La Cremosa reinvents ‘Salomé’ at the Tantarantana with a physical staging

La Cremosa presents its choreographic version of ‘Salomé’ at the Tantarantana. The work, inspired by Oscar Wilde's classic, challenges the traditional view. The production focuses on physicality and musicality. Discover how the cast turns the text into movement.

The company La Cremosa returns to the Tantarantana theatre with «Salomé», its first stage creation, which emerged in 2019 from a project at the Institut del Teatre. After appearing on the same stage in 2023 with Sarah Kane's ‘Purificats’, the group now opts for a free adaptation of Oscar Wilde's controversial classic, based on the celebrated biblical story.

In the original version, Salomé orders the beheading of Yokanaan (John the Baptist) in revenge for his criticism of her mother Herodias's relationship with Herod Antipas. Wilde, however, transforms the tale and locates the origin of the drama in spite: Salomé, desired by everyone, cannot win over Yokanaan, who rejects her and unleashes the tragedy.

La Cremosa remains faithful to Wilde's text but introduces its own interpretation, centred on the physical and musical language that has characterised the company since its beginnings. The director and author of the adaptation, Mia Parcerisa, explains that the aim is to take the text into the body, avoiding a psychological approach and opting for stage choreography in which voice, rhythm and movement shape the narrative.

The proposal demands a high physical level from the performers. Júlia Genís portrays a Salomé far removed from the femme fatale stereotype, while Pau Oliver and Àlex Pujol alternate in the role of Herod. Zúbel Arana plays Herodias and Guillem Font Yohannan. The cast is completed by Gerard Franch and Joan Marmaneu.