Between play and control, between harmony and chaos. This is where you’ll find this new dance piece by Guy Nader and María Campos, in which they translate the complexity of nature – seen as the union of many different organisms – into movement.
Just as particles move with extreme precision yet in an unpredictable and seemingly random way, this piece is the physical result of a research process embodied by the nine dancers on stage. They are constantly reorganising and reinventing themselves, always searching for balance and perfection. Perhaps this is a demonstration of resilience against the chaos that is the inevitable fate of all physical systems?
Material and sonic elements provide the collective organism with substance while, on stage, they dance to music composed by Coti K. The repetitive rhythmic patterns of the score give a sense of organised chaos – a kind of ode to life and its fragile environment.
Natural Order of Things recently received the MAX Awards 2025 for Best Choreography, Best Female Dancer (Maria Campos), and Best Male Dancer (Alfonso Aguilar).
BACKGROUND
GN | MC is the artistic project of choreographers and dancers Guy Nader and Maria Campos. Based in Barcelona, this duo has been working together since 2006, creating several pieces that have been presented both nationally and internationally.
GN | MC have been invited to create for renowned international companies such as EN-KNAP (Slovenia), Eva Duda Dance Co. (Hungary), Tanzmainz Staatstheater (Germany), and Xie Xin Dance Theatre (Shanghai, China) and others. With Tanzmainz they created FALL SEVEN TIMES (2016), a production that won them the German Der Faust Prize in 2017. They were also awarded the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona award in 2019.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Concept/Idea: GN | MC – Guy Nader | Maria Campos
Direction: Guy Nader
Co-direction: Maria Campos
Creation/Performance: Alfonso Aguilar, Maria Campos, Joana Couto, Guy Nader, Pierre Lison, Jovana Zelenovic, Francesco Grilli, Olatz Larunbe, Mimi Wascher
Music: Coti K.
Lighting Design: Conchita Pons
Set Design: GN | MC
Technical Direction: Albert Glas
Costume: Marina Prats
Sound Technician: Guillem Pol Matencio
Musical Arrangement (Track 1): Nikola Krgović N/OBE
Assistant Set Designer: Pablo Huerres
Assistant Director: Claudia SolWat
International Distribution: PLAN B – Creative Agency for Performing Arts
Executive Production: Raqscene, MGM-Marta Guzmán Management, Yara Himelfarb
Acknowledgements: Pere Faura
A co-production by Mercat de les Flors, Grec 2024 Festival de Barcelona, La Biennale di Venezia / Biennale Danza 2024 and Kurtheater Baden (Switzerland).
In collaboration with Conde Duque Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Roca Umbert, Graner Centre de Creació and L’Estruch.
Supported by the Department of Culture – Generalitat de Catalunya.
