DOLOROSA DE LOS LLANOS

Playing at being a girl, wearing your mother`s clothes or being discovered with painted lips were always grounds for punishment. “Painful (“dolorosas”) your pink wooden sandals and high heels, painful all your necklaces, painful your lip paints, your pantyhose and your slack command.”

Now, to the sound of arrows and processional rolls, Dolorosa shows a body that feasts and suffers, that prays and sins, that is shamed and exalted, that is scourged and empowered.

The Latin-American plain landscapelies in front of us. On the horizon apath is outlined, on which both sidesthe virgins appear at night, and at thecrossroads we run into the demonsand the crying women of Latin-American mythology.

One night, Dolorosa decides to go outat the forbidden hour, the only timeshe can afford to play safely, just fora little while. Just at the time whenthe legends go for a walk on the plainand the workers rest inside theirranches, Dolorosa meets a strange religiousprocession.

Dolorosa de los Llanos undertakes ascenic investigation centred on theritual of the religious procession:walking as an act of faith andredemption.

ARTISTIC CREDITS:

Direction: Valentina Azzati and Johann Pérez Viera

Creation: Valentina Azzati, Johann Pérez Viera and Edward Tamayo

Interpretation: Aina Lanas, Johann Pérez Viera, Valentina Azzati and Edward Tamayo

Production assistance: Lucía Franco

Original music and Sound design: Yves del Río

Costume design: Valentina Azzati

Costume realization: Cristina Dezi and Sara Manzaneda

Dramaturgical assistance: Gastón Core

Acting assistance: Nicolás Carbajal and Anna Capacés

Make up assistance: Sergio Elche

Space assistance: Alek Carr

DOLOROSA DE LOS LLANOS IS A CREATION BY LACERDA, CORPODUCED BY ATLÉTICO TERCIOPELO, SALA HIROSHIMA AND QUINZENA METROPOLITANA DE LA DANSA FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA.

WITH THE SUPPORT OF CENTRE CENTRE CÍVIC BARCELONETA AND SALA BOLIVIANOW.

PREMIERED AT SALA HIROSHIMA OF BARCELONA IN MARCH 2021.