MusEkintza returns with 11 shows adding more spaces and disciplines
The MusEkintza festival, which has its origins in the fusion of the territory’s museums and the performing arts, returns with eleven shows to be held from September 2022 to June 2023. The second edition of the initiative, which was born in a pandemic context, touch more artistic disciplines and reach more spaces. That way, you can see varied representations such as Around with Lorcaof the actor Carmelo Gómez, at the Arkeologi Museoa; Brightness, a position by the dancer Adriana Bilbao, at the site of the Plaza Corazón de María; or the bertsosaio Ez da kasualitateahand in hand with four bertsolaris women, in Santimamiñe.
as recorded Lorea Bilbao, deputy for Euskera, Culture and Sport, with MusEkintza “something different” was created by bringing together the heritage of the territory with the performing artsThey were going through a “complicated moment”. In view of the “success” of the first raid, which became a “must” with around 2,000 spectators in the different shows, Marta Urcelay, initiative coordinator, has assured that they have decided to revalidate the experience that is held more or less once a month. “Last year was a fixed date on the calendar and we started to see familiar faces. This year we hope to see those familiar faces again and also many more”, she has exposed.
“The ones we have are curious and attractive museums, both for their collections, their characteristics, their value and thanks to the work of their workers they have excellent programming throughout the year”, considered the deputy, who mentioned those that will be the stage of the activities. To the seven spaces managed by the Bizkaia Provincial Council, such as the Muñatones Castle and El Pobal Ironworks –both in Muskiz–; Museoa Archaeologist, in Bilbao; Arrantzale Museoa, in Bermeo; Euskal Herria Museum, in Gernika; La Encartada Fabrika Museoa, in Balmaseda; and the Txakolingune, from Bakio, are joined this year by the site of the Plaza del Corazón de María, the Museum of Reproductions and the Europa Park, in Bilbao; in addition to Santimamiñe, in Kortezubi.
VARIED SHOWS
This new way of approaching the Biscayan museums, through exclusive shows as they have a reduced capacity due to the characteristics of the spaces, Book in advance in most cases. The initiative It will start next week with Carmelo Gómez, who will offer Around with Lorca, a theatrical recital in which, together with the pianist Mikhail Studynov, he will remember the figure of the charismatic poet. It will be at Arkeologi Museoa on September 10. On the 24th of this month it will be the turn of royal slimea theater without text for the whole family in which a lunatic king and a singular troubadour will invert the hierarchies. It will be a position of Ganso & Cia in the Castle of Muñatones.
The programing will continue on October 29 at Parque Europa, where Maitane Sarralde exhibits nude, a contemporary and suspended dance show that deals with the knot and the surrender to the naked void. Given the magnitude of the park, in this case prior reservation will not be necessary. One month later, on November 26, the Bilbao Museum of Reproductions will host the recording of a film sequence by the School of Cinematographic Creation of Bilbao.
The year 2023 will start on January 28 at Arrantzaleen Museoa de Bermeo, where Elisabeth Pérez, the Bilbao Txistus Band and Tracken Studio will put on the show Memory of a good fish. it is serenity Suite, the dancers Matxalen Bilbao and Natalia García will demonstrate that the almost three decades that separate them are not an excuse to unite their gazes with respect to the passage of time. His piece will be presented on February 25 at La Encartada Fabrika Museoa. Also from the field of dance, Adriana Bilbao proposes a journey that revealsthrough a flamenco-based piece, certain milestones of fashion from the end of the 19th century and throughout the 20th century. It will perform at the site of the Plaza Corazón de María on March 18.
On April 29, Bakio’s Txakolingune explored two pieces of microtheatre: tavernby Mikel Martinez, and rattleof Moon Moon. On May 27 it will be the turn of ATX Teatroa, Based on the functioning of the El Pobal Ironworks, where they will perform, they will share with the public the poetic vision of the space and its meaning. On June 10, the Euskal Herria Museum of Gernika will host Kandelaka show in which the dancer Garazi Etxaburu Give life to a large wooden sculpture created by José Pablo Arriaga. The golden brooch of MusEkintza will be the bertsosaio Ez da kasualitatea, in which four bertsolaris women and four musicians will fill a place as special as Santimamiñe with bertsos. It will be June 24.