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Ciudadano Kien carries out the artistic direction and general coordination for the cultural programme of Madrid’s Plaza Mayor IV Centenary.

A broad programme which objective is to bring back Plaza Mayor as the cultural epicentre of the city and pay a tribute to it for its 400 years. In order to achieve that, we created a diverse programme with multitude of languages and artistic disciplines. We designed and produced unique spectacles for the commemoration, and invited big production and festival centres to coproduce, so they could accompany us on the celebration. A programme that included over 40 spectacles and acts and more than 800.000 people. A programme that had unforgettable moments that remained in the collective memory.

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Between 2015 and 2017, Ciudadano Kien launched artistic events and programmes for different Institutions to celebrate Miguel de Cervantes IV Centenary.

“Hidalgos de Hoy para lugares Cervantinos” was an action-spectacle for Castilla-La Mancha Tourism office that we created to promote the virtual passport for those Lugares Cervantinos. A work in progress that blended painting and live music at Plaza Sánchez Bustillo in Madrid. Ricardo Cávolo and Judith Mateo accompanied us in this adventure.

“Encuentro de Artes escénicas en lugares Cervantinos” was a programme developed by order of Alcalá de Henares’ city council as a closure of the Cervantes’ IV centenary agenda in the city.

Places like Plaza de Cervantes, Plaza de San Diego, La Capilla del Oidor, etc., were the stage for contemporary proposals brought by prestigious street theatre troupes.

During years 2014 and 2015 we worked side by side with Greco 2014 Foundation in one of the most important cultural events of the last decade in Spain: El Año Greco.

They proposed us the creation of an ambitious programme based on performing arts in the public space that would complement the schedule of the great exhibitions and academic events.

A programme for the neighbours and visitors of Toledo to celebrate such a unique day in a ludic and participatory manner.

PaseArte was a programme with numerous spectacles and activities in which avant-garde creators and national and international companies worked by our side to reinterpret, in a contemporary way, the legacy of a modern and cosmopolitan artist.

Spectacles and activities in the streets, patios, plazas… turned Toledo into a big artistic stage.

The creation and production of sports events as well as the inauguration and closure ceremonies of the CENTRAL AMERICAN GAMES SAN JOSÉ DE COSTA RICA 2013, or the European Athletics Indoor Championship hosted in Madrid in 2005 allowed Ciudadano Kien to demonstrate that the cultural celebratory and festivity frame has a universal dimension and that artistic languages have a place in every field.

The designed ceremonies had a profound symbolism and a delicate execution that trascended the sport scope.