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Group of dancers performing a synchronised lean outdoors in front of a brick building on a sunny day.
Group of dancers performing a synchronised lean outdoors in front of a brick building on a sunny day.

Institute of Arts Barcelona - Colapesce

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Students from this international performing arts school in Catalunya developed processional movement to tell a Sicilian story of Colapesce, a boy who wants to be a fish, as part of their final year project.

They also created four soundtracks exploring the story from different perspectives which the audience listened to through head phones in the two performances, in Sitges in March and in Barcelona in May. 

We invited the students to participate in Manchester Day to reinforce links with Barcelona and they have worked with Walk the Plank's Liz Pugh and parade choreographer Ruth Jones to adapt the performance to suit the demands of Manchester Day's Parade, where they are one section within a much larger Parade.

Click the links below to play the each soundtrack. The track will start after 15 seconds.

1. The Story from the Perspective of the Sea

Physical performance director | Valentina Temussi. Script, sound narrative and dramaturgy | Armando Rotondi. Sound art and generative ai art | Raffaele Annunziata aka tylerdurdan*. Podplay readers | Stela Dimitrova | Holly Lund.

2. The Story from the Perspective of a Narrator

Physical performance director | Valentina Temussi. Script, sound narrative and dramaturgy | Armando Rotondi. Sound art and generative ai art | Raffaele Annunziata aka tylerdurdan*. Podplay readers | Hana Kriegsmanová | Daria Marambei | Franciska Szakonyi.

3. The Story from the Perspective of You, the Audience

Physical performance director | Valentina Temussi. Script, sound narrative and dramaturgy | Armando Rotondi. Sound art and generative ai art | Raffaele Annunziata aka tylerdurdan*. Podplay readers | Nathaniel Ellekjær | Petruša Urša Kožel.

4. The Story from the Perspective of Colapesce

Physical performance director | Valentina Temussi. Script, sound narrative and dramaturgy | Armando Rotondi. Sound art and generative ai art | Raffaele Annunziata aka tylerdurdan*. Podplay reader | Jakob Hansen.

5. Parade

Director | Valentina Temussi. Dramaturgy | Armando Rotondi. Supervision and space design | Liz Pugh. Parade music | Salvatore Torregrossa.

Find out more about the Manchester Day 2026 programme.

Credits

Students performing at Manchester Day 2026 | Alexandra Georgiou | Emilia Lindfors | Madalena Pelouro | Holly Lund | Petruša Urša Koželj | Hana Kriegsmanová | Mónika Czakó | Nikol Raykova | Nathaniel Ellekjær.

Production and communication by UIC Barcelona students from University Master's Degree in Arts and Cultural Management | Arianna Perrone | Maria Alejandra Garcia Castro | Luna Graziottin | Sara Pereda Roiz | Helena Barragán Vert | Emma Ann Conroy.

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