amparo
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 t/m Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Helena Alemany Ortiz / Fontys Academy of the Arts | [SP]
Pieke Maesen
In 'amparo', Helena Alemany Ortiz delves into the emotional layers of fear and comfort. Through dance and spoken word, she shows how vulnerability can also be a form of strength. 'Amparo' means protection, shelter in Spanish — and it’s also the name of Helena’s grandmother. This intimate, poetic performance explores what it means to feel, to trust, and to fall without breaking.
Location
Pand 18/Zaal beneden
Duration
20 min.
Entrance fee
€ 5
Genre
Dans, Spoken word
Date
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 t/m Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Language
Engels
Accessibility
suitable for cognitive and/or intellectual disability
Helena says: "I have never considered myself a fearful person. Not long ago, my father told me: “Life begins on the other side of fear.” That’s when I realised there are many things I am actually afraid of. The word amparo holds the ideas of protection, comfort, support, refuge… and it is my grandmother’s name. This performance grew out of a creative process around vulnerability, insecurity and strength, around self-confidence. I think I would be afraid of feeling nothing at all."
This performance is one of the six Fontys Finals — graduation works by students from Fontys Academy of the Arts. Fontys Finals is part of Future Feels, the student programme of Boulevard. Students from Avans Creative Innovation (Den Bosch and Breda) and Fontys Academy of the Arts (Tilburg) unite their youthful creative fire and artistic strength on a shared stage. A vibrant space where new talents in theatre, dance, cabaret, visual arts, and music can be discovered all day long. Future Feels is the place where students and the festival meet — a programme in which tomorrow’s makers create, present, and exchange together.
About the artist
Helena Alemany Ortiz recently graduated in contemporary dance from the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. Before that, she completed her ballet studies at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Valencia. She has performed in works by artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Katja Heitmann, and Anthony van Gog.
This performance is one of the six Fontys Finals — graduation works by students from Fontys Academy of the Arts. Fontys Finals is part of Future Feels, the student programme of Boulevard. Students from Avans Creative Innovation (Den Bosch and Breda) and Fontys Academy of the Arts (Tilburg) unite their youthful creative fire and artistic strength on a shared stage. A vibrant space where new talents in theatre, dance, cabaret, visual arts, and music can be discovered all day long. Future Feels is the place where students and the festival meet — a programme in which tomorrow’s makers create, present, and exchange together.
About the artist
Helena Alemany Ortiz recently graduated in contemporary dance from the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. Before that, she completed her ballet studies at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Valencia. She has performed in works by artists such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Katja Heitmann, and Anthony van Gog.
Credits
Direction and performance Helena Alemany Ortiz
Original music Liselot de Nooijer and Maia Steinberg
Photo Pieke Maesen
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