CÈL ZAGEL
celzagel@gmail.com
PHYSICAL-VISUAL
THEATRE & DANCE
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I approach performing arts from different angles. Maybe one day I’ll stick to just one thing, but for now, this multiplicity defines my practice.
I am a performer and stage creator working between physical theatre, visual theatre, and contemporary dance. I trained as an actor in physical theatre at Institut del Teatre (Barcelona, 2015) and expanded into visual theatre at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Stuttgart, 2017) and I have complemented my studies with training in circus, dance, and a Master’s degree in Cultural Identities.
This path has led me to work in processes where boundaries blur: I move between performing, building, choreographing, and composing on stage. My work focuses on the relationship between body and material, exploring how objects, textures, and space can become active agents within a scene.
Alongside performing, I often take the role of outside eye, assistant director, and movement director—supporting dramaturgy and physical composition in different creations.
I also like to work in construction and scenography.
My practice is also connected to collective structures and cultural production and management. In Barcelona, I was part of the team of El Pumarejo, or I coordinate La Mansió, a space dedicated to movement and performing arts.
SELECTED AND RECENT PROJECTS
PERFORMER
Teatres de Campanya — directed by Marc Salicrú
Donde Empieza el Bosque Acaba el Pueblo — Monte Isla
Futsch und Fort — Jung und jung
OUTSIDE EYE / MOVEMENT DIRECTION
Someone Took a Mountain — BRICE (co-creation & direction)
Wo der Schacks schläft — commission by Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung
CONSTRUCTION & SCENOGRAPHY
Cantar de Gesta — Muchamuchacha (scenography by Marta Llopis)
Agentur Punch — builder, puppeteer & production (since 2017)
foto: Clarisa Esevich