The National Ballet of Spain presents three performances of Fallen Angels and Suite Sevilla at the Palau de les Arts
07.06.2012
Valencia (7-6-12).- The National Ballet of Spain offers three performances of the show Fallen Angels and Suite Sevilla from June 13 to 15 in the Main Hall of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, within the program of the V Festival del Mediterrani.
With this double bill, dancer and choreographer Antonio Najarro presents his first new creation as head of the dance company.
“ In Fallen Angels – Najarro explains – I have invited some of the most important choreographers in flamenco today, to show that the BNE is a completely open entity, willing to absorb all the current movements in Spanish dance.”
Hansel Cereza is the creator and stage director of Fallen Angels , a work with which he pays tribute to filmmaker Wim Wenders and his film Wings of Desire .
“The fallen angels,” explains Cereza, a founding member of La Fura dels Baus, “are those who were expelled from paradise and confined to live in captivity. It is said that they sinned and were therefore stripped of their wings, sentencing them to exile. For an indefinite time they wandered among humans, listening to their mortal thoughts and becoming aware of their immortality.”
“A small group of angels – he concludes – are released from their captivity to allow humanity to continue dreaming of immortal beings, thus freeing their tormented consciences.”
The show features choreographic visions by Javier Latorre, Rubén Olmo, Olga Pericet, Rocío Molina, Rafaela Carrasco, and Manuel Liñán. Salvador Niebla and Joan Albert Amargós composed the music for Ángeles Caídos .
The National Ballet of Spain premiered this choreography on March 22, 2012 at the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid.
For the second part of the show, Antonio Najarro revives his choreography Suite Sevilla , “a great ballet that touches on all styles of Spanish dance, from the Escuela Bolera to classical Spanish dance, folklore and flamenco,” notes the director of the BNE.
“In the choreography – Najarro points out – there are pieces in which I present all the dancers in performances of great technical and artistic complexity, as well as duets and solos, which give maximum prominence to the dance above any other element.”
Suite Sevilla is a minimalist work, created from a composition by Rafael Riqueni for two guitars, presented in an orchestral version, with Arturo Tamayo leading the resident orchestra of the Palau de les Arts.
Rafael Riqueni's score captures aromas, traditions, longing, and nostalgia. In it, flamenco guitars converge with other instruments of this genre to depict the landscapes of Andalusia.
Antonio Najarro presented Suite Sevilla for the first time at the head of his own company on February 19, 2011, at the Mira Theatre, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid.
The Palau de les Arts has set prices ranging from 10 to 30 euros for tickets to this show.
