Cal y Canto Teatro began its professional work in 2002. Their personal aesthetic, especially in visual theater, is the result of the bet of the founding members, Ana and Marcos, for a work of own creation.
In the evolution of Cal y Canto, their shows have invented new languages that surprise the audience. based on what they call The Dance of Objects: A scenic vision with the elements as protagonists, which shape each of the company’s productions.
Research in the world of kites, where they have created their own imagery and the creation of site-specific shows such as Lost Dog, which takes place inside a shanty-house. Their works immerse the viewer in stories that touch them emotionally and transform their perception of theatrical space.
Thanks to these creations, their performances have been featured festivals in more than 26 countries around the world.
The name of the company Cal y Canto means in spanish “closed under lock” and refers us to an artistic hermeticism that is resolved with each new creation.
2025
EXPO OSAKA 25 ( JAPÓN ) con THE WIND GARDEN y A-TA-KA! ( 20 funciones y más de 10.000 espectadores ) en el SPAIN PAVILION
LOST DOG en PORTUGAL ( Odemira )
Dirección Escénica del espectáculo central para Festival Longford Lights y Birr Arts Festival ( IRLANDA )
THE WIND GARDEN en la Feria del Títere de Sevilla y Festival de Zamora.
2024
Gira Asiática con The Wind Garden: Macao (CHINA ) y Taipei
( TAIWAN ).
Gira Europea: LOST DOG…PERRO PERDIDO en PORTUGAL ( Fundáo )
Foto de Familia en Nenzig (AUSTRIA )
The Wind Garden en Longford ( IRLANDA ) y Backa Palanka ( SERBIA )
Re-estreno The Wind Garden
2023
New creation: “Family Photo”
European tour in Portugal , Ireland ( The Wind Garden ) and The Netherlands ( Lost Dog )
2022
Lost Dog tours in Poland and Austria and The Wind Garden in Romania
Assitej Circuit with Lost Dog
2021
Lost Dog travels to Switzerland at the Lausanne Festival
2020
National premiere of The Wind Garden at the FEX in Granada
2019
LOST DOG finalist for Best Street Show at the Max Awards.
Tour in Taiwan, Belgium, Portugal, Bulgaria with A-Ta-Ka! and Lost Dog premiere in England (Tunbridge Wells)
2018
A-Ta-Ka! tour in Switzerland, Hungary and Romania and premiere of Lost Dog in Stuttgart Germany
Alcides Moreno Awards: Best message for humanity and Best show for Lost Dog
Lost Dog in Circuito Abecedaria
2017
Lost Dog FETEN Award Best Unconventional Show
International Tour with A-Ta-Ka! in Israel, Romania and Germany
2016
A-ta-Ka! travels to Shanghai (China), Belgium, Romania and Israel
Lost Dog travels to Germany and Portugal
Memento Mori Premiere
2015
Lost Dog Premiere
A-Ta-Ka! in Japan, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Israel and Portugal
2014
Fosil premiere for the MEH
A-Ta-Ka! travels to Macau (China), Nice (France), Veregra (Italy) and Henley Festival (England)
Closure of the FACYL Festival with Abyssal
2013
A-TA-KA! at the Festival d’été of Québec (Canada)
Travel to the Arkhangelsk Theater Festival (Russia) and Asian tour in Taiwan and South Korea
2012
End of Exodos tour at the FIT de Vilareal
A-TA-KA! Best International Company Award, South Korea Keochang International Festival
2011
A-TA-KA! Premiere in Colombia ( Bogotá-Mesitas-Tenjo-Tunja ), France ( Nice ), Belgium ( Namur ) and South Korea ( Keochang )
Zero Premiere
2010
Despido Improcedente Premiere
2009
Premiere of the large-format street show Exodos in Lekeitio Kale (Euskadi)
A-Ta-Ka! in Poland (Gdansk) and Romania (Sibiu)
2008
First international tour in the Netherlands with A-Ta-Ka! Poppentheater Festival
2007
Aventis Premiere
CyL Young Arts Award: Performing Arts 2007. “Aventis”
2006
Premiere of Colonbululú at the Festival of Puppets and Objects of Granada
CyL Young Art Award: Performing Arts 2006. “Colonbululú”
Presentation “Colonbululú” in Portugal
2004
A-Ta-Ka! Premiere
CyL Young Art Award: Performing Arts 2004. “The Hermetic Museum”
2003
First Show: El Museo Hermético
Ana Ortega (Burgos 1983)
From a very young age, she specialized in movement-based arts and object theatre. In 2002, together with Marcos Castro, she founded the company Cal y Canto. It was in street theatre that her professional career gained recognition, as her productions began to be programmed at major international festivals, touring more than 26 countries worldwide to date.
From her creation space, “La Magnética,” located in an industrial estate in the city of Burgos, she has woven a network of stage collaborations that has become a reference point in Castilla y León for research and development in the live arts. This is something highly unusual, given that it is a self-managed space situated on the cultural periphery.
She has received several awards and distinctions, including the FETEN Award 2017, Best Production at the Alcides Moreno Awards, and was a finalist for the 2019 MAX Awards with Perro Perdido.
She holds a diploma in Social Education and has always felt the need to engage new audiences in her work, especially those most vulnerable. Cultural management is another facet of her career, coordinating European projects such as “Los Encuentros Trashumantes” as well as national and international tours.