Cristina is born and grew up in Sevilla, Spain and moved to Norway in 2002. She has a master’s degree in art project design from Escuela superior de Diseño Barcelona and International university of Valencia. She graduated from art and Spanish literature studies together with photography. She has worked as an actress, stage director and project designer since 2002. In 2006 she established Eilertsen & Granados Theatre Company together with Andreas Eilertsen. In 2009 Eilertsen & Granados bought the old cinema in Stamsund and run their business form there, with programming, productions and general management of the company. Andreas is graduated from drama school in St. Petersburg, Russia and he is one of the founders of the theatre community in Stamsund, Lofoten islands, Norway, est. in 1990. He is an artist, director and musician. He was the co-founder of two theatre companies, Lofoten Teater and Teater Nor before he established his own theatre company together with Cristina Granados in 2006. In 2009 Eilertsen & Granados bought the old cinema in Stamsund and run their business form there, with programming, productions and general management of the company.
Silvia Demofonti is a cultural manager from Italy, based in Brussels. She has designed and coordinated national and international cooperation projects advocating for inclusion and equality, and for arts and culture in and from rural/non-urban areas. She holds a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology. She is in charge of the overall coordination of the project Moving Matters and other international projects in E&G. OUR COMPANY BASES ITS EXPERIENCE IN THE EXPRESSIVE PHYSICAL THEATER AND HAS EXTENSIVELY STUDIED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LIVE MUSIC AND THEATER; AN INTENSE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MUSIC AND THEATER, WITH STRONG INPUT FROM OTHER CREATION FIELDS: POETRY, VISUAL ARTS, VIDEO. E&G OWE MUCH OF THEIR INSPIRATION FROM WRITERS LIKE JULIO CORTÁZAR AND CONTEMPORARY JAZZ.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY HAS WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS OF EXPRESSION COMBINING THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES THAT DEFINE CONTEMPORARY ART, NOT ONLY AS ACTORS AND MUSICIANS BUT ALSO INTEGRATING OTHER PROFESSIONALS WITH DIFFERENT ARTISTIC RESOURCES ACHIEVING CLOSER LINES BETWEEN MULTIPLE WAYS OF EXPRESSION. THE ENSEMBLE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS. THE METHOD OF WORK AND RESEARCH IS BASED ON THE MEETING BETWEEN THE GROUP MEMBERS. THE AGREEMENT AND CONFLICT IN CREATIVITY ,WITHOUT COMPROMISE, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A MAXIMUM RATIO, ENTERS THE AUDIENCE AND THE ARTISTS.