RECITATIONS

“Recitations” (2010) is the result of an intervention into Récitations, the concert work for solo voice composed by Georges Aperghis in 1978.

This work operates on the original space in which a musical concert takes place, transforming it into a space where alterations in different emotional states are displayed.

Commissioned by TACEC (Teatro Argentino de La Plata, Centro de Experimentación y Creación).

Premiered in September 2010, with the participation of the IUNA Dance Company and performed by French soprano Donatienne Michel-Dansac.

First Prize, Tanz im August–IUNA Choreographic Competition, 2011.

In 2013, the work received a grant from the Fondo Metropolitano de las Artes y las Ciencias of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires for its revival with an independent cast and production.

Concept, Direction and Choreography: Edgardo Mercado
Music: Récitations pour voix seule by Georges Aperghis
Singer: Donatienne Michel-Dansac
Performers: Bárbara Alonso, Andrea Constanza Boyko, Carla Victoria Di Grazia, María Luisa Ginevro, Julia Gómez, Yamila Guillermo, Franco Luis La Pietra, Nahuel Leopoldo Ledesma, Carlos Ariel Missirian, Carla Ester Rimola, Alejo Hugo Enrique Wilkinson Hassler
Set Design: Ariel Vaccaro
Lighting Design: Gonzalo Córdova
Costume Design: Federico Laboreau

Production Assistant: Laura Arensburg
Photography: José Carracedo

This work was developed with the creative collaboration of the members of the 2010 IUNA Dance Company, under the direction of Roxana Grinstein.