Repertoire
No puc arrencar-me el cap (I can’t pull off my head)
Artists
Alba Pujol, director
Ferran Dordal Lalueza, dramatics
Xavi Lloses, musical direction
Marc Salicrú, stage design and lighting
Ariadna Montfort, movement
Irene Vicente, assistant director and assistant producer
Maria Dolors Aldea, soprano
Performers: Maria Domingo, Joana Niubó, Montse Solé, Isabel Moreno, Manuela Segura, Rosa Cornelles, Rosa Lavalle, Isabel Barreda, Montser Garriz, Mercè Sanz, Maria Tafalla, Yolanda Pérez, Dolores Crespo, Montserrat Carrasco, M. Teresa Juyent, Isabel Montoliu, Pepita Rodríguez, Maria Lluïsa Baiget, Carmen Maldonado, Araceli Navarrete, Rosa M. Arenas, Pilar Valls Lafuente, Vicenta Nadal, Xaro Prieto, Montserrat Pons and the cast
Program
Who or what deprives us of rest? Who ensures that we get our daily rest? What rituals can help us on our journey from being awake to being asleep? An adult cradling a child, preparing them to take that journey to unconsciousness with music, words and movement, is a huge act of love. But what happens when we grow up? What happens to this cuddle, this solace, this falling into someone else’s arms to wake up within ourselves?
PROGRAMShared rest as a revolutionary act, as a ritual for transformation, as an act of resistance against this agitated, exhausting, overproductive, exploitative and destructively neoliberal world in which such rest is seen as luxury and turned into a business. No puc arrencar-me el cap is a celebration of the rest that is denied to us and a celebration (especially a celebration) of the care and affection that people give each other to make this rest possible.
Because, without the structures that enable us to let go without worrying about possible threats, that enable us to enjoy our rest without feeling guilty, that let us breathe for any necessary pauses, such rest will not be possible.
Alba Pujol leads this commission by L’Auditori, a hybrid proposal supported by a dream team.
Escenes, the proposed meeting place for artistic disciplines at L’Auditori, offers a fertile ground for creative freedom. Creation and fertility from a female regard, form and perspective will be the discursive thread of an artistic tale inspired by women and creation.
