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Lorca – Between Light and Darkness / musical theater Luna Zegers
Lorca – Between Light and Darkness is a passionate, raw and intimate musical theater performance about desire and connection. In “Lorca,” the story unfolds of a woman searching for answers to life’s big questions. Between waking and dreaming, she finds beauty and solace in the poetic works of Spain’s most famous poet: Federico García Lorca.
Both have two faces: an exuberant zest for life, accompanied by a dark shadow. He becomes her counselor and inspiration, and together they lose themselves in the Andalusian night. When she discovers that she can use her contact with Federico to ward off her fears, their nocturnal encounters grow into an obsession that nearly costs her her connection to the real world. Her impetuous desire to survive ultimately allows the light to triumph over the darkness.
From her unique perspective as a Dutch flamenco singer and theater maker, Luna Zegers creates a new story around Lorca’s poems. “I know flamenco culture intimately through my studies in flamenco singing at the Barcelona Conservatory and performances with renowned artists from the Spanish flamenco scene. Flamenco brings people together, and in Spain, I regularly experience firsthand the powerful unifying effect of this musical culture,” says Luna.
Lorca wrote from a sense of connection with the world around him, exploring people, nature, and social issues. His poetry is imbued with transience and longing. Lorca’s best-known work, “Blood Wedding,” is still frequently performed, and his oeuvre is a major source of inspiration for flamenco greats such as singer Camarón de la Isla, guitarist Paco de Lucía, and singers Enrique and his daughter Estrella Morente from Lorca’s hometown of Granada.
Integrated into the story, Luna performs all new songs of her own, inspired by Lorca’s work. Luna herself sings and narrates, accompanied by Vicente Santiago on flamenco guitar. Soundscapes emphasize the magical atmosphere of the dream world in which the performance is partly set.
Part of the audience becomes part of the story by taking their seats onstage, clapping along to the flamenco rhythms, and shouting encouraging ‘jaleos’, as is customary in a juerga flamenca like those you can encounter in Spain. Exciting contemporary flamenco meets poetry.
