“The Garden of the Hesperides” is a Spanish-Moroccan project that has been developed through an exhaustive research process and through various workshops held with Moroccan and Spanish women in Casablanca and Valladolid, giving rise to the creation of this piece of dance-theater.
A show, which is a hymn to women, on a round trip between cultures and their peculiarities, and which serves to celebrate the 25 years of history of the Alicia Soto-Hojarasca company. Created in three artistic residencies, Thèâtre Ain Harrouda, Casablanca, Centro Cultural Serrada, and Teatro Calderón de Valladolid, The garden of the Hesperides It premiered on September 25 and 26, 2020 at the Calderón Theater in Valladolid with the support of the Calderón Theater in Valladolid and General Subdirectorate of International Relations and European Union, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Visages Program.
The show has earned the seal of the 5th Centenary of Magellan's First Circumnavigation of the World, for its quality and theme.
Published by Le Quotidien after the performance on March 20, 2025, at the 4ème art Theatre in Tunis, opening the Tunis Théâtres du Monde festival.
Published by Mohamed Sami on Backstage30.com after the March 20, 2025 performance at the 4ème art Theatre in Tunis, opening the Tunis Théâtres du Monde festival.
Through the intimate and personal look of each one of us, reality is transformed, our unconscious afora, unpredictable and with surprises, dragging us into a dream world of images and emotions.
The viewer begins a journey, from consciousness and through the visual impact, always from the image. You will have to choose at a given moment if you drop from reality or continue a journey through your imagination.
"Through your eyes" is a multidisciplinary show of sound, light, dance and multimedia, presented as an installation in the white room of LAVA (Laboratory of the Arts of Valladolid) after an artist residency in February 2013.
In 2014 we presented its version for halls or theaters in the Italian style.
"Through your eyes" is presented as a retrospective of the artistic work of Alicia Soto, where concepts and ideas that she has been developing for several years come together: breaking the fourth wall for the viewer, choreographic creation from multimedia and importance of the text as a means of criticism.
Presented in a modern language and aimed at young adolescents, in "Through your eyes" the language of funky and popping converge with contemporary dance, new choreographic creations along with other existing ones and interaction with the public, where the scenery and light play an important role.
Destined to :
A show by the Alicia Soto-Hojarasca Company, in collaboration with Lava (Laboratory of the Arts of Valladolid) and co-produced by the Municipal Foundation of Culture of the Valladolid City Council.
The show is divided into two parts:
The first part:
the observation
"Through your eyes" is a multidisciplinary show of light, sound, dance and multimedia.
Its scenic and sound presentation conveys emotions and sensations, based on the impact on the retina and the imagination.
This image, accompanied by sound, generates emotions that in the course of the work reach a meaning, the same for everyone. From the state of the unconscious to the conscious.
We are in a society whose main language of communication is the image and its means of transmission is technology.
With the help of new technologies, the creation from multimedia, that emotional state is achieved, having as a starting point, the concept of reality-fiction, which in some cases touches on illusionism, allowing our visitors to participate actively, both physically as well as intellectually.
Our visitors will be made to understand that there is no fourth wall, since the action takes place throughout the stage space, from the stalls to the stage. However, some rules of the game will be set to enjoy that freedom, since there is a commitment to travel and participate collectively with colleagues.
In this journey, the artistic work delves into: fear, the struggle for liberation and love. Three states that mark and define the path of our life.
The second part:
The participation.
Development of the pedagogical activity:
From the dialogue and establishing a dialectic with the group, the result of what was lived and experienced in the first part will be considered.
This part is the same for both school functions and functions open to the general public.
DOCUMENTATION DELIVERED TO THE CENTERS
"Through your eyes" is presented to the Institutes and Centers of ESO and BACH as an artistic activity to support a didactic unit, based on Decree 52/2007, of May 17, which establishes the curriculum of Secondary Education
Mandatory in the Community of Castilla y León, developing a document that establishes:
This document is delivered to those responsible for extracurricular activities of each Institute or Teaching Center.
After the visit, in the same space, the students will discuss their points of view in a pedagogical way through questions, previously established based on the previous observation activity.
Artistic Direction and Choreography: Alicia Soto
Dancers-Performers: Julián Gómez Pavón, Alicia Soto
Musical Creation: Luis la Forga
Video and photography: Luis Antonio Barajas
Creative design: José Navarro
Communication: Virginia Grigelmo
Administration: Sofía García Fernández
Management: João Sousa Marques
Costumes: Alicia Soto – Hojarasca
Regards (Looks) It is a show to encourage the gaze that moves between the playful, the poetic and the contemporary. Creating a new dramaturgy of images, of great beauty and poetry, which is divided into four acts or scenes, using contemporary dance and Break dance as artistic language, not only in an encounter but in a dialogue.
A choreographic and dramaturgical journey in which the presence of Morocco and a multicultural influence can be glimpsed, with ethnic sounds, and spiritual and electronic songs that create urban and natural landscapes.
The conception of the show starts from the duet, and Estudio 3: Miradas). The choreographer, driven to continue investigating the concept of the gaze, was inspired to create a broader program that revolved around our desires and the relationship with others from our own or someone else's perspective.
Duration 60 minutes.
Particular Creation Process between artistic residences and representations:
Created in different artistic residences, between Spain and Morocco, with the collaboration of the Cervantes Institute of Casablanca, the Patio Corsario, Valladolid, La Nave del Duende, Casar de Cáceres and the Principal Theater of Burgos.
This show culminates after a year of work and artistic relationship between Alicia Soto and Julián Gómez Pabón.
Each city has been a place of common work and search, which culminated in a presentation with the public, to share, listen and continue to encourage the look.
During 2018, it was presented in different Spanish cities, always in the process of creation.
It premieres internationally in September 2018 at the Stage Dance Festival Shanghai. China. With a great reception.
National premiere at the Teatro Principal de Burgos, April 26, 2019.
«Game of spaces to which the public moves. Interesting from the different perspectives of the gaze, of the body of spectators in relation to the videos and the bodies of two performers, Alicia Soto and a dancer... Three episodes and an end. With a highly nuanced play of light, the bodies move forcefully in the turns, with elegance in the postures, the clash of him and her is magnificent, as a form of union. At this point, Soto confirms his class[…]»
So far there are no new sessions planned
We will inform you once a month of the company's activities.
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