© Andres Carnalla

national premiere

A name as difficult to pronounce as the existence of love in an impossible world. A name that arrives to destroy the author’s West.
Initially, the project was meant to serve to save a man who was in a vulnerable situation and for that man to save Marina Otero herself from loneliness.

I went to Tangier (Morocco) to find him, marry him, give him my Euro-Latin documents, and create a new work from all this. But then Ayoub appeared, and the project collapsed. His name (“the one who returns” or “the one who repents”) is very common in Islamic countries: 115 children bearing this name have been killed by the Zionist state of Israel in the Gaza Strip. To those dead, I give your name to this work that speaks of you, of colonialism, of Palestine. And of everything I want to kill within myself.
(Marina Otero)

Bio

Marina Otero is a director, performer, author, and teacher based in Madrid. She is developing Recordar para vivir, a performative cycle that accompanies her entire life, building an unfinished work around her own existence that will end on the day of her death. Andrea, Recordar 30 años para vivir 65 minutos, Fuck Me, Love Me and Kill Me are part of this ever-evolving project. Her work has been presented internationally in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. She has received the ZKB Audience Award 2021 for Fuck Me, the award for Best Direction in Dance at the Bienal de Arte Joven 2016 for Recordar 30 años para vivir 65 minutos, and the Prix de la Critique 2024–2025 for Kill Me. She leads workshops and seminars internationally.

Credits

Text and Direction Marina Otero
On stage Ibrahim Ibnou Goush & Marina Otero
Camera Florencia de Mugica
Technical Coordination and Touring Technician Giancarlo Pia Mangione
Lighting Design Facundo David
Sound Design Antonio Navarro
Video Editing Daniela García
Text Supervision María Velasco
Collaboration Javier Montero
Translation into Dariya Farah Hamdaoui Kadaoui
Musical Arrangements Juan Pablo de Mendonça Photography Andrés Manrique, Andrés Carnalla, Analu Zapata
Costume Guadalupe Blanco Galé
General & Executive Production Mariano de Mendonça International Distribution Tecuatro – PTC Teatro – Otto Productions Acknowledgements Nuria Güell, Andrés Manrique, Somaya Taoufiki, Martín Flores Cárdenas.

Duration 

80′

Language/Subtitles

Spanish and Darija (Moroccan dialect) with Spanish and English subtitles

Tickets

€. 15,00
€. 12,00 reduced – Under 26/E’BAL card

Show presented as part of E’BAL – palcoscenici per la danza contemporanea in Emilia Romagna

The performance features loud music, sensitive images, and nudity. During the show, flour is used, releasing airborne particles (please take this into account if you have a gluten sensitivity or intolerance).