Vir Torres

Y ya pronto nos vamos pa Graná a continuar la investigación de Butoh, Duende, sonidos negros, volcanes erupcionando detrás de la retina del ojo, el cante jondo retorcio, la costilla rota y la flor que nace entre pensamientos enquistados en la memoria de las abuelas. Tenemos taller en Tombuctú el último finde de Mayo, venteeeeeeeee y vemos como el líquido intersticial danza por Enrique Morente y la electricidad neuronal se baila unas sevillanas. Espiraleando desde el centro de la tierra a lo más lejos del universo.... cuidando la caída humana que se encuentra en el camino hacia desaparecer. Besitissss Esta pieza ha sido revisada y dirijida por @matildejciria y el sonido es de @xu_jared De nuevo, en Want to Dance Festival este Abril, en Taipei

Those dark sounds are the mystery, the roots that cling to the mire that we all know, that we all ignore, but from which comes the very substance of art. ‘Dark sounds’ said the man of the Spanish people, agreeing with Goethe, who in speaking of Paganini hit on a definition of the duende: ‘A mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained.’ So, then, the duende is a force not a labour, a struggle not a thought. I heard an old maestro of the guitar say: ‘The duende is not in the throat: the duende surges up, inside, from the soles of the feet.’ Meaning, it’s not a question of skill, but of a style that’s truly alive: meaning, it’s in the veins: meaning, it’s of the most ancient culture of immediate creation. This ‘mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained’ is, in sum, the spirit of the earth, the same duende that scorched Nietzche’s heart as he searched for its outer form on the Rialto Bridge and in Bizet’s music, without finding it, and without seeing that the duende he pursued had leapt from the Greek mysteries to the dancers of Cadiz and the headless Dionysiac scream of Silverio’s siguiriya. From Theory and Play of The Duende. Lorca Video from Borboleta do Cèu e da Terra at Want to Dance Festival, April 2026, Taipei. Sound by @xu_jared

Todo lo que tiene sonidos negros tiene duende, decía Lorca. Taiwán para mí es la tierra de los sonidos negros. Sonidos ligados a otras dimensiones. Otro planeta. Trajimos "Borboleta do Cèu e da Terra" a Want to Dance Festival el pasado 18 de Abril. Gracias @matildejciria por todo el apoyo Gracias @xu_jared por lanzarte al viaje del desmantelamiento, por tus sonidos negros y por todo tú Gracias @roc_lilith por entrar en el equipo de lado de las luces Punkyyy y tú traje de sangre y líneas lorquianas Xièxiè @shinehousetw for the invitation

El flamenco inevitablemente me trae la conexión con mis ancestros. El Butoh la puerta para liberarnos todas juntas danzando. Pisando bien fuerte el suelo, To, llamando al duende, danzando con los dioses. In between up and down. Deep down, reaching far out. Mixing, crossing, disappearing. Tonight we continue invoking, giving ourselves to what is beyond, opening doors. At Revolver. The video is from one of the performance of our tour with @xu_jared at @jsygs_artcafe

🌅🌁Summon the God in a Faithless Church 🌁🌅 Nanjichang HamasakïAyumĩ 2026 presents 004 Virginia Torres @tp_vir is a Spanish independent artist, dancer, performer, and somatic researcher. Trained in Flamenco and Classical Spanish Dance, her practice has evolved toward Butoh and improvisation, shaping a cross-disciplinary and experimental approach rooted in an ongoing search for authenticity in movement. She has created and performed several solo works and has worked as an interpreter under the direction of renowned artists such as Tadashi Endo and Matilde Ciria. “There’s in that pool stained with green blood, he had learned two things: one was that all the pain stopped when you stopped fighting death; and the other was that as long as you could still hear your heart beating, you had to keep fighting back.” Lineup: 溪Lab @dingximusiccenter Chiachun Xu x Vir @xu_jared @tp_vir Decimated Saint Laurent x Dengdengdeng @lalayuzan @your_futagono_tamashi @loftpou @flippin.acoin Anteng Tsai @tsai_anteng 🪼Time: 2026/4/3 ( FRI) 🪼Location: Revolver @revolvertaipei 🪼Entrance : 500 🪽Big thanks to Jing @1jinggg4 & 小神 @artig0d

Amigues de Graná y alrededores!!!! Estoy muy feliz de compartir un poco más de la investigación de Butoh y duende antes de este verano en mi tierra. Estar lejos da mucho que reflexionar y muchas preguntas que danzar acerca de la raíz. Más cerca del origen del Butoh que me encuentro más que mis pies quieren recordar el sonar de un flamenco. Estoy perdidísima en mi danza. Y la pérdida, y el regocijo de la pérdida es lo que vendré a compartir a finales de Mayo, de nuevo en sala Tombuctú. 3 días de taller de un Butoh de cada una, inspirado en las poéticas de Lorca. @tombuctu.granada Y aún hay más. El 13 de Junio traemos Borboleta do Cèu e da Terra a sala El Apeadero, también en Granada. Un gran respeto traer danzas que van y vienen, un cuerpo atravesado por multiplicidades lejanas. Compartiremos más info muy pronto! Si quieres venir al taller apúntate pronto que tiene super descuento :)

More news! When back in Europe I will be offering 6 days inmersive movement research at The Garden @nedrageht June 23rd-29th Butoh and somatic practices in studio and nature The place offers amazing food, sauna, lake, hot tub, ice bath, big nature space and dance space too. All the info and registrations here: https://gardening.notion.site/butoh-2026 *The design of the flyer is by The Garden and the beautiful picture by @sebi_zahler in Sintra Forest

"Borboleta do Cèu e da Terra" will be part of Want to Dance Festival in Taipei @shinehousetw @xu_jared and myself will be performing in Wan Theatre on April 18th For over a year now, we have been exploring with the crossing of dark sounds and deep roots. This piece was created here in Taipei. The experimental art scene from Taipei highly inspired me during the residency time where Borboleta was created. Jared felt the call to cross to the edge of Europe and visit Andalucia, where flamenco emanates from every corner. Borboleta do Céu e da Terra is a question in the form of dance about the identity of the Andalusian body. An inquiry into a dance without labels, descending into depth and the guts. A search for "el duende". A tribute to the grandmothers. Butoh and Flamenco with experimental noise music. A Butoh that travels to and from Asia. A Flamenco that journeys to and from Spain. Neither Butoh nor Flamenco, but a dance that seeks to liberate and move beyond any form. All the info here: /team-2026/chrysalis- Cast: Vir Torres-dance, concept Matilde J. Ciria-director, light design ChiaChun Xu- sound design, flyer design Lazaro- light adaptation Maria Gonzalez- costume Raul Bartolomé- image

🪰🌫️Summon A God in The Faithless Church🌫️🪰 Nanjichang HamæsakîAyûmï 2026presents 004 “There in that pool stained with green blood, he had learned two things: one was that all the pain stopped when you stopped fighting death; and the other was that as long as you could still hear your heart beating, you had to keep fighting back.” Lineup: 溪Lab @dingximusiccenter Chiachun Xu x Vir @xu_jared @tp_vir Decimated Saint Laurent x Dengdengdeng @lalayuzan @your_futagono_tamashi @loftpou @flippin.acoin Anteng Tsai @tsai_anteng 🪼Time: 2026/4/3 ( FRI) 🪼Location: Revolver @revolvertaipei 🪼Entrance : 500 🪽Big thanks to Jing @1jinggg4 & 小神 @artig0d

And here some hidden treasures... I found this movie created during Art Continumm Art Residency in Thailand 2024. Without the mud, the lotus flower cannot blossom Good memories from this group of crazy guys @pippopit @samsononon (edition) @fraukevandenbogaard

2026 Taiwan Tour with @tp_vir Back in Taiwan after awhile, just started our first tour together last night till early April. Come join us if you’re around. 3/14 Cochlea-gigs no.92 @neobardo98 3/18 ROOTS: Butoh Workshop @absence_space0810 3/19 ROOTS: Live Performance @absence_space0810 3/20 Obscure Pulsations at @jsygs_artcafe 3/27 SIG#124 at @senko.issha 3/28 疾噪會vol.2 at @revolvertaipei 4/03 time to not stay\\ Nanjichang HamasækîAyúmï 2026present 004 at @revolvertaipei

闇脈動 Obscure Pulsations 日落之後，來自深處的頻率開始浮現， 在暗夜中呼吸、潛伏、震盪。 美國傳奇雙人組Wrekmeister Harmonies化身闇黑聲響的變形者，帶來如陰影般擴散的聲響地景，構築龐大而深邃的聽覺迷宮；旅歐臺北聲音藝術家徐嘉駿以無輸入回授噪聲與西班牙舞者Vir Torres的舞踏肉身激烈碰撞，在失真與呼吸之間探尋原初的脈搏；旅居新竹的西班牙雙人組Torcal，則透過電子與吉他的層疊與磨蝕，讓聲音在時間中形成一團緩慢流變的巨大聲景。 這場聲音與身體交織的夜晚，振動將沿著空氣與地面悄然蔓延，如同潛伏於黑暗深處的脈動，在生成與消散之間反覆形變，逐漸步入失真的邊界。 After sunset, frequencies from the deep begin to emerge. Breathing, lurking, and resonating in the dark. Legendary American duo Wrekmeister Harmonies materialize as shapeshifters of dark sound, casting sprawling, shadow-like soundscapes that unfold into a vast auditory labyrinth. Europe-based Taipei sound artist ChiaChun Xu’s no-input feedback noise enters into a charged encounter with the raw physicality of Spanish dancer Vir Torres’s Butoh, searching for a primordial pulse between distortion and breath. Meanwhile, Hsinchu-based Spanish duo Torcal work through the accumulation and erosion of electronics and guitar, sculpting sound across time into a colossal, slowly shifting sonic mass. On this night where sound and body intertwine, vibrations quietly spread through the air and across the ground. Like a pulse lurking deep within the dark, the sound continually morphs between formation and dissipation, gradually approaching the edges of distortion. acts: ∅ Wrekmeister Harmonies (US) ∅ Vir Torres (ES) × 徐嘉駿 ChiaChun Xu ∅ Torcal (ES) ∅ jam session  feat.  薛詒云 Yi Yun Hsueh╱舞蹈 dance 張登堯 Chang Deng-yao╱二胡 erhu – 時間 time ◢ 2026.03.20 [fri] open 18:40╱start 19:00 入場贊助 donation for entry ◢ $350-550自由定價 pay-as-you-wish ※ 請勿攜帶外食飲品、場內僅可點購瓶裝飲料 no outside food or drinks allowed. bottled beverages are available for purchase inside the venue. ↓↓ 藝術家介紹請見留言區 more about the artists in the comments ↓↓ #江山藝改所 #新竹表演 #新竹活動 #實驗音樂 #舞踏