PRIMO                                    From and with: Alfredo Zinola & Felipe González BerriosAge groups: 2 - 5 years

A hypnotic underwater performance installation. This unusual and beautifully lit show is set in a purpose-built pool. Peeking through portholes, children discover underwater scenes and gravity-defying movements that are wonderfully evocative.

Feet, arms, hand, and legs appear and become strange creatures magnified by water, as the two graceful performers play and try to find each other in an affectionate and powerful display. The borders between inside and outside blur in a hypnotic swirl.

The constant movement of the water combined with colourful light beams create a gigantic kaleidoscope in which the audience is immersed.

"Primo is a standout hit... Zinola and González` act of graceful´movement, floating and splashing through water is, genuinely, a celebration of the human form" ( The Guardian)

Music: Colorist

Light: Marek Lamprecht

Technic: Paul Friedrich

POETRY

My first performance I wish it were unique.

I wish it would stimulate all the senses,

to be inspired by what I experienced before.

Warm and protected as the world around me before

having birth.

Good as the breakfast cereals this morning

before going to school, before going to the Theatre.

I wish my first show and the things I have experienced

before in my life, would join and would became one.

To be able to remember my first time.

poetry: Alfredo Zinola

PRIMO

Espectáculo para niñas y niños

desde 2 a 5 años

Un espectáculo subacuático e hipnótico de belleza inusual que se presencia sentado en torno a una piscina. Las niñas y niños miran a través de ventanas descubriendo escenas submarinas y movimientos evocadores que desafían la gravedad.

Pies, brazos, manos y piernas aparecen y se convierten en extrañas criaturas magnificadas por el agua, dos intérpretes experimentan y descubren efectos tratando de encontrarse. Las fronteras entre el interior y el exterior desaparecen en un remolino hipnótico. El constante movimiento del agua afectada por la luz y los colores, crean un caleidoscopio gigantesco en el que el público está inmerso.