Montse Colomé has designed this spoken dance as a celebration, a spectacle or a festival in which to share her experiences with the audience at her side, dancing with her, accompanying her as she dances, which is what she has done most throughout her life. This is why she called the piece: Celebration. It is a celebration of 60 years dancing and working in the field of the performing arts.
She was born in Barcelona in February 1956. There were many dancers in her mother’s family, and her brother was a musician, diplomat and author of dance books, so her family encouraged her to start dancing at the tender age of 5.
She earned a diploma in Spanish dance from the Institut del Teatre, and in 1979 she flew to New York, where she spent two years at Alvin Ailey's school encouraged by her teacher, Anna Maleras. When she came back from the United States, she geared her professional life towards teaching. It was in 1986 that she entered the world of show business as a performer and choreographer with Carles Santos and Comediants, travelling and performing at festivals all over the world. She also began to choreograph large-scale shows with Comediants, like the closing ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
She began to work as a choreographer and assistant director in opera and text-based theatre in around 1998. In recent years, she has worked as a dancer with Ramon Colomina, Carles Salas, Toni Jodar, Germana Civera, Arthur Rosenfeld, Pere Faura and Sol Picó.
This piece has received support from the Barcelona Crea grants from the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB).
The show has done a residency in the Casa del Teatre Nu in Sant Martí de Tous and was a 2022 resident project at La Caldera-Les Corts in Barcelona.
Idea and performer: Montse Colomé. Stage and technical design: Sergi Fäustino. Photography: Tristán Pérez-Martín. Making their mark in the show: Jordi Vidal, Jordi Bulbena, Jordi Cardoner, David Pintó, Oscar Dasí, Carles Mallol, Ramon Colomina, Inés Boza, Clàudia Solwat, Pere Faura.
Acknowledgements: Osor Town Hall, LasLolas dance company, Mercè Cortadas, El Catllar City Council, Joan Morlà.
