Seneca Space is hosting starting this Friday until January 7family exhibition The Magic of the Nutcrackercombining sensory experience with visuals Valeria DocampoTexts adapted from the story ETA Hoffman and versioned by Alexander Dumas, Narrated by communicators and actorsall accompanied by the music of the famous ballet Tchaikovsky In a version adapted to this particular project by Alicante Municipal Symphony Orchestra.
This exhibition pictures It bears the signature of Valeria Docampo, who devotes herself to children’s illustrations. was born in the city Buenos Aires (Argentina), his academic education initially focused on Fine Arts and then he graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Visual Communication from the University of Buenos Aires, where he worked as a teacher. One of his books Grande Fabrique de Mots, translated 30 languages. He currently lives in Lyon (France) and publishes his illustrated books in France, Belgium, Italy, as well as in the United States and Latin American countries. He has already created illustrations for publishers on all 5 continents.
In addition to Valeria’s study tour NutcrackerYou can enjoy the Municipal Symphony Orchestra’s adaptation of the Tchaikovsky Ballet. In-room auditions via QR codes. “Before the premiere of the ballet, Tchaikovsky selected the eight numbers that make up the Suite The Nutcracker Op.71a, designed for playing in concert. We will hear the instrumentation made for the Symphony Orchestra in the audio recording that accompanies this exhibition. Joseph Schyns and recorded at the headquarters of the Alicante Municipal Symphony Orchestra in Las Cigarreras,” said the band’s deputy director. Pedro Navarrete.
Cultural Council Member, Nayma BeldjilaliHe stated that “the exhibition was designed and produced specifically for our city” and that it allowed the general public to “get closer to this interesting transition of The Nutcracker from one artistic discipline to another over more than 250 years.”
Dramatized reading with Alicante accent
The exhibition features dramatized readings from some of our city’s best-known communications professionals. The cast consists of the following names: Luz Sigüenza Then from Cero, Carlos Arcaya Cadena SER, Denis Rodríguez COPE and Cristina Martinez, Juan Gil-Albert, director of the Alicante Cultural Institute. Added to these are: Eloísa Azorín the railway company and Vanessa ReyesHe has extensive experience in voice acting and working at the Cervantes Institute. This reading will also be available to download via QR code from the City Council’s website and from the chamber itself. The Alicante Plaza journalist is fully responsible for the texts in the room. Daniel Terol.
Coordinator Miquel Hernandis“The magic of the Nutcracker is collaboration. Having the voice of the radio and journalists reporting the news every day in Alicante is magic, as is doing it with actresses who go beyond the norm.” We should also add that the marching band is reclaiming its own version of music. And the magic is that this story, a 19th century story written by a German writer like Hoffman, is now so universal and more popular than ever, thanks to ballet. “Countries are enriching it and adapting it to the present day, so it remains more vibrant than ever.”
History
It’s a story nutcracker, but not just any one. It all begins more than two centuries ago in Berlin, when German writer Amadeus Hoffmann published The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. A story about the adventures of a girl who receives Christmas gifts and ends up traveling to a fantasy world. The author had unknowingly created a transcendental text for history. A story that will be translated and adapted many times by the French author. Alexander Dumas and become a famous ballet to the music of the Russian composer Tchaikovsky.
The story reached Spain at the end of the 19th century. Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos. One of the most recent editions in Spanish is the children’s story by Argentinian illustrator Valeria Docampo, published in 2018. Nutcracker drawings based on production New York City Ballet. This is the illustrated work that fully introduces us to the magical world of this Christmas story, thanks to a collaborative work that also included the participation of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Alicante. This exhibition is thought through music and verbal expression, but it is also experienced and felt, and for this the QR code was activated.