"One breathes in the garden as in a forest" is a scenic exercise conceived by the company El Conde de Torrefiel for a single person.
During the advance sale from October 7 to November 3 (both inclusive), ticket prices are discounted by 50% OFF. The work is divided into two parts and has a duration of 30 minutes.
During this period of time, the participant is invited to first assume the role of performer, and then the role of audience member. In the first part, they must follow the instructions of a voice that, as if it were a musical score, indicates how to create live a series of simple performative actions. In the second part comes the moment to watch. The participant's gaze is what imagines the artistic fact that unfolds before their eyes.
The piece, in short, proposes a bidirectional look at the theatrical fact and the mechanisms of how imagination works: someone watches in silence while another person carries out an action on stage. These are the foundations of the primitive theatrical convention that has endured for thousands of years until our days.
Just as a garden is an artificial organization of nature—not Nature itself—theater is not reality, but an organization of words and images that someone arranges to create a discourse with internal logic. Reality, therefore, is only an artifact of imagination.
Founded in València by Tanya Beyeler and Pablo Gisbert, the theatrical company El Conde de Torrefiel is one of the main references at the European level for live arts and proposals far removed from conventional theater. This piece that we bring to the Alicante Theater Festival is a good example of the language that has earned international fame for the company.
Technical information:
Conception and direction: Tanya Beyeler and Pablo Gisbert
Text: Pablo Gisbert and Tanya Beyeler
Sound Space: Pablo Gisbert
Voice: Tanya Beyeler
Technical direction: Isaac Torres
Sound technician: Uriel Ireland
Poster image: Olga Fedorova
A production of Santarcangelo Festival, CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Cielo Drive
