Iria Arenas is a Spanish dancer, performer and visual artist based in Kassel, Germany. She holds a BA in Visual Arts and Dance (URJ, Madrid) and a MA in Theatre and Performing Arts (UCM, Madrid).
From 2015 to 2018 she worked for several companies in London while developing her practice as research during residencies in Sweden (DOCH), Finland (ODH), Portugal (REAT) or Germany (PReS) with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E). Her last works aims to challenge human perception combining live performance with digital media blurring the line between dance aesthetics and visual art to experiment new ways of narration.
Since 2019 she has been working as a Stage Manager and Lighting designer for the Staatstheater Kassel at the Choreografische Werkstatt and SOZO visions in motion DANCE Co.
Recently she has become an active member and is part of the organisation and coordination of Tanzwerk Kassel e.V.
EDUCATION
2016-17 Master in Theatre and Performing Arts. Madrid, Spain
2010-14 Bachelor (Hons) in Visual Arts and Contemporary Dance. Madrid, Spain
Other courses
2021 - Present Developing an Artistic Research Project. Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden
2021 - Present Studio Practice and Artistic Process. Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden
RESIDENCIES
2017-18 Postgraduate Residency Studios (PReS). Kassel, Germany
2018 Atelier Real (REAT). Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Oulu Dance Hack. Oulu, Finland
2016 DOCH Summer Residency. Stockholm, Sweden
FESTIVAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Performance
2019 Anverso. Oops Festival. Brighton, UK
2018 Anverso. RandFilm Festival. Kassel, Germany
2018 Anverso. The Dancer-Citizen Live 2018: MOVING THE MAP. Hamburg, Germany
2017 Wortenlust. Stockholm Fringe Festival (STOFF). Stockholm, SE
2017 Wortenlust. OT301 Highs and Lows #22. Amsterdam, NL
2016 Wortenlust. UngaTur Festival. Stockholm, SE
Film
2020 Anverso. United Cowboys. Seasoning Summer 2020. Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2020 Noninara. The Dancer-Citizen. Online Journal. Issue 11.
2019 Anverso. NB Film Festival. Puebla, Mexico; Texas, USA
2019 Anverso. VideoSkin Festival. Ontario, Canada
2019 Anverso. SzoloDuo Festival - Ork_Kota_Platform 2019. Budapest, Hungary
ACTIVITY AS A DANCER / PERFORMER
2020 How long do I have to wait. Aura Antikainen. Hugenottenhaus. Kassel, Germany
2020 MARTURANUM. Elio Gervasi. Workshop, research and performance. Barbarano Romano, Italy.
2020 Quite Like You. Aura Antikainen. Choregrafisches Atelier. Halle 2, Kassel, Germany
2019 Terrain. Boris Charmatz: Un essai à ciel ouvert. Theater Spektakel. Zurich, Switzerland
2019 Ares. Statisten-Staatstheater Kassel .Johannes Wieland. Kassel, Germany
2017 Dancers. Coproducción Sonia Gómez + CORPO A TERRA. Ourense, Spain
2016-17 Reflections: Triple Bill. Body Politic Dance Company. Oxford, UK
2016 Sketches Dance Company. London, UK
2015 Alias LDN. London, UK
2012- 14 The Nutcracker. Ballet de Cámara de Madrid. Madrid, Spain
ACTIVITY AS A LIGHTING DESIGNER / STAGE MANAGER
2021 Body of land. TANZWERKE '21. Aura Antikainen. Kulturhaus Dock 4. Kassel, Germany
2021 Protrahere. Deborah Smith Wicke. Halle 2. Kassel, Germany
2020 Rock, water, spell. C/O Mareike Steffens. Kulturhaus Dock 4. Kassel, Germany
2019 Choreografische Werkstatt, Staatstheater. Kassel, Germany
2019 SEVEN: I AM MANY, SOZO visions in motion Dance Co. Kassel, Germany
2018 CPAP, SOZO visions in motion Dance Co. Kassel, Germany
GRANTS
2021 Kulturförderung Kulturamt Kassel
2021 Kulturförderung Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
2020 Spendengelder aus der Kampagne zur Unterstützung der Freien Kasseler Kulturszene "Ohne Kultur isses für’n Arsch!"
2020 Kopf hoch, Kassel!
2020 Kulturförderung Kulturamt Kassel
2018 AC/E Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)