Cristalization of dance

Crystallization of dance

Participant
VANESA AIBAR (dancer), JUAN MANUEL GARCÍA-RUIZ (lecturer) and MARÍA MARÍN (musician).
When
2025/06/12
19:00
Place
Victoria Eugenia Theater, Club Hall
Organizers
DIPC
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Cristalization of dance
Representation of "Cristalización de la Danza" (Cristalization of dance) with Juan Manuel Garcia Ruiz, Vanesa Aibar and María Marín.

The show The crystallization of dance (La cristalización de la danza), is an original proposal born from the meeting between the crystallographer Juan Manuel García Ruiz and dancer and choreographer Vanesa Aibar. A crossroads that runs through the lesser-known historical relationship of crystals with modern dance and flamenco, and invites to reflect on their complementary visions of art, confronting the idea of abstraction, represented here by the inorganic and crystalline, with the empathy embodied by the biological and natural.

About the speaker

Scientist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz (Seville, 1953) is Ikerbasque Professor at the DIPC and ad honorem Research Professor at CSIC.His research focuses on the study of crystallization phenomena in fields such as the formation of giant crystals, self-organization in biological and geological structures with implications in the origin of life, the detection of primitive life, and the fabrication of new materials. He leads the ambitious European ERC-Synergy project “Protos” and is a cultural agitator committed to the promotion of scientific culture and the exploration of the interface between art and science.

Vanesa Aibar is a dancer and creator and develops her work from the flamenco to lead to a modern dance, free, aesthetic and of great technical qualities. Sierpe (2019), her first solo show, combines her fascination for Spanish folklore with a reflexion on femininity. Other choreographies she firms are Liminal, Áspid and others driven by hybridization with other artists such as Todas Las Noches (Every night), together with Sara Cano or La Reina del Metal (Queen of Metal), with Enric Monfort. He has several awards in his career, the last one received, the Max Award for Best Dance Show for La Reina del Metal in 2023.

María Marín. Cantaora and guitarist born in Utrera, she trained in classical guitar in the Netherlands and is an artist with an open vision of flamenco who has collaborated in jazz, classical and world music projects with great international artists such as Carles Benavent, Tomatito, Antonio Serrano and Javier Colina.