Lorca by Dámaso – Profiles

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LORCA by DÁMASO proposes a poetic and sensory journey into the universe of Federico García Lorca through the visual and symbolic gaze of Pepe Dámaso. Conceived as a theatrical concert, music, word, dance and image enter into dialogue along a route that travels from Lorca’s popular roots to the aesthetic transformation of Poet in New York. With music by Ernesto Mateo, Claude Debussy and the world premiere of De suelas y asfalto. New York in a poem and three scenes, by Juan Manuel Marrero, the show builds a symbolic itinerary between the land, the sea and the city. LORCA by DÁMASO is part of the fourth edition of the Perfiles cycle of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Atlántico. LORCA by DÁMASO proposes a poetic and sensory journey into the creative universe of Federico García Lorca through the visual, emotional and symbolic gaze of Pepe Dámaso. Music, word and image converge to traverse the landscapes that inhabit Lorca’s work, highlighting the aesthetic transformation that Poet in New York represented in the development of his oeuvre. Dámaso’s visual creation, conceived as the backbone of the show, enters into dialogue with music, dance and the spoken word to construct a contemporary stage experience around the figure and legacy of the poet. The program is structured as a symbolic journey between the land, the sea and the city. A suite composed by Ernesto Mateo and inspired by the collection of Spanish folk songs compiled by Federico García Lorca. La Mer, by Claude Debussy, in an adaptation by Iain Farrington, becomes a space of transition and transformation: the sea as a horizon of freedom, contemplation and change, also deeply linked to the visual universe of Pepe Dámaso. The journey culminates with the world premiere of De suelas y asfalto. New York in a poem and three scenes, by Juan Manuel Marrero, a creation dedicated by the author to Pepe Dámaso on the occasion of this theatrical concert. The work is inspired by Poet in New York, leading the audience towards the modernity, fracture and inner cry of the last Lorca. Conceived as a theatrical concert, LORCA by DÁMASO is part of the fourth edition of the Perfiles cycle, an initiative of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Atlántico that explores the conceptual and aesthetic universe of major figures of global culture from a contemporary perspective.