An intimate and masterful journey into Dante's hell

TárregaAnd we shouted like sinners in hell. Spurred on by Albert Vidal, transformed into Dante, and after a sincere and enthusiastic applause, the audience engaged in an exercise of collective intelligence in a song—modulated by the maestro—that ended with a liberating and excited cry that even knocked him to the ground. It was a fantastic culmination of the journey through the first three cantos of the'Hell of Dante Alighieri, led by a superb rhapsodist possessed by the words of the Tuscan writer.

This is a proposal that premiered on Friday at a FiraTàrrega that looks to the future as an international market for the performing arts. what is it. Inferno It is a proposal as unclassifiable as the rest of those that, over the years, almost fifty years ago - we discovered it with the performanceThe appetizer—, has given birth to the great master of voice and movement. A disciple of Jacques Lecoq, Dario Fo and by Kazuo Ohno, a researcher in the mountains of India and the steppes of Mongolia, Albert Vidal, who has spent five years penetrating the universe of Dante, transforms the poet's journey into a hypnotic choreography, underscored by the tremendous expressiveness of the word in a face that explores the poet's fear and pain. The first parts of the work are in the poet's original language, Tuscan. When the poem enters the limbo of all those who have been unable to react to evil, we think of Gaza and so many of today's politicians. An indicative subtitle guides us throughout, but the most inexplicable thing is the magic of the rhapsodist, with a wardrobe as elegant as it is infernal. -by Oghi Ochir- and Pep Bracons' atmospheric lighting design that captivates and guides us along the journey.

The intimate descent into Hell began shortly after the deafening, multitudinous parade imagined by Marc Salicrú: Interference 03It was an exuberant scenic chaos that converted the previous actions of Salicrú, last year's Mercè and the last Grec, in a kind of secular procession or carnival street filled with celebration, music and fire, rhythm and exaggeration, joy and complicity; more than 300 volunteers from the region's cultural organizations and groups participated, and it culminated with a fireworks display. A performance of pure energy, full of festive spirit, which brought together, out of context, everyday elements such as a bus, a fire engine, or a municipal police car into a festival of music and images.

Lots of spectacle without a roof

This large-scale show moves away from the more humble but no less attractive offerings of FiraTàrrega. Proposals as solitary as that of the clown hanging from a banana tree on the banks of the Ondara River (Cris clown) or mostly participatory, like Cirque Inextremiste, where a French artist and a pile of blank wooden boards will search for and eventually find the circle of spectators in the ring. In Tàrrega, there are plenty of shows without a roof, under the sky. Escarlata (formerly Escarlata Circus) has a rope, some wood, and some augmented reality glasses. Jordi Aspa and Bet Miralta need no more to introduce us. Rolls and chickpeas, His intimate tribute to the circus and cinema. A sweetly nostalgic offering, evocative of cinema, and a touch of magic. If you find them, go and meet them. With the story of Insectotrópicos The Conference of the Birds We enjoy the projections and the music even though the script slips. Under cover, we see Falls, an interesting story for adults about Ponten Pie (Get Your Foot On) featuring a lumberjack and a hare, beautifully set and well-acted.

And that's all, folks.