2023-11-11 21:07:15
These professionals based in Madrid focus on their reading Spheres of the Insurrection by the Brazilian philosopher Suely Rolnik, in the idea that going deeper into something also involves transcending the “rules” that gave rise to its starting point, so that by having a solid foundation, the fall is not into a void. Thus, “failing” will not go beyond a setback, and succeeding will be the product of an exercise of emancipation.
Elisa Forcano, María Cantero and Marci Debreczenyi They performed a work in which we, the viewers, have to do our part to decipher the internal logic that gives rise to seemingly unconnected scenes that have managed to be connected through “portals” that appear and disappear. , thanks to a lighting design (by Pilar Valdelvira) that “teleports” us to as many dimensions as the members of Colectivo Germen have explored with the configuration of Walking. In this line, the patterns of interpretation and movement are the extra daily bridge between the “world of Walking” to the stage act. Since, if they had not provided the material and formal conditions to share it with us, this would have remained a private and incommunicable act.
Photo: Carlos Pascual
Therefore, the members of Colectivo Germen found the formula that made each of the scenes essential, and at the same time fit another five or twenty more. In Walking There is room for the tragic, the playful, the bizarre…, with a plasticity that was sublimated, with its dance with those rolls of paper in the final part of the piece. Where large-scale sculptures emerged, “rivers” whose channels were not revealed. Otherwise, they would not have been consistent with what they have proposed throughout the development of the piece. In other words: In Walking nothing comes out of nothing, and the Totality is wandering in nothingness. Since, at the end of the day, these professionals are not accountable to anyone, but it is not that they have unleashed a “rebellion” against the foundations of contemporary performing arts.
Which means that, if they had received “disaffection” from their viewers, it would have been due to a lack of affinity and understanding. And that is precisely the spirit that allows a contemporary stage research emerge. Because if one does not justify and does not dare to “go off track,” one ends up playing the role of “executor” of what some “pioneers” in “ancient times” successfully introduced into our collective imagination.
Photo: Carlos Pascual
In parallel, Walking I find it a very pleasant piece to view and analyze.. Not only because there are moments when you smile because of how crazy everything is sometimes; but also, one wants to join them on stage, after being clear about what “guidelines to interpret” are. Yes, Elisa Forcano, María Cantero and Marci Debreczenyi have reproduced on the stage of the TNT Theater, a space for play and coexistence that would be ideal for all of us to reserve some time a week to visit, regardless of what our job is. Thus, having acquired knowledge and experience in contemporary dance and physical theater is endowed with greater political content, as one expands the contexts in which we can know others and ourselves, through our interactions with others. others. Of course, without trivializing these noble disciplines, which are destined, among other things, to make philosophy and poetry of the human being, and of what exceeds it.
Definitely, Walking It has surprised and captivated me. Honestly, this is one of those pieces that we can consult when it comes to giving meaning and consistency to a wildly abstract creation, whose content does not refer to anything in particular, since it means itself.
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