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Premiere: February 26, 2026 - Congress Innsbruck

With *Saving Salvador – A Tribute to Dalí*, Enrique Gasa Valga continues his artistic exploration of extraordinary figures from the 19th and 20th centuries. Following successful productions such as *ROMY*, *The Case of Wagner*, and *Viva la Vida*, he now turns his attention to one of the most dazzling, polarizing, and at the same time fascinating artists of Surrealism: Salvador Dalí.

The play does not approach the life and work of the Spanish painter through a mere biography, but tells his story from an unusually personal perspective—that of Gasa Valga’s mother, Gracia Valga Marcé, who worked alongside Dalí as a nurse in her youth. Her experiences with the eccentric artist form the emotional thread running through this production and lend it an intimate depth that goes far beyond the portrait of a public figure.

“Salvador Dalí and his paintings have been a part of my life since childhood. My mother often told me stories about the artist. The precision and technique of his painting stand in contrast to the facets of the unconscious mind. Through his paintings, he managed to turn dreams into reality,”says Enrique Gasa Valga about his personal connection to the subject.

Navigating the tension between reality and dream, between technical brilliance and surreal fantasy, this new dance piece explores the various phases of Dalí’s creative career—from his early works to his often controversial later works. In doing so, Gasa Valga leaves room for ambivalence and contradiction: Dalí’s eccentricity, his provocations, and his public persona remain just as much a focus as the emotional depth and symbolism of his visual language.