“To live in hell it is not necessary to go underground. Hell can be others and therefore we can also be ourselves.”

–Jean-Paul Sartre

Mario Bermúdez, choreographer of Marcat Dance, immersed in a splendid moment of choreographic maturity, continues to investigate with an intense and dazzling physical language, deeply rooted and connected to human emotions and contradictions. On this occasion, he takes Dante’s “Hell” as his starting point, referring to its initiation and symbology along the journey.

Averno is a sensory trance, a journey in which the viewer is immersed from start to finish, empathising with the performers, navigating between the community and the individual. A journey where the power of liberation and the nakedness of our entity are revealed to us.

This journey brings each performer closer to his true essence, to his most intuitive and animal self. Along the way, each must face the darker versions of themselves: their doubts, fears, and weaknesses. But also and always, there is a great force of unity and awareness within and amongst them – the seven performers can see themselves as a single traveler – where they all become a mirror and landscape until they discover that they can find freedom even in the darkest and most unknown places.

Averno is a transformative physical and emotional journey that contains a search: the inner reconquest.

• Choreographer Mario Bermúdez 
• Interpreters Jeremy Alberge, Mario Bermúdez, Catherine Coury, Marilisa Gallicchio, Raul Melcón, Andrea Pérez, y  Alessia Sinato
• Rehearsal Director Catherine Coury
• Composer Jose Pablo Polo
• Dramaturgy Isabel Vázquez
• Costume Design Moises Nieto
• Light Design Mamen B. Gil
• Production Mamen B. Gil
• Distribution Danzas del Mundo
• Management Claudia Morgana
• Communication Ángela Gentil

Junta de Andalucia, Festival Internacional de Danza Italica, y Museo de la Universidad de Navarra