“My Prince Charming” is a contemporary dance show against machismo that travels through several works for hand-held Renaissance and Baroque viola, mainly from the pieces by Luys de Narváez, Alonso Mudarra, Gaspar Sanz and Lluís de Milà. In this dance proposal for all ages, we show the most important values of femininity in the past and in the present, as a denunciation of the spoofing and hypersexualization of girls and women today. Using humor as a form of criticism, we present the current values in our society, as regards male and female roles, and compare them with the artistic values that are present in Renaissance and Baroque music.
The show features two dancers, formed at IT Dansa, who also sign the choreography, and was released on July 9, 2017 at the Almagro Classical Theater Festival.
As long as a strong storm falls, a woman of a future century and another from the past are found through a fantastic door that connects the two periods. Surprisingly, one lives with a gorilla and the other awaits the arrival of a prince charming. Through Renaissance and Baroque music, the two women will learn to get rid of the feminine roles imposed by both societies, and to be happy in their own right.
Direction and dramaturgy: Marc Hervàs
Coreography: Beatriz Macías and Gemma Güell
Dancers: Beatriz Macías and Gemma Güell
Scenography: Martí Doy and Francesco della Mirandola
Puppets, Masks and Costumes: Martí Doy
Light design: Nick Hersh
Sound editor: Jean-Marc Savre
Photography: Dani Querol
Executive production: Clara Dalmau
Spanish Market Booking: Júlia Brescó
International Booking: Lorena Benesey
This is a production by Ca l’Ubú, SL, with the collaboration of the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals.
Pavana de Alexandre (Alonso Mudarra)
Tarantella (Gaspar Sanz)
Canarios (Francesc Guerau)
Fantasia que contrahace el arpa a la manera de Ludovico (Alonso Mudarra)
Pavana 4 (Luis de Milà)
Canarios en Sol Major (Gaspar Sanz)
Lantururu (Gaspar Sanz)
Fandango (Santiago de Murcia)
Xàcara (Gaspar Sanz)
Hachas (Gaspar Sanz)
Diferencias de Guardame las vacas (Luis de Narváez)
Schedule
•Set up: 4 hours.
•Show: 50 minutes.
•Set down: 1 hour.
Stage area
• Minimum Stage dimensions: 10 m. wide x 8 m. deep x 4 m. high.
Stage drapery & machinery
• Black horizon (1 backdrop, 6 legs, 3 borders)
Lighting
•8 profiles 1kW 15/30 on bases.
•6 PC 1Kw + gel frames + barn doors in the frontal bridge.
Programmable light console.
Sound
• Regular PA and Monitors.
This is a creation of Ca l’Ubú, SL
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