Humour and distinction are two characteristics we see in the distinguished pieces. These qualities arise from the La Ribot’s own manner and nature, by they also refer to avant-garde art of the last century, which has been a constant source of inquiry for there. Distinction refers explicitly to Erik Satie’s composition, Three Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy (2014), which she used for her piece Poema infinito (nº 21). Humor is referenced more generally, although we could begin by looking at the theory put forward by Ramón Gómez de la Serna in his article on humorousness: «It is not so much a question of a literary genre, but rather a life genre, or better still, an attitude to life». If we can speak about humor in relation to the distinguished pieces, it os because they have been conceived of and constructed from a vital and creative attitude that rejects being straight, oppressive, fixed and tedious, and prefers instead to be ludic, subtle, free-flowing and ironic.
La Ribot. Manual de uso. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, 2021, pp. 89-101. ISBN: 978-84-453-5379-0.
The book contains also two more versions:
-A distinción e o humor (Galician), pp. 64-76
–La distinción y el humor (Spanish), pp. 77-88
Originally published in Claire Rousier (ed.), La Ribot, Centre national de la danse, Paris, 2004. Ouvrage collectif. En coédition avec Merz/Luc Derycke, pp. 40-49
