Commentary on The soul is a white sheet: to ward off ghosts

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The novel that provides rise to the work The Soul is a White Sheet is of astonishing singularity. When Aurora Venturini (its creator) was awarded for that monstrous textual content, she was 85 years previous and within the twilight of her life. Las primas, the e-book in query, received the Nueva Novela award, from Página/12, in 2007.

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The biography of Aurora Venturini, a life devoted to literature

“Finally an sincere jury,” she mentioned upon receiving the award, satisfied that she deserved it, that years of self-publishing and lesser awards have been an injustice.

Thus, the play The Soul is a White Sheet presents an unlimited dramaturgy problem. The Cousins ​​just isn’t a straightforward textual content, nor a linear or nice story to inform. However, this model impressed by the novel not solely respects the indomitable spirit of the textual content, but additionally provides attention-grabbing theatrical twists to the story.

A evaluation of the synopsis to know what The Soul is a White Sheet is about: the plot follows the lifetime of the protagonist, Yuna, who remembers fragments of her household historical past in a disjointed and discontinuous method.

And from the manufacturing they add that “this model builds a novel and convoluted plot, the place characters such because the cousins, her sister, her aunt and the trainer seem in an unreal house and in fixed transformation, weaving the threads of their story and that of his household. The novel addresses household roles, gender violence, abortion and need, amongst different modern themes.”

“The soul is a white sheet” (Press of the work).

Premiere

To a full home, on Friday the tenth The Soul is a White Sheet premiered at El Cuenco, an area that can host the work all through May, with performances scheduled on Fridays at 9 p.m.

The curiosity generated by this proposal, awarded the 2023 Creation Grant from the National Fund for the Arts (FNA) and the Teatres 23/24 Prize, was vital.

The spectator enters the inside of the room whereas on the stage the actors and actresses are already prepared to start the efficiency. Static, illuminated by lights of various heat, the performers mix with the white sheets.

Are these scattered materials, between armchairs, chairs and the ground, a metaphor for the ghostly textual content? Having learn the e-book and figuring out Venturini’s work at occasions helps enjoyment and at occasions complicates understanding if parallels are tried. Therefore, it’s best to let your self go.

The scenes comply with each other between the canvases, and using the stage is full. Thanks to the lighting and the wonderful script, many worlds match throughout the world of The Soul is a White Sheet.

The actresses and the actor (Estefanía Moyano, Laura Ortiz, Gilda Reynoso, Ana Ruiz, Alicia Vissani and Adrián Azaceta) are exact of their interpretations.

The work goes by totally different states (the music helps quite a bit to that finish, though typically it’s a little loud); and though it’s a drama, uncomfortable laughter decompresses any tense scenario.

In brief, The Soul is a White Sheet makes use of all of the theatrical instruments to offer life to a daring story, every thing is performed and nothing is reserved. That is appreciated.

To go to “The soul is a white sheet”

Friday 17, 24 and 31 May 21 at El Cuenco Teatro, Mendoza 2063, Alta Córdoba. General admission $6 thousand college students and retirees $5 thousand, upfront within the Anteroom.

Datasheet

Acting and dramaturgy: Adrián Azaceta/Estefanía Moyano/Laura Ortiz/Gilda Reynoso/Ana Ruiz/Alicia Vissani. Scenographic design: Agostina Barborini. Scenographic realization: Andrea Musso/Agostina Barborini. Lighting design: Sara Sbiroli. Sound design: Leandro Doliri. Costume recommendation: Ariel Merlo/Andrea Musso. Graphic picture: Daiana Martinello. Graphic design: Laura Felipe. Social networks: Josefina Rodriguez. Production: Andrea Musso. Direction and dramaturgy: Nicolás Giovanna/Daniela Martín