Dancing through life

Deep, guttural vocalizations. Loud, thunderous screams. Lamentable sounds in the purest Cro-Magnon style. Facial expressions of extreme torment. A whole testosterone-fueled menagerie that the free weight rooms and machine rooms shelter day in and day out. It's also true that this type of user isn't the only one found in gyms. The diverse range of people who share these spaces fosters a biodiversity that, at the very least, is healthy.

Dance classes are a world apart. Especially those that draw on energy, rhythm, enjoyment, and a lack of ambition to be the next Anna Pavlova. A microcosm where ear-to-ear smiles and an endorphin rush prevail, giving you free rein to ignore missteps or a shower of footsteps.

In an interview, the dancer, choreographer and movement director Montse Colomé explained Celebration. A spoken danceHer latest project, in which she invites everyone to dance. "Dance has no age. I feel the need to spread dance and for people to dance. Not to become a professional, but for the pure pleasure of dancing." And indeed, the art of expressing oneself through body movement has an inclusive and participatory power that allows us to feel freer.

In April, a thousand dances

If March is synonymous with poetry, April is synonymous with dance (with apologies to Saint George). International Dance Day, celebrated on April 29, is a "date to share the passion for dance in all its diversity, an opportunity to bring it closer to everyone and make it more visible by promoting its cultural and social value." The brand-new Spring Arts series, promoted by the Vice-Rectorate for Culture at the University of Lleida (UdL), will engage all five senses with this art form from April 15 to 29 with workshops and performances open to everyone in the Rectorate building. The fourth edition of DanceArtFest, taking place on April 18 at Dancescape, is another initiative worth noting. DanceArtFest, which was created to "become a meeting point for art, culture, and creativity in Lleida," will present an intimate, personal, and multidisciplinary journey to stimulate the senses. The dance piece Iceberg: The Journey to Being by the Sandra Macià Company, which addresses "the constructed identity in relation to the repressed," or the micro-theater show REMEMBER, a gift for the spirit that we were able to savor at the last edition of Hors Lits Lleida, are two of the proposals designed for an audience that seeks experiences with body and soul.