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Latidos,
the Spanish word for heartbeat, was the name of an ambitious
performance project which took place in Leicester.
The brainchild
of Mexican percussion Alonso Mendoza and theatre director
Caroline Sharman, the work encompassed music, drama, dance
and visual arts in one fell swoop.
Alonso,
former artist in residence at the Richard Attenborough Centre
for the Arts in Leicester, and Caroline originally conceived
of a piece based on themes surrounding the Mexican Day of
the Dead.
The resulting
project tackled a range of issues relating to both life and
death. Alonso, said: "The heartbeat is something we all share.
This is about the labyrinth of life and a celebration of diversity."
The event
included the world premieres of five specially commissioned
pieces of new percussion from composers including Erollyn
Wallen of Belize who has written music for the BBC, Argentinean
Michael Rosas Cobian whose piece tackles the labyrinth of
life and Hilda Paredes of Mexico.
The event
also included the premiere of two films made by local teams.
The music for Star King for Day was composed by London-born
Jeremy Arden who writers stage, orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic
music. Movement was choreographed by Louise Katerega and the
film was made by David Soden.
The Marimba
Mantra movie was based on Indian Classical music composed
by Priti Paintal Sound. Caroline Sharman worked with youngsters
from Soar Valley and Rusheymead schools. Film maker David
Soden said: "To be given the chance to work on these Latidos
films was great. Being a musician myself, I love cutting image
to music and especially enjoyed working to the fast circular
loops in Marimba Mantra."
Pictures
by Dipak Joshi of Roots
- a joint initiative between East Midlands Arts (EMA) and
BBC East Midlands.
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