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Retrato de mujer

World premiere by Ballet Nacional de España on the 14th of May, 1981, at the Teatro Lope de Vega (Sevilla, Spain).

Choreographers

  • Rafael Aguilar

Through this dreamlike journey into the depths of our unconscious, we witness the ascent towards love as the ultimate purpose of human existence.

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Artistic sheet

Choreography: Rafael Aguilar
Music: Cristóbal Halffter, Variaciones sobre la resonancia de un grito (pre-existing)
               Georges Bizet, pieces from L’Arlésienne and Carmen (pre-existing)
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Costume Design: Rafael Aguilar
Set Design: Rafael Aguilar
Libretto: Rafael Aguilar (original)
Lighting Design: Antonio

Parts

Ballet in four scenes or “dreamscapes”:

Primer paisaje. Encounter with her childhood. The anguish she feels at the slowness of time separating her from Love.

Segundo paisaje. Contact with the Other, the sharpening of the senses.

Tercer paisaje. Her adolescence. The search for the Beloved through the human forest, and the anguish of drought, loss, purpose and doubt.

Cuarto paisaje. Encounter with Love, naked and free from all restriction, and its abandonment because her thirst for the infinite cannot be quenched. It ends with the ascent towards the contemplation of her purpose.