Biography
the investigation of sound has led marta sainz to develop her work beyond using just her voice – the butoh dance practice has also been fundamental to her search for and within “chaos.”
using both her voice and body, her work refers to both elements of german expressionism as well as artaud’s theater of cruelty. she seeks to create an emotional shock for the spectator, as they are confronted with their own experience of her performance, without implying that the musical content or performance have any specific meaning or intent itself.
currently, outside of her solo improvisation work, she is also developing three additional projects: un coup de dès (with lali barrière); destruction des animaux nuisibles (with miguel a. garcia and enrique zaccagnin); and a duo with maryah marymoto.
using both her voice and body, her work refers to both elements of german expressionism as well as artaud’s theater of cruelty. she seeks to create an emotional shock for the spectator, as they are confronted with their own experience of her performance, without implying that the musical content or performance have any specific meaning or intent itself.
currently, outside of her solo improvisation work, she is also developing three additional projects: un coup de dès (with lali barrière); destruction des animaux nuisibles (with miguel a. garcia and enrique zaccagnin); and a duo with maryah marymoto.
