Jon Maya

He started dancing at the age of six in Ereintza Dantza Taldea from Errenteria. He has received his main training in traditional dance and from there he has worked on her projects. As a soloist, he was seven times champion of the Aurreskularis of Euskal Herria between 1997 and 2005. Between 1999 and 2001 he was part of the Laxok group, and after this project, in 2002, he founded the Kukai company. Since then he has been a dancer, choreographer and director in this company, delving into the paths between traditional and contemporary dance and collaborating with numerous artists. Thus, Mireia Gabilondo, Cesc Gelabert, La intrusa Danza, Pantxika Telleria, Iker Gómez, Jone San Martín, Israel Galván, Logela Multimedia, Oreka Tx, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Juan Mari Beltrán, Carlos Núñez, etc. have collaborated. Since 1997 he has been a teacher at the School of Music and Dance of Errenteria Musikal and also teaches classes at Ereintza Dantza Taldea. In addition, he has offered various choreographic workshops both in the Basque Country and in foreign cities and festivals.

Interview: Luisa Etxenike

Luisa Etxenike is a writer and currently the director of Canal Europa. She runs the literary festival Un mundo de Escritoras, as well as a creative writing workshop for some years now. She has published, among others, the novels Los peces negros (2005), El ángulo ciego (Euskadi Literature Prize 2009), El detective de sonidos (2011), Aves del paraíso (2019), as well as the collection of poems El arte de la pesca (2015). She has also published Cruzar el agua (2022), Llevar en la piel (2023, winner of the Semana Negra Silverio Cañada Memorial Prize) and Cuerdas (2025). In 2007 she was awarded the distinction of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.