COMPANYIA JORDI BERTRAN

Hiszpania / Spain
www.jordibertran.cat

Wizualne wiersze
Poemes Visuals

Wizualne wiersze to czarujący spektakl, wypełniający każdy kąt sceny niezwykłą wirtuozerią. Zamiast lalek ożywają tu litery, które dzięki mistrzowskiej animacji zamieniają gesty w wersy, a wersy – w emocje.

Spektakl jest inspirowany magią wierszy katalońskiego artysty Joana Brossa. Zapożycza jego alfabet i zabawę literami, za pomocą której poeta ilustruje swoją poetykę.

Spektakl rozpoczyna aktor-muzyk odgrywający rolę Brossa. Ma na sobie garnitur pełny liter zrobionych ze styropianu i zaczyna bawić się ich kształtem i brzmieniem. Odkrywa, że litery mogą tworzyć poezję, nie tworząc przy tym słów.

Przy wtórze gitary i piosenek wchodzi on w relację z literami, które ożywając, tworzą świat pełen postaci, tańca i humoru. Litery udowadniają, że potrafią nie tylko wypełniać kartki papieru i ekrany komputerów, ale mogą także wykreować krainę wrażliwości i zachwycającej prostoty.

Litery, animowane na stole za pomocą kijków ożywają i przekształcają się razem ze spektaklem: E staje się psem bawiącym się z dzieckiem, którym jest I. A, Y oraz U układają rytmiczny taniec, a proste T zostaje akrobatą.

Visual Poems is a charming show, filling every corner of the stage with an unusual virtuosity, the result of many years of work. On stage a series of simple letters come to life but thanks to great mastery and handling these convert gestures into verse and verse into emotion.

The show is inspired in the magic of the poems of Catalan poet Joan Brossa, borrowing from the magnetism of Brossa’s alphabet, a game of letters with which the poet illustrates his visual poetics.

Visual Poems starts with musician-actor playing the role of a poet; he is carrying a suitcase full of letters made of foam and he starts to play their sounds and shapes, discovering that the letters can be used to create poetry without the need to construct words.

With his guitar and songs, he establishes a warm relationship with the letters that come alive, creating a universe full of characters, choreographies, humor, and drama to show that letters are not just for filling up papers and computers but rather that they can also create a sensitive world of breathtaking simplicity.

The letters, operated by sticks on a table, come alive and transform as the show moves forward: the E becomes a dog that plays with a child, which is the I. A Y and a U create a rhythmic dance and a simple T, a trampolinist.

In 1977, Jordi Bertran coincided with a group of puppeteers from Barceloneta, the neighborhood where the fishermen used to live in Barcelona, the "Grupo Taller deMarionetas” directed by Pepe Otal, and thus discovered the power of fascination and ability to communicate of puppets. Later he formed part of two groups: "The Col—lectiu d'Animació de Barcelona" (1978), directed by Carles Cañellas, and "La Companyia Ambulant els Farsants" (1979-1987), which he co-founded.

In 1987 he founded his own company with the intention of spreading the art of puppeteering with the objective of especially reaching an adult audience. Thanks to the efforts of numerous artists and collaborators, Companyia Jordi Bertran is now one of the most prestigious in the country, with numerous national and international awards recognizing his career. He has participated in the most important performing arts festivals in the world, touring in over fifty countries, and having worked on television. On the teaching side, Jordi Bertran offers courses in the creation and handling of puppets, and he also has an exhibition on puppets and photographs illustrating the history of the Company in its current location in El Taller del Parc: Espai de Creació in Barcelona.

El Taller del Parc: Espai de Creació, is a centre in Barcelona offering training workshops in different areas of puppet theater: construction, handling, but also lighting, costumes and other applied techniques. With the collaboration of professionals related to the Company, it provides both a space for creation and rehearsals for other puppet companies.

The space has been organized with the idea of promoting the activities of new puppetry companies, providing facilities, equipment and the experience of maestro Bertran to push these initiatives through the first stages of growth. The result of this has been a new puppet theater company under the name Companyia El Taller del Parc, and its first production, The hole in the hat, which opened on December 12, 2009, at the Versus Teatre in Barcelona. The Companyia Jordi Bertran is currently made up by: Paula López, Carles Codina, David Zuazola, Eduardo Telletxea, Irma Borges, Inés Alarcón, Óscar Muñoz, Aurora Poveda, Paulette San Martín... and Jordi Bertran.