A FANTASIA OF HAM AND SEQUINS
Passionaria
A fantasia of ham and sequins
This study in melodrama tells the story of Anna La Passionaria, a drag artiste during the Spanish Civil War, who murders her Fascist and abusive lover backstage. Set to Manuel de Falla’s haunting score for El Amor Brujo, this passionate, anxious and hilarious solo is an ode to all those who struggle in oppressive societies and who must fight for the right to become their true selves.
“A florid balletic monologue”
“Dreamy, deluded and dangerous”
“Superb”
Premiered at the Riley Theatre, Leeds, 2015
“Extraordinarily powerful”
Dance Europe
DeNada Dance Theatre- Phil Sanger in Passionaria. Photography: Maria Falconer
Excerpts from Passionaria
Credits
Choreography and direction: Carlos Pons Guerra
Lighting: Barnaby Booth
Design: Ryan Laight
Music: Manuel de Falla, El Amor Brujo
Original cast: Marivi Da Silva
PREMIERED AT THE RILEY THEATRE, LEEDS, MARCH 2015
TWO INTERNATIONAL TOURS WITH DENADA DANCE THEATRE: 2015/16 AND 2017
PERFORMED AT THE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL OF SANTO DOMINGO
PASSIONARIA WAS CO-COMMISSIONED BY OVALHOUSE THEATRE, BRIGHTON PINK FRINGE, BRADFORD THEATRE IN THE MILL AND THE NORTHERN SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.