Antología de Macondo/Anthology of Macondo

Anthology of Macondo is a three-part exploration of Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. The magical realist narrative revolves around the Buendía family in the fictitious town of Macondo. This piece was developed at Centre De Creation in under a month by MA Collaborative Performance Making students from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside mixed-discipline circus artists.

PERFORMERS 

José Manuel Álvarez Serqueira, Mikael Kristiansen, Sasha Niamh, Lola Husson

Part I

Melissa Giraldo Serna, Nadja Zaremba-Byrne, Grace Rich

“...she could not bear the earth in her mouth. But she persevered, overcome by the growing anxiety, and little by little she was getting back her ancestral appetite, the taste of primary minerals, the unbridled satisfaction of what was the original food.”

– One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez p.62 (Trans. Gregory Rabassa)

Part II

Viv Marino, Nandagopan Gopakumar, Valentina Grigera Loforte, Cici Zhao

Two souls discover a new land. As they explore, they cross paths with what they most desire. One of them has the strength to take the leap and explore, while the other stays attached to the present.

Part III

Bautista Araya, Vivian Zhang, Fang Wongthanaroj

Curiosity sparks, a playful dance that turns into oblivion

Neverending, a wax and wane cycle incites addiction that leads to destruction, like a moth drawn to a flame

Elsewhere, a body fights against invisible restraints rises to meet the only escape