in orgy Its process of documentation, scenic investigation and seeking to synthesize what has been gathered from the above has given priority, rather than achieving a “round” final result. Which brings out one of the many difficulties faced by scenic professionals, after going through each of the phases that make up a production. This is: Even if one has what is usually called in the sector, “external views”, it is a fact that one always runs the risk that in front of all the spectators (more if possible, if it is a premiere) be perceived in unequal ways.
Although it is true that after the representation of Orgy The members of La Rara received a resounding ovation, while the spectators were standing. Personally, this has not led me to rule out asking myself how to put together a dramaturgy of a piece that avoids being narrative, and that at the same time tries to concentrate and mention everything that has been present in its creation process. Moreover, I am convinced that the reflections and conversations between the members of the team of The Rare They will have been so interesting, as to undertake a documentary about everything they have shared in the elaboration of a project that has been so complex and so ambitious to materialize. In this line, I assure you that if you tell me that this multidisciplinary piece is a work in progress with a view to carrying out two or three stage works, I would not be problematizing in this way what I saw the day of the premiere of Orgy.
In any case, the above was addressed by the members of this Andalusian company during the meeting between the artistic team and us, the spectators, after the applause of the public. Take into account that these professionals had to make decisions to “arrive on time” for the date set with the Lope de Vega Theater, and the commitments with the ICAS Project Bank that facilitated that Orgy get ahead. Does that mean they didn’t present a good paper? No way. Sincerely, Orgy It seems to me a necessary piece and made with great care, seriousness and conviction, by the team of people who have been involved.
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As regards the content of Orgy, What has been said, so many topics were touched on that the most operative thing in this case is to place at the core many of the things that cis women have had to deal with in the recent past and currently, as soon as they showed signs of of “disobedience” or “inconsistencies” to what is established within the cisheteropatriarchy; if their behavior did not conform to what was understood to be within the standards of what a “normal person” is. Therefore, what is called “neurodivergencias”has to be relegated to a place that is outside the public space (with all that this entails); among other things like that. All this was raised from the particular to the general, based on the testimonies that the members of La Rara had access to from various women who were residing or linked to the old psychiatric hospital of Miraflores (Seville), putting it in dialogue with what they have experienced firsthand by the professionals involved. This has shown that the responses to the disciplinary devices that fall on all women are so varied that it is not surprising that more than one has stayed on the road, others have certain difficulties…
It was already taking time for the theme of the mental health was more present in the public debate, although it is undeniable that its incidences have been manifesting since, basically, the human being is what it is. Yes, it is that the people whose lives were not pronounced in “moments of danger” should serve as an example of how far a system has come that marginalizes, sanctions and dehumanizes those individuals who do not comply in a “satisfactory” way. a series of guidelines to which no one (individually) has committed under any contractual process. Someone would say: “Well, since you live in society you have to make your own the “common sense” that we all share.” Another person will add: “If you want to let off steam, you can do it in your privacy and, sometimes you could just save it to “practice”. Or do you really want to scare away the people around you?”…
Photo: Alejandra Amere
These types of violence have managed to preserve, as long as “what is taken” is to relate to each other, trying to be an attractive product of the “market of human relations”, in which everyone in one way or another has a degree of responsibility. “Market” that has its influences in all areas of our lives, bracketing our worth as human beings, as professionals in the trade that we exercise, etc… Thus, under this perverse and petty logic, it is enough that we have made some mistakes / clumsiness or we have not got rid of some “bad habits”, so that the rest of our acts are discredited, or worse still, they are not “enough” for one to be considered another human being (even before ourselves).
To transmit this and more things Nerea Cordero, Eloísa Cantón, Eva Gallego, Julia Moyano and Rocío Hocesthey unfolded a series of “frames” in which the live music of Eloísa Cantón was articulated with intelligence, creativity and skill with the movement of all the performers (which by the way, was directed with elegance and effectiveness that we are used to Natalia Jimenez Gallardo); the design of lights Irene Cantero; or what to say that in the first third of Orgy, in which Real-time video of the Factory Girl entered into dialogue with a recording of those who carry out the podcast on mental health with a gender perspective, crazy me! Which helped to give greater prominence to a piece that oscillated between documentary theater and self-fiction. Offering us, the viewers, numerous images and situations from which it is impossible to remain indifferent. Being that it is essential to claim that the Human Rights of all people in the so-called “developed countries” continue to be pursued until their total consummation in every area of our lives.