María Pagés & El Arbi El Harti Idea and Direction

María Pagés Choreography, costume design and musical direction

El Arbi El Harti Drama script and lyrics

Rubén Levaniegos, Sergio Menem, David Moñiz, María Pagés Music

José Barrios Choreography Assistant

María Pagés, Eva Varela, Virginia Muñoz, Marta Gálvez, Nuria Martínez, Júlia Gimeno, Sara Pérez Dancers

Ana Ramón, Sara Corea Singers

David Moñiz Violin

Sergio Menem Cello

Rubén Levaniegos, Isaac Muñoz Guitar

Chema Uriarte Percussion

Abu Dhabi Festival co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Since 1990, date of creation of María Pagés Compañía, the Sevillian dancer and choreographer made of her national and, particularly, her international career a well-established research project about musical tradition, constantly open to dialogue with the universality of the several cultural languages.In her long-overdue career, María Pagés has always pursued and claimed the universality values.In 2011, Moroccan author El Arbi El Harti joined the team, and has worked along with María Pagés in the creation of multitude of performances, including”Utopía” (2011), “La alegría de los niños” (2013), “Yo, Carmen” (2014), “Óyeme con los ojos” (2014), “Dance of hearts” (2017), “Fronteras” (2019), “Paraíso de los negros” (2020), “Siete Golpes y un Camino” (2021) y “De Scheherezade” (2022).In 2022 she was awarded the Princesa de Asturias Prize for Arts. She was conceded the National Prize for Dance (Creation) in 2022 as well as the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2014, both given by the Ministry of Culture of Spain, and the Community of Madrid Prize for Culture in 2007.