OF SATURDAY 1 ON SUNDAY 23/8
ROMAN THEATER OF SAGUNT (Camp de Morvedre)
If in recent years the programming of Sagunto in Scene has been marked by a couple of works from Merida Classical Theater Festival and some more from Greek from barcelona, this year we will only have one piece from Merida. What, with always, stars a renowned actress in the state: Lydia Bosch, protagonist of Be able to, in hell [20]. The Greek myth tells the story of a Cretan princess who, consumed by a forbidden desire for her stepson Hippolytus, starts a chain of lies that leads to guilt and death. The work reformulates the myth to investigate human passions, the forbidden desires, moral judgments and guilt transformed into sin.
It is the usual scheme of Sagunt a Escena: the face of a well-known actress, along with that of a respected actor, to forge, both of them, a striking poster. This year the actor is a singer, Coke Mesh, the protagonist of a play by Bertolt Brecht that we already saw in March at the TEM. The Threepenny Opera [8] report prostitution, poverty and abuse of power in the midst of economic crisis, in the late twenties. Brecht did not hesitate to denounce a capitalism that, in his opinion, it functioned as a large organized crime machinery. But let's go to the important thing: the own production of the Valencian Institute of Culture (IVC) to open the festival, written by Guillem de Castro, adapted for Chema Cardena i directed for Rebeca Valls, the woman who does everything in Valencia lately. The daffodil in his opinion [1-2] is a fun and crazy comedy byplot vaudeville that talks about the ego and the image we build of ourselves. What a mess it is too At lady boba [13], by Lope de Vega, a work that questions whether a woman must be foolish or submissive to be loved.
The musical section is marked by the great flamenco voice ofEstrella Morente [22], whom we can hear in one of the best songs from Rosalía's last album. But the queen in Sagunto is the Valencian Sandra Monfort [15], that presents Land of beauties after an unexpected first taste at the Teatre Principal in May. It's a show that mixes music, performance and dance to portray Valencian folklore and traditions, tracing a route through Malaga, the songs of beating, Moma's dance, the muixeranga of Algemesí, the dance of the vet or the Mystery of Elche.
The programming of theOff Roma, with always, will fill the streets of Sagunto with dance, circus and shows designed for the outdoors. It is not a section made with solace, an absolute, here we find authors of great quality. Names with Sun chopped, presenting street 024 [23] for the thirtieth anniversary of his company: a large format street show in which iconic pieces from his repertoire resonate to reflect on the paradox of loneliness in today's society. Tide Dance will reinterpret the dance of the vetes of the Corpus Christi Knot [2] i The Siamese will celebrate the twenty years of the company with Dancer on demand [6], a piece in which Angela Verdugo dance to the songs that the audience requests. The circus will be represented by Also [22] of The Trocola, inspired by the game and toy world; Koosha [21], with oriental aromas, Fellini colors and spirit of popular revetla; i Buried case [13] of Collective Notknown. The work is about the alleged murder of the bicentenary ficus of the La Creu family and the suspicions that hover over the four eccentric members of the family. S.M.
