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Madrid’s big cultural day: The White Night,
Popular culture, avant-garde art and citizenry join hands to commemorate the biggest cultural celebration of the year, The White Night, which will be staged earlier than usual this year, on September 13.During one whole night, the streets will be bustling with thousands of citizens and hundreds of proposals that will transform the city. The White Night has become a reference point among cultural events, as well as the most important popular celebration. After the success of the two previous editions, this third edition faces the challenge of maintaining the artistic level, surprising Madrilenians and visitors and making them feel like an essential part
of the city’s cultural life. Web: The White Night
A quick look at the programme dissipates all doubts: Madrid is one of the most socially and culturally dynamic cities in Europe. In one night, it can gather the best artistic proposals from all around the globe. Artists like Pedro Almodóvar, Chema Madoz, Eugenio Ampudia or Rodrigo García, whose work is closely linked to the city, have created specific pieces for this edition, based on a leitmotiv that focuses on illusion, the deceit of the senses, magic, and the notion of
‘nothing is what it seems.’
If there’s one person who has managed to change the way the world sees the reality of Spain in general and of Madrid in particular, that’s Pedro Almodóvar. Rome had Fellini and New York has Woody Allen, but in Madrid we have the skill of the La Mancha-born director. A celebrationas Madrilenian as The White Night channels the figure of the filmmaker and works with him to fashion an accolade based on his images and the music that has accompanied his art: composer Alberto Iglesias, singer Concha Buika, flamenco singer Miguel Poveda and dancer Eva Yerbabuena will contribute to a comprehensive show standing halfway between Almodóvar’s films, pop music and flamenco, which will be performed in the Patio al Aire Libre at Matadero Madrid. The White Night programme goes way beyond that. There will be over 150 activities taking place all over the city. Avant-garde
artists will alter some of Madrid’s most significant landscapes. The Puerta de Alcalá will recuperate its original function, as the gate leading into and out of the city, with Eugenio Ampudia’s installation Evacuad Madrid (Evacuate Madrid). Palacio de Cibeles will, literally, smother the citizens in thousands of kisses, whilst the impressive Telefónica Building in Gran Vía will be gracefully deformed by artists Lang / Baumann. Chema Madoz will bathe Plaza de España in the light of two moons, whilst some of the city’s most representative fountains, like the ones devoted to Neptune or Columbus, will be populated by gigantic rubber ducks, as designed by dEmo.
Avant-garde music and jazz will also have a place in the programme, thanks to the
Ánimo.5 festival, which will be staged all night long at the Paraninfo of the Complutense University and to the National Jazz Orchestra, which will be performing on the steps of the Congreso de los Diputados (Chamber of Deputies).
Contemporary theatre and the most radical playwrights, a generation based around Roger Bernat, Rodrigo García,
Carlos Marquerie or Angélica Liddell, will once again dismantle the rules of the performing arts, with pieces conceived exclusively for this night. An edition based on illusion and magic would be nothing without a circus! The
programme includes an outrageous circus that will be performing with a whole troupe of bizarre artists who’ll take over the Paseo del Prado, alongside an exceptional performer who will fly over the space between the Instituto Cervantes and the Fine Arts Circle.
Plus, almost all the museums and art centres will extend their opening hours until the early hours. In Madrid, the sweetest dream takes place when the city is wide awake.
‘nothing is what it seems.’
If there’s one person who has managed to change the way the world sees the reality of Spain in general and of Madrid in particular, that’s Pedro Almodóvar. Rome had Fellini and New York has Woody Allen, but in Madrid we have the skill of the La Mancha-born director. A celebrationas Madrilenian as The White Night channels the figure of the filmmaker and works with him to fashion an accolade based on his images and the music that has accompanied his art: composer Alberto Iglesias, singer Concha Buika, flamenco singer Miguel Poveda and dancer Eva Yerbabuena will contribute to a comprehensive show standing halfway between Almodóvar’s films, pop music and flamenco, which will be performed in the Patio al Aire Libre at Matadero Madrid. The White Night programme goes way beyond that. There will be over 150 activities taking place all over the city. Avant-garde
artists will alter some of Madrid’s most significant landscapes. The Puerta de Alcalá will recuperate its original function, as the gate leading into and out of the city, with Eugenio Ampudia’s installation Evacuad Madrid (Evacuate Madrid). Palacio de Cibeles will, literally, smother the citizens in thousands of kisses, whilst the impressive Telefónica Building in Gran Vía will be gracefully deformed by artists Lang / Baumann. Chema Madoz will bathe Plaza de España in the light of two moons, whilst some of the city’s most representative fountains, like the ones devoted to Neptune or Columbus, will be populated by gigantic rubber ducks, as designed by dEmo.
Avant-garde music and jazz will also have a place in the programme, thanks to the
Ánimo.5 festival, which will be staged all night long at the Paraninfo of the Complutense University and to the National Jazz Orchestra, which will be performing on the steps of the Congreso de los Diputados (Chamber of Deputies).
Contemporary theatre and the most radical playwrights, a generation based around Roger Bernat, Rodrigo García,
Carlos Marquerie or Angélica Liddell, will once again dismantle the rules of the performing arts, with pieces conceived exclusively for this night. An edition based on illusion and magic would be nothing without a circus! The
programme includes an outrageous circus that will be performing with a whole troupe of bizarre artists who’ll take over the Paseo del Prado, alongside an exceptional performer who will fly over the space between the Instituto Cervantes and the Fine Arts Circle.
Plus, almost all the museums and art centres will extend their opening hours until the early hours. In Madrid, the sweetest dream takes place when the city is wide awake.
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