Alicia Soto-Hojarasca is a professional transdisciplinary contemporary dance and creation company with a long history, created in 1994, under the artistic and choreographic direction of Alicia Soto. Based in Castilla y León (Spain), it has had from its beginnings a great international projection throughout these three decades of existence. Portugal, France, Germany, China, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Japan, Turkey and various African countries (Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal...) have been regular stops on its tours.
Both with its more than 35 shows and with its initiatives, talks and educational activities, the company has developed an essential work of dissemination of dance within and beyond our borders and among people of different class, sex, age or origin.
Research and constant evolution
In the DNA of the company, and of its director Alicia Soto, there is a constant search to take dance to different levels in each project and an ongoing research into artistic language, scenic elements (both aesthetic and content) and audience participation..
Alicia Soto's work moves freely between the genres of dance, theatre and visual arts, driven by an ongoing dialogue with artists from different disciplines. Through mutable fiction and layered narratives, she explores dance as a source of healing and a way to transform the social fabric.
It has developed dance-theatre pieces, shows for the street and non-conventional spaces, multimedia creations and visual documents on its own work processes and those of other international companies with which it has worked.
It was one of the first Spanish companies to introduce technology into its projects and to reflect on its relationship with movement and dance on stage.
Critics highlight that her creation is original and open about an encounter between dance and theatre, based on dramaturgy, often using multimedia and new technologies in a continuous search for the language of dance in creations based on transdisciplinarity.
More than 35 contemporary creations
Its projects include El perro Breu y su amigo Electrolux (1999), Entre Brazos (2002. Nominated to the Max Awards). Bloque C, Ángeles Caídos buscan subir al Cielo (2003. Nominated to the Max Awards), La mujer de la sinmemoria (2005), Desea (2007. Nominated to the Max Awards) In vino veritas (2008), skinSITEs” vers. XI and XIII (2008 and 2009. In collaboration with Post Theater [New York / Berlin / Tokyo]), Super Gravity - Zero Gravity (2009. Coproduction with the Post Theater Company [New York / Berlín/ Tokyo]) La Petit Voiture-la Comtesse (2010), the triptych Cartografía del Cuerpo en un espacio arquitectónico (2014-2016. (2014-2016. Desconcierto, Estudio 1: Nocturno, Estudio 2: Silencio, winner of the Estacion Norte Award of the Tac Festival 2014, and and Estudio 3: Miradas)), Regards (2017), 5X5, después del 19 (2020) The garden of the Hesperides (2020), Sublime Enfado (2022), La Petit Voiture 2.0 (2022), Human Landscapes (2024) and On Strings (2025).
Collaborations with festivals and major figures
On the other hand, Alicia Soto-Hojarasca has co-produced and collaborated at different times with festivals, fairs and national and international theatres such as Teatro Calderón (Valladolid, Spain); Teatro Principal de Burgos (Spain); Auditorio de León (Spain); Mercat de les Flors IDN Festival (Barcelona, Spain); International Street Theatre Festival TAC (Valladolid, Spain); International Festival Fitcarrer, (Vila-real, Spain); Lava, Laboratory of the Arts of Valladolid (Spain); Taggeles (Berlin, Germany), Cervantes Institute (Casablanca, Morocco); Ains Harrouda Cultural Centre (Casablanca, Morocco); International Festival Stage Dance (Shanghai, China); or the Center Culturelle de Djarama (Dakar, Senegal).
The company has always been a transdisciplinary meeting place for different artists with whom different synergies and collaborations have been established, both occasional and regular. These names include, among many others, the French writer Michel Houellebecq; the Moroccan director and actor Abdellah Chakiri; the choreographer Carmen Werner; the company Post Theater (New York, Berlin, Tokyo); Miguel Ángel Camacho, lighting designer; Joan Valent, orchestra conductor, composer and performer; Ángel Marcos, Photographer (www.angelmarcos.com); Masbedo, video creators (http://www.masbedo.org); and the set designer and costume designer Elisa Sanz.
Artistic Residencies
The company has pioneered artistic residencies in rural areas such as Sazamón in Burgos, Spain (1994-1998) and Serrada in Valladolid, Spain (2005-2014 / 2020-2025). In addition, the residency in Serrada established this pillar of Alicia Soto's project to create a link between the rural environment and artistic creation with the production of 9 of the most emblematic shows of her career.
It is also worth highlighting the implementation of projects for teenagers in various areas of Castilla y León (Spain) or her latest initiative in 2023 and 2024, Un paso adelante, a programme of activities for cultural revitalisation in non-urban areas of Castilla y León that brings contemporary dance to thousands of residents of the participating towns.
Since 2014, the company has been creating in artistic residencies internationally..
Throughout its career, the company has repeatedly enjoyed the support of entities and institutions such as AC/E, AECID, different Spanish embassies around the world and the Cervantes Institute (different venues).
The company is subsidised by INAEM, the Impulsa programme of the Junta de Castilla y León and is a resident company in Serrada (Valladolid, Spain).
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