First residency
Arts mediation
First Residency is a free immersive experience for children and young people with which children and adults can discover how a performance is created and who is behind it: artists, technicians, stage management, production, etc.
Each school year, a resident company at El Canal designs an activity that combines a participatory tour of the centre’s spaces with a practical performing arts creation workshop.
Photography: Nico Maurinho
Video: Nico Maurinoh
Introductory video for the participant schools.
Video: Nico Maurinoh
Project trailer.
Sònia Gardés (visual theatre and contemporary puppetry) invites participants to meet “Irina”, a puppet created specifically for this activity. Irina, a former worker at the textile factory of Coma Cros, returns to the building and discovers a performing arts creation centre: an ideal starting point for opening the doors to the imagination and the craft of object theatre.
The proposal
Credits
An arts mediation project designed by Alejandro Santaflorentina, with the 2025–26 proposal designed and facilitated by Sònia Gardés under the supervision of Alejandro Santaflorentina.
Special thanks to the entire team at El Canal for all their support and dedication, as well as for taking part in the video.
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With the support of
