QUISO NEGRO
But were the danger is, also grows the saving power
F. Hölderlin
Quiso negro explores the idea of death through movement by the ritual use of acoustic, kinetic and iconographic patterns.
It is inspired by tarantism, a ritual born in Southern Italy in the Middle Ages that believes in the symbolic bite of a spider and the performance of a choreic-musical practice to expel the poison from the body of the affected person. The work draws on the iconographic and symbolic universe of the ritual, such as the mirror, the swing and the coloured ribbons, to approach the concept of death, moving through a wide spectrum of scenarios of physical possession and catharsis.
The work proposes a rereading of the ritual in two acts to re-signify its practices based on choreography and music. The first one goes through the preparation of the rite and the second one concentrates on the physical exhaustion based on complex rhythms inspired by the pizzica salentina (the traditional dance of the Salento area).
Quiso negro speaks of death in each one, and can be seen as a journey through its vitalistic aspects: a katabasis, a festive descent.
Premi de Dansa Institut del Teatre 2023
Premiere Festival Grec Barcelona
23th and 24th July 2024
Teatre Ovidi Montllor - Mercat de les Flors
Coproduction Festival Grec 2024, Institut del Teatre, Mercat de les Flors, Generalitat de Catalunya
With the support of La Piconera, La Caldera, Graner i Fabra i Coats
Idea, direction: Ester Guntín
Choreography:
Ester Guntin with the collaboration of the performers
Performers: Marina Capel, Anna Climent, Marti Forcada, Glòria Garcia, Héctor Puigdomènech, Isaac Verdura
Light design: Andreu Fàbregas - Isabel Ruiz del Moral
Sound design and music composition: Nil Ciuró - Uge Pañeda
Scenography: Pol Roig
Costume design: Joan Ros
Dramaturgy: Paula Errando
Direction assistant: Aida Mayoral
Choreography assistant: Héctor Puigdomènech
Production: Muntsa Roca - Lilabrick
External view: Quim Palmada - Lipi Hernàndez
Sound design and music composition 15’: Clara Aguilar
Images 15’ version, Mercat de les Flors, december 2023 by Jordi Vidal
Promo images: Lola Errando
Performance photographies: Pol Rebaque
Thanks to Clara Aguilar, Rafael Argullol, Mariona Moranta, Joan Morey, Roberto Fratini, Natalia Barraza.