We went to the theatre twice this weekend.

The first outing was to see a play called Incendis and I’m afraid we left at half time. It is a struggle for me to watch a long piece in Catalan and it was a very wordy production;  very long scenes of talking talking talking and very little action. Also the theatre was totally full and it felt a bit claustophobic. The man sitting beside me had decided to come along in spite of his streaming cold and I was leaning more and more in the opposite direction to escape his viral loaded breathing.

But our second try tonight was a great success. We went to exactly the same place in Granollers, the Teatre Auditori de Granollers, and had better and more spacious seats near the front.  The audience was smaller than the other night but made up for lack of numbers by their intense interest in the dance.

And the sneezers were much further away!

The show was by Cesc Gelabert who is an incredible dancer with a body so fluid and expressive I didn’t see one moment that he was not 100% present. He danced solo and in between the acts he spoke about the dance and what it meant for him. It is incredible how he can change his form from one moment to the next. Also he comes across as a really intelligent and humble person.

The first piece was amazing – a large amorphous white form was moving and changing and gradually out of it emerged the artist, shedding one skin to move into many others.

I came out feeling better than when I went in which is one of the things Cesc says he aims for.