Type of work:
Theatre-Dance
Contemporary Dance
Place of show: Indoor
Duration: 70 minutes
Release date: 2019
Photography Zazu MataIt was in the third century when Saint Agatha of Sicily, who had offered her virginity to Christ, rejected the sexual advances of Quintianus, the prefect of Sicily. Bewildered, he then sent her to a brothel, where she did not lose her virginity either, so the diplomat despot cut off her breasts and then burned her alive. It is said that, in the face of the eruption of Etna, the year following her martyrdom, the locals pleaded with her to save them and at then the lava that was flowing into the city stopped. The patron saint of Sicily, Saint Agatha is attributed with the power of rising from the ashes and has been invoked in the face of tragedies resulting from fire or breast issues such as problems with lactation. If one were to happen today, in all likelihood it would be breast cancer.
Text: OMAR KHAN
Photography Zazu Mata
Photography Zazu MataMDVdanza is a company led by Mikel del Valle, a Basque dancer and choreographer who has traversed different dance centres in the country as a performer and later as a choreographer.
He began his training in classical dance although later switched to contemporary dance.
As a choreographer, worthy of mention are his pieces "Tute conta Verdi" for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Un vasco en Sevilla" with 7 dancers on stage for the Arriaga Theatre and "Fundiendo el Hierro", a piece for non-conventional spaces.
Prizes: best choreographer in the 2014 Andalusia competition, best male dancer in the 2014 Alcobendas, Madrid international competition and finalist at the 2016 Madrid Spanish and flamenco dance competition.
Mikel del Valle
