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Rafael Amargo bases
himself on Lorca’s ‘Teoría del duende’ in his new show ‘La difícil
sencillez’
The show,
co-directed by Pilar Távora, is on the bill from August 20th to
September 20th, 2009 at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid
Rafael Amargo
returns to Lorca. Not to the poet, but rather the lecturer. The
Granada-born artist begins with ‘Juego y teoría del duende’ (‘Game and
Theory of Duende’), a lecture Federico delivered in Buenos Aires in
1933, as the base for his new show ‘La difícil sencillez’. He figures as
director and choreographer of the new project, sharing the stage and
dramatic art directing with Pilar Távora. The crew also includes José
Luis Montón and Juan Parrilla as musical directors, Manuel Molina as
guest artist and Francis Montesinos as wardrobe designer, plus some ten
dancers and ten musicians live. The show, which premieres August 20th to
September 20th, 2009 at the Teatros del Canal in Madrid, is “a very
flamenco-style turn”.
“I consider myself
Lorca-style”. Rafael Amargo finished off the presentation to the press
of his new show, ‘La difícil sencillez’, with this statement. And the
thing is that seven years after creating his successful ‘Poeta en Nueva
York’, the Granada-born artist has once again been inspired by Federico
García Lorca. The difference is that instead of resorting to his verses,
on this occasion he bases himself on the lecture ‘Juego y teoría del
duende’ which the writer gave in Buenos Aires and Havana in 1933. From
the dancer’s point of view, the text is “very difficult to perform
because it’s not a dramatic work, but rather a lecture”.
Pilar Távora, who he
shares the stage and dramatic art directing with, adds that they base
themselves “on Lorca’s idea that drama is of no use if there’s no
emotion”. And although everything revolves around the inexplicable
concept of ‘duende’, she readily admits that “it only appears if it
wants to”. An idea which in the show is highly linked to that of death,
which “is spoken of without paraphernalia”.
She thinks that with this
focus “Rafael Amargo is going to dance differently, since he’s starting
to feel Andalusia a different way. In this show there’s his truth, my
truth and that of Lorca, whose name we aren’t going to use in vain”.
The ‘duende’ is represented on stage by
cantaor and composer Manuel Molina, who affirms that “this show is full
of simplicities and that’s what makes it difficult”. And that is
precisely how Amargo sees his lyrics: “He embodies ‘duende’ with his
poetry, concise poetry which says a lot in just two lines”. The lineup
of artists includes guitarist José Luis Montón and flutist Juan Parrilla
as authors of the music and musical directors, ten instrumentalists and
cantaores live, a dance corps with six bailaoras and three bailaores -
among them, Vanesa Gálvez, Eli Ayala and Nacho Blanco -, and the special
collaboration of María la Conejo. The crew is completed with lighting by
Carlos Bessia and wardrobe design by Francis Montesinos. “All of them
have tailored a suit for me”, states Rafael Amargo, who defines himself
as “an artist more of intuition than method”.
Date:
25/8/2009
Research:
hojjat kalantari
Source:
flamenco world
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