Cuerpos Celestes is a soundwalk that dramatises a public space such as The Monumental Cemetery of Ravenna, a burial place for at least twenty centuries. It creates a pause in the urban landscape and represents the passage to another dimension made of cypresses and funerary buildings.

Cemeteries are like cities: they are composed of central and peripheral areas, wealthy and poor districts, the host famous and ordinary people. It’s a dormitory town made of stone and cement, with buildings and green areas. The dopplegänger of the city of the living.

Cuerpos Celestes is an eclectic dissertation that accompanies the listeners as they tour the unique setting of the city of the dead. A disturbing and moving place, marked by the simultaneous presence and absence of people who once lived, laughed, talked, and screamed. What would happen if they all woke up for an instant at the same time? Would this place turn into a stadium? Would they give life to an alliance of bodies or to a Carnival?

To participate in the walk, you need a blank sheet of any size, a pen, a lighter and a smartphone with a camera, earphones and enough battery for the duration of the walk.

duration 40′


Thanks to the support of Ravenna’s Monumental Cemetery, this audio-guided walk is offered to POLIS Teatro Festival 2025 spectators as a special event with free access, no tickets and no reservations, to enjoy a performative yet individual experience.


El Conde de Torrefiel. Tanya Beyeler (Lugano, 1980) and Pablo Gisbert (Ontinyent, 1982) founded their company in Barcelona in 2010. From the outset, El Conde de Torrefiel has stood out for its interdisciplinary approach, combining choreography, literature, and visual and sound arts. Their performances create extraordinary landscapes and visual narratives where tensions between the individual and the collective emerge, bringing them on stage in surprising ways. This innovative approach has established the company as a pioneering reference in contemporary theater, both nationally and internationally. Since its inception, the company has created 13 stage productions, as well as site-specific pieces, video creations, installations, and theatrical audio guides for museums and unconventional spaces. Among their most notable works are Scenes for a Conversation After Viewing a Film by Michael Haneke, Guerrilla, La Plaza, and ULTRAFICTION nr.1 / Frames of Time. The artistic work of Beyeler and Gisbert has been recognized with numerous awards, including two Critics’ Awards from the City of Barcelona: in 2018 for La Plaza and in 2022 for Una Imagen interior. In 2021, Tanya Beyeler received the Swiss National Prize for Performing Arts, her home country’s highest recognition in the field. For over a decade, El Conde de Torrefiel has toured the most prestigious international theaters and live arts festivals, particularly in Europe. Their work has been presented at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, La Biennale di Venezia, the Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne, the Wiener Festwochen in Vienna, the GREC Festival in Barcelona, the Festival d’Automne in Paris, and the Festival d’Avignon, among others.