OBLIVION

Oblivion, which also means amnesty or pardon, is a place of transformation between mourning and emptiness, between memory and nothingness. Oblivion could be an image of the classic purgatory, as described by Dante in The Divine Comedy. A place of transition conditioned by the idea of the circle, by the eternal wandering of bodies, as if the act of wandering was ultimately a kind of letting go, a relinquishment of everything that ties us to suffering: memories, desires, identity. To wander, vacare in Latin, means to roam, to float, to ramble, but also to be empty. Oblivion is an increasingly easy path to follow, a dance of growing entropy. All things considered, perhaps the beyond and oblivion are one and the same thing.

Silvia Batet is a company made up of dancers, musicians and lighting designers. They made their debut in 2017 and have presented four pieces since then: La doble hélice, Pas de Carla, Iris, Raquel y Goretti, Réquiem and Oblivion. With the latter, premiered at the 2021 Festival Grec, they won the Institut del Teatre Dance Award 2020. The Silvia Batet company has taken part in numerous national festivals, including Russafa Escènica (Valencia), Ellas Crean (Madrid) and Quinzena Metropolitana de Dansa (Barcelona). On the international stage, they have participated in the Florence Dance Festival, the Istanbul Fringe Festival, the Prospettiva Danza Teatro (Padua) and the Almada Dance Fortnight (Portugal).

Original idea, direction and choreography: Silvia Batet / Performance: Marta García, Cristina Reolid, Raquel Romero, Anna Serra and Pere Seda / Music: Sergi Puig / Music editor: Jose González / Stage and lighting design: Carles Borràs and Sergio Roca / Costume design: Marta Mas Soldevila / Skirts making: Anna Whirling / Production: Muntsa Roca, Rita Stivala – Anastàtica / Distribution: LANIU / External perspective: Anna Rubirola / Video and photography: Mila Ércoli

With the collaboration of: Acieloabierto