"This festival came to me as an unexpected gift from life," said Lucía Lacarra herself when she took the floor at the press conference this Friday, in which she stated that "dance has not been a job, but my life".
For this reason, she said that she has thrown herself into the Tip Toe festival "body and soul" and that the design of the programme has not only sought "quality dance", but also encounters with dance figures and workshops to open up dance to all audiences.
And so, this Sunday, a massive ballet barre will be set up in the Muelle Uno marina and 600 dancers will take part, from young people from schools to amateurs and professionals.
The Tip Toe festival also takes to the streets with a massive ballet barre this Sunday at Muelle Uno
"We want to make the people of Malaga understand that the festival is theirs," said Lucía Lacarra, who will also participate in this great Sunday barre event that will show in public "the exercises that we learn before becoming professional, so that people will see the work that goes behind it".
From classical to contemporary dance, all styles have a place in Tip Toe, which kicks off this Saturday and Sunday on the stage of the Soho CaixaBank Theatre with the French company Malandain Ballet Biarritz and the show Les Saisons, which brings together 22 dancers in a production based on Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
"An honour to present him with the award"
In addition, on Tuesday 14 April the German Bavarian Junior Ballet will present an eclectic programme with music by Mozart, Stravinsky, J.J. Cale or Pink Floyd, while the day before, Monday, this same Munich ballet will hold an audition in Sohrlin Andalucía open to dance students, where two students will obtain contracts in the company itself.
On Thursday 16 and Friday 17 it will be the turn of the French company Käfig with Folia, a show that fuses contemporary dance and live music, while the last weekend will feature Lucía Lacarra, who will present two shows: Fordlandia (Saturday 18), together with Matthew Golding, and Lost Letters (Sunday 19), which will close this first edition of Tip Toe.
On Thursday it will also be the turn of the Argentinian star Julio Bocca, who will receive the Lux Ductor Award in recognition of his outstanding international career. "Julio was delighted to come to Málaga and it is an honour to present him with this award," said Antonio Banderas, who will deliver his theatre's unfinished business from this Saturday when he turns the Soho stage into a dance floor.
