LA TIRANA BACK »
Première at the Maestranza for the Bienal de Arte Flamenco
Seville, 15th September 1998
Concept and Direction:
José María Sánchez
Choreography: María Pagés with the collaboration of Manolo Marín and Fernando Romero
Set Design: Christian Olivares
Lighting Design: Olga García ( A.A.T)
Music: Bill Whelan, Astor Piazzolla, Cañizares, Eileen Ivers, Bellini, Schubert, Paco Arriaga, Kosma-Prevert-Merce, Manzanero, Gene Kelly, Kiko Veneno
La Tirana is a dance play, inspired by Goya’s work, a risky unusual bet that brilliantly expresses María Pagés’s personal concept of flamenco as a form of art with no boundaries. She can handle every single flamenco element and integrate them all with such different kinds of music as blues, opera, jazz, classical music, or melodical songs.
The action takes place at the Prado Museum, where a young visitor manages to spend the night in order to declare his love for the famous Duchess that Goya portrayed in his world-known painting. His love is so intense that painting comes to life and the Maja leaves her prison to dance with the young man all night long. Little did the lovers know that Goya’s spirit, like the spirits of all painters haunting the museums to watch over their muses, is keeping a watchful eye on them...
