Constelaciones
2012
50 minutes
Ideas
If a writer had to write with his eyes and a painter had to paint with his ears, how would a choreographer have to choreograph?
We have been irresistibly drawn to a painter: Joan Miró has entered our dreams; he has tinted our imagination with an explosion of colour, guiding us through a long journey.
Constelaciones is a cocktail made of sensations which have helped us to imagine a universe composed by the images Miró has always defied us with.
Aracaladanza has always trusted the potential of imagination. We consider it a powerful and essential instrument which allows us to change reality. It is, in time of desolation, the beginning of a never-ending pathway which makes the person freer.
Master of colour, Joan Miró fascinated us with the transparency and cleanness of his view.
His creativity allowed him to go beyond shapes and movements; he created a personal language full of light.
His craftsmanship, the result of a life of dedication, allowed him to master a diversity of languages which have endured through time as hallmarks of his commitment.
His uncompromised poetry and imaginary served him to create interpretations which encourage reflection on life.
His Mediterranean spirit convinced us to play again on stage. He made us want to evoke an emotional breath.
Synopsis
Joan Miró.
Artist.
Constelaciones.
Dream.
We enjoy hi scolours,
We play with his strokes,
We guess his intentions.
Smart reds, daring yellows
Appealing blues, amusing greens.
And black: concentrated!
A straight line, a square.
A curve, a circle.
And a point. And a stroke.
There is an eye, a face.
There is a fish, a star.
Long legs, huge bellies.
We paint on the sand
Many magical miracles.
Water erases them
And leaves the sand clean again.
Team
Concept and direction
Enrique Cabrera
Concept and direction
Enrique Cabrera
Choreography
Aracaladanza
Performers
Carolina Arija Gallardo
Jorge Brea Salgueiro
Lydia Martínez
Jonatan de Luis Mazagatos
Jimena Trueba Toca
COVER
Elena García Sánchez
Choreography assistant
Carolina Arija Gallardo
Raquel de la Plaza Húmera
Original music composition
Mariano Lozano P. Ramos / Luis Miguel Cobo
Others music
Numbers 1-4 – Simon Jeffes.
Music for a found harmonium – Simon Jeffes
© 1976 Editions Penguin Café Ltd.
Costume design
Elisa Sanz
Set design
Elisa Sanz
Enrique Cabrera
Lighting design
Pedro Yagüe
Stage video design
Álvaro Luna
Design and construction of objects
Ricardo Vergne
Puppets advisers
El Nudo Compañía Teatral
Crafting costumes
Ángeles Marín
Paloma Martínez
Assistant video design
Martín Aramburu
Production and national tour coordination
Patricia Torrero
Production and press design
Javier Torres
Constelaciones is a beautiful work.”
They dance the colours, the textures, the emotions, even the materials: painting and brush-strokes. They dance and jump, laugh, roll, play, arch, fly, decompose, paint. ”
The result is convincing and goes beyond Joan Miró’s aesthetic.”
With a thoughtful and subtle lighting design, the five dancers give life to the paintings by this great surrealist artist to the delight of the spectators.”
The final part is an explosion of colour: the dancers throw pieces of colourful fabrics a loft. They give life to a kind of surrealist canvas made of superimposed colours. The 500 spectators stood up to offer their ovation.”
With a thoughtful and subtle lighting design, the five dancers give life to the paintings by this great surrealist artist to the delight of the spectators.”
Not only can’t you miss it, you have to repeat.”
Props appear and disappear throughout a succession of colourful and elegant scenes created out of the fantasies of the choreographer Enrique Cabrera.”
…He transforms the stage in a huge canvas in which bodies and shapes appear and disappear creating a multiplicity of beautiful forms.”
An impeccable show. A colour explosion. Conceptual surrealism on stage. Light. Colour. Light. Colour. Joy.”
As it happens in painting, dance talks by itself. It is nice to think that what this company achieves on stage could happen every night in front of the pictures hanging at Fundación Joan Miró or at any other museum. In fact, seeing this show in a museum room would be the tops. He would love it.”
…He is still faithful to certain artistic and ethic principles that, these days, are commonly ignored in the supermarket of consumerism.”
They are special, beautiful, and exquisite. Aracaladanza’s production values are impeccable. Their shows are ones of the best you can see.”
…this show achieves something rare in the realm of shows for young audiences: the public bursts into standing ovations!”
Elegant, creative and non-conventional…”
Constelaciones, a poetic alchemy combining dance and painting.”
Constelaciones premiered on December 11, 2012 in Madrid at the Teatro de la Abadia.
Constelaciones is an Aracaladanza production, co-produced by the Madrid Regional Government, the Mercat de les Flors, Teatro de la Abadía; and in collaboration with Teatros del Canal, Ayuntamiento de Colmenar Viejo and Ayuntamiento de Arganda del Rey.
Constelaciones has finantial support from the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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