Baal is a dance company working on the hybridation of languages, ranging from contemporary dance, dance theater, performance, and technology in order to create performing arts projects, mostly dedicated to children and youth, that can be carried out in theaters, schools, as well as in non conventoional venues or museums.
The company was founded by Catalina Carrasco and Gaspar Morey in 2013 in Majorca, Balearic Islands. Their main focus being on creation through research and experimentation, as well as on provoking social, community, and educational projects.
Statement
Our work is filled with transverse lines connecting different points, to create a language that does not obey the normativity, but analyses it. We intend to detach ourselves from conventionalism, to distill our own language through the exploration of the physical, social and emotional body.
Our pieces are articulated through political and poetic contents, from the observation of the territory, the gender, the violence, the love and the freedom.
We are increasingly addressing young audiences, trying to enrich their cultural landscape, in order to nurture and arouse at least curiosity.
Catalina Carrasco & Gaspar Morey
Catalina Carrasco is a dancer, choreographer & performer. The starting point of her work is motion research. Searching for the essential and for the transformation of the own body. Her creations are very sincere and rarely leave the spectator untouched. She has been awarded several times on her own, but also collaborating with other artists. She has performed all around Europe, Middle east, South America and Asia.
Gaspar Morey is a performer and a scientist (PhD in Biomechanics). As a biomechanist he has been studying human motion from a scientific point of view. He’s always had an interest for scenic arts, especially for contemporary dance. he started collaborating with Catalina Carrasco in 2009. In 2012 he quit his job as biomechanist to found Baal together with Catalina.
