The Garden of Earthly Delights, Blanca Li: 25th Peralada Festival
A propos du spectacle
Blanca Li presents "El jardín de las delicias" (The Garden of Earthly Delights), a wonderful dance production, at the Peralada Festival 2011.
The first performances at the Castell de Peralada International Music Festival took place in 1987 and since then it has been held, without exception, during the months of July and August at the historical venue of Castillo de Peralada. In 1992, it became part of the select European Festivals Association (EFA), which underlined it as a high‐quality festival on a par with other important festivals such as Bayreuth, Berlin, Florence and Salzburg. The Castell de Peralada Festival showcases recitals by famous singers, symphony and choir concerts, operas, musical theatre, dance, jazz, pop, chamber music concerts and family‐orientated performances.
"Jardín de las delicias" is considered one of the most enigmatic pictorial works of all time. In the strictest of contemporary styles, Granada‐born choreographer and resident of France, Blanca Li, presents a new take on this sacrilegious work in which hell merges with heaven, the satirical with the moral and an obsession for sinning and eternal salvation become opposite poles that attract each other. Together with film‐maker and acclaimed visual effects specialist Eve Ramboz, the choreographer found inspiration in the work of El Bosco to speak about today's spaces of freedom, in which the dancers' bodies interrelate with the figures created by the Dutch painter. El Jardín de las delicias premiered at the Montpellier Dance Festival in June 2009.
The festival actively supports Spanish composers and artists and commissions projects and musical scores with the aim of enriching the cultural variety on offer in Spain. At the same time, soloists and prestigious international ensembles from different artistic fields are invited to take part. This philosophy has allowed Peralada to enjoy a widespread fame and has positioned the festival as one of the most important cultural events in Spain during the summer period.
Work for nine dancers and pianist
After the painting by El Bosco
Created in June 2009 at the Montpellier Dance Festival
Blanca LI, director and choreographer
Eve RAMBOZ, film‐maker
Tao GUTIÉRREZ, music
Pierre ATTRAIT, stage designer
Jacques CHÂTELET, lighting
Charles CARCOPINO, video
Tilmann GRAWE and Laurent MERCIER, wardrobe
Jeff COHEN (or David SALIAMONAS), piano
Jean‐Gérald DORSEUIL, Sébastien FEDJ, Géraldine FOURNIER, Yan GIRALDOU, Glyslein LEFEVER, Blanca LI, Rafa LINARES, Margalida RIERA and Yohann TETE, dancer
Blanca Li Company, production
Montpellier Dance Festival 09 Co‐production, Théâtre de Narbonne,
Altstadtherbst Kulturfestival (Düsseldorf), DRAC Ile‐de‐France, CCN (Centre Chorégraphique National) at Créteil and Val‐de‐Marne (start of study), Studi de "Maison des Arts" de Créteil
