The dancer Olga Pericet, the jazz trumpeter Alba Careta, the actress Ariadna Gil, the writer Marta Sanz... They are just some of the well-known names that this 2023 will be dropped by
Ellas Crean
, the appointment that, around 8 -M, seeks to give visibility and vindicate the work of women in the world of culture.
The 19th edition of this festival, which will host different
dance, theatre, music and literature
proposals , will be held until March 30 in various venues in Madrid, although, to a certain extent, it will be extended to Spanish territory.
«From literature, cinema and art, more and more creators are looking for inspiration and turn their gaze to those forgotten territories, corners that after the pandemic became lost paradises.
This edition of Ellas Crean is
dedicated to the memory and future of that uninhabited Spain ", explained the festival's director, Concha Hernández, in the presentation of a poster that includes some star performances, such as the one that took place this Saturday in the
Sala de Las Musas del Prado
, where the dancers
Dácil González
(National Dance Award Winner) and
Carmen Fumero
, premiered, as part of the Dance in Museums programme, the work
Mutable
.
In a similar framework, it will be possible to see Olga Pericet
(also National Dance Award Winner) in the coming days
, who will perform at the National Archaeological Museum (March 25).
Also to
La Chachi / María del Mar Suárez
(in the Lázaro Galdiano, on March 12, to
Helena Martín
(in the Romanticism, on March 29) or to
Melania Olcina Yugero
(in the Decorative Arts, on March 30). .
The performance
will also arrive at two large museums in Madrid
.
The Reina Sofía will host the premiere in Spain of the collaborative project
30 Bosquejo de Alturas
(March 17), led by the French director Sylvie Mongin, together with the Spanish
Eva Redondo and Jana Pacheco
, where more than 30 Spanish and American actresses will participate the museum with the aim of focusing on the mark that dictatorships have left in the collective memory.
And at the Thyssen there will be a
sneak peek-give-give us
(March 22), by the Mexican artist
Lorena Wollfer
.
The trumpeter
Alba Careta
, one of the most outstanding performers on the current national scene, will premiere her new album at Café Berlín (March 25).
And the medieval music group
Egeria
will perform their first album, Imperatrix Agatha, in its entirety live for the first time at the Archaeological Museum (March 25).
Pilar Martín Gila, Prado Pinilla, Elisa Urrestarazu, Julieta Valero, Chefa Alonso and Sergio Blardony will arrive at the same stage with the
contemporary music and poetry show
Your desire is water
, which will also premiere in Ellas crean (March 18).
In the area of the scene, the productions at the
Teatro de La Abadía
de
Todas las saints
(until March 5), directed by Luz Arcas;
Pundonor
(from March 8 to 12), which is repeating at the festival after the great success of last year;
and
There is someone in the woods
(from March 23 to April 2), with
Ariadna Gil
.
At the
Fernán Gómez
, you can see the adaptation of the novel by
Marta Sanz
Daniela Astor and the black box
(from March 9 to 26).
The archaeologist
Almudena Hernando
will present her latest book (on March 14 at the Ateneo La Maliciosa).
And with an eye on how subversive art can be today, the artists Marina Vargas and Marisa González will talk at the Arqueológico (March 23) and the writers Edurne Portela and Virginia Mendoza, at the National Library (March 7).
Most of the Ellas Crean events have free admission until full capacity is reached.
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