Last week, a fascinating dance cycle began/performance Curated by Adriana Ballenstein of the Borges Cultural Center, Shopping Pacifico itself is responsible for its cover-up, even though both reside in stunning historical buildings. Until the end of this month, dancers and choreographers pablo rottenberg and Leticia Manzoordirector, and Performers Fernando Rubio, Juan Crasso and victoria rowland They take over another room in the place.
in My young life has an end, suggestion of Pablo Rothenberg, the actor and dancer who kicked off this cycle, claims to be Norma Desmond, a character immortalized in a 1950 film by Gloria Swanson. sunset boulevard, Directed by Billy Wilder. The film was one of cinema’s most poignant depictions of the Hollywood dream machine. It turned into a real nightmare. For Borges, the nightmare has several layers.
musicians, choreographers, dancers, and Performers facing that femme fataleHe is always accompanied on stage by Valentin Carringera and Ezequiel Posse, who serve as his reflections, or shadows of the past that he needs to abuse. Watching these three people act in a series of free connections and historic leaps, I feel an overflowing energy, like the winds of a hurricane that caused a catastrophe. power trio compound by Alejandro Urdapileta, Batato Barea, Humberto Tortonese. In this kind of farewell ritual, the Rothenberg/Kalingera/Posse has a similar effect on the viewer.
In this Norma Desmond by Rotenberg and Shea nest several quotas. From the conviction of activist Norma Puller, who defended the rights of retirees, to the dramatic power of Norma Aleandro, who played Maria Callas in master classa great lyrical singer who reflected on her turbulent past. Also about Norma Pons and her debauchery during the magazine show days. Or the same Norma in Vincenzo Bellini’s opera who feels betrayed and feels angry and tempted to kill her children in revenge. In this case, all these possible norms come face to face with the reality of the passage of time, deterioration, and the limits of the body with what no longer exists.
A genius choreographer who has created works such as. wagner Either era of leather He has two great allies in Ezequiel Posse and Valentin Caringera. The first, along with his brother, formed the first male dancer duo to win the Cosquin Festival’s Stylized Dance Couples category. Second, I have a background in contemporary dance as a dancer and choreographer. Diversity is a symbol of style in the work of dancers, pianists and choreographers. Lighting by Fernando Beretta, sound design by Matias Curasso, and Rothenberg himself add unique elements to the performance of powerful hurricane winds and mesmerizing choreography played to the limit, but according to the same story, they are the last breaths of the wind being reformulated.
grab a memory
In the same space on the second floor of the infinity room, there is another one. power trio In another alliance. This time the text is between Juan Coulasso and Victoria Roland, and from below. Juan Jose Sael The text in question is called the oldest, Published in 1974, the proposal was titled A Major (Sael Recital). If the chair in front of you was placed with its back to the window overlooking the fine building of the Naval Center; oldest They are arranged in a semicircle in front of one of the windows, where there are only two lighted stand microphones. they are rarely occupied Performers.
This time, the image of the space reveals that Rottenberg’s moving body spotlights the words and listens to the voices moving through the space. oldest You stake out a certain distance so that you can lose yourself in its precious, playful and infuriating story, desperately trying to retain the bare minimum of memory as if each step was another farewell ritual.
This performative reading is run by Victoria Roland (co-director and co-director with Coorasso), sound designer, singer, and pianist. Performers Guillermina Etkin. At this time, we will be adding Azul Faini who will be responsible for sound design and bass playing. Performers They inhabit other spaces in the Great Hall. Everything is in voice and words, the sound of the text, the music of the story itself, and its constant triggering is a performative reading that is the backbone of this proposal. They walk around the room throughout the proposal. Sometimes you have to search for them with your eyes, amidst the precise lighting design by Matthias Sendon, which creates a lighting environment that accompanies the drift of the story.
On his social networks, Courasso, the author of works such as Endless Cynthia and flesh and bloodexpressed his passion for producing the Argentine writer who passed away in 2005. “One does not choose Sael, but just momentarily finds himself in his world and wants to stay there, his heart palpitates, his enchanted breathing, vibrates around him,” he said. that’s what he’s trying to do oldest in that story Everything is written in the neutral, almost distant, first person, with characters wandering, describing, and listing their memories, with details of seemingly trivial (and exciting) events.
There’s something magical about a proposal. Roland and Etkin rise to the challenge with synchronicity, playful processing, and a rare, tight playing that is quite surprising. What can happen is that in the midst of many minutes of this challenging proposition by a creator who gives his all without making any concessions, it becomes difficult for the listener to maintain the level of concentration required by Sael’s text itself.
How to make a schedule
my young life has an enddramaturgy and direction by Pablo Rotenberg. Thursdays and Sundays in November, 8 p.m.
A Major (Sael Recital)idea and direction by Juan Crasso and Victoria Rolando. Fridays and Saturdays in November, 8 p.m.
Room: Borges Cultural Center (Viamonte 525). Free admission.
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