Teruel is the capital city of a region in Aragón, Spain. It is known for its corridas (bullfights). It is also the name of this magnificent multimedia performance which was inspired by Pierre Imhasly's "Rhône Saga". Here is the site regarding the performance. There are lots of images, but I wanted you to see the image that caught my attention on the home page. Remember, there are posters and handouts all over the city! How does one make their poster unique?
http://www.teruel.ch/
Tonight, Tesa and I headed off to the Théâtre Gilgamesh which was were I saw Paroles d'Étoiles (See previous post for more on that play). It's conveniently located near our lodgings, but really, it's easy to walk around this entire city. The performance began at 22h30, and we were captivated from the first moment. The light and shadow play would have made Artaud weep, it was great! I think he would have loved the multimedia (dance, drama, music, and video) aspect of this show, and the way each performer seemed to feel what they were doing. It is a love story/it is a bullfight, but who is the bull? who is the matador? I felt that the roles changed often between the man and the women...two women...the same woman? two different women? two different aspects of the same woman? The dancing was incredible. The performers had such bodily control--it was a moving painting...it was beautiful.
Tesa loves to congratulate the performers at the end of the performance she attends. We met the composer of the original music for Teruel and the performers. They are Swiss, and they seemed to enjoy sharing with us their collaboration in the creative process. Great lessons there. They live it, breathe it...Of course, I asked if they had read any Artaud...during the performance I said to myself-- 'Come on! Does everyone read Artaud? Geesh. I must stop seeing Artaud in everything.' André Pignat, the composer said, "No, but I've heard of him."
So, is this the collective unconsciousness at work? Teruel was beautiful.
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