Cía. manolo alcántara

It is a performance-installation which revolves around ingenuity, that timeless, universal and transversal attribute, as seen through an artistic and artisanal lens. The construction of a giant arch made of very heavy boxes is there for all to see, a construction founded on the premises of economy of effort and movement using ancestral technologies that are still relevant today: the lever, the pulley, and the wheel,…

The choreography of this everyday element of set design is the performance in itself, in which craftsmanship is the indelible protagonist: a craftmanship which counterpoises the use of tools and resources, so as not to limit my effectiveness as an artisan, negotiating between ingenuity and intuition.

My father taught me how to build arches, and MAÑA is the way I would teach my son how to build them.

MAÑA is a direct and honest show that wears its heart on its sleeve from the get-go.
The key to the show is ingenuity.

Most innovative show Award of TAC Valladolid 2022.

Susana Herreras Award of the Arca Festival – Aguilar de Campoó 2022 for Best Show “for being a surprising, innovative and hypnotic show within installations, a minority genre within the street arts“, according to the jury.

Concept, creation and direction: Manolo Alcántara
Performers: Manolo Alcántara and Joan Trilla
Stage design: Manolo Alcántara
Set construction: Joan Trilla and Manolo Alcántara
Costume design and creation: Rosa Solé
Musical arrengements: Joan Trilla
Sound design: Oriol Planas
Light design: Ivan Tomasevic
Management and production: Clàudia Saez
Production: Cia. Manolo Alcántara
Production support: La Destil·leria
National distribution (Spain): Portal71
Catalan and international distribution: AlaPista
With the support of: ICEC-Generalitat de Catalunya, IRL and INAEM.
With the collaboration of: Kaldearte, La Colònia Vidal and Can Bach.

With the support of: