QUIJANO, PANTOMIME DON QUIXOTE
Walter Niemann
PRODUCTION
Commission from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Department of Music, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) to reconstruct a dance based on Don Quijote by composer Walter Niemann for the official programming of the Community of Madrid on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes. Niemann’s Quixotic work, titled Don Quijote, a pantomime in descriptive dance inspired by the Cervantine character, was published in Hamburg in 1950. This project has been selected for the 5th edition of the La Incubadora at the Corral de Comedias in Alcalá de Henares.
«I was crazy, and now I am sane: I was Don Quijote of La Mancha, and now I am, as I have said, Alonso Quijano the Good»
Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quijote de la Mancha
CAST AND CREW
Quijano | Darío Sigco
Shadow | Elisa M. Forcano
Doctors and Musicians | Odin Kaban, Fran Fernández Benito
Voiceover | Javier Lago
Stage Direction and Playwright | Trijueque Pegalajar
Set, Light, and Costume Designer | Paula Castellano
Music | Walter Niemann and Odin Kaban
Pianist | Fran Fernández Benito and Andre Jah Jah
Violin | Ana Sobrino
Flute | Gustavo Sánchez
Sound Design | Odin Kaban
Costume Design | Aurora Issac Pérez
Set Construction | Utilería-atrezzo S.L
Selection and Adaptation of Music by Walter Niemann | Germán Labrador
Production | Tania Palacios
Communication | Andrea Frye
With the support of Community of Madrid, Corral de comedias Alcalá de Henares (Incubadora) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Premiere – Corral de comedias de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
PRODUCTION
Commission from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Department of Music, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) to reconstruct a dance based on Don Quijote by composer Walter Niemann for the official programming of the Community of Madrid on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes. Niemann’s Quixotic work, titled Don Quijote, a pantomime in descriptive dance inspired by the Cervantine character, was published in Hamburg in 1950. This project has been selected for the 5th edition of the La Incubadora at the Corral de Comedias in Alcalá de Henares.
«I was crazy, and now I am sane: I was Don Quijote of La Mancha, and now I am, as I have said, Alonso Quijano the Good»
Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quijote de la Mancha
CAST AND CREW
Quijano | Darío Sigco
Shadow | Elisa M. Forcano
Doctors and Musicians | Odin Kaban, Fran Fernández Benito
Voiceover | Javier Lago
Stage Direction and Playwright | Trijueque Pegalajar
Set, Light, and Costume Designer | Paula Castellano
Music | Walter Niemann and Odin Kaban
Pianist | Fran Fernández Benito and Andre Jah Jah
Violin | Ana Sobrino
Flute | Gustavo Sánchez
Sound Design | Odin Kaban
Costume Design | Aurora Issac Pérez
Set Construction | Utilería-atrezzo S.L
Selection and Adaptation of Music by Walter Niemann | Germán Labrador
Production | Tania Palacios
Communication | Andrea Frye
With the support of Community of Madrid, Corral de comedias Alcalá de Henares (Incubadora) and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Premiere – Corral de comedias de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)