Spain Dances in Morocco

Spain Dances, the travelling contemporary dance festival of the Cervantes Institute, will be presented for the first time in Morocco, at the Marrakech International Contemporary Dance Festival "On Marche".  

With the participation of Luz Arcas, director and choreographer of La Pharmaco, who will present a fragment inspired by her piece entitled Toná, on Thursday 7 March, at 5 p.m., on the Terrace of Es-Saadi Palace.   

Luz Arcas founded the company La Phármaco in 2009. Her creations include "Mariana" (XXII Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, in co-production with Teatros del Canal and MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard), "Todas las santas" (FIT de Cádiz, in co-production with Teatro de la Abadía, November 2022), "Trilla" (duo with composer Le Parody, Museo Thyssen Málaga, April 2022), "Toná" (Festival de Otoño de Madrid, in co-production with Teatro de la Abadía, November 2020) and "Bekristen/Tríptico de la prosperidad" (2018- 2023, Festival de Otoño de Madrid, Teatros del Canal, Graner de Barcelona).  

She has recently choreographed at the Teatro Real in Madrid and for the Víctor Ullate Ballet and has worked on various educational projects in El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea and India.  

Luz Arcas has been awarded the II Premio Godot 2023 for Best Dance Work for "Mariana", and has been a finalist for Best Female Dance Performer at the Talía Awards in 2023 and at the Max Awards in 2017 and 2022. She has also won the El Ojo Crítico de Danza award in 2015, the award for Best Female Dance Performer at the Lorca Awards in 2015 and the Injuve and Málaga Crea awards in 2009. 

Submitted by José Antonio Sierra, Hispanismo advisor.