About
About
Iván Benito
Choreographer and performer
Iván Benito, choreographer and performer born in Zaragoza. He began his career on the street practicing disciplines such as parkour, graduating in capoeira and circus from Mestre Branco (Capoeira ESCOLA Zaragoza) and CREAT Valencia Training in circus arts.
In recent years she has immersed herself in contemporary dance, Gwong Zau kung fu and circus, through training programs with leading figures and tightrope walking with Rosa Schmid.
He has worked as a dancer and performer in productions for: Ingrid Magrinyà, Joao Cidade, Alba Lorca, David Ventosa and in festivals such as Trayectos, Cuadernos Escenarios, Sismograf, Cádiz en Danza… He is currently the director of his own dance and circus project, Ivan Benedict.
With her work “Galápago” she won 1st prize at the XVII Burgos-New York Choreographic Competition in 2018 and was selected for the Acieloabierto 2019 network, touring Spain and Italy.
Creations
Creations
- Idea and creation: Iván Benito
- Performance: Iván Benito
- Duration: 10min
Starting from within, where what we are resides, every experience, every moment lived, every emotion that blossoms deep within.
Mirror is a work based on dissociative identity disorder, which is characterized by the existence of two or more identities in a person, each with its own pattern of perceiving and acting with the environment. A mirror where we see reflected different qualities, characteristics and personal aspects of our own essence, of our most primitive being.
- Direction and Choreography: Vanesa Pérez, Iván Benito
- Idea and creation: Iván Benito
- Duration: 13min
I search. I run. I jump. I hide. The struggle for survival is a constant dynamic in nature. Ecosystems select the members of a growing population. Those members of the population with a lower degree of adaptation will probably not survive. The ability to adapt to our environment is what keeps us alive. Galápago is a dance piece that takes as its main starting point the theory of evolution and the origin of species.
- 1st prize for "Dance in the Street" at the XVII International Choreography Competition of Burgos & New York 2018
- Selected for the Red AcieloAbierto 2019 tour
- Idea and creation: Iván Benito
- Performance: Iván Benito
- Duration: 10min
A piece of acrodance inspired by delusional disorder or paranoid psychosis, where the person believes that "they are being tormented, followed, deceived or spied on with the intention of harming them."
A person with delusional disorder may be quite functional and does not tend to display strange behavior except when the delusional idea is present.Over time, however, the patient's life may become more overwhelmed by the pervasive effect of abnormal beliefs.
Everything is fine until paranoid delusions appear, without warning, when you least expect it.
Creation & performance
- Direction y choreography: João Cidade
- Creation and performance: Ravid Abarbanel, Jone Amezaga, Ivan Benito, Nikita de Martin, Martin Los Arcos, Diego Pazo, Marta Santacatalina, Nerea Vicandi
- Music: Marcelo Andres Schmittner
Festival Danzad Danzad Malditos Pamplona Synopsis: Festival Danzad Danzad Malditos Pamplona (ES) Synopsis: In co-production with Acker Stadt Palast (DE) and Festival Danzad Danzad Malditos (ES) With the support of the city of Warsaw, Zawirowania Dance Theatre (PL), Open FLR (IT), Theatrehaus Berlin Mitte and Lake Studios Berlin
Creation and performance
- Direction y choreography: Alba Lorca
- Creation and performance: Yeinner Chicas, Iván Benito
These two dancers are capable of finding bodily harmonies that have not yet been discovered. They are angels without gender, without nation, they think best in movement and are friends of all cultures. They are trained to incorporate, listen to, follow or lead other bodies. For 15 minutes you will see how these two dancers take their cell phones, select their favorite playlist on Spotify, put on their headphones and dance while thinking about how to explain in words that for them movement releases anguish and generates happiness.
Rutas Pilar 2018
Choreography and interpretation
- Direction y choreography: Alba Lorca
- Choreography and interpretation: Yeinner Chicas, Iván Benito and Raquel Buil
- Drone pilot: Joan Cano, Tecnitop SL
- Music: Sandra Lanuza
'Dance and New Media Laboratory' 2018 Journeys within the framework of the European project Smart Places in Etopia.
The workshop takes as its starting point the understanding of reality as a complex system of regulatory structures that control the relationship between bodies. From a gender perspective, concepts such as normativity or standardization will be reflected upon, using repetition, accumulation or piling up as choreographic strategies.Theoretical support: Victoria Perez Royo, Elvira Burgos and Arantxa Enriquez. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zaragoza.
Calendar
Calendar
More dates coming soon!
Historical
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
4 May. San Mateo de Gállego
5 May. Pastriz
25 May. Osera de Ebro
5 Oct. Danza mínima Mozota
21 Oct. Noche de ánimas Pedrola
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – CONFUSION
9 Jul. Danza en el camino aragonés
CÍA DAVID VENTOSA – INDALA
30 Jun. Cafcafest Oviedo
7 Sep. Ribera en danza Murchante
1-2 Oct. Transmutaciones Sevilla
CÍA DAVID VENTOSA – DE NEANDERTHAL A SAPIENS
30 Ago. Catedral de Santarém, Portugal
11-12 Oct. Festival Fave, Santa Cruz de La Palma
CÍA DAVID VENTOSA – NEANDERTHAL
14 Sep. Alcalá de Henares
26 Sep. Festival MUT, Castellón
CÍA D’CLICK – VALS ZAHORÍ
9 Nov. CC.Salvador Allende, Zaragoza
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
24 Abr. Día de Aragón, Zaragoza
2 Jun. Villamayor de Gállego
3 Jun. Osera de Ebro
21 Ago. CulturaenJaca
31 Oct. Pedrola
4 Dic. Maria de Huerva
CÍA PROJECT DISCORD – TRANSICIONS
21 Ago. Rodafam, Alicante
24-27 Ago. Shambala Northamptonshire, England
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – CONFUSION
23 Oct. Puebla de Alfinden, Zaragoza
9 Nov. Alfajarín, Zaragoza
15 Nov. Osera de Ebro, Zaragoza
4 Dic. Maria de Huerva, Zaragoza
FRAGMENTED MEMORIES
9 Nov. Maceio, Theater Deodoro Brasil
CÍA DAVID VENTOSA – INDALA
19 Nov. Cadrete, Zaragoza
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – CONFUSION
23 May. Cultura al raso, Zaragoza
23 Jul. Nocte, Graus
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
14-18 Jun. Cádiz en danza
CÍA DAVID VENTOSA – INDALA
13 Ago. Sagunto a Escena
25 Sep. Theater of Molina de Segura, Murcia
26 Sep. Festival MUT, Castellón
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
4 Jul. Vuelve a la cultura, Zaragoza
8 Ago. Jorearte, Ayerbe
26 Sep. Danza Mínima, Tudela
CÍA IVÁN BENITO, VANESA PÉREZ – EN TRÁNSITO
31 Oct. Danza Ples, Zaragoza Auditorium
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
28 Abr. Sismògraf, Olot
9-11 Jun. Cádiz en Danza
21 Jun. A Escena Kalle, Móstoles
6 Jul. Figueres, Agitart
12 Jul. Huellas, Aracena (Huelva)
20 Jul. Tenerife Cuadernos Escénicos
5 Sep. Danza Urbana XL, Italia(Bologna)
14-15 Sep. Attraversamenti Multipli, Italy (Rome)
21-24 Sep. MAC Festival (La Mercè), Barcelona
16 Nov. FIND, Festival Internacional Nuova Danza, Italy (Cagliari)
CÍA LOS DÍAS DE PENÉLOPE – PENÉLOPE
16-17 Mar. Principal Theatre, Zaragoza
25 Sep. Olimpia Theatre, Huesca
2 Dic. Can Ventosa, Ibiza
CÍA LOS DÍAS DE PENÉLOPE – LA COMUNIÓN
1 Mar. Pies para que los quiero, Zaragoza
13 Jul. Nocte Graus
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
13 May. Tapas y Danza, Villanueva de Gállego
27 May. Urban Facyl, Salamanca
1 Jul. Trayectos, Zaragoza
24 Jul. CicBuNy, Burgos
30 Sept. Dantza Hirian, Hondarribia
15 Sep. Gatadans, Madrid
21 Oct. Hop, Barcelona
CÍA IVÁN BENITO – GALÁPAGO
27 Sep. Huesca Intl.Theatre and Dance Fair
14 Oct. Camino al circo, Zaragoza
20 Oct. Le Canapé, Zuera
2 Dic. Danza Mínima, Zaragoza
Formation
Projects
Formation
Artistic direction and choreographic support
Ivan's main objective as a director and choreographer is to offer tools and working methods focused on movement, as well as choreographies or techniques in order to enrich the work.
His work is characterized by working on the emotional physical state in harmony with music, starting from the work and its own essence.
Workshops
Her dedication also includes teaching, giving workshops and classes, both for professionals and for the general public.
Collaboration with public projects and centers teaching movement through dance, martial arts, parkour and circus.
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