GASTON CORE. “ANTES QUE CAIGA LA NOCHE ”
DANCE
, HIP-HOP
, RAP
DATE // TIME
2nd March, 2024, Saturday // 7:00pm
SPACE // DURATION
Kubo Baltza // 55'
TICKET
€15 / €10,50 with AZ Card (All tickets purchased before February 2nd will receive a 50% discount)
REDUCED RATES
Ticket sales only in person at AZ Info: €11,25 for professionals in the sector, persons over 65*, under 30* or with a disability over 33%* (show ID card or proof of disability when buying a ticket) / €11,25 Groups of 8 or more/ €7,50 person in a wheelchair and companion. All tickets purchased before February 2nd will receive a 50% discount.
The Iliad through rap and hip-hop culture .
Choreographer Gaston Core's latest creation is a contemporary re-reading of the Greek epic “Iliad” transformed into a rap battle.
I think that the “Iliad” is, above all, the confrontation between a certain society and the value system of a legendary and heroic world that preceded it. On the other hand, it is also the story of a man who challenges himself to assume the functions he is called to fulfil in that group and which give him meaning as an individual. Reading this text is always nostalgic. And this is one of the many things that continue to connect us to it: the puzzled look at a world that is slipping away from us and that we imagine is better than the one that is to come. But how can we explain the Iliad?
Its importance in history, the modernity of its narrative resources and the themes it addresses, but above all, how to convey the power of the words in this text in a one-hour performance, how it dignifies the other in order to dignify oneself. I think the best way to explain it is through our contemporary artists of the word: rappers. That is what this piece is: a theatrical look and an aesthetic reflection on the foundational work of Western literature through the language of rap and hip-hop culture.
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Concept & Direction: Gaston Core
With lyrics by: Eskarnia, Celia Bsoul and Breaker
Sound space: Eskarnia
Academic advice: Mònica Miró Vinaixa
Collaboration: David Espinosa
Lighting: Valentina Azzati and Manuel Ordenavia
Styling: Eva Bernal
Documentation, Photo & Video: Alice Brazzit
Co-production of: the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), the RBLS Festival With the support in residence of the Conde Duque Center for Contemporary Culture and Nupura Dance Center
Thanks: Shreyashee Nag and Mario Rubio, Mouad eta Bewis De la Rosa.
Choreographer, theatrical creator, curator and artistic director. Born in Buenos Aires, he trained as an interpreter and studied audiovisual communication at the University of Buenos Aires. He has lived in Europe since 2001, where he obtained a degree in play-writing and directing at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. He has collaborated on European film projects and has worked in the field of cultural management. He created the Sala Hiroshima project in Barcelona in 2012, which he directed until it closed in 2021.
He was the director of a Festival produced by the Centre d'Arts Escèniques de Terrassa and has collaborated as a curator on various projects. He is involved in projects that aim to showcase the most innovative trends on the international contemporary scene. As a choreographer, he directed the composition entitled El díptico del desierto, consisting of a solo piece (The Very Last Northern White Rhino) and a group piece (Chorus).
SPACE FINANCED BY:
The Kubo Baltza space is equipped with digital technologies that improve the experience and space, thanks to the Next Generation EU funding aimed at supporting the performing arts in the Basque Country.