Hear me with your eyes. María Pagés Company
Óyeme con los ojos, the only solo by María Pagés, is a reflection on maturity, where the choreographer reflects and shares her ideal of life, hope and faith through rhythm, singing and melody, foot tapping and percussion, vocals and humor... María presents herself here as what she is: a woman who is not afraid of her humanity.
General admission: 26€ and 20€.
Advance sale promotion: 24€ and 18€ (usual discounts not applicable).
Pagés has proven to be a pioneer in the understanding of flamenco as an evolving, contemporary and living art, using the fundamental codes of the flamenco language and researching inside and outside of it.
For this Sevillian artist, iconoclast by nature, modernity is tradition in movement. Her creative and aesthetic contribution lies in her serenity in speaking without complexes with all languages and making them accept the hospitality of flamenco.
If there is anything that can define the multifaceted creative singularity of María Pagés, it is her deep-rooted ethical sense of culture. She creates because she is convinced that art entails a profound commitment to life and memory.
"That in María Pagés dwells the genius of dance, we all know it and we proclaim it. But there is something else in this woman: she dances and, by dancing, she moves everything around her.
Neither the air nor the earth is the same after María Pagés has danced."
José Saramago
"In all the arts there is a need for a Pagés."
Roger Salas, dance critic, El País
THE SHOW
Approximate duration 75 minutes without pause
| At 53, the choreographer from Seville reflects serenely on life, dance, desire and the body, with its fascinating faculties and infinite fragility.
Óyeme con los ojos is a work that is built around symbolic and dramaturgically very marked scenes, both in its choreographic and musical conception. In it, story and word, rhythm, song and melody, foot tapping and percussion, virile and delicate voices, humor, irony and commitment to life interact fluidly. The poetry of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Ibn Arabi, Rumi, Juan Agustín Goytisolo, Tagore, Mario Benedetti and El Arbi El Harti constitutes the dramaturgical path of that journey to the discovery of the Self facing its nakedness and its nature sculpted by force of shadows and some light that makes it possible for us to glimpse a faint line of happiness to search for it indefinitely. Óyeme con los ojos is a production of María Pagés Compañía in co-production with Temporada Alta and El Canal. |
MEETING WITH MARÍA PAGÉS
Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 12:00h.
Free admission until full capacity is reached. Invitations may be collected at the Museum's box office.
María Pagés will share with the audience a brief account of her life experience and will present her latest work: Óyeme con los ojos.
ARTISTIC CAST
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Dance María Pagés
Cante Ana Ramon Juan de Mairena
Accompaniment and clapping José Barrios |
Guitar Ruben Levaniegos
Cello Sergio Menem
Violin David Moñiz
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ARTISTIC FILE
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Direction, choreography and costume design María Pagés
Dramaturgy El Arbi El Harti
Letters Ibn Arabi, El Arbi El Harti, Fray Luis de León, José Agustín Goytisolo, San Juan de la Cruz, Rumi, Tagore, Mario Benedetti, Rubén Levaniegos, María Pagés |
Music Rubén Levaniegos, María Pagés, popular music
Lighting design Pau Fullana
Sound design Albert Cortada
Assistant choreographer José Barrios |
MARÍA PAGÉS AND HER COMPANY
María Pagés began her career in the company of Antonio Gades, whom she considers her undisputed master. In cinema, her participation in Carmen, El amor brujo y Flamencoby Carlos Saura.
In 1990 she created María Pagés Company with which she has created 19 works. The artist and her company have been invited to the most prestigious stages and festivals around the world. María Pagés has collaborated with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sidi LarbiCherkaoui, Tamara Rojo, Ángel Corella, Plácido Domingo, José Saramago and Oscar Niemeyer, among others.
In 2002 he was awarded the National Dance Prize (Creation) and the ADE Choreography Prize in 1996. She was awarded the 2004 Léonide Massine per l'Arte della Danza "Al Valore" and the Premio Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid 2007. The eight Giraldillo Awards of the Bienal de Arte Flamenco de Sevilla confirm her as one of the most important dancers and choreographers of flamenco.
In 2014 she was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts. A year later, Santiago de Chile recognizes one of her shows as the best of International Dance and in 2016 she is awarded the IV Culture Prize of the University of Seville. The newspaper La Vanguardia chooses Óyeme con los ojos as the best international dance show of 2016.
Through ARTEDEA, an association founded by the choreographer, she develops an intense solidarity and educational activity.
More company information (1.8MB PDF)
Date
September 28, 2017
Time
19:30