility where public and private initiative coexists. Quim Girón’s show will start things off with a 500 kg bucket of clay in the middle of the stage, reminding us of the place’s origins and the city of Esplugues’s ceramic-making tradition.

After that we will see the work of two young companies related to hip-hop who establish a bridge between Catalonia and Madrid. Arnau Pérez is a Catalan living in Madrid and Arias Fernández Joker, a madrileño who has been living in Barcelona for a few years now. Two creators associated with dance styles that originated in the big cities.

Young Blood is a show that stands up for the place and role of young people with energy, creativity and involvement to develop new paths, which are often cut short by the nature of this society.

Let Us All Smile mixes the powerful, moving speech by Charles Chaplin at the end of The Great Dictator with the krump danced by Arias Joker with his fellow dancers. This style is characterized by its expressive, free, intense, rapid and highly energetic movements.