David Espinosa’s work is questioning the idea of performing through a research about theatrical limits, and manipulating the elements of the “stage equation”. In recent shows where he has replaced the real body with the object, there is a great interest in the idea of play as an activity to connect humans to what is transcendental in a simple way. Interested more and more by the creation of meaning through the relationship between form, light and sound, he has delved into the performing concept proposing devices that through precarious methods and “low tech” generate sophisticated effects loaded with theatricality. Adult toys, which provides one particular experience where the ludic or recreational component is as valuable as the artistic discourse, handmade and homemade, following the “do it yourself” doctrine to approach contemporary creation to the citizen, avoiding elitist and endogamous artist image.

David Espinosa (Elche, 1976) Bachelor of acting by E.S.A.D. Valencia in 1998. Since 1994 studying Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, CI and Capoeira in Valencia, Brussels and Barcelona. Performer in different dance and theatre companies: Alex Rigola, Sergi Faustino, Mal Pelo, The Malqueridas, Osmosis cie. (France), Lapsus-Alexis Eupierre, Sonia Gómez / General Elèctrica, Paul Weibel, Carles Alberola, among other. In 2006 creates with Africa Navarro «El Local Espacio de Creacion», a private structure based in Barcelona to develop their own creative projects, shows, installations and divulgative pieces, which began transiting the borders of the body and the word, introducing technology as a scenic tool, to later replace the actor, the physical presence, by the use of the object. At the same time, in addition to collaborating with other artists, in these years he has developed a pedagogical work, with courses and workshops on creation in movement and improvisation techniques, in various institutions and training centers.

Created in their own study in Barcelona and designed to adapt to unconventional spaces, these works have been presented both in unusual places and in traditional theaters, within the context of the local or national independent circuit, and also in International Theaters and Festivals: ACT Shanghai, FIAMS Saguenay Canada, Theater der Dinge Berlin, Mime Festival-Tate Modern London, Festival Otoño a Primavera Madrid, International Puppet Festival Jerusalem, Wiener Festwochen, Biennal de Venezia, MESS Sarajevo, Net Moscu, Festival Grec de Barcelona, Temporada alta en Timbre 4 (Buenos Aires, Lima y Montevideo), Figura Festival Baden, Eurothalia Timisoara, World Theatre-Varna Summer Bulgaria, Fimfa Lisboa, Ganz Novi Zagreb, Be Festival Birmingham, Helsinki Festival, Oslo International Teaterfestival, CINARS Montreal, Festival Marionnettes Neuchatel, Festival de Terni, Escena Contemporánea de Madrid, Bad Bilbao, TNT de Terrassa, Ciclo Radicals Lliures Barcelona, Cena Contemporânea de Brasilia, Culture Station 284 Seoul…

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