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Two women eat in a park, or at the door of a house, or in a courtyard. They share a common everyday space, a conversation, the intimacy of the silence. Suddenly, the singing and dancing break the ordinary world and introduce the magic. In a suspended, enigmatic time, the choreograph is born as a delicate whirl until it becomes a whirlwind. A heel tapping that complains and laughs in a loop. A song that doesn’t stop, that rises upwards and surrounds the space.

The Taranto, as a flamenco style, comes from the mining area of Almería. Originally, it is a primitive, simple, dry cante (singing), without a guitar, which was born from the need to sing freely. In this piece of stage research, there is nudity that accompanies us and with which we experiment. Respecting the structure of the traditional tablao, we investigate how the encounter between dance and cante (singing) can give way to the random to transform itself. From silence, without instrumentation, we start a conversation between the voice and the body, letting the random take part. The call to dance explores the quejíos (whining) of the taranto so that the choreographies are transformed by contagion, incorporating everything that arises from dancing and singing. In the stage language framed in the new dramaturgies, we delve into the investigation of the body and the surprise of naked cante (singing). Without looking for something concrete, irreverent gestures, humour, and randomness appear. The dance and the cante are modified without completely breaking and we integrate them, as in life, to continue dancing.

11 October, 21h30

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Ticket purchase grants entry to Mercedes Mais Eu, by Janet Novás & Mercedes Peón, and Taranto Aleatorio, by María del Mar Suárez (La Chachi), with Lola Dolores. Both performances will take place on the same day, in a double-bill format.

› 40min.
› Age rating 6 years old

Free admission upon reservation via the Montemor-o-Novo Municipality’s BOL platform or at the Tourist Office.

© Yolanda Montiel
© Yolanda Montiel

Credits

Direction, creation and performance
María del Mar Suárez La Chachi

Singing
Lola Dolores

Light Design
Azael Ferrer

Costumes
Eva Hurtado

External Eye
Jana Pacheco

Graphic Design
Carmen Moreno

Distribution / Production
May Mora

MARÍA DEL MAR SUÁREZ LA CHACHI. Actress and dancer from Málaga, trained in flamenco, physical theatre, dramaturgy, and contemporary dance. Her debut solo La gramática de los mamíferos (2017) won 3 PAD Awards. La Espera (2019) earned the Ateneo Award for Best Dance Show. Works include Merdellona, El Movimiento, El último acto de fe, and Los inescalables Alpes, winner of Best Dance Show at the 2022 Godot Awards.

LOLA DOLORES. Singer and actress from Córdoba, based in Málaga, with a deep-rooted passion for flamenco. Self-taught in styles from Soul to Rock, she studied acting at ESAD Málaga and has performed in diverse theatre productions. She has sung with artists like Diego Torres and La Mala Rodríguez, touring Europe and America. Currently with La Pharmaco in Toná, she also performs in flamenco-driven works by María del Mar Suárez “La Chachi”.

Taranto Aleatorio

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