Institut Ramon LLull

Kanga Valls (Kulbik): ‘We want to describe the states of mind that are around us every day as individuals and as a group’

Performing.  Avignon, 11/07/2014

Kulbik Dance Company, directed by Kanga Valls, presents Cube at Avignon à la Catalane. The work takes place in an enormous imaginary cube which is transformed according to the emotions we all know or have felt at some time. A place of non-existent lines where freedom and its negation are concentrated. Curiosity, anguish, play, love and many other emotions that are with us every day come together in a choreographic work studied down to the smallest details. Inside the cube we find four imprisoned dancers who express themselves through a language that fuses street dance, mime and poetry. It is a stripped down work, with minimalist forms but generous in its gestures, a great visual game. Kulbik Dance Company was founded in 2010 through the initiative of various members of the Estilo company (2002/2008), directed by Kanga Valls. Kulbik fuses hip-hop with electronic music, blues, jazz and reggae.




Cube was your first work and then you put on Camins, at the Mercat de les Flors. What differences are there between the two?

At Kulbik we like to fuse our dance with other disciplines: with Cube I was inspired by the poetry of Ulises Paniagua and in Camins we wanted to create an atmosphere based on visual projections. Cube is constructed from three independent pieces in a single context defined by moods and states of mind, and Camins is constructed based on a guiding narrative thread in association with the dramatist Marc Montserrat.

What are you trying to convey with Cube?

To use the characteristic movement of the company to describe the states of mind that are around us every day as individuals and as a group.

You’ve gone from winning the TV talent competition Tú sí que vales to bringing audiences flocking to stages like the Mercat de les Flors and now Avignon à la Catalane. How do you rate that evolution?

Undoubtedly, very positive. Tú sí que vales brought us to audiences at home, made us famous and introduced us as a company. At all events we’d like to point out that Kulbik has a 12 year career founded on constant work behind it, which is what’s made our language evolve. We’re very satisfied with the large audiences and we’ll keep working to make our shows fill the theatres and excite them.

What do you regard as the differentiating element with regard to other street dance companies?

The fusion of styles we work with: hip-hop as a reference, gestural and contemporary theatre and, definitely, the comic details that accompany each work.

What are your expectations about Avignon?

To spread the name Kulbik abroad and construct a tour around France, where they have a long tradition of hip-hop, which is a whole challenge for us.

Presenting Cube at Avignon à la Catalane

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