Stéphane Mallarmé’s pastoral poem and Vaslav Nijinsky’s ballet performed to the symphony by Debussy inspired Pol Jiménez to create a solo overflowing with life that draws from the roots and references of Spanish dance—folklore, the bolero school, stylised dance, flamenco—and uses them to invent a new body. Neither a man nor a woman, the result of a process of reflection and contextualisation that have allowed him to create an inter-species in constant hybridisation free from the codes of classical performance. Shrouded in white, his tall, slender form explores movements evoking dreamlike states or unbridled cavalcades, with a musical score “like a rocky mountain of sound” written by Jaume Clotet. Entirely focused on his energy, he adopts postures, arches his back and suddenly freezes, playing castanets with matchless skill. A major figure in the young generation of Catalan artists, Pol Jiménez beats a unique path between different styles and genres. With Lo Faunal, his interest in identity develops and deepens, forming “an entity constructed between human and animal, between the real and the imaginary”.
Les représentations à Marseille reçoivent le soutien de l’Institut Ramon Llull
