SONG OF SONGS / WORK IN PROGRESS

ElCantar de Cantares(The Song of Songs) is a poetic stage production by Ignacio García, director of the Almagro Classical Theater Festival, produced by the University of Navarra Museum. The play will be presented in awork-in-progress format.

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El Cantar de Cantares (The Song of Songs) isa poetic stage production by director Ignacio García, who has been invited to participate in the creative residency program at the University of Navarra Museum. In this program, guest artists draw inspiration from the museum's collection, spaces, or projects to create a new work.

Ignacio García visited the MUN Photographic Archive on February 21, 2020, following a previous visit in November 2019. Since then, discussions have been ongoing to shape this project. This is howEl Cantar de Cantares(The Song of Songs) was born, in Fray Luis de León's octave rhyme translation, based on photographs by José Ortiz Echagüe, whose collection belongs to the Museum, and music by Ignacio García himself based on melodies by George Gurdjieff, Antonio Vivaldi, Bárbara Strozzi, the Mancuso brothers, Nityn Shawney, and others.

The director and performers will spend a week at the Museum, opening up the final creative process to researchers and teachers in the form of workshops, meetings with the director and cast, attendance at rehearsals, etc.

RELATED ACTIVITIES

Workshop with Ignacio García: Communicating effectively. Words and beauty as a force for communication.

Aimed at all audiences.

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The Song of Songs. Work in progress.Performance for students.

Special event for students at the University of Navarra Campus

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BIOGRAPHY

At the helm of the Almagro International Classical Theater Festival Foundation since January 1, 2018, Ignacio García (Madrid, 1977) stands out for his wide-ranging career as a director and stage manager and has extensive experience in promoting the Spanish repertoire of the Golden Age.

With a degree in stage direction from the Royal School of Dramatic Arts in Madrid, Ignacio García has received several awards, including the José Luis Alonso Prize for young directors, awarded by ADE (Association of Stage Directors of Spain), and the first stage creation competition organized by the Teatro Real in Madrid.

He has directed theatrical performances based on texts by Calderón de la Barca, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Francisco de Quevedo, Juan Del Encina, José María Rodríguez Méndez, Ernesto Caballero, Max Aub, León Felipe, and José Saramago, among many others, on stages, at festivals, and with national theater companies in Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

He has been assistant artistic director at the Teatro Español in Madrid; programmer for the Dramafest International Festival of Contemporary Drama in Mexico; and has collaborated with, among many others, the Gran Teatro Nacional in Peru, the Teatro Nacional in Bogotá, and the Compañía Nacional de Teatro in Mexico.