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PHARSALIA
Antonio Ruz Company

Name: PHARSALIA Antonio Ruz Company
Start: 2022-10-14T19:30
End: 2022-10-14T20:30
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Friday 14 Oct, 19:30 h
24€ y 26€

PRE-SHOW

Taking Lucan's Pharsalia as a starting point, this choreographic work explores the concept of war from an allegorical approach, putting the body at the service of everyday concepts such as conflict, crisis, resistance, tension or evasion. But the human being is not satisfied with his state of war, and it is there, when the vestiges of beauty, of our hope, appear on the scene.

The Pharsalia or Bellum Civile, by the Cordovan Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 A.D.), is an unfinished epic poem in ten cantos about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey Magnus that has generated, due to its complex vitality, multiple criticisms, meanings and interpretations throughout history. Its validity today exudes a clear message of invocation to freedom and rejection of tyranny.

But how does a play from more than twenty centuries ago resonate from a contemporary stage perspective? Can beauty be found in the chaos of war?

ARTISTIC DATA
Direction and choreography: Antonio Ruz
Dancers: Anna B. Andresen, Elias Bäckebjörk, Joan Ferre, Carmen Fumero, José Alarcón, Manuel Martín, Lucia Montes, Alicia Narejos, Selam Ortega, Isabela Rossi, David Vilarinyo
Set and costume design: Alejandro Andújar
Original music: Aire
Lighting design: Olga García - AAI
Dramaturgy: Rosabel Huguet
Technical coordination: Espacio Átomo
Assistant choreographer: Begoña Quiñones
Production: Paola Villegas, Gabriel Blanco - SPECTARE
Video production: Derek Pedrós
Photography work in progress: Alba Muriel
Distribution: Valeria Cosi - TINA Agency

ANTONIO RUZ
Choreographer and dancer, he is one of the most outstanding creators of dance in Spain. Among the mentions and awards that draw his career, include the National Dance Award in the category of Creation 2018 and the Critical Eye Award for dance 2013. Since 2018 he has been a member of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain.

The company that bears his name was created in 2009 and aims at research, research in the field of movement and collaboration with artists from other disciplines such as visual arts, ancient and contemporary music.

He has presented his work in Spain, Europe, Africa and South America. His award-winning productions include No Drama, Inotgo, Ojo, ¡Libera Me!, Vaivén, À l'espagnole, Beautiful Beach, Recreo.02, Double Bach, Presente, Signos and La Noche de San Juan, a co-production of the Fundación Juan March and El Gran Teatre del Liceu, as well as his creations Electra for the Ballet Nacional de España and In Paradisum for the Compañía Nacional de Danza.

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