Andorra's Vibrant Cultural Events This Week: Workshops, Talks, Performances

Andorra's cultural calendar features a diverse lineup of events this week, including new workshops, talks, performances, and ongoing exhibitions across the parishes.

**Today's highlights** begin with a practical course on de-stressing techniques, including sophrology exercises led by Alexandra Kyaw at 11:00 in Hotel Roc Blanc, Escaldes-Engordany. At 18:00, a session on parental burnout targets single mothers managing demanding careers far from family support, held at Hive Five Coworking in Andorra la Vella. Dance enthusiasts can attend *Dança Viva - Moviment Expressiu Conscient* with Evangelina Constable at 18:30 in the same hotel.

Several events start at 19:00: Pere Augé Jr., founder of Circles House Andorra—the nation's first boutique coliving space—inaugurates *El Teler Daurat* at Hotel Roc Blanc in Escaldes-Engordany. A lecture examines women's roles in ancient Egyptian families as daughters, wives, and mothers in the Escaldes-Engordany communal hall. *Autocura que Transforma* offers health benefits through five-minute daily routines, also at Hotel Roc Blanc. Meanwhile, *La Mascota, el Teu Mirall Emocional* explores how pets reflect unresolved personal histories, in the same venue. History fans can hear Pau Castell discuss witch hunts in Andorra at 19:00 in the government's exhibition hall, Andorra la Vella. A reading group launches the year with Eva Arasa's debut novel *L’Ànima Separat del Cos* at 19:15 in Encamp's communal library.

At 19:30, *Lab d’Innovació i Emprenedoria* introduces Finnish collaborative problem-solving methods at Hotel Roc Blanc. Evening shows include the minimalist theatre *Le Porteur d’Histoire* at 20:30 in Encamp's sports and cultural complex, using five actors, stools, costumes, and imagination to journey through time. Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent perform Bach cantatas BWV 186, BWV 14, and Missa Brevis BWV 233 at 20:30 in Andorra la Vella's Congress Centre, part of the 31st MoraBanc Andorra la Vella season. A guided night tour of *Del Néixer al Renéixer* begins at 20:00 at Centre d’Art in Escaldes-Engordany, featuring artifacts from Barcelona's Egyptian Museum. The night closes with *Amor en Tiempos de Like*, a comedic group therapy show dissecting modern romance through sarcasm, live dubbing, impressions, monologues, and audience improvisation, at 21:00 in the Escaldes-Engordany communal hall.

**Ongoing exhibitions**: - *Ciutats a Escala Humana* at Bici Lab Andorra, Andorra la Vella (until 28 February), tracing urban population growth and complexity. - *Del Néixer al Renéixer. Vivències a l’Antic Egipte* at Centre d’Art or CEE, Escaldes-Engordany (until 21 February), viewing ancient Egypt through everyday artifacts from Barcelona's Egyptian Museum. - *Pioners 1884-1954. L’Andorra dels Primers Fotògrafs* at the government's exhibition hall, Andorra la Vella (until 7 March), showcasing early photographers from national archives. - *Figures de l’Emancipació* by French street artist C215 (Christian Guémy) at Espai Caldes, Escaldes-Engordany (until 13 March), portraying French freedom fighters. - *El Nu i l’Objecte Emocional* at Centre Cultural La Llacuna, Andorra la Vella (until 27 February), studying interactions between the nude form and objects in drawings. - *Respirs de Canillo* by Naiara Escabias at Cal Federico, Canillo (until 31 March).