La Chachi (Spain) – TARANTO ALEATORIO

Two women eat pipes in a park, or at the door of a house, or in a courtyard. They share a common everyday space, a conversation, the intimacy of the silence. Suddenly, the singing and dance break the ordinary world and introduced the magic. In a suspended, enigmatic time, the choreograph is born as a delicate whirl until it becomes a whirlwind. A heel tapping that complains and laughs in a loop. A song that doesn’t stop, that rises upwards and surround the space.

The Taranto, as a flamenco style, comes from the mining area of Almería. Originally it is a primitive, simple, dry cante (singing), without a guitar, which was born from the need of singing freely.

In this piece of stage research there is a nudity that accompanies us and with which we experiment. Respecting the structure of the traditional tablao, we investigate how the encounter between dance and cante (singing) can give way to the random to transform itself.

From silence, without instrumentation, we start a conversation between the voice and the body, letting the random to take part. The call to dance explores the quejíos (whining) of the taranto so that the choreographies are transformed by contagion, incorporating everything that arises from dancing and singing. Without looking for something concrete, irreverent gestures, humour and randomness appear. The dance and the cante are modified without breaking completely and which we integrate it, as in life, to continue dancing.

María del Mar Suárez La Chachi – actress and dancer, she graduated in both disciplines in Málaga, her hometown. After specialising in flamenco with “La Lupi”, training in physical theatre, new dramaturgy and contemporary dance, she discovers her true passion: the union of all above.

With her first solo work, “La gramática de los mamíferos” (The Grammar of Mammals), she began to establish herself as an Andalusian avant-garde creator. The show was awarded with 3 PAD Awards 2017 for best show, best performer and best unsubsidised show. In 2018 she won the “Lorca de Teatro Andaluz”, award for best female performer in contemporary dance as well as being nominated for best choreography and best show. 

Lola Dolores  – singer and actress, born in Córdoba and living in Málaga. Her family passed on to her a true passion for flamenco, which is why she began to sing and take an interest in this discipline at a very young age. She is self-taught in different musical styles such as Soul, Pop, R&B, Rock…

She studied acting at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga (ESAD) and since then has worked in diverse plays of various genres and styles. She is part of different musical groups as well as solo for public and private events nationally and internationally.

Direction, creation and performance: María del Mar Suárez La Chachi

Singing: Lola Dolores

Lighting: Azael Ferrer

Wardrobe: Eva Hurtado

External counseling: Jana Pacheco

Graphic design: Carmen Moreno

Distribution/Production: May Mora

Premiere: 2022, in Madrid, Spain.

Website: lachachi.net

Instagram: @mariadelmarsuarezchachi

Facebook: @mariadelmar.suarezchachi

Youtube: @mariadelmarsuarezlachachi6189

Photos by Yolanda Montiel and Eneko Filmmaker.