La Maquiné

Company / producer

Andalusia

Year of creation: 2008

Public:

Joaquín Casanova & Elisa Ramos, stage name LA MAQUINÉ. Both visual artists, after graduating in Fine Arts and acquiring extensive experience in the plastic and performing arts with professional companies in the sector, decided to join forces in 2008 to create their own works with plastic and musical content for the stage. They have performed 10 creative stage shows with a musical repertoire for young audiences. Their creations highlight the plastic, gestural and musical language as the main driving force. They have explored physical, gestural and plastic-visual theatre through music from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, bringing to the stage repertoires of composers Ravel, Falla, Debussy, Montsalvatge, Mompou, Stravinsky, Satie or Pulenc... among others. They create shows with a contemporary look, capturing our personal artistic seal, carrying out themselves all the artistic and plastic aspects that make up the work: design and construction of scenery, masks, stage sculpture, animated audiovisuals, lighting... among others. The creations of LA MAQUINÉ, described by experts as poetic-visual works, aim to provide viewers of all ages with a wide range of emotions, ranging from humour to tenderness, from absolute fun to dramatic force. As a producer, despite being a small company, large entities have entrusted us with their programming: they have co-produced shows with prestigious institutions such as the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Opera del Real in Madrid, the Granada International Music and Dance Festival, the Patronato de la Alhambra, AC/E Acción Cultural Española, the Ministry of Culture, the Junta de Andalucía, the Instituto Cervantes and La Caixa, among others. With our works we have performed in the best theatres and festivals in Spain and have toured internationally in France, the Netherlands, Morocco, Ireland, Chile, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Turkey, Portugal, Norway and the United Kingdom. In September 2020 they successfully produced the script and artistic direction of the MAX Performing Arts Awards Gala organised by SGAE at the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga. PRODUCTIONS: 2008 “La Encina” Visual and puppet show with music. Premiered at the 57th International Music and Dance Festival of Granada, it has toured the best festivals, circuits and theatres in Spain and been translated into Spanish, Catalan and Basque. 2009 “El Castillo Rojo” Visual, gestural and object-based show with music by Manuel de Falla and Claude Debussy inspired by the literary work “Tales of the Alhambra” by Washington Irving. Co-produced by the Granada International Music and Dance Festival, the Alhambra and Generalife Trust and the State Society, Ministry of Culture. In collaboration with the Department of Culture, Regional Government of Andalusia. Premiere at the 58th Granada International Music and Dance Festival. 2010 “Another Blue Bird” Visual show commissioned by the Francisco Ayala Foundation. An experimental work inspired by texts by Ayala with electroacoustic music by the composer José López-Montes. Premiered in commemoration of the writer at the Andalusian Regional Library, Val del Omar Hall. 2011 “Grimm’s Forest” Gestural and puppet show with music by Maurice Ravel in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Regional Government of Andalusia. Currently on national and international tour. Multi-award-winning and visited in 10 countries. 2012 “The Floating House” Gesture and puppet show with music by Claude Debussy and Xavier Montsalvatge in co-production of the Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and the Granada International Music and Dance Festival. Collaboration with the Regional Government of Andalusia. Concert-show scheduled in the 2012/2013 season at the Opera of the Teatro Real in Madrid, in 5 consecutive seasons at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opera de Oviedo among others. 2015 “Origins” Concert-show and installation in co-production with Mintaka and Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG). Premiere on March 17 at the Alhambra Theater in Granada. 2015 “The Prodigious Bird” Gesture, masks and puppet show with music by Igor Stravinsky. Co-produced by La Maquiné and ABAO Asociación Bilbaina Amigos de la Opera in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía and LA LABORAL in Gijón. Concert-show scheduled for the 2015/2016 season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Opera in Oviedo, and the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, among others. 2017 “Historia de una semilla” A musical tale narrated with puppets and music. Produced by La Maquiné in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía and the MINI MIDI MAXI Festival, Norway. Concert-show currently on tour and scheduled for the 2017/2018 season at the Opera House of the Teatro Real in Madrid. 2018 “Cosmonauta” A show-installation for alternative venues. Co-produced by La Maquiné at lA La Maquiné in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucía. 2019 “Acróbata y Arlequín” A gestural show, masks and puppets with music by Eric Satie and Francisc Poulenc. Co-produced by La Maquiné in collaboration with the Regional Government of Andalusia and LA LABORAL of Gijón. Show-concert scheduled in the main hall of the 2019/2020 season at the Opera House of the Teatro Real in Madrid. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: -FINALIST MAX PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2020 BEST COSTUME DESIGN WITH "ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN". -FINALIST MAX PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2020 BEST LIGHTING DESIGN WITH "ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN". -FINALIST MAX PRIZE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2020 BEST CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH "ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN". -WINNER OF THE FETEN AWARD 2020 BEST ATMOSPHERE, CHARACTERIZATION AND COSTUMES WITH "ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN". HARLEQUIN».- WINNER OF THE FESTCLASICA 2020 AWARD, BEST EDUCATIONAL CONCERT “ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN”.- WINNER OF THE ALCIDES MORENO 2019 AWARD, BEST MESSAGE FOR HUMANITY WITH “HISTORIA DE UNA SEMILLA”.- WINNER OF THE CASTILLA Y LEÓN FAIR AWARD 2019, BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH “ACROBAT AND HARLEQUIN”.- WINNER OF THE FESTCLASICA 2018 AWARD, BEST EDUCATIONAL CONCERT WITH “EL PÁJARO PRODIGIOSO”.- WINNER OF THE LORCA TEATRO ANDALUZ 2018 AWARD, BEST CHILDREN’S SHOW WITH “HISTORIA DE UNA SEMILLA”.- FINALIST OF THE MAX AWARD FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2016 BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH «EL PÁJARO PRODIGIOSO».-WINNER OF THE LORCA TEATRO ANDALUZ AWARD 2016 BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH «EL PÁJARO PRODIGIOSO».-WINNER OF THE TEATRO DE ROJAS AWARD 2015 BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH «EL BOSQUE DE GRIMM».-WINNER OF THE MAX AWARD FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 2014 BEST CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY SHOW WITH «EL BOSQUE DE GRIMM».-FINALIST OF THE TEATRO ANDALUZ/SGAE AWARDS 2014 JOAQUÍN CASANOVA BEST LIGHTING DESIGN WITH «LA CASA FLOTANTE».-FINALIST OF THE TEATRO AWARDS ANDALUSIAN/SGAE 2014 JOAQUÍN CASANOVA BEST SCENOGRAPHY DESIGN WITH «LA CASA FLOTANTE».-FINALIST IN THE 2014 ANDALUSIAN/SGAE THEATRE AWARDS. BEST CHILDREN’S SHOW WITH «LA CASA FLOTANTE».-WINNER OF THE 2013 ANDALUSIAN/SGAE THEATRE AWARDS. BEST CHILDREN’S SHOW WITH «EL BOSQUE DE GRIMM».-FINALIST IN THE 2013 ANDALUSIAN/SGAE THEATRE AWARDS JOAQUÍN CASANOVA BEST LIGHTING DESIGN WITH «EL BOSQUE DE GRIMM».-RECOMMENDED BY THE SPANISH NETWORK. Currently all our works are recommended by the Spanish Network of Public Theatres and Auditoriums.