In October 2024, Dende a Nada began with ten days of performance, experimentation and exchange in Cedeira.
Dende a Nada · First Edition
2024
18—27 OCTOBER · CEDEIRA, GALICIA
Artists from Galicia and further afield came together with local participants through live performance, practical workshops, screenings and conversations. From contemporary dance and physical theatre to masks, personal storytelling and the social power of performance, the first edition established the festival as a place to encounter not only finished work, but the creative processes behind it.
Workshops
Five workshops invited participants inside the creative process, working directly with artists across theatre, dance, movement, storytelling and mask.
CREACIÓN DUN ESPECTÁCULO A TRAVÉS DE EXPERIENCIAS PERSOAIS
Jamie Bradley · UK
19—20 October · Auditorio Municipal
Visual Theatre · Creative Process
Using personal experience as raw material, this workshop explored how memories, stories and lived experiences can be shaped and transformed into material for performance.
CORPO HABITADO
Esther Latorre · Colectivo Glovo
23 October · Auditorio Municipal
Contemporary Dance · Movement
An accessible introduction to contemporary dance and physical exploration, inviting participants to discover movement through the body, space and awareness.
O PROCESO CREATIVO
Simone Jenkinson · UK
24-25 October · Auditorio Municipal
Storytelling · Creation
Exploring narrative structure, personal material and the Hero’s Journey as tools for developing ideas and turning individual experience into performance.
O CORPO DO CREATIVO
Guillermina Brandauer + Francesc Torrent Gironella · Vórtex Escènic
26-27 October · Auditorio Municipal
Movement · Ensemble · Physical Theatre
A physical exploration of listening, reaction, rhythm, space and relationships between bodies—developing presence and creative responsiveness.
MÁSCARAS BALINESAS
Juan Martín Ortiz · Argentina
26-27 October · Sala Ancora
Mask · Physical Theatre
Traditional Balinese masks became the starting point for exploring character, rhythm, space and full-body expression.
Live / Performances
These works brought different approaches to movement, identity, language and performance to Cedeira.
PERDER A LINGUA
Cía Eva Comesaña
18 October · Auditorio Municipal
Dance · Music · Video
A multidisciplinary work exploring language, belonging, community and cultural identity through dance, live music and video.
Eva Comesaña — direction & performance
Rubén Fernández — music
Eva Antelo — video creation
ALLEO
Colectivo Glovo
23 October · Xardíns do Palacete Municipal
Contemporary Dance · Outdoor Performance
Alleo brought contemporary dance into the landscape of Cedeira, exploring observation, solitude, discovery and the relationship between bodies and their surroundings.
Esther Latorre & Hugo Pereira — creation & performance
OUTRORA NÓS
Mevadeus
27 October · Auditorio Municipal
Theatre
Directed by Alba Villar, Outrora Nós explored identity, difference and marginalisation, giving space to experiences and voices that can disappear beneath social conformity.
Bal Castro, Inés Santos, Brais Pombo & Mara Neira — performance
ENCOUNTERS
Five encounters brought artists, participants and audiences together through screenings, conversations and discussions around performance and the creative process.
CREACIÓN DUN ESPECTÁCULO A TRAVÉS DE EXPERIENCIAS PERSOAIS
A creación e produción
19 October
With Jamie Bradley, Santiago Cortegoso and José Díaz
A conversation about taking an artistic idea through creation and into production.
ARTES ESCÉNICAS, UNHA FERRAMENTA DE TRANSFORMACIÓN SOCIAL
20 October
With Nacho Fungueiriño and Andrea Haase
An encounter exploring performance as a tool for social engagement, participation and transformation.
GROTOWSKI
24 October · Auditorio Municipal
Documentary screening & conversation
A screening of the documentary Grotowski, followed by a conversation about the theatrical method developed by Jerzy Grotowski.
EMOCIÓN, VIDA E TEATRO
A nave das Marías
25 October · Auditorio Municipal
Documentary · Ciclo Mestre Mateo
Screening and encounter around the documentary and the creative world it portrays.
CONVERSATION WITH ALBA VILLAR
27 October
Following the performance of Outrora Nós, Cedeira-born director Alba Villar joined the festival for a conversation about the work and its creative process.
The first edition
The first Dende a Nada established something simple: a festival could be more than a place to present finished work.
For ten days, Cedeira became a space to perform, experiment, learn, question and create together.
That idea became the starting point for what came next.