By Bernardo Moreno
On April 1 and 2 the El Sindicato Cultural Center, led by director Christian Baumgartner, (currently producing “Ay Corazón,” his next circus and theater show, together with maestro Alan Jordan, whose premiere is scheduled for the end of the year in San Miguel de Allende), brings us a cabaret play: “La Boda, the Musical.”
The synopsis of the work, created by the students of the workshop themselves, is: “If you have never been to a wedding in San Miguel, you should go very well dressed and ready for the cake. Everyone should live the experience of a wedding in San Miguel.” San Miguel de Allende has become a leading destination for weddings, so in a fun way this play will present us with some typical stereotypes of certain weddings.
The word cabaret in French means tavern and by the 19th century it was used to designate restaurants or rooms in Paris that offered live music, dance, and action shows. The setting of the cabaret is intimate, mysterious, and dark.
The term cabaret or cabaret is internationally associated with the night shows that often allude to political or sexual themes. It was in a cabaret where the first transvestites appeared on stage and the first homosexual pantomimes were made. Pantomime is a dramatic subgenre of mime and mimodrama that consists of representing a story through mime, without dialogue or words, supporting the narration with expressions, gestures or body movements.
Returning to the work, “La Boda, the Musical,” it is interesting to emphasize that through the workshop it was the same students who created their own characters, dances, and some songs. They predict a daring and very funny work.
Double performances on Saturday, April 1, at 3pm and 7pm; and on Sunday, April 2, at 6pm. Don’t miss it!
