Trajectory

Los Escultores del Aire premiered as a company in January 2014 with the show La Leyenda del Fauno & El viaje. At that time, known as Mai Rojas and Los Escultores del Aire given the solo career that their artistic director carried behind his back.

With this one-man show, the company has traveled the world, winning several awards, and hanging several medals such as having crowned Broadway or being the closing show in Dallas next to the mythical Odín Theater by Eugenio Barba.

That same year, Mai Rojas was hired again by Cirque du Soleil to play its star character (El Fauno) in the Scalada Mater Natura show, under the artistic direction of the renowned French choreographer Stephane Boko.

The year 2014 was also the premiere of his second show: Game Over with a cast of 4 actors and a pianist. It was from this montage that Matías Muñoz sealed his continuous participation as a stable composer of the company in all his shows.

In 2015 they premiered in Colombia their third show Cada Recuerdo Tiene su Canción (Every Memory has its song), and with three shows in its repertoire the company establishes a 3-year relationship with the network of civic centers in Barcelona to bring physical theater closer to the popular public through its shows.

Together with the pop singer Ari Ann Wire they present their debut album Mindnight Songs in the mythical Luz de Gas, opening the way to a path that would lead them to collaborate in special events where their aesthetics and strength would mark and define their identity stamp.

From these alliances, Tuberías was born in 2016, a co-production with the Todozancos circus company. With this show they will tour the Spanish geography for 2 years within the National Theater Network, being part of the distribution catalog of the prestigious Pentación Espectáculos lead by Jesús Cimarro.

In 2018, together with the Los Despiertos Costa Rica Artistic Community, he created the Embrujarte consortium to annually shape an international festival of performing arts in Costa Rica. In the same year, the company’s expectations are exceeded and the name changes to Los Escultores del Aire / Physical Theater. It was decided to expand the group and open a public call for what would be their fifth show: La Caja (The Box), premiered in Poland that same year on a tour that would include New York, New Jersey, Barcelona and Costa Rica.

After receiving more than 250 applications, Los Escultores del Aire created their stable cast with which they currently carry out research and teaching work.

In 2019, they became the resident company at Nau Ivanow, a public institution dedicated to fostering and developing theater in Barcelona. It was there that they were able to bring their most daring projects to fruition.

Between 2019 and 2026, dancer and choreographer Raffaella Crapio served as the company’s co-artistic director, contributing significantly to its artistic development and the consolidation of this creative period.

2023 marked a turning point for Los Escultores del Aire. They established a regular in-person training space at Barcelona Lab Project, thereby ensuring high-quality, continuous training for their future artists.

It was also the year they premiered their most moving show to date: *The Kid Next to Me*. This production served as a love letter between the company’s director, Mai Rojas, and its youngest member—his seven-year-old son, Leo Rojas.

In 2024, amidst a busy schedule, the company celebrated its tenth anniversary in collaboration with regular partners from New York. They brought a showcase of their most iconic works to the Big Apple, inviting the independent Costa Rican company Danza Abend to join the evening, and subsequently concluded this collaborative tour in both Barcelona and Costa Rica.

That same year saw the premiere of *Migrantes*, the company’s first professional production performed by actors trained at Lab Project Training. Its successful national and international run—recognized with various awards—solidified the students’ transition into professional careers.

2025 marked the consolidation of the Lab Project Training pedagogical initiative, which expanded through creative collaborations with arts centers in New York, Dallas, Poland, Italy, and Costa Rica.

The company’s most recent phase is embodied by the premieres of *Los Árboles* and *El Camerino*—two new productions that reflect the artistic evolution of both Los Escultores del Aire and its performers.

They create 4 online workshops:

To date, our Lab Project Online distance learning program has established itself as the company’s most successful project.

Over the years, it has attracted more than 1,000 students from around the world. It represents a solid, high-quality option for those seeking regular training that fits their context and daily obligations.

Following the positive reception of the regular course, a two-year graduation program has been implemented that certifies students as professionals.

Once the pandemic situation is normalized, they resume their intensive face-to-face workshops Lab Project Alquimia and open a continuous weekly training space under the name of Lab Project Academy, which aims to train and create a pool of future collaborating artists in the company’s projects.

In 2021 they do a step into the television:

The Alchemy of the Body. A miniseries of 3 chapters of 25 minutes each for the cultural streaming platform LifemediaGo. A fictionalized tutorial on the working alchemy of Los Escultores del Aire.

Antibodies, a danced fiction that aims to give a voice to silenced bodies. A social-themed miniseries produced and broadcast by TV3 that has brought together in 5 chapters several of the main contemporary dance groups in the Catalan industry.

2022 is the year of Los Escultores del Aire. After postponing its performances due to the covid, the company returns to the ring with its sixth show: A Skin Poem for a Cosy House. An act of resilience created in the living room of the house of its directors Mai and Raffaella during the months of confinement due to COVID-19.

2023 marks a turning point for Los Escultores del Aire. Its Lab Project training space is regularly established, and with it, the ongoing, high-quality training of its future artists.

It is also the year of the premiere of its most moving show to date: The Kid Next To Me. A love letter between the company’s co-director, Mai Rojas, and the youngest member at just 7 years old: her son, Leo Rojas.

In 2024, with a busy schedule, the company honors its tenth anniversary in synergy with its regular New York collaborators, bringing a tableau of its most iconic works to the Big Apple and inviting Danza Abend, an independent company from Costa Rica, to perform for the evening.

That same year, Migrantes is released as the company’s first professional show with actors trained under the alchemy of Lab Project Training.

2025 was presented as the consolidation of our Lab Project Training pedagogical commitment, which we were able to expand into creative collaborations with artistic centers in New York, Dallas, Poland, Italy, and Costa Rica.

Today, Los Escultores del Aire are more active than ever, producing and touring their new shows, as well as coordinating their in-person training space in Barcelona and their online training program.