It is not about stages, it is not about praise… It is all about the inherent strength of performing arts to create intangible bridges of resistance to status quo
Roberto Olivan Performing Arts is the dance company founded by the choreographer and performer Roberto Olivan
It is not about stages, it is not about praise… It is all about the inherent strength of performing arts to create intangible bridges of resistance to status quo
Roberto Olivan Performing Arts is the dance company founded by the choreographer and performer Roberto Olivan
‘We need rhythm. We need to be able to come and go from humour to reflection. We need an exact blend of surprise, playfulness and pain. We need to be transported to explosions through a total control of movements. We need tornadoes of energy, direct beats of thoughts and emotions. We need dance to be the natural truth that shakes up our consciousness and shrinks our souls’, Roberto Olivan
R.O.P.A. – Roberto Olivan Performing Arts was founded by Roberto Olivan in 2001 in Brussels, then known as the Enclave dance company. R.O.P.A. is currently established in the heart of the Ebre Delta (Catalonia, Spain) where it has its headquarters l’Obrador – Espai de Creació.
As part of its creative activities, since 2001, the company has created, produced and toured internationally with its own performances and workshops as well as commissioned works for dance companies, universities, dance institutions and schools. Moreover, R.O.P.A. is the organising company of the Festival Deltebre Dansa (Catalonia, Spain).
THE METHOD
Olivan’s tour around the world has clearly marked his way of understanding it. The contemplation and study of movement has led him to propose a more intimate universe through quality creations. Olivan is an open and questioning creator who constantly pursuits among the established and the insurgent. His love for risks makes him create continuous re-encounters between the old and assumed signs and the emergence of a new logic that is used as a mechanism to transgress the limits.
His dance pieces reflect the choreographer’s unusual perception of dance and his need to bring it into dialogue with other artistic genres. That is why his works, through the performer’s innate abilities, often incorporate elements of contemporary circus, drama theatre and various other artistic disciplines. Olivan uses a mixture of artistic languages and relies on the experience and aspirations of the performers in order to release primeval movement, creating organic physical theatre.
