Eva Recacha The Picnic
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Delight in a weird and wonderful gathering from Eva Recacha.
A new full-length work by Eva Recacha, The Picnic presents a large group of young humans enjoying themselves in a surreal blend of parading, celebrating, indulging and co-operating activities, all emerging from a dreamlike picnic scenario. The work, co-created with a group of collaborators and a cast of professionals and participants, explores themes of utopia and it is inspired by the painting ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by H. Bosch, which presents many human figures in a terrestrial paradise, indulging in worldly pleasures.
At The Picnic, a self-made feast, we create moments of visibility and dignity – for ourselves and others-, moments of recognition, of freedom, of care, alongside moments of desire, pleasure, joy, and revel. The tone is that of a dream; filled with strange scenarios of strong visual and aural textures that invite our senses to indulge into physical sensations and our minds to follow surreal invitations.
Co-commisisoned by Sadler’s Wells and South East Dance. With support from LCDS. Supported by the Office for Cultural & Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain in London. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Header image © Rocio Chacon
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Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch painter who worked between 1490 and 1510. Little is known about his intentions and meaning behind his triptych oil painting The Garden of Earthly Delights – it could either be a moral warning or a depiction of paradise.
Performances
Age 16 - 30?
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