Commemorating a century since the death of Franz Kafka, author of the novel “The Metamorphosis”, the corporal actor, contemporary mime and director Ricardo Gaete presents once again his applauded stage adaptation of the iconic 1915 book, inspired by Fernando Cuadra’s version and the Czech author himself.
After performing more than one hundred performances in Chile, Latin America and Europe, the play returns to Teatro Finis Terrae, starting this Thursday, June 20 and for only 8 performances.
“In duality as director and actor, this stage production is from my body where its protagonists emerge, such as Gregorio Samsa, the narrator, the father, the controller and the other characters that surround or stalk Gregorio,” says the artist.
This theatrical version dialogues with scenic languages that have their roots in body art, incorporating the physical and vocal characterization of Ricardo Gaete who is the author, director and protagonist of this one-man show where he plays seven characters, including the ghost of Franz Kafka 100 years ago. his death. The staging also has the scenic advice of the Ramón Núñez National Arts Award, musical composition by Jorge Martínez (first composer of the Teatro del Silencio) and lighting by the outstanding set designer Willy Ganga.
One morning Gregorio Samsa wakes up, after a nightmare, suffering a change that makes him look and behave like the insect that his family and social environment has made him feel like since he was a child. In the midst of the automatism of a mental and physical routine, losing and forgetting his human nature, the character will progressively somatize an irreversible transformation and alienation.
“It is a metaphor for the human condition (…) Pensions, AFPs, political corruption, information that distorts various realities, etc. They are today one of the most abhorrent elements. From there, if we think about Kafka’s novel, we realize how the Samsa family coexists with that which does not correspond to humans… and do we adapt or get used to it, in lethargy in the face of the new attempt?, he concludes.
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METAMORPHOSIS COORDINATES
June 20 to 30, 2024
Thursday and Friday, 8:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 7 p.m.
$13,000- General / $8,450, seniors / $6,500, students and Super Thursday,
Theater of the End of the Earth
Av. Pocuro 1935, Providencia.
Review
One morning Gregorio Samsa wakes up, after a nightmare, suffering a change that makes him look and behave like the insect that his family and social environment has made him feel like since he was a child. In the midst of the automatism of a mental and physical routine, losing and forgetting his human nature, the character will progressively somatize an irreversible transformation and alienation. The Metamorphosis is one of the masterpieces of modern literature written in 1915 and which continues to resonate inexorably today.
Artistic file
Dramaturgy: Ricardo Gaete, inspired by Fernando Cuadra’s version and the work of Franz Kafka.
Direction and acting: Ricardo Gaete
Advice on direction and voice-over father: Ramón Núñez Villarroel
Music: Jorge Martínez Flores
Costumes: Kathy Ramos
Lighting: Guillermo Ganga
Audiovisual design: Joaquín Riquelme
Production: BODY THEATER SCENE
About the director
Ricardo Gaete, actor, director and contemporary mime graduate from the International School of Corporeal Mime, London. Master in Stage Creation, U Carlos III of Madrid and currently PhD student in Theater Studies, U. Complutense of Madrid, Spain. Trained in Chile, France, Argentina, England and Italy, he studied with masters of Mimodrama and Corporal Theater such as Marcel Marceau, Ángel Elizondo, Corinne Soum, Steven Wasson and Yves Lebreton. Since 1997 he has ventured into Theater, Circus, Performance, Television and Film. In 1999 he left Chile to continue his training and creation, returning to the country in 2009 to provide directing assistance to Mauricio Celedón in the revival of “Malasangre” in the celebration of Chile’s Bicentennial, Festival Santiago a Mil. In 2011 in Santiago de Chile he founded, together with the Argentine teacher Ángel Elizondo, EscenaFísica, Corpo de Creación Escénica and the first International School of Corporal Theater in Chile and one of the three in Latin America.