Recuerdo nº7
recuerdo nº7 is a director duo comprised of Enrique López and Javier Ara
they develop their art at the crossroad of dance and other disciplines
FAL
year: 2026· dance piece · length: 30 min
choreography/direction: recuerdo nº7
music: Alex Aller, Javier Ara
set design: Jenny Horváth
costume design: Dora Hegedüs
performers: Bendegúz Varga, Chiara Cascino, Elise Paris Turco, Lina Lolita Verveckken, Marta Crocamo, Matthew Jospeh Retcho, Rut Nache López, Vlerio Zaffalonpremiere: 06.05.2026, Csokonai Fórum, Latinovits Zoltán Terem, Debrecen
This was meant to find you (Biennale Danza 2024)
year: 2024· dance piece · length: 35 min
choreography/direction: recuerdo nº7
music: Alex Aller,Javier Ara
performers: Sofia Baglietto,Daniele Bracciale, Somer February,Piera Gentile,Kannen Glanz,Victoria Martino Troncoso,Francesco Polese,Alberto Serrano.premiere: 26.07.2024, Arsenale Isolotto, La Biennale Di Venezia
Me parece que sufro lo que en mi profesión llaman nostalgia
year: 2022 · dance piece · length: 55m
choreography/direction: recuerdo nº7
music: Javier Ara, Alex Aller
light design: Javier Ara
performers: Enrique López, Javier Ara, Claudia Boschpremiere: 25. November 2022, SAT Teatre (Barcelona)
We contain multitudes
year: 2023 · dance piece · length: 16m 28s
choreography/direction: recuerdo nº7
music: Oliver Coates
performers: Adrián Bolaños, Alberto Alonso, Asia Paiola, Berta Vallverdu, Candela López-Villaseñor, Laura Gogeascoetxea, Leire Marimón, María Dalmau, Melissa Cely, Nacha Sofía, Nicolás Martínez, Paula Jofre, Sara de Talavera, Sara Luquero, Sara Pérez Olson.premiere: May 2023, Sala Mirador (Madrid)
Alongside their work as performers, Javier Ara Sauco and Enrique López Flores began their journey as creators in 2021 under the name Recuerdo número 7.
Recuerdo número 7 was born from its creators’ desire to merge their individual concerns and artistic visions. The collective focuses on choreographic creation across multiple formats, including performance, installation, transdisciplinary art projects, and educational activities.Since the premiere of their first piece in 2021, “Me parece que sufro lo que en mi profesión llaman nostalgia”, presented at the final gala of the Dance Award of the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, where they received both the SAT Award and the Audience Award, they have been developing a choreographic practice rooted in embodied research and an ongoing dialogue with other artistic disciplines.In 2022, “Me parece que sufro lo que en mi profesión llaman nostalgia” received First Prize and the Audience Award at the Tetuán District Choreographic Competition in Madrid. The work was later expanded into a full-length version and premiered at the SAT! Teatre de Barcelona. In addition to their own productions, they have led various creative laboratories with companies such as LAB180 in Madrid and have been invited to teach workshops at the Biennale Danza College.In 2024, they were selected as choreographers for the Biennale Danza College programme under the direction of Wayne McGregor. Over the course of three months, they shared a creative process with sixteen young dancers from around the world, presenting the final outcome as part of the 18th edition of the prestigious Venice Dance Festival.Also in 2024, they received the Audience Award at the international choreographic competition LINKAGE in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.In 2026, they created FAL, a commission for the Gradient Contemporary Ballet Debrecen, under the direction of Edit Domoszlai, as part of the “Mind the Body” program.
Enrique López Flores (left) began his studies in contemporary dance at the Professional Dance Conservatory of Barcelona. After that he joined IT Dansa, the young dance company of the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona, under the artistic direction of Catherine Allard, where he danced choreographies by Alexander Ekman, Ohad Naharin, Jiři Kylián, Rafael Bonachela and Sidi Larbi. From 2018 to 2021 he worked at Hessisches Staatsballett under the direction of Tim Plegge and Bruno Heynderickx. From 2022 he works as freelance dancer and combines it with the development of his own artistic work.
Javier Ara Sauco (right) studied music in his hometown of Huesca, Spain. After that he came to dance as a student of the Superior Conservatory of Dance María de Ávila in Madrid. In 2015, he became a member of the young company IT Dansa in Barcelona under the artistic direction of Catherine Allard. From 2018 to 2021 he danced in Hessisches Staatsballett under the direction of Tim Plegge and Bruno Heynderickx. After that, he finishes his superior dance studies in Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and starts working as a freelance dancer. In 2022 he participates in the Biennale Dance College in Venice under the direction of Wayne McGregor. There he met Saburo Teshigawara and since then he began to collaborate with his dance company KARAS, dancing in several projects around Europe and Japan. In 2025, he danced with the Ballet Basel company.