TO COPY
"Award for Copiar as Best Immersive Show, FETEN 2025"
Copying has a bad reputation. The idea surrounding this act is pejorative, associated with a lack of originality, of individual ideas, and therefore, of personality. And yet it is surprising, because in reality, as social beings, from the moment we are born until we die, we are always copying. We copy how others speak, how they move, how they express themselves, how they dress, what opinions they hold… In fact, copying is completely natural. We all copy one another, and thanks to this, we connect, we learn and we help others learn, and thus, society evolves.
"To copy" is a performance that invites a group of children aged 8 to 10 onto the stage. This group has had no rehearsal or preparation before entering. Together with Animal Religion, they move through a playful, emotional, and eclectic performance where the only guide is copying. From a copy, an original is also born.
Direction: Jou Serra, Joan Cot Ros and Quim Girón
Circus: Quim Girón
Lighting: Jou Serra
Music and Dramaturgy: Joan Cot Ros
Voice-over Text: Martí Sales
Voice-over: Berta Giraut
Scenography: Jou Serra, Joan Cot Ros and Quim Girón
Lighting Construction: Cube Peak
Scenographic Construction Support: Mariona Signes
Administrative Production: ElclimaMola
Tour Management: Imaginart / Jaume Nieto
Co-production: Mercat de les Flors and LaSala – Centre for the Creation of Arts for Families (Sabadell)
With the collaboration of: Espacio Abierto Quinta de los Molinos (Madrid), CCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and Can Gassol – Centre for Performing Arts (Mataró).
With the support of: ICEC – Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia.
Acknowledgements: Escola Marta Mata (Mataró), Escola Rocafonda (Mataró), Escola Angeleta Ferrer (Mataró), Escola Les Escomes (Sant Jaume de Llierca), Escola Sant Julià (Sabadell), Escola Can Deu (Sabadell), CEIP San Benito (Madrid), and all the class groups and families who accompanied us throughout this creative process.
We would also like to thank Irene Vicente, Moon Ribas, Núria Cuyàs, Laia Gonzalez, Lluís Girón, Àngels Figuerola and Sergio Roca for their support and help during the creation process.
