The show, winner of three Max awards, will take place on Sunday 17 at the Symphony Hall.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife offers Oskara, by the Basque company Kukai Dantza, winner of the National Dance Award. The show will be performed at the Symphony Hall on Sunday (17) at 7:30 p.m. It was awarded Best Dance Show at the 30th Huesca International Fair of Theatre and Dance (2016) and obtained three MAX Awards: Best Costume Design, Best Cast, and Best Dance Show.

This project features a cast of five dancers and a singer. It is an exciting collaboration between Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau, who is one of the most renowned choreographers in Europe today. Morau received the National Dance Award in 2013 and has worked with some of the most prestigious companies of our time. He also creates innovative works with his company, La Veronal.

Oskara is the coming together of two choreographic universes and two perspectives of dance that navigate between the most popular roots and the most avant-garde expression, proposing a new scenic universe on the national scene. This installation work explores some landscapes of Basque culture, and myths, from its origins to the contemporary era. The proposal presents a journey of symbols and iconography that contains the history of human experience, in the most absolute way, with an ambiguous and disconcerting strength.

The code of the play is highly abstract, with an almost violent language that can only be understood by the order of the compositions.

In addition to Oskara, Yarin will be performed the day before, Saturday 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphony Hall's stage box. It is a choreography by Jon Maya, the founder of the Basque company, the flamenco dancer Andrés Marín (National Dance Award winner 2022) and Sharon Fridman, a multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer. Both shows are recommended for those over 16 years of age.

Kukai Dantza was created in 2001 through the initiative of the dancer and choreographer Jon Maya. Kukai carries out its work through traditional Basque dance and proposes encounters with other dance styles and ways of understanding art. Thus, Kukai creates contemporary shows through traditional Basque dance, producing unique creations and collaborations with prestigious choreographers. This has earned it an unmistakable identity on the international scene, and it is making an increasing number of appearances at festivals and on programmes all over the world.

Its many awards notably include the Max Award for Best New Show in 2009 and the two 2015 Max Awards received for 'Gelajauziak: Best Musical Composition (Sabin Bikendi) and Best Cast.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 for Oskara and €10 for Yarin (5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age, in both cases), on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.