Rafael Amargo premieres 'Yerma' after his arrest: judgment on his figure in front of his audience

• The press conference. "I want to earn the money singing and dancing, which is what I have done all my life"

• The arrest. "When this man speaks, you drop your pants and act like lambs"

• The scandal. Drugs "for consumption" and squandering their career through the nose

"I'm spending a few days that I don't even know how I am whole. I promise you that today is the first time that I feel a little softer but at least I have had the balls to be standing here on stage," said

this Saturday night at the end of the premiere of his free version of

de

at the La Latina Theater in

, with his shirt open and his pants torn by the effort, his face on the verge of breaking and the

Only a couple of days before the choreographer and dancer was released with precautionary measures (he cannot leave the country and must go to court every 15 days) after spending 48 hours in jail when he was arrested last Tuesday accused of an alleged crime for drug trafficking and membership in a criminal organization.

He says he can't think of a better marketing campaign for his work.

An hour before the start there were already television cameras stationed at the entrance of the theater and the stalls would end up filling up (beyond those free spaces required by Covid19).

He also thinks that any other weaker would have collapsed but that he, Rafael Amargo, would come out this Saturday at the premiere "to break the tables."

Yerma

, his

, is another after what has happened this last week.

That "bitter" montage of the tragedy of Lorca that the Granada-born man had prepared, incarnating himself in the poet of his land, embracing from his masculinity the drama of Yerma for not being able to have children (and the consequent social judgment that this entails), It has become a way of talking about himself and what is happening with his public figure.

"In this life, things are fixed by singing and dancing!", He will say in a moment, before starting to dance and inciting the public to cheer on him.

It is in its sauce, in that mess, knowing the center of the morbid.

With everything that has been published these days, it is easy to let your head fly and imagine that the most outdated parts, the flamenco tablao,

;

a house where, as he himself said, "there is joy because many artists go."

This is how he shows himself on stage: gulf, funny, captivating, charismatic.

"How not to be brave," says Yerma (played by

) overwhelmed by criticism from her people.

"How not to be brave!", Answers Amargo in his role as Lorca, who is actually Amargo himself.

"Defend yourself Yerma," he asks (to himself).

This work is no longer about Yerma.

It's about him and so it will be every night.

At the end of the performance Yerma is on her knees in a forgotten corner while Rafael Amargo floats across the floor in the center of the stage, flagellating himself among the boos of the rest of the cast, knowing the center of the darts.

They all look at him.

He gets up and goes to the audience: "I don't have to hide", he lets go, keeping his gaze, challenging.

"Before you die, fight. It is your honor that is at stake," he says in this exercise of double meanings.

A question mark whether the public is morbid or is really a fan

.

If the masks today describe better than anything else who is behind the piece of cloth, Rafael Amargo's audience is patriotic, with a tendency to dark tones and a rogue touch that translates into impossible reliefs on the mask.

"You fly very high!", A lady will shout at the end, after the ovations.

"I'm crazy about life, thank goodness I don't lack a sense of humor," he answers, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"There are many people having a terrible time this year, especially cultural artists. I am here for these families to eat," he says, pointing to his team, a score of dancers and singers.

"It has been five years since I came to Madrid, it scares me because I always get a very big fair. Then it is very difficult to get rid of these things that they say about you. I prefer to express myself here with you rather than on TV, even if they offer me a lot of money ", he assures, and takes advantage of the applause to thank those in charge of the theater for not canceling the play (" it would have been normal with this uncertainty, but they know of my honesty "), his company (" for continuing to be with me side ") and his family.

"These are very hard moments ... But I'm going to shut up, I think I'm already talking too much," he ends.

And a couple of ladies shout over the applause: "We love you so much!"

And they all start stomping and singing and laughing, led by Rafael Amargo who now leaves his first trial by fire in ecstasy before his audience.

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