CCDF 25|He aquí un acto romántico

18/6
He aquí un acto romántico (Behold a romantic act)
60’
RICHARD MASCHERIN
Spain

Direction and Choreography: Richard Mascherin
Dancers: Lucía Montes, Javier Mario Salcedo, Richard Mascherin
Text and Dramaturgical Advice: Sergio Martínez Vila
Original Music: Alejandro Da Rocha
Lightning and Technical Coordination: Laura Iturralde
Assistance and Choreography Coordination: Juan Carlos Toledo
Sound and Sound Space: Iñaki Ruiz Maeso
Music Advice: Alberto Cernadas
Costumes and Scenography: Richard Mascherin
Costume Making: Marisa Maggi
Booking and management: Lola Ortiz de Lanzagorta (New Dance Management)
Co-production: Centro Coreográfico Canal - Teatros del Canal

What ends, and what begins, with an accident? What hurts more — a punch in the nose or a kiss on the lips? Is hating another way of loving? Do you want me to give myself to you? Would you still love me if I didn’t need you? Can I fall over with you? What is a romantic act? The piece works with both physical and emotional falls to create a map of uprooted bodies thrown into the void. Displaying a tense physicality and a cinematic atmosphere, the piece revolves around three victims who assume — in a ceremonial mood — a spiral of violent situations, turning accidents and provocations, attachments and detachments into a sacred rite of passage toward transcendence. Their passionate surrender has two sides: on the one hand, it intoxicates and endangers; on the other, it strengthens and vivifies — as no one can rise from the ground without first having fallen into it. Behold the statement of an unbroken soul. Behold a heroic resistance. Behold a romantic act.

Richard Mascherin is a Spanish artist focusing on contemporary performing arts and audiovisuals. He graduated in Madrid in Contemporary Dance, General Film Direction, and Film and TV Stunts. As a dancer, he has worked with various companies such as Sharon Fridman and La Veronal, among others. In some way, the concept of falling has been present throughout his career — both as a performer and as a creator — since 2015. He leads his own project, which branches out into different forms and stage proposals, where the inevitability of the fall is the core concept of his research and creative process. The project explores and connects various media: dance, performance, video, and photography. Richard has choreographed several works, including Caer, Caer, Caer (Fall, fall, fall), Vacío Espiritual (Spiritual Void), and He Aquí Un Acto Romántico (Behold a Romantic Act), which have been presented at major festivals in Spain, as well as in Italy and Bulgaria.

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Organised by: Deputy Ministry of Culture (Department of Contemporary Culture) and Rialto Theatre.
Tickets: €8 (€30 for all performances)
Free entrance to students, soldiers, pensioners, PWD cardholders and dance professionals.