Juana ficción

Dancer and choreographer La Ribot has long left her mark on contemporary dance and is now invited to the Festival d’Avignon for the first time. After falling into melancholy following the death of her husband, Queen Juana I of Castile was stripped of her crown and imprisoned in Tordesillas. In 1992, La Ribot dedicated a show—El triste que nunca os vido—to that queen sacrificed on the altar of political interests, whose destiny reveals the shadows of the Spanish Golden Age. Thirty years later, the choreographer returns to Juana 1 of Castile with Juana ficción, a collaboration with conductor Asier Puga for which she reunites with dancer and actor Juan Loriente. Accompanied by the Zaragoza Chamber Orchestra and a polyphonic choir, she delivers a raw performance which aims to give a voice back to a woman erased from history. 

Música y danza se unen para dar una existencia poética a Juana I de Castilla, reina olvidada y en la sombra de un floreciente Siglo de Oro español. 

Interview with La Ribot and Asier Puga

With La Ribot, Juan Loriente
and Emilio Ferrando (clarinet), Fernando Gómez (flute), Xavier Olivar (viola), Joan Germán Oliveros (saxophone), Víctor Parra (violin), Juan Carlos Segura (synthesizer), Zsolt G. Tottzer (cello), the Schola Cantorum Paradisi Portae polyphonic choir: Marcos Castrillo Sampedro (tenor), Alberto Cebolla Royo (baritone), Rubén Larrea Perálvarez (alto), Alberto Palacios Guardia (tenor)
Design La Ribot, Asier Puga
Choreography and staging La Ribot
Dramaturgy Jaime Conde Salazar
Musical direction Asier Puga
Arrangements, original composition and electronic music Iñaki Estrada
Sound space and electronic music Álvaro Martín
Musique Álvaro Martín  Alexander Agricola, Álvaro Martín, Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin des Prés, Pierre de la Rue
Lighting Eric Wurtz
Costume design Elvira Grau
Costume making Elvira Grau, Marion Schmid
Musicological consultation Alberto Cebolla
Technical direction Marie Prédour
Production and diffusion Aude Martino
Production Pepa García (Grupo Enigma)
Administration Gonzague Bochud
Communication Iris Obadia (La Ribot Ensemble)

Production La Ribot Ensemble, Grupo Enigma
Coproduction La Bâtie Festival de Genève, Centro de cultura contemporánea Condeduque (Madrid), Festival d'Avignon
With the support of the City of Geneva, the Canton of Geneva, and for the 78th edition of the Festival d'Avignon: Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Gobierno de Aragón (Spain), La Corodis, Loterie Romande, Service Industriel de Genève
Résidencies L’Animal à l’esquena (Celrà)