Lo Real—Le Réel —The Real

Photo: Javier Del Real

A celebrated dancer and award-winning choreographer, Israel Galván creates a personal idiolect out of the Flamenco idiom and uses it as the expressive means to tackle a difficult subject: the persecution of the Roma in fascist Spain during the nineteen thirties and forties.

“He dances the reality”, achieving the near-impossible and conveying the pain and the suffering —but also the pride, free spirit and love of life— of an ethnic group that remains persecuted to this day.

"Lo Real" is a performance full of tragic memories that instill strength and a passion for life and justice.

Parallel Event

After performance talk with Israel Galván

25 April 2014
Main Stage

Moderated by:
Christiana Galanopoulou, art historian, artistic director of MIRfestival

Credits

Choreography, Musical script & Dramaturgy
Israel Galván
Artistic Director, Musical script & Dramaturgy
Pedro G. Romero
Stage Director & Dramaturgy
Txiki Berraondo
Musical direction
Juan Jiménez Alba
Original music
Juan Gómez "Chicuelo"
Stage director assistant and stage manager
Balbi Parra
Lights Design
Rubén Camacho
Props design and construction
Pablo Pujol, Pepe Barea
Sound
Pedro León, Eloy Sansón
Wardrobe
Soledad Molina
Technical coordination
Pablo Pujol
Dance assistant
Marco de Ana
Producer
Amapola López (A Negro Producciones)
Executive production and booking
A Negro Producciones / Chema Blanco and Cisco Casado
Film
"Canta Gitano" (1982), Tony Gatlif
Dance
Israel Galván, Belén Maya and Isabel Bayón
Singers
Tomás de Perrate and David Lagos
Guitar
Juan Gómez "Chicuelo"
Saxophone
Juan Jiménez Alba
Piano
Alejandro Rojas Marcos
Percussions
Antonio Moreno
Violin and Dance
Eloisa Cantón
Dancing, singing and "jaleos"
Caracafé, Bobote and Uchi
Banda of Jewish and Gypsies
Sistema Tango
Actors
Pablo Pujol and Pepe Barea
Produced by
Teatro Real (Madrid)
Co-produced by
Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam + Flamenco Biënnale Nederland
World premiere:
12 December 2012, Teatro Real, Madrid