Alan Lucien Øyen

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Image courtesy of Grec Festival Barcelona)

Dance and theater come together in a creation by one of the Norwegian and international scene's most innovative artists. It is about the lies we tell to get what everyone wants: to be loved.

Alan Lucien Øyen is considered one of the most talented artists in the modern European performing arts, working simultaneously in two disciplines: dance and theater. Both languages, that of the playwright and that of the choreographer are woven together in Øyen's work.

He blends them once more in Story, Story, Die, a piece for seven dancers that focuses on the interdependent relationship established between love and lies. In essence, everyone wants to be loved, and to achieve this, we are capable of reinventing our everyday lives and making them fit into a desirable model so they can then be the object of affection and consideration by others, even if it's only through a "like" on social media. On these social networks, everyone is compelled to continually tell positive "stories." Anyone who fails to string together a series of success stories, one after another, is socially "dead," and that's where the title of the work comes from. This show is comprised of high-intensity choreography, images that are almost cinematographic and an ever-present, punchy text that accompanies the movement. It was created by the artist in direct collaboration with the dancers and incorporates experiences from their own personal lives, always seeking the utmost sincerity.

Event will be held in English with Catalan subtitles.

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