Tomorrow Friday, the Instituto Francés of Madrid presents in two sessions (19 and 21 hours) SOMA: The Somatic Journey, an immersive choreographic creation that explores the relationship between the body, emotions and space, Inviting the public to participate actively in a somatic journey where movement and perception are mutually transformed.
The work, created by Jean-Philippe Dury, is premiered for the first time with 5 performers from the company Elephant in the Black Box, building 40 minutes of deep dialogue between the artists and the audience.
SOMA is an innovative proposal by Elephant in the Black Box that invites you to contemplate the body as a receptacle of emotions and tensions. Through the use of sensors, reactive lighting devices and interactive technology, scenography and visuals are adapted in real time to the audience’s emotional responses, creating a constant dialogue between them and the dancers. This feedback turns each performance into an unrepeatable experience, where the audience directly influences the energy, light texture and movement of the performers. This creates a constant dialogue between the dancers and the audience, generating an emotional and perceptive loop.
The piece places the performer at the center of a choreographic research that addresses how somatization, the phenomenon where emotions and psychological experiences manifest as physical symptoms, plays a crucial role in artistic creation. The idea is to make visible the body’s somatic reactions through light and turn the audience into an active actor of the show. Each gesture becomes the tangible expression of an emotion, and each muscle contraction tells a story. Beyond that, the piece seeks not only to show somatization as a bodily phenomenon, but also to provoke the public to experience their own somatization through what they observe.
With a strong research component and an international vocation, SOMA is positioned as a creation that breaks the boundaries between art, science and perception, claiming contemporary dance as a space for reflection, transformation and collective sensitivity.
It is necessary to make a reservation for the session you are going to attend, at 7 pm or 9 pm.