DAMA 2010
5th INTERNATIONAL MAGICAL LADIES FESTIVAL
At last we have reached the 5th edition, a luster!. The word luster comes from Latin and means pure. It refers to the most important purification ceremony that was held every five years in Rome. It's a good excuse to purify, reinvent and improve the festival. The human team of the festival has put in a lot of effort.
One of the novelties we have this year is the screening of the film "Women in boxes", a documentary that tells us about the work of magicians' assistants. "Behind every magician there is a great woman...in a box". Beyond the beauty with which they surround each act, these magical ladies are the silent heroines of magic, often responsible for the success or failure of the magician, in many cases risking their physical integrity. Its role is not easy at all and it has immeasurable value. They must move gracefully, always be in the scene without being protagonists, shift attention, think and react quickly. They learn magic while loving man.
This year you will be able to see magicians from Germany, France, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Extremadura, Ukraine and Catalonia. In this edition, we award the Honorary Magical Lady Award to Gema Navarro, a woman linked for many years to the world of magic and who has produced the first written work of research and historical recovery of women who have dedicated themselves to the art of magic.
This year too, the festival pays a posthumous tribute to Manuela Rejas "La Maga Violeta", screening the short film "Violeta y el baúl americano" by Paco Tovar. This great woman dedicated a whole life to illusion.
I invite you to magically purify yourself with us and enjoy this new edition of the festival!
Teia Moner DAM artistic director
PROGRAM
July 9
1.30 am Old Square
magic workshop
- GAC
- Teia Moner (Catalonia)
9.30 pm Alegria Theatre
Inaugural Gala
- Presents Silvana (Argentina)
- Magical Lady of Honor Gema Navarro (Catalonia)
- Martacadabra (Extremadura)
- Elfie (France)
- Joana Andreu (Calaunya)
- Galina (Ukraine)
- Astrid Gloria (Germany)
July 10
12 p.m. Museum
- Conference-round table "La magia comica" by Astrid Gloria. (Germany)
- Screening of the short film Violeta y el baul americano, Tribute to Manuela Rejas.
6:30 p.m. New Jazz Cava
Film projection
- Women in Boxes, Subtitled in Catalan.
10 p.m. Alegria Theater
Magic Gala
- Presents Akira (Catalonia)
- Silvana (Argentina)
- Jessica Guloomal (Canary Islands)
- Elfie (France)
- Luna (Catalonia)
- Galina (Ukraine)
- Astrid Gloria (Germany)
24 hours New Jazz Cava
Loft session
- Presents Aliskim (Catalonia)
- Guest artists
July 11
12 o'clock Alegria Theater
- Clarisse Weber (France)
- The Magician's Girl (Catalonia)
SPONSOR
Organized by: Terrassa City Council, Neighborhood Plan
With the help of: Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Diputació de Barcelona Network of Municipalities and Terrassa Capital
Collaborating: Jazz Terrassa and Caixa Layetana
Direction: Teia Moner
Production: Gaac