Avant-garde dance and theater featuring two outstanding productions created in Ibiza

The IDA Company dance troupe presented its new production, “Identidad,” at the Pereyra Theater to a sold-out crowd of 450 enthusiastic family members, friends, and lovers of modern dance, who applauded wildly for the spectacular choreography, dancing, set design, and lighting of the production, designed by director Yaima Arias and her team. The one-hour event brought together 21 dancers aged 9 to 16 on the Pereyra stage, in a show that unfolds in several chapters, exploring people’s search for identity from childhood to adulthood, passing through different moments and landscapes depicted in a production with a strong artistic vision.

Origin, innocence, free voices, awakening, encounter, what unites us, the threshold, among shadows, who I am, reflection, dual identity, my own voice, roots, and, finally, “I Am” make up the dances and the portrayal of the different passages of “Identity,” with music and interaction through dance expressed in a physical and visual language, featuring moving moments that range from drama to the sheer joy of discovering who you are at every step of your life. The audience, thoroughly captivated by the performers, gave them a standing ovation at the end following the group’s final ensemble choreography—set to music from singer Rosalía’s latest album and accompanied by highly creative lighting that perfectly complemented the scene.

“Dreams 2”

Renowned fashion designer and creative and artistic director Armin Heinemann presented the second part of his debut tango and butoh (Japanese dance) opera, Sueños 2, at the Ibiza Convention Center, repeating the success of the previous year. For this occasion, Armin transformed certain aspects of the fascinating symbiosis between butoh and tango, giving greater prominence to the drama that unites them, and at the same time separates them, enhancing the staging, the stage lighting, and some of the performers’ more acrobatic passages—especially dancer Matilde Javier’s portrayal of *El Fauno* through butoh dance, alongside tango dancers Verónica Palacios, Óscar Quiroga, Nahuel Giacome, Florencia Hermida, and Juan Manuel Quilles, captivating the audience with dance and theater in an unsettling “dream” lasting 70 expectant minutes.

The success of these two performances has encouraged Heinemann to take this spectacular production to the Teatro Principal in Basel, Switzerland, and the Pina Bausch Theater in Germany. “I am very fortunate to have a group of artists who are exceptionally professional and of a very high artistic caliber. The results of our work are always of sublime quality, highly creative, and very inspiring for the audience,” Heinemann stated.