David Segura: «My dance show, like theatre, is living art»

"Whoever judges my path, I lend my shoes, because there is no better way to understand people" is an expression that anyone has been able to utter at some point in life when they have felt questioned. However, on this occasion, no one has judged anyone. Those were the words of the Malaga choreographer and dancer David Segura in the presentation of the dance show 'Put yourself in his shoes'. It is a "re-release of the work, since it has evolved", commented the man from Malaga.

This work was presented for the first time in Malaga in 2015 and, after an intense tour, the choreographer brings it back to his city "with a renewed show", assured the dancer. Twelve pairs of shoes at the front of the stage. Four dancers. A piano and a sax. That's all Segura needs to make the audience feel with the dance. "I have matured as a choreographer," said the dancer, who joked that this is the "first serious work" he did after his children's theater projects. The choreographer jokingly confessed that many people have told him that he has already seen it. "This is not Titanic. My dance show, like the theater, is living art”, pointed out the choreographer. That's the magic of theater in general. Each representation, even if it is of the same work, can be different. "It's not like a movie where you hit 'play' and that's it," he said. Those who are on stage make sure that each function is unique for the attendees and that when they see it they "get excited".

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'Put yourself in their shoes' continues to be a theatrical dance piece that fuses the classic with the urban. In addition to these styles, his show has included a number of tap dance, a genre contributed by the dancer Lorea Martínez. Pepa Martín, who founded the company Beyond Dance together with Segura, will continue to provide the seriousness of classical dance. The cast is closed by the dancer Lidia Jiménez.

For the staging, he continues betting on music as an essential part of it. However, he has changed the guitar, present in the first version of the show, for a sax. This instrument gives the dance piece "a beautiful internal complement" and Daniel Hidalgo is in charge of making it sound. 'Ponte en su zaptos' has become "something more jazzy," he says. On the other hand, he wanted to keep the essence of the piano from the first performances. Fran Romguer's hands will be in charge of starting the notes on the piano. In one of the choreographies, the performance of the dancers and the piano create a melody. "The screams, cries, blows and laughs that we perform, when combined with music, create a melody," Segura began.

With the re-release of 'Put yourself in his shoes' and his latest work 'Inductive', the choreographer himself affirms that "a certain evolution can be observed" in his creative process. » 'Inductive', which hits the Cánovas stage on February 1, according to David Segura, "is a more expert and deeper work". While this work arrives, the contemporary dance fan audience will be able to enjoy 'Put yourself in her shoes' on January 18, 19, 25 and 26 at the Gades Hall with a ticket price between 8 and 16 euros.