[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":413},["ShallowReactive",2],{"globalSettings-all-langs-en":3,"getAboutData-en":63,"project-unitats-de-xoc-ii-en":283},{"cookiesPolicyLink":4,"footerNav":5,"gtmID":4,"mainNav":20,"seo":4,"siteDescription":26,"siteFavicon":27,"siteSubtitle":61,"siteTitle":62,"siteUrl":4},null,{"items":6},[7,12,16],{"link":8,"text":11},{"externalUrl":9,"internalLink":4,"isInternalLink":10,"title":4},"https://vimeo.com/tuixenbenet",false,"Vimeo",{"link":13,"text":15},{"externalUrl":14,"internalLink":4,"isInternalLink":10,"title":4},"https://www.instagram.com/corenmoviment","Represented by COR",{"link":17,"text":19},{"externalUrl":18,"internalLink":4,"isInternalLink":10,"title":4},"https://www.instagram.com/tuixen_benet/","Instagram",{"items":21},[22],{"link":23,"text":25},{"externalUrl":24,"internalLink":4,"isInternalLink":10,"title":4},"mailto:tuixen@gmail.com","Contact","Tuixén Benet is a choreographer and filmmaker whose work blends contemporary movement with visual storytelling. Her creations merge dance and cinema, using poetic imagery and expressive physicality to explore how bodies, emotions, and spaces interact. her expressive physicality to explore how bodies, emotions, and spaces interact. ",{"asset":28},{"altText":4,"metadata":29,"originalFilename":59,"url":60},{"_type":30,"blurHash":31,"dimensions":32,"hasAlpha":36,"isOpaque":10,"lqip":37,"palette":38,"thumbHash":58},"sanity.imageMetadata","e2A,.etDfQtDfQtDfRfQfRfQfQfQfQfQfQtDfRfQfRfQfQfQfQfQfQ",{"_type":33,"aspectRatio":34,"height":35,"width":35},"sanity.imageDimensions",1,512,true,"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAYAAACNiR0NAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAQ0lEQVR4nGOIiXv3Nzb+/X/K8bt/ILMYqGPYezgeNfD9aBi+H00270dzyvvRwuE91cvDfwyQKuDdP4oNiwNVAe9/AwBHkCnAlQDu/AAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==",{"_type":39,"darkMuted":40,"darkVibrant":45,"dominant":48,"lightMuted":51,"lightVibrant":53,"muted":55,"vibrant":57},"sanity.imagePalette",{"_type":41,"background":42,"foreground":43,"population":44,"title":43},"sanity.imagePaletteSwatch","#181a80","#fff",0,{"_type":41,"background":46,"foreground":43,"population":47,"title":43},"#2022a6",0.01,{"_type":41,"background":49,"foreground":43,"population":50,"title":43},"#5c5ceb",99.6,{"_type":41,"background":52,"foreground":43,"population":44,"title":43},"#020296",{"_type":41,"background":54,"foreground":43,"population":47,"title":43},"#5c5cfc",{"_type":41,"background":56,"foreground":43,"population":44,"title":43},"#101088",{"_type":41,"background":49,"foreground":43,"population":50,"title":43},"o/OBBQAP9/eIiH9/9wd38GS4Bwd4eICACA==","favicon.png","https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j64zfake/production/9d1bd8863e7d298a7d2f4e64413de919931d1fca-512x512.png","Choreographer and Filmmaker","Tuixén Benet",{"_id":64,"content":65,"language":276,"seo":277,"title":62},"about",[66,113,138,209,242,259],{"text":67,"title":112},[68],{"_key":69,"_type":70,"children":71,"markDefs":110,"style":111},"37269ab6fde3","block",[72,77,82,86,90,94,98,102,106],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":75,"text":76},"021248ccff98","span",[],"Tuixén Benet is a ",{"_key":78,"_type":74,"marks":79,"text":81},"60d1f0c9c59c",[80],"strong","choreographer, dance-film director, and educator based among Barcelona and Los Angeles",{"_key":83,"_type":74,"marks":84,"text":85},"7472708a1656",[],", whose work moves fluidly between stage, screen, and pedagogy. Her practice explores choreography as a cinematic, social, and spatial language, engaging bodies, cameras, and collectives as co-authors of meaning. She holds a B",{"_key":87,"_type":74,"marks":88,"text":89},"64ca99234b6c",[80],"achelor’s Degree in Choreography and Interpretation Techniques ",{"_key":91,"_type":74,"marks":92,"text":93},"b7e9375f2659",[],"from",{"_key":95,"_type":74,"marks":96,"text":97},"57c543e2182e",[80]," the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona",{"_key":99,"_type":74,"marks":100,"text":101},"ce0382bb4184",[]," (2013) and a ",{"_key":103,"_type":74,"marks":104,"text":105},"4d5716fd246f",[80],"Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing from the California Institute of the Arts",{"_key":107,"_type":74,"marks":108,"text":109},"9adca8d19cdd",[]," (CalArts) (2020). Her training bridges contemporary dance, film direction, and visual storytelling, further expanded through specialized studies in video dance and body poetics in Spain and Mexico.",[],"normal","EDUCATION",{"text":114,"title":137},[115],{"_key":69,"_type":70,"children":116,"markDefs":136,"style":111},[117,120,124,128,132],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":118,"text":119},[],"Tuixén Benet has maintained an extensive freelance career as a choreographer for music videos, fashion films, and commercials since 2010. Her choreography has been featured in productions shot across Spain, the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Jamaica, Hungary, Romania, and Colombia, collaborating with internationally renowned artists such as ",{"_key":121,"_type":74,"marks":122,"text":123},"79af4dc77c86",[80],"Polo & Pan, Tame Impala, Phoenix, Juanes, Bomba Estéreo, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, and Javiera Mena,",{"_key":125,"_type":74,"marks":126,"text":127},"5943ba5799e1",[]," among many others. She recently choreographed the film ",{"_key":129,"_type":74,"marks":130,"text":131},"8f38e1e3df53",[80],"Romería by Carla Simón",{"_key":133,"_type":74,"marks":134,"text":135},"b8e46bfa2347",[],". Her work has been commissioned by leading production companies and global brands, resulting in a body of work that balances strong physicality with cinematic precision.",[],"CHOREOGRAPHY FOR FILM",{"text":139,"title":208},[140,162,185],{"_key":69,"_type":70,"children":141,"markDefs":161,"style":111},[142,145,149,153,157],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":143,"text":144},[],"From 2010 to 2015, Tuixén Benet was the founder and co-director of the dance company ",{"_key":146,"_type":74,"marks":147,"text":148},"7ef282259313",[80],"Les filles Föllen",{"_key":150,"_type":74,"marks":151,"text":152},"06d8434b18cd",[],", alongside Margherita Bergamo. Together, they created and performed stage and video works presented at major cultural institutions and festivals across Europe and North America, including ",{"_key":154,"_type":74,"marks":155,"text":156},"fdfa4ef874a6",[80],"MACBA, Mercat de les Flors, Matadero Madrid, Kumu (Tallinn), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), Zebulon (New York), and Zoofest (Montreal)",{"_key":158,"_type":74,"marks":159,"text":160},"9ddb8fb4698f",[],". Their creations, such as Entrance With Charge, Unter der Schönen Haut, Escena Simultánea, and Projecte13, were recognized with multiple awards and grants, establishing the company as a significant voice in contemporary performance and experimental choreography.",[],{"_key":163,"_type":70,"children":164,"markDefs":184,"style":111},"a6092fdfd277",[165,168,172,176,180],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":166,"text":167},[],"Tuixén Benet has also choreographed large-scale live performances and tours, notably for ",{"_key":169,"_type":74,"marks":170,"text":171},"2e38b40f02f4",[80],"El Guincho",{"_key":173,"_type":74,"marks":174,"text":175},"eae72a738daa",[]," and for the international tours of Chilean artist ",{"_key":177,"_type":74,"marks":178,"text":179},"8324ce6a2461",[80],"Javiera Mena",{"_key":181,"_type":74,"marks":182,"text":183},"5e4875522a25",[]," between 2014 and 2017. For Javiera Mena, she developed choreographic systems adaptable to different scales—from intimate stages to massive televised events—culminating in the 2016 Viña del Mar Festival performance, viewed by over 150 million people worldwide. ",[],{"_key":186,"_type":70,"children":187,"markDefs":207,"style":111},"a05ce1608156",[188,191,195,199,203],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":189,"text":190},[],"She’s also choreographed the opera ",{"_key":192,"_type":74,"marks":193,"text":194},"79cc467467e7",[80],"La Gata Perduda at the Gran Teatre del Liceu ",{"_key":196,"_type":74,"marks":197,"text":198},"4646cdbeb92c",[],"in Barcelona, a participatory large-scale work involving over 3,500 community members. More recently, she directed the movement for the new experimental opera work by cabosanroque Mil ",{"_key":200,"_type":74,"marks":201,"text":202},"ec55e776de66",[80],"Tres, Say Cheese that premiered in Teatre Lliure",{"_key":204,"_type":74,"marks":205,"text":206},"9aa3b1d52f0f",[],", Barcelona.",[],"LIVE CHOREOGRAPHY",{"text":210,"title":241},[211],{"_key":69,"_type":70,"children":212,"markDefs":240,"style":111},[213,216,220,224,228,232,236],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":214,"text":215},[],"Tuixén Benet directs and choreographs dance-driven narrative works that investigate intimacy, ritual, collective movement, and the emotional architecture of bodies in space. Her films ",{"_key":217,"_type":74,"marks":218,"text":219},"0b10a249acce",[80],"Lazarus, Aloma i Mila, and Solution for Sadness ",{"_key":221,"_type":74,"marks":222,"text":223},"8ee5bba5408e",[],"have been widely screened and awarded at international film and dance-film festivals, including ",{"_key":225,"_type":74,"marks":226,"text":227},"9dfa3d261a89",[80],"Leeds International Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, BAFICI, Cinedans, Choreoscope",{"_key":229,"_type":74,"marks":230,"text":231},"29024e3ff722",[],", and many others. Her work has received numerous awards for choreography, cinematography, and contribution to the field of dance film, including a Flaherty Grant from CalArts and an Exceptional Contribution to Dance Film Award from Choreoscope. Her first feature-length dance film, ",{"_key":233,"_type":74,"marks":234,"text":235},"d3de04f7cd98",[80],"Clausura",{"_key":237,"_type":74,"marks":238,"text":239},"e4178d4c97be",[],", is currently in post-production.",[],"EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKING",{"text":243,"title":258},[244],{"_key":69,"_type":70,"children":245,"markDefs":257,"style":111},[246,249,253],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":247,"text":248},[],"From 2019 to 2024, Tuixén Benet has been a ",{"_key":250,"_type":74,"marks":251,"text":252},"61988832d700",[80],"Dance and Film Special Faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts",{"_key":254,"_type":74,"marks":255,"text":256},"5218f753c0fb",[],", teaching graduate and undergraduate students across disciplines. The courses include Dance Film Foundations, Dance Film Projects, When Screen Dances, Cinedance, Making Music Videos, and Film Production. Through these classes, she guided students from conceptual development to post-production, emphasizing visual design, embodied cinematography, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical reflection on time, space, and performance in moving images. She has also served as a teaching assistant in film directing and as a guest instructor in cinedance and narrative film contexts. She is trained in experimental film techniques filming in cellulloid, hand processing and scanning.",[],"TEACHING",{"text":260,"title":275},[261],{"_key":163,"_type":70,"children":262,"markDefs":274,"style":111},[263,266,270],{"_key":73,"_type":74,"marks":264,"text":265},[],"In addition to her artistic and academic practice, Tuixén Benet regularly serves as a jury member for international film and dance festivals such as ",{"_key":267,"_type":74,"marks":268,"text":269},"5d3ed4dc167a",[80],"Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastian, UK Music Video Awards, Dance Camera West, Choreoscope and Sicilia Queer Film Fest",{"_key":271,"_type":74,"marks":272,"text":273},"42bbf3198976",[],".",[],"FILM JURY","en",{"ogdescription":278,"ogimage":279,"ogtitle":282},"Tuixén Benet, Barcelona/LA choreographer & film director of dance and cinema; global productions, live shows, award-winning films, and teaching at CalArts.",{"asset":280},{"url":281},"https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j64zfake/production/6e145a23f3f10c14cb8f727c75235aa03d9c7b55-1080x1080.webp","About Tuixén Benet, filmmaker and choreographer",{"_id":284,"commisioner":285,"content":288,"credits":297,"date":367,"directedby":368,"featuredImage":370,"format":401,"gallery":4,"heroEmbed":404,"heroImage":4,"heroSize":405,"producedby":406,"seo":4,"slug":409,"title":412},"57c7c3cf-1122-46ed-babd-02babadc258d",{"_id":286,"title":287},"68ce4de7-716a-4f79-b15f-3b5428e68b89","Personal project",[289],{"_key":290,"_type":70,"children":291,"markDefs":296,"style":111},"0b76e3a51eab",[292],{"_key":293,"_type":74,"marks":294,"text":295},"75f0c5286ea2",[],"A choreographic piece about memory and the physical sensation of the Spanish Civil War. It is not a documentary, but rather the life of some dancers in a state of war who observe other dancers in a state of war. It revisits violence and the impact of battle through the female body: collective, sensitive, caring, and brave. A defeated dance body that is reborn through poetry and movement.",[],[298,310,322,334,345,356],{"_key":299,"_type":70,"children":300,"markDefs":309,"style":111},"8e253f4336a8",[301,305],{"_key":302,"_type":74,"marks":303,"text":304},"a636958491c5",[80],"Director and choreographer:",{"_key":306,"_type":74,"marks":307,"text":308},"71aa9f18bf1d",[]," Tuixén Benet",[],{"_key":311,"_type":70,"children":312,"markDefs":321,"style":111},"95c2ab04326f",[313,317],{"_key":314,"_type":74,"marks":315,"text":316},"571c3fc7f5f0",[80],"Performers: ",{"_key":318,"_type":74,"marks":319,"text":320},"16e376653415",[],"Sheila Jordà, Andrea Just, Anna Macau, Naya Monzón, Laura Lliteras, Marina Fullana, Pau Albà i Àngel Garau",[],{"_key":323,"_type":70,"children":324,"markDefs":333,"style":111},"27635749230d",[325,329],{"_key":326,"_type":74,"marks":327,"text":328},"5658233e1ba4",[80],"Dramaturgy:",{"_key":330,"_type":74,"marks":331,"text":332},"4634df02d051",[]," Raquel Tomàs",[],{"_key":335,"_type":70,"children":336,"markDefs":344,"style":111},"fd96031022da",[337,341],{"_key":338,"_type":74,"marks":339,"text":340},"f66602a40268",[80],"Setting:",{"_key":330,"_type":74,"marks":342,"text":343},[]," Adrià Pinar",[],{"_key":346,"_type":70,"children":347,"markDefs":355,"style":111},"06529c331e37",[348,352],{"_key":349,"_type":74,"marks":350,"text":351},"d6215c43c0e6",[80],"Lighting:",{"_key":330,"_type":74,"marks":353,"text":354},[]," Ignasi Bosch",[],{"_key":357,"_type":70,"children":358,"markDefs":366,"style":111},"a206e9610b56",[359,363],{"_key":360,"_type":74,"marks":361,"text":362},"cb9a78a7ca07",[80],"Music:",{"_key":330,"_type":74,"marks":364,"text":365},[]," Pau Albà",[],"2019-02-12",{"_id":369,"title":62},"76e0a893-3259-4cf7-a6c1-24bb5032ac27",{"asset":371},{"altText":4,"metadata":372,"originalFilename":399,"url":400},{"_type":30,"blurHash":373,"dimensions":374,"hasAlpha":10,"isOpaque":36,"lqip":378,"palette":379,"thumbHash":398},"VJF#XDaeM|WBe.00oLW;bGNH~AjYt6ofxtIVt6azj[V[",{"_type":33,"aspectRatio":375,"height":376,"width":377},1.5009380863039399,533,800,"data:image/jpeg;base64,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",{"_type":39,"darkMuted":380,"darkVibrant":383,"dominant":386,"lightMuted":387,"lightVibrant":391,"muted":393,"vibrant":396},{"_type":41,"background":381,"foreground":43,"population":382,"title":43},"#59442e",3.95,{"_type":41,"background":384,"foreground":43,"population":385,"title":43},"#5c1c04",9.3,{"_type":41,"background":384,"foreground":43,"population":385,"title":43},{"_type":41,"background":388,"foreground":389,"population":390,"title":43},"#c4b497","#000",0.07,{"_type":41,"background":392,"foreground":389,"population":390,"title":389},"#f5cba0",{"_type":41,"background":394,"foreground":43,"population":395,"title":43},"#a37e59",4.16,{"_type":41,"background":397,"foreground":43,"population":44,"title":43},"#d45454","VUkSFYRnd4iAh4eKiGl4d4iIn/jI","2019 unitats-2-copy.webp","https://cdn.sanity.io/images/j64zfake/production/d4dd0ed8112bb88ad0dc36974f94f7a875642970-800x533.webp",{"_id":402,"title":403},"88b46da0-e07e-41ea-8956-6f8218076cd3","Performance","\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\">\u003Ciframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/464272051?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Unitats de Xoc II\">\u003C/iframe>\u003C/div>\u003Cscript src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js\">\u003C/script>","large",{"_id":407,"title":408},"a08a9a55-5caa-4826-b61c-d244d348e55b","Solitud Films",{"_type":410,"current":411},"slug","unitats-de-xoc-ii","Unitats de Xoc II",1777302041433]