next saturday 16 from May to 19:00 h, the Teatro Principal de Valencia will be the stage for 'Terra de Guapes', the most personal and ambitious commitment of the multifaceted artist Sandra Monfort. Within the prestigious D'Arrel Cycle, of the Provincial Council of Valencia, Monfort proposes an emotional journey that redefines Valencian popular culture from a contemporary and respectful perspective..
A journey through sound memory
'Terra de Guapes' is not just a concert; It is a celebration of the “cultural pelaïlles” that have shaped the identity of a people. Divided into four acts, The show draws a symbolic map by genres and essential traditions such as those from Malaga, the “beat songs”, the Muixeranga de Algemesí, the "dance of the vet" or the Mystery of Elche. With a staging that combines live music and performance, Monfort explores the history that books do not tell: that of the farmers, the barxers and the women who worked in the factory or in the orange.
The origin: from the archive to the appreciation of the people
The genesis of this project dates back to Sandra Monfort's decade of obsession with the Materials Sound Library of the Generalitat Valenciana.. This file, driven the 1984 at the request of Vicent Torrent, compiles more than 900 cassette recordings made by schoolchildren asking their grandparents about the songs of their youth.
“I wanted to go back to the beginning, “In those summers listening to the yayas and yayas sing our true story.”, Monfort says., granddaughter of Pascualita and Vicente (barxera and labrador). This desire has been intensified recently: after the passage of the Dana through Valencian lands, The artist felt the need to transform the feeling of mourning and solidarity into an offering of beauty towards his culture..
