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Gnawa
In 1992 in his home city of Valencia, Nacho Duato premiered Mediterrania, searching deeper into his roots and those of his forebears, and his sense of complicity with the Mediterranean Sea.
In Gnawa, premiered by the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2005, the renowned choreographer has continued along the path he set out on with Mediterrania, seeking to transmit, through the medium of movement, the sensuality of the landscape, the true nature of its peoples. With a suggestive musical score replete with Spanish and North African sounds, Gnawa captivates its audience through its all-encompassing power and its sensual elegance, combining the spirituality and organic rhythm of the Mediterranean.
- World premiere by: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago (USA) March 2005
- Premiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 (CND2): at Teatro Gran Vía, Madrid (Spain) April 18th 2007
- Premiere by Compañía Nacional de Danza: at Euskalduna, Bilbao (Spain), November 4th 2007
Gnawa is the name that receives in Morocco and other parts of the Magreb the members of different mystic Muslim brotherhoods characterized by their sub-saharian origin and the use of song, dances and syncretic rituals as a mean to reach ecstasy. This term also refers to a musical style of sub-saharian reminiscences practised by these brotherhoods or by musicians inspired by them. It is considered one of the main Moroccan Folklore genres.
Información
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Choreography:Nacho Duato
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Music:Hassan Hakmoun/Adam Rudolph (Gift of the Gnawa, “Ma’Bud Allah”); Juan Alberto Arteche y Javier Paxariño (Finis Africae, “Carauari”); Rabih Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur y Sarkissian (Nafas, “Window”).
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Costume Design :Luis Devota and Modesto Lomba
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Lighting Design:Nicolás Fischtel (A.A.I.)
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Running time:20 minutes
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Premiere cast CND2:Anjara Ballesteros, Emma Garau, Macarena González, Gabriela Gómez, Claire Hill, Soojee Watman, Sara Fernández, Rubén Darío Banol, Hugo Cortey, Joaquín Crespo, Aleix Mañé, Kenji Matsuyama, Kahlon Or, Álvaro Prieto
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Premiere cast CND:Tamako Akiyama, Stephanie Dalphond, Ana Tereza Gonzaga, África Guzmán, Ana María López, Inês Pereira, Marina Jiménez, Clyde Archer, Gentian Doda, Fabrice Edelmann, Dimo Kirilov, Francisco Lorenzo, Mathieu Rouvière, Joel Toledo
