SQx Danza – Jorge Crecis and Anna Borràs Company (Reus, Spain): CAIRO

Cairo; a new solo created on Anna Borràs. When The Heat Hits The Streets, you don’t know if you’re awake or dreaming. You don’t hear a sound but there’s something in the air. Your body is tired but the city keeps calling, pushing you further and taking you higher: turning your smoke into fire (extract from the lyrics of ‘When The Heat Hits The Streets’ by Laura Branigan).

BIO: Jorge holds a degree in Sport Sciences and studied contemporary dance at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid. Over the last five years Jorge has been commissioned by companies based in the UK, Europe, Russia, and China. He also lead professional and company classes regularly for companies such as Akram Khan Company, DV8, Punchdrunk, Rambert, etc. In 2012, he funded SQx (somoSQuien eXperience); SQx’s projects have been supported by ACE, British Council, Canada arts council, the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom and the Spanish Ministry of Culture. He is a Déda (UK) Associate Artist and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Derby. ANNA BORRÀS Anna has born and raised in Reus, Catalonia. She is graduated in contemporary dance at the Institut del Teatre from Barcelona in 2010. Anna has worked beside different choreographers and companies such as Ramón Oller, Shlomi Bitton, Alexander Ekman, Akram Khan, Bebeto Cidra, IT Dansa, Verve12 (UK), Retina Dance Company (UK), Jasmin Vardimon (UK), Nicolas Ricchini Company, Jorge Crecis SQx, Companhia de Dança do Norte, Simba Dance Ensemble, Kernel Dance Theater, among others. Anna has participated in several dance competitions the most remarkables could be: 1st solo prize at II Certamen Mujer Contemporanea (Almeria, Spain), 1st solo prize Premi Beca Roseta Mauri (Reus, Spain), awarded with a choreographic commission by T.H.E Second Company at the M1 Contact Contemporary Festival in Singapore (Asia), Avayava Contemporary Dance Festival, Pune (India), I Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México, México, finalist at the X Certamen de Danza Burgos-Nueva York, semifinalist at the 18th Internatonal Solo-Tanz Festival in Stuttgart (Germany), among others. Anna begin her choreographic project in 2014 where she works and collaborates with international artists around the globe, institutions and youth companies under the sign of Anna Borràs Company. Currently she is a valuable company member in Skånes Dansteater, Malmö (Sweden). ARTIST’S WEBSITE