The same difference
The same difference proposes leaving behind the labels through which we define ourselves in order to approach, through the body, what shakes us, fragments us and, at the same time, connects us. In his first choreographic creation without performing himself on stage, Pau Aran conceives the scenic space as a place of listening, questioning and possible reconciliation. In dialogue with the thinking and accompaniment of Miquel Missé, the piece shifts the focus away from identities and places it on the origin of the unease that runs through bodies and existences. In a present marked by exhaustion, precarity and polarization, The same difference finds in dance a way of coming back together, of sustaining difference and of collectively imagining other ways of living in the world.
The same difference
2026
DIRECTION AND DRAMATURGY Pau Aran CREATION AND PERFORMANCE Anne Martin, Melissa Medina, Odín Maldonado, Aaron Samuel Davis, Andoni García ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Diana Bonilla, Leo Castro CONSULTANCY Miquel Missé MUSIC Juan J. Ochoa LIGHTING DESIGN Leticia López Karamazana COSTUME DESIGN Isabel Peña MAKE-UP C. Carvento SET DESIGN Juan Sebastian Dominguez Morillo TEXTS BY Isabel Peña, Melissa Medina, Brigitte Baptiste, Miquel Missé, Odín Maldonado, Rafael de León, Jaime Conde-Salazar PRODUCTION Jaume Nieto – Imaginart SPECIAL THANKS Eva Martínez, Darwin Díaz, Charlotte Virgile, Leah Marojevic, Charlie Cattrall, Núria Aguilo, Laia Montoya, Angela Fegers, Nadine Freisleben, Víctor González
A production by Grec 2026 Festival Barcelona and Centro Danza Matadero.
With the support of Tanzfabrik Berlin, Centro Coreográfico Canal Madrid, NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, Goethe-Institut Madrid, nunArt Guinardó, Espacio La Ventana, Sala Cuarta Pared and L’Obrador Espai de creació.
Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of Germany as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative, Dance Support Program.
