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Israel Galván
Born in Seville, Spain, into the family of dancers José Galván and Eugenia de los Reyes, Israel Galván received a classical flamenco training. However, since his first creation ¡Mira! / Los zapatos rojos (1998), Galván has recoded the body language of flamenco, drawing not only on forms of expression genealogically close to it, such as bullfighting, but also on performative aspects of other rituals of popular culture—from football to activism and cross-dressing.

Each of his creations (Torobaka with Akram Khan, La Fiesta, La Edad de Oro, RI TE with Marlene Monteiro Freitas, La Consagración de la Primavera, Mellizo Doble with El Niño de Elche, up to his version of Bizet’s Carmen) represents a step in his quest for a dance that seeks to free itself from certain inherited characteristics of a crystallized flamenco tradition. He aims to refocus dance on the very act of dancing itself.

Israel Galván has received some of the most prestigious awards, including the Premio Nacional de Danza in 2005, the New York Bessie Performance Award in 2012 and 2021, and the National Dance Award for Exceptional Artistry in 2016 and 2023. In 2016, he was promoted to the rank of Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

An author, stage director, filmmaker, and visual artist, Mohamed El Khatib develops projects at the crossroads of performance, literature, and cinema. Through intimate and social epics, he creates opportunities for encounters between art and those who are usually distant from it.

After Moi, Corinne Dadat, which brought together a cleaning woman and a classical dancer to reflect on their respective skills, he continued his exploration of the working class with the monumental piece STADIUM, featuring 58 supporters of Racing Club de Lens on stage. Working with children of divorced parents, he examined—on radio and screen—what kind of narratives family can produce. With historian Patrick Boucheron, he crafted a popular history of art through the lens of the snow globe.

Alongside his stage projects, Mohamed El Khatib has developed visual art research in collaboration with several artists. In Savoie, together with Valérie Mréjen, he initiated the creation of the first art center within a nursing home (Ehpad). At the Collection Lambert in Avignon, he conceived a “sentimental exhibition” by bringing together precarious curators from the Fondation Abbé Pierre and members of the museum staff.

At the Mucem, he created the monumental exhibition Renault 12, inspired by the car journeys of Franco-Maghrebi families.

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Event in Spanish, with translation into Romanian and English
Spain, France