Las moradas is based on the spirituality and life of Saint Teresa of Ávila. For this premiere of the symphonic version, the Spanish composer and director José Miguel Évora participates, who will conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in all the performances performed with the musical group.
The staging brings together more than 170 people, including dancers, musicians, top-level actors, costume designers and set designers, producers, etc.
“We have six dancers in the role of Santa Teresa, for a season of 11 performances, practically two performances for each one, which makes me very happy,” says Miguel Bonnin.
The director reveals that they surprised Macarena Vallejo and Agustina Torres with their roles, and also, the evolution of Nani Fernández, “who already danced it excellently, and is going to repeat it, in addition to Sonia Soto, who is getting better and better, Maia Ayala and Cristina Baez”.
POST-PANDEMIC. Bonnin confesses that the company’s dancers radiate enthusiasm when returning to the big presentations, after the pandemic. “Her enthusiasm for her excites us, makes us want to continue working. It shows that they had something important that they lacked and that at this moment he is willing to do anything ”, he refers.
About why start the season with the abodesBonnin recalls that it is because the company was “in debt” with the work, for not being able to present it with an orchestra, “for budgetary reasons we could not do it, so this year, taking into account that it is the 50th anniversary of the BCMM, we wanted to do one of the mystical ballets, which is something that represents us, because not all companies dance this type of work,” said Bonnin.
OVERPRODUCTION. Teresa’s dwellings It is a super production that brings together emblematic figures from the theater, music, as well as ballet, as Margarita Irún, José Luis Ardissone, Ana Ivanova, Pedro Acosta, and special guests from abroad, José Miguel Évora and his daughter, the singer Gala, will participate. , who will sing the poems of Santa Teresa. The stable choir of the Cathedral of Asunción, Schola Cantorum, directed by Enrique Alfonso, is added.
MORE EVENTS. The Classical and Modern Ballet will also present a book this year, in addition to a gala that will include extracts from the ballets Giselle, La Bayadère, Don Quixote, Kiss me and others, for August, and in October, you will enjoy Swan Lake.
Celebration
The Municipal Classical and Modern Ballet of Asunción, dependent on the General Directorate of Culture of the Municipality of Asunción, under the artistic direction of Miguel Bonnin, begins its 2022 season, the year in which it celebrates 50 years of its creation.
Ballet celebrates its 50th anniversary with Las moradas de Teresa