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Published on Tuesday, 04 March 2014 07:27

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PROJECT PRESENTATION

After thirty-eight years of having written his popular drama piece Life is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca rewrite it as an auto sacramental shape. In this second version, Calderón synthesized in an erudite manner the theological history of the human being. Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes builds a redefinition of this universal forgotten masterpiece for the contemporary spectator, through a seductive and powerful symbolic code. A multidisciplinary stage based in alchemical principles, sacred geometry, ritual dances, baroque & traditional Mexican music, performed by 14 member actor/singer/dancer/musician male cast. Across an initiation journey, -as described by the Hermetic sagas-, the viewer faces his own evolutionary drama and his consciousness acquisition process. Life is a Dream has finished a sold out audiences-hailed by the critics season and currently is having national and international tours.

HISTORY OF THE PROJECT

Life is a Dream, auto sacramental, was premiered on March 2014, as part of the artistic program of the 30 edition of México City Historic Center Festival. Then, ran a 50 sold out shows season at Teatro El Galeón in México City, which was hailed by the critics. After a success reposition season at Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris in México City, currently is having a national and international tour.

SYNOPSIS

In his auto sacramental Life is a Dream, Calderon de la Barca synthesizes biblical theological history in a masterful way: the Creation of the Universe, the Fall of the Angel, the Creation of Man, the Expulsion from Paradise, redemption by forgiveness and installation of the Sacraments. Symbolically suggests an inner adventure in which Man is submitted to hard trials through an initiation journey where man faces his own Shadow. The play shows the obligatory transit of the aspirant who, in the search for self-knowledge, falls in to the experience, touching the boundaries, learning by his acts as well as by the consequences of his acts, towards, at the end, to access to a higher conscious level.

CREDITS

TEATRODECIERTOSHABITANTES

Life is a Dream

Auto sacramental

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Direction Claudio Valdés Kuri*

Music, composition & arrangements Leopoldo Novoa

Musical direction & composition Edwin Calderón

Drama advisor Maricarmen Gutiérrez

Lighting Matías Gorlero

Costumes Ximena Fernández

Art-video Su-Hyon Cho & Ting Zhang

Verse advisor Luisa Huertas & Violeta Sarmiento

Assistant direction Rodrigo Carrillo

Body exploration Diego Piñón & Ruby Tagle

Choreography Valeria Rojas & Rodrigo Vázquez

Geometric rhytmic advisor Mónica Ribeiro

Geometric rhytmic choreography Fabrina Melón & Gastón Yanes

Lighting assistant Felix Arroyo

Production Sergio Écatl

General coordination Fabrina Melón

Multimedia program Josafat Aguilar Rodríguez

Public relations Siddartha García

Social project coordination Laura Valdés Kuri

Production assistance Laura Soto

Cover design Enrique Rosas & Sergio Écatl

Geometric visual design Enrique Rosas

Video documentary Daniel Gruener

Analytical documentary Analola Santana

Photo documentary Mara Sánchez- Renero

Cast

(Order of appearance)

Josafat Aguilar Rodríguez

The Earth Rodrigo Vázquez Maya

The Water Raúl Vallejo

The Fire Fernando Sakanassi

The Air Javier Rojas Trejo

The Power Guillermo García Proal

The Wisdom Alcibíades Zaldivar

The Love Edwin Calderón

The Shadow Fernando Huerta

The Prince Kaveh Parmas

The Light Marcos Escalante

The man Alberto Santiago

The Understanding Gastón Yanes

The will Rodrigo Carrillo Tripp

Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes A.C. presents
In co-production with:

Coordinación Nacional de Teatro / Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
Festival de México en el Centro Histórico
Sistema de Teatros de la Ciudad de México / Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México
Festival Internacional de Teatro Héctor Azar / Gobierno del Estado de Puebla
CalArts Center for New Performance / California Institute of the Arts
National Performance Network
México en Escena FONCA CONACULTA
Fundación BBVA Bancomer

* Member of National System of Creators of Art FONCA CONACULTA
** Member of the Scenic Creators Program FONCA CONACULTA
*** Fellow of the Creation Incentive and Artistic Development Program of Jalisco

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network’s Performing Americas Program. Lead funding of the National Performance Network Performing Americas Program is provided by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. For more information: www.npnweb.org.

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