WHO CARRIES WHOM
A piece created by Albert Garrell for the students of Institute of the Arts, Sitges, Barcelona, 2026.
Who Carries Whom is a contemporary dance piece that investigates weight as an invisible yet deeply embodied force, moving between the physical, emotional, and social. Through a choreography of collapse and suspension, density and lightness, the dancers navigate unstable states where gravity seems to shift and relocate within the body. Weight is explored not only as a physical condition but as an internal sensation.
The work expands into collective and perceptual dimensions, questioning how weight is distributed, shared, or imposed between bodies.
Who Carries Whom asks whether weight is something we own or something placed upon us.
Choreography & Concept Albert Garrell Artistic Direction Sara Colomino Choreographic Assistant Elena Cester Dancers 2nd year students at IAB Music Lawrence English, Alessandro Cortini, Loscil & William Basinski, Set & lighting Albert Garrell Costume Elena Cester in collaboration with the dancers
A piece created for the Royal Conservatory of Dance, Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.
Between blurred lines, heavy thoughts, and shifting emotions, the body expresses what the mind confuses.
This contemporary dance piece delves into the inner landscapes of cognitive distortion, where reality is filtered through altered perceptions and heightened emotions. Through movement, it reveals the multiple states we navigate as human beings: fragility, resistance, denial, acceptance, struggle, and transformation.
The performers embody the inner tensions that often disconnect us from the present, exploring how we face mental and emotional disorder. The body becomes a channel through which anxiety, contradiction, and vulnerability find space—yet also a place where awareness, presence, and attentive listening open up possible ways forward.
This is not a piece that seeks to provide answers, but one that makes visible the subtle layers of thought and feeling. A journey that oscillates between chaos and clarity, between disorientation and the light that emerges when we dare to look within.
Choreography & Concept Albert Garrell Choreographic Assistant Susana Rodríguez Music Max Richter, Rone, Laura Etchegoyhen, Angus MacRae & Bernadette Carroll Set & Lighting design Albert Garrell Costume Natàlia Vinyes
The Body in Doubt (Fragments of Reality)
GUERRA!
A full length production choreographed by Albert Garrell, Natàlia Vinyes, Susana Rodríguez & Helena Muñé, for the students of El Magatzem, Barcelona, 2025.
SAT Teatre Sant Andreu, Barcelona
GUERRA! is a contemporary dance piece that delves into the visible and invisible wars we carry — on the battlefield, in the body, and in memory. Through visceral movement and haunting stillness, it unearths the silent scars of survival, resistance, and exile. Each gesture tells a story of fight or flight, of inherited pain and fierce resilience.
Direction Natàlia Vinyes Choreography Albert Garrell, Natàlia Vinyes & Susana Rodríguez Music Oiseaux-Tempete, Gajek, The Blaze, Aránzazu Calleja, Fatrin Krajka, Betsy Fagin, Kara Rooney, Adrián Berenguer, The Tiny Harpist Dramaturgy Natàlia Vinyes Costume Àngels Vives Set & lighting Amadeo Solernou
TENDER SKIN
A piece by LAB3.14
Barcelona, 2022
TENDER SKIN is a piece that navigates through the murmur of the past and present, urging us to understand what enutes and pushes us to combat any sense of occupation we identify; consider the roar of totalitarian thoughts that manifest themselves in our society.
The plot of this piece is focused on Hanna Arendt’s reflections on knowledge and the rules of the system in which we belong.
Direction Albert Garrell Concept & Idea Albert Garrell Production LAB3.14 Choreography Albert Garrell Perfomed by Sara Colomino & Ivet Peralta Music Travis Lake, Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm & Michael Wall Costume DaBallet Cullotte & Albert Garrell Lighting & Sound design Albert Garrell
A PRIMARY QUESTION
A duet by LAB4.14
Germany, 2022
A PRIMARY QUESTION is a piece of work that navigates through all the possible laws in which we all rely on to reason about our own disagreement. Questioning us what mechanisms we apply when releasing and embracing the awakening of our own impulses.
The plot of the piece is based on the critical interpretation of the Libido’s theory by Sigmund Freud. A study based on the analysis of physical energy and the unconscious behavior of the human being.
Direction Albert Garrell Concept & Idea Albert Garrell Production LAB3.14 Choreography Albert Garrell Dancers Ivet Peralta & Sara Colomino Music CoH, Cossey Fanni Tutti Costume Alicia Rosado Lighting & Sound design Amadeu Solerno
CHROMA
A full length production by LAB3.14
2017 - 2019, Barcelona
What resilient resources do we have? How do we deal with adverse situations around us? Can we overcome the fear generated by uncertain situations? Answering these questions often confronts us with our honesty and the degree of humility that allows us to recognize that we have been imprisoned, what our rigidities are and if we are ready to break with the belief of what we are to truly become who we are. CHROMA refers to the ability we all have to add color and change a situation we have experienced or are experiencing.
Direction Albert Garrell Production LAB3.14 Dramaturgy Laia Garcia & Albert Garrell Choreography Albert Garrell Dancers Anna Altés Trenchs, Neus Expósito, Laia Mora & Núria Sanmartí Blanch Music Miquel G. Font Original Text Roser de Castro Pascual Costumes Gemma Espinosa & Carme Trenc Set & Lighting design Laia Garcia & Joan Rey
YUMMY!
A piece created for the students of Institute of the Arts, Sitges, Barcelona, 2024.
A piece of work that analyzes and has been inspired by the philosophical concept epistemology:
“the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion”.
Choreography & Concept Albert Garrell Choreographic Assistant Sara Colomino Dancers Students BA Hons Dance, Institute of the Arts Music Kirill Richter, A Winged Victory for the Sullen & Tom Ashbrook Costume Albert Garrell Set & Lighting design Javier Servet
GENS
A full length production choreographed by Albert Garrell, Natàlia Vinyes, Susana Rodríguez & Helena Muñé, for the students of El Magatzem, Barcelona, 2023.
SAT Teatre Sant Andreu, Barcelona, 2023
Artistic Direction Natàlia Vinyes Choreography Albert Garrell, Natàlia Vinyes & Susana Rodríguez Dancers Aikiu Chomhuworn, Andrea Muñoz, Júlia Reyes, Juls Rubio, Laura Font, Maren Gil, Jan López, Carlota Mas-Beya, Paula Toronell, Ona Garriga, Èlia Fort, Pere Mauriz & Oscar Rico Music Alva Noto, Michael Wall & Travis Lake Dramaturgy Helena Muñé Costume Àngels Vives Set & Lighting design Amadeo Solernou
THE DUALITIES OF BEING
A piece created for the students of Institute of the Arts, Sitges, Barcelona, 2021.
What laws do we rely on to reason about our own disagreement? What mechanisms do we apply to release and embrace the awakening of our impulses? The plot of this piece is based on the analysis of physical energy and the unconscious behavior of the human being: our desires, phobias, tractions, potential, repressions…
“The Dualities of Being” refers to the capacity we have when facing our own awakening.
Direction Albert Garrell Choreography Albert Garrell Dancers D5 Students BA Hons Dance, Institute of the Arts, Sitges, Barcelona Music Travis Lake Costume Albert Garrell Set & lighting Amadeo Solernou
