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From April 26 to May 20 there will be nine theater performances at the Teatro Romea in Murcia, the Superior School of Dramatic Art and the Municipal Auditorium in Beniaján, two dance performances at Los Rosales in El Palmar and Plaza de Santo Domingo and a concert In the courtyard of the Museum of Las Claras
The XXVI edition of the Venagua Festival, dedicated to art for inclusion and organized by the association Columbares in collaboration with the Department of Employment, Tourism and Culture and Social Rights, will offer a total of 11 performances of theater, dance and music, Two workshops and an exhibition.
The objective of this festival is to promote coexistence, respect and tolerance through art, favor the access of all groups and individuals of society to cultural manifestations and present the work of artists with diverse capacities to the society of Murcia.
Thus, from April 26 to May 20 will be held nine theater functions in three scenic venues of the city, Teatro Romea de Murcia, Superior School of Dramatic Art and Municipal Auditorium of Beniaján, two
Dance performances in Los Rosales de El Palmar and Plaza de Santo Domingo and a concert in the courtyard of the Museum of Las Claras.
Likewise, in accordance with the objectives of the festival, three workshops of dance and theater have been programmed for groups that hardly have access to artistic training and an open trial with Ignasi Terraza.
The festival will start on Wednesday, April 26 at 11.30 with the dance show 'Inestable', by the company Ruedapies Danza.
The first of the functions will take place in the square of the Acacias of Los Rosales of El Palmar, the zone of socio-cultural intervention in which the Association Columbares works actively since the year 2014. The same function of dance will be represented the same day to the 19.00 hours in the Plaza de Santo Domingo.
The following day, Thursday, May 27, will open at 7 pm at the Teatro Circo Murcia the exhibition by Eduardo Tomás 'Retales', a plastic arts project carried out for four years by children from the Cordillera Sur within the program Caixa Pro -Infancia of the Columbares Association.
It is a reflection on the family through icons of the painting of the XX century realized in its integrity with recycled materials and will be able to be seen until the 20 of May.
On the same day, at 9 pm, the trio led by jazz pianist Ignasi Terraza, recognized by musical criticism as the worthy successor of the pianist Tete Montoliú, will offer in the courtyard of the Santa Clara Museum the Real de Murcia (Las Claras) His last show, recently released at the National Gallery in Washington, dedicated to the painter Joan Miró.
Friday, April 28 will be the day dedicated to the inclusive theater made in the Region with the 3rd Exhibition of Social Theater, which will take place in the auditorium of the School of Dramatic Arts (ESAD) of Murcia at 19.00 hours.
The show will be composed by the shows "Viájame", from the association Alfa, Day by Day, Applied Theater - Alioth Social, El principito, Traperos de Emmaús, and Postcards for a child, Teatro Más, theater company The Jesus Abandoned Foundation.
On Saturday April 29 the Teatro Romea will host the show Cascaras Vacías.
Produced by the National Drama Center and Lazona Theater, this work written and directed by Marga Labarga and Laia Ripoll is inspired by the testimonies of Operation T4, the code name that the Nazis gave to their euthanasia program aimed at eliminating People with disabilities, whom they considered "lives unworthy of being lived", "empty shells", and whose first victims were children.
In it six people who would have been killed in Operation T4 will talk about their lives.
Starring six interpreters with diverse abilities, 'Empty shells' will elaborate a theatrical discourse on the difference.
Tuesday 2 May will be the day dedicated to the social theater for the school and family audience with the show 'Wonders in the country of miseries', Atikus Theater, scheduled in the Municipal Auditorium of Beniaján at 11.30 hours, arranged For schoolchildren, and at 5 pm, open to the general public.
Fetén 2016 "Revelation Show", this work is inspired by the story "Macario" by Juan Rulfo and in the novel Alicia in the wonderland of Lewis Carroll.
Their young protagonists, Jon Muñoz and Ane Sagües, will teach the school and family audience how to overcome fear and loneliness through fantasy, play and friendship.
On Friday, May 5, the Venagua Festival returns to the Teatro Romea with the play 'El Rey del Gurugú', from the Catalan company La Nave Va.
With the direction of Ferran Joanmiquel and starring David Martinez, this work will offer a testimony of the drama of immigration seen through the eyes of a dog, Marley.
Posed as a monologue, "El rey del Gurugú" will make the public feel part of the play acquiring a symbolic role in the work: that of a group of people who have just arrived at Monte del Gurugú and to which the protagonist, Marley , Will tell their story.
A day later, on May 6, will be the turn of the last work of the Seville research center TNT and the group of women El Vacie with its version of classic Lope Fuente Ovejuna.
After the success that this company made up of women from the gypsy village of El Vacie reaped with its version of La Casa de Bernarda Alba, this second proposal, once again under the direction of Pepa Gamboa, bets on the consistency and continuity of one of The projects of art and inclusion more valued by the public and that has received the unanimous support of the specialized critic.
The festival will also offer three workshops: on Thursday April 27 "a different dance" with Marisa Brugarolas (at 12.00 in the IES Marqués de Los Vélez of El Palmar) and on Wednesday April 3 two workshops with the company La Nave Go to Theater.
Except for the shows scheduled at Teatro Romea, all Venagua Festival shows are free until they reach capacity.
Tickets for the three shows scheduled at Teatro Romea - 'Empty Shells',' El Rey Gurugú 'and' Fuente Ovejuna'- are already on sale from € 10 and can be purchased at the Romea box office and on their page Web www.teatroromea.es
The 'Venagua Festival.
Art for social inclusion 'will coincide this year with the celebration of the 9th Conference on Social Inclusion and Education in the Performing Arts, co-organized by the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sports and the Teatro Circo Murcia to be held in the city Of Murcia from 3 to 5 May.
That is why the organization has taken advantage of the celebration of the Conference to advance the dates of the festival from fall to spring and update its name, maintaining the values ​​that have inspired the festival since its inception.
The 26th edition of the festival will feature this year with the main sponsorship of the City of Murcia, and the Cajamurcia Foundation.
It will also count on the collaboration of the social work of La Caixa, the Higher School of Dramatic Art of Murcia (Esad), the Autonomous Community, the Santa Clara Museum, Iberpiano, the Jesus Abandoned Foundation, ALFA Alternative Family Association, Alioth Social and Traperos of Emmaús.
All the information of the festival can be consulted in www.festivalvenagua.es and in its page of Facebook https://www.facebook.com/festivalvenagua.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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