08/26/26 to 09/05/26 \\ Vall de Boí \\ Lleida
Movement Arts Festival in La Vall de Boí
and Aigüestortes National Park
Great Pyrenees in Dance 2026
An immersive experience in a high mountain natural environment aimed at cultural agents , people involved in dance, performing arts, and other creative fields interested in nature, the body, and collective experiences. Registration includes the ascent and overnight stay in the mountains (free refuge and/or tents), the workshop “The Natural Within You” with Teresa Martín-Sauceda, dinner on the 26th, breakfast on the 27th, and accompaniment by a guide (Sergi Ricard) and the organizing team (Mercé Jiménez) . Gran Pirineos en Danza is a pilot project for small group living that explores the relationship between body, landscape, and perception in the heart of nature.
Pyrenees Dance Training 2026
Intensive movement arts training in the Vall de Boí area, where we will participate in workshops led by guest artists who will share their research, creation, and practice processes through dance, improvisation, Contact Improvisation, composition, and movement. The training combines indoor and outdoor practice, fostering spaces for encounter, interaction, and collective creation.
Workshops and guest artists:
• “Swimming in the river of sensations” — Lucía Sánchez
Contact Improvisation Workshop.
• Object-based dance workshop — Emma Riba
Exploration of movement through the relationship between body, object and space.
• “Acrodánzate” — Cia Fiká
Workshop on acrobatic dance, movement and body exploration.
LA VALL EN DANSA 2026
A day of movement arts in natural landscapes and rural settings, fostering encounters between contemporary creation, territory, and community. Throughout the day, we will share the talk "Natural and Cultural Landscape" with Xavi Farré and performances by the winners of the La Vall en Dansa competition: "Solenöide 8.0" by Paola Gay and "Estar" by MooDanza.
Shows 2026
In this edition, we will enjoy “Foc i Lloc” by Emma Riba / LaSúbita , a piece of contemporary dance and object manipulation that explores the transformation of materials, fire, and the moving body. We will also share “Dúo Kairós” by Cia Fiká, an acrobatic dance performance that combines floor acrobatics, contemporary dance, and physical play through a relationship of listening, contrast, and complicity between bodies.
Dance and Gender 2026
A day of dance, gender, and community creation developed in collaboration with SIAD of Alta Ribagorça. DansGènere offers spaces for encounter, reflection, and collective practice through the body, movement, and performing arts, generating open and accessible activities for the local population. This edition will feature community workshops and the participatory performance “Akrodánzate” by Cia Fiká, a proposal open to different ages and audiences that invites play, collective creation, and shared movement.
Festival 2026
Contact Improvisation Jams , live music with Kito.Pa, communal meals, river swimming, exploration of the territory, and shared moments between artists, participants, and the local community. A time to meet, build community, and inhabit the Vall de Boí and our bodies together.
AND WHAT ELSE? A privileged natural setting next to the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park: trails, canyons, climbing... And one of the most important groups of Romanesque churches in Europe, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Nature, mountains, relaxation and activity in a unique territory.
Do you dance? Come on.
WHO ORGANIZES PIRINEOS EN DANZA?
We are Laura Lara Mariscal (dancer and aerialist with La Viruta) and Teresa Martín-Sauceda (dancer and director of the company Proyecto NaNa Danza). We are both members of the association "DANZA EN PLURAL," whose goals are to create, foster, promote, and disseminate cultural activities, primarily to generate new spaces for contemporary dance and other movement techniques and related disciplines. With Pirineos en Danza, we want to move and reach new heights. Will you join us?
Experiences 2026
PYRENEES IN DANCE 2026 is... The 8th cross-disciplinary meeting for research and practice of Movement Arts in the natural and rural environment. We invite you to enjoy with us: shows, outdoor and indoor training , walks and dances through the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Contact Improvisation jams and dance with live music , performances ... and a magical setting with a wonderful town: La Vall de Boí, which welcomes us every year to share mountains of movement with us.
