El Plano Latente

Dancing on architecture
Paseo del Espolón
2026

El Plano Latente proposes an urban fiction on the Paseo del Espolón, where the everyday act of walking is transformed into a collective choreography. The intervention introduces no autonomous object, but rather a civic rite that unfolds over time, altering the perception of the space and generating a shared sense of anticipation.

From the start of the festival, a geometric trace drawn on the pavement installs a latent architecture that exists before it is activated, changing the reading of the place without revealing its purpose. The intervention reaches its full manifestation on Saturday 20 June, on the eve of the summer solstice.

At that moment, the participation of one hundred citizens and twelve dancers activates an urban score guided by sunlight as a temporal reference. Synchronised walking and the moving of small poplar pieces turn the space into a collective organism, where the boundaries between spectator and performer dissolve.

The proposal shifts prominence from the object toward shared action, building a collective identity through synchronised presence. Matter, in the form of poplar pieces, acts as a record of the process: it moves from being a trace on the ground to becoming the central element of the encounter.

El Plano Latente thus turns the Paseo del Espolón into a stage where body, time and memory intertwine, reaffirming public space as a place of symbolic construction and collective celebration.

Performance

We’re looking for 100 people in Logroño. No dancing experience needed —just walking with presence. On 20 June we take part in Plano Latente, eighteen minutes of collective choreography on the Paseo del Espolón that turn everyday walking into shared identity. Two ways to join: directly on the day of the event, or through a free movement workshop on 18, 19 and 20 June. Will you join us?

Sign-up (with both ways to take part): form