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La distinction et l’humour
Claire Rousier (ed.), La Ribot, Centre national de la danse, Paris, 2004. Ouvrage collectif. En coédition avec Merz/Luc Derycke, pp. 29-38. Il est impossible de comprendre le projet des Piezas distinguidas sans recourir à la composante humoristique qui le sous-tend. Mais l’« humorisme » n’est pas un style, ni un élément avec lequel n’importe quel créateur pourrait jouer librement ;…
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That space that opens up before you…
where everything turns. Encounter with La Ribot English version of the text: «Ese espacio que se abre… donde todo está girando», in SÁNCHEZ, J. A. y CONDE-SALAZAR, J. (ed.) Cuerpos sobre blanco, Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, 2003. La Ribot: Before I talk about Still distinguished, I would like to briefly sketch out…
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Eyes in movement
Performance Research vol. 8 nº 4 (“Moving bodies”, december 2003), pp. 92-99. Translation: Ana Buitrago Download the published text Alcalá de Henares, an old half-ruined church, reformed and converted into a performance space. Three performers come to meet the spectators when they enter the space, empty, “forbidden to sit”. At a transept’s corner, the sound…
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The Impossible Theatre
The Spanish Stage in the Time of Avant-Garde. This article offers a general overview of the new Spanish theatre during the twenties and thirties. The first section covers the trends in stage renovation promoted by Rivas Cherif, Valle-Inclán and García Lorca, among others, and reviews the main premieres, both in the professional and in the…