FLAMENCO Y POESÍA
Première Teatro Mella – 60º Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana 1
Choreography and Direction: María Pagés
Lyrics: José Saramago, Federico García Lorca, Antonio Machado, Miguel Hernández, Ben-Sahl, Traditional folk authors.
Music: J.A. Carrillo, I. Muñoz, Rubén Lebaniegos, L. Pastor, M. Pagés, Traditional folk authors.
Lighting: Pau Fullana
LWardrobe Design: María Pagés
Fabric dyeing & Printing: María Calderón’s workshop.
Fabric Painting: Mónica Calderón.
Costumers: Luis F. dos Santos / González
Shoes: Gallardo
It all began the day that I decided to dance a poem by Jose Saramago…
“Ergo” a rose – Saramago read out to me – and all becomes alight…”
Words are the most direct means of communication between human beings and what a poet can transmit as he plays with words is, at times, a miracle.
I wanted to dance the words, only the words, each with it’s own rhythm and cadence, with the melody of it’s sound. I was trying to translate and equal in expression what each one of them suggested to me and inspired in me.
What wealth to be found in lyrics written in the “Soleá” or “Martinetes” mode!
How much more yet to be discovered in the divine words hidden in the “Cante”!
To dance to the poets that drank their inspiration from traditional folk poetry, but also to dance the anonymous poetry of those who have dug into their most intimate feelings, to become inspired. In the end, both the traditional folk voices in “El Cante” and the poet’s voice express and transmit human emotions in the same ample sense.
Dance shall always be the interpreter that translates and expresses the words, no matter what tongue they are spoken in.
Dance, a universal language.
(María Pagés)
"It is known that María Pagés lives in the genius of dance, and as such we proclaim it. But there is more to this woman; she dances and by doing that, she moves everything that surrounds her. Nor the sky nor the earth is the same after María Pagés has danced."
(José Saramago)
