Nina Laisné, François Chaignaud & Nadia Larcher Último Helecho

After the extremely popular Romances Inciertos, un autre Orlando from 2017 for which they worked together on three Spanish figures, François Chaignaud and Nina Laisné reconnect for Último Helecho, a subterranean celebration at the intersection of baroque and South American mythologies. For Nina Laisné, who previously presented Como una baguala oscura, Argentinian folklore is a vivacious territory of diversified identities. This new show – which grew out of multiple artist residencies since 2020 – is centered around a unique duo: François Chaignaud and Nadia Larcher, an Argentinian singer/songwriter from the Catamarca province who is a prominent representative of the folk music and experimental scene in Buenos Aires. Their meeting embodies a dialogue between dance and song where androgynous timbres blend and clash in step with chamamé hugs and malambo contrapunto. Around them are 8 walking musicians beating out zambas, chacareras and cuecas, connecting baroque traditions to popular roots. Conceived as a ritual in two acts, Último Helecho transitions from a slow mineral transformation to a whirlwind of power as zapateos and feverish processions conjure up a cosmogony in motion. A mesmerizing journey, half opera, half Dionysian party where the echo of the devil and the wind seeps through.

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