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“The way we tend to accommodate to the most frantic vital rhythms is fascinating. Time, time, time… friend and enemy, limit and space for all those vital desires that move our legs. And what happens when, in that time, the desire is to add and not to subtract?”

Sophie Kasser, alongside an actress and pianist, explores this physical and musical dialogue that, with humor, passion, and irony, brings to the stage the quotidian world that multiplies when a woman becomes two. And where the body, knowing so much about desires, contradictions, weight, time, tiredness, and pleasure, has much to say.

Where am I when I’m two? turns our perspective upside down to reveal what we usually take for granted. Thought becomes action, and action moves the body through conflict, humor, passion, affection, and irony. On stage, a beautiful and entertaining dialogue unfolds, articulated through what is most genuine yet often overlooked in daily chaos: the body itself.

Towards a poetic body

With this piece, we continue to explore the vast world of interrelations between dance, corporeal mime, and theatre, seeking greater expressiveness.

Far from illustrating a story through gestures, and far from an abstract bodily language detached from theatricality, we develop the art of movement as a theatrical portrait of the interior, of relationships, of hope, and of conflict.

Where am I when I’m two? is a piece that incorporates not only movement but also text and object work, alongside live music. The relationship, opposition, and connection between the different scenic elements are key aspects of Moveo’s artistic research, aiming to create a poetic dance-theatre form—sometimes abstract, always evocative.

The music contrasts with the physical writing: a duo emerges between the two performers, between live music and the music of movement, amplifying contrasts and deepening emotions.

Sophie Kasser

Performer, creator, and pedagogue in physical theatre, trained in London, Paris, and Geneva. Founder of the Moveo training and creation center in Barcelona, her interest lies in the expressive body and theatrical creation.

She was a member of the international company Théâtre de l’Ange Fou in London for several years and has created and performed shows in Belgium, Croatia, Spain, France, Israel, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Switzerland. She has collaborated on projects for institutions such as the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, University of Barcelona – Centre for Research DUODA, Dies de Dansa/Barcelona GREC Festival, NOVIA – University of Applied Sciences (Finland), the International Physical Theatre Festival of Puerto Rico, and the International Festival of Theatre Improvisation in Réunion.

As a pedagogue, she has taught workshops at institutions such as the School of Speech and Drama in London, the Conservatoire Populaire de Genève, the Superior Pedagogical School of Aarau (Switzerland), the Superior Drama Schools of Valencia, Vigo, and Palma de Mallorca, and the Mime Festival of Sueca, among others.

Trained in theatre, circus, and dance in Paris, Geneva, and London, she specialized in physical theatre at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London, where she also completed a postgraduate program in Stage Direction and Theatre Pedagogy.

Sara Almohalla

Born in Málaga, she studied piano from the age of eight. In 2009, she moved to Barcelona to continue her studies under Albert Atenelle. After graduating in piano at the Liceu’s Higher Conservatory of Music in Barcelona, she decided to stay in the city to pursue theatrical training at the Laboratorio Escuela Corporal Dramática and further her musical studies with the postgraduate course “Improvisation as a Pedagogical System.”

She has worked as a pianist and actress with Laboratorio Teatro at the Avignon Off Festival and the IX International Investigation Theatre Festival.

She has also worked as a composer of original music for various theatre companies.

Credits:

Original idea: Sophie Kasser
Performers: Sophie Kasser & another performer (ongoing casting)
Musical composition: Nathalie Cecilia
Assistant director: Stéphane Lévy
Artistic advice: Maria Castillo
Costume & props: Moveo Co.
Executive production: Estel·la Muñiz
Production: Moveo Co.
Co-produced by the Duoda – Universidad de Barcelona Research Center.
Special thanks: Alba Cayón, Adrià Viñas Puntí, Olivier Décriaud, Esterina Zarrillo, Simona Galbiati.

Details & Technical Requirements:

Duration: 40 min.
Language: Created in Spanish. Available in French and English.
Team on tour: 2 performers and a technician.
Stage: Indoors. Adaptable to non-conventional spaces.
Minimum dimensions: 4m x 4m.
Floor: Smooth wooden or linoleum surface.
Required material: One piano (can be electric).
Sound: Soundboard and MiniJack connection for a computer.