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Ronda Goyesca
Aitor Lara
Mariana Pineda
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Federico GarcĂa Lorca
,WZDVWKH\VD\WKHJUDQGHVWEXOOĂ€JKW Ancient Ronda had ever seen, ZLWKĂ€YHEUDYHEXOOVDVEODFNDVMHW DOOWUDLOLQJULEERQVGDUNDQGJUHHQ And every minute I thought of you; if only my sad friend, I thought, if only she could be here too, my dearest Mariana Pineda! The ladies came with gay abandon in open coaches one by one, WKHLUIDQVLQFLUFOHVDOODĂ XWWHU ZLWKVHTXLQVJOHDPLQJLQWKHVXQ The males of Ronda mounted came showing off their elegant paces, with grey hats so broad of rim DQGFRFNHGOLNHWKLVWRKLGHWKHLUIDFHV The bullring was so tightly thronged, LWVSXQDERXWOLNHD]RGLDF CalaĂąa hats and tall mantillas RQVPLOHVWKDWĂ DVKHGIURPZKLWHWREODFN And when the matchless Cayetano strode so manly on straw and sand, his suit a fresh-cut apple colour LQĂ€QHVWVLONDQGVLOYHUEDQG among the troupe he stood apart a truly handsome, brave gallant,
DQGZKHQKHIDFHGWKHÀHUFHVWEXOOV that ever Spain has reared and bred, LWVHHPHGWKHYHU\VN\ZRXOGWXUQ DFKHVWQXWEURZQWRPDWFKKLVKHDG You should have seen how gracefully he spun his hips and turned his waist, his perfect timing and his poise, ZLWKFDSHDQGFORWKWKHUHZDVQRKDVWH Not even Pedro Romero polishes off the stars so clean; ÀYHEXOOVKHVOHZÀYHEUDYHEXOOV DOOWUDLOLQJULEERQVGDUNDQGJUHHQ So deftly did his sword unfold ÀYHUHGFDUQDWLRQVWRWKHVN\ and spinning on vermillion wings, DVGHOLFDWHDVDEXWWHUà \ with every pass he brushed his suit RQKRUQDQGVQRXWRIPDVVLYHEHDVW The bullring and the afternoon vibrated to the violent feast, and wafting on the smell of blood ,FDXJKWDEUHDWKRIPRXQWDLQDLU But every minute I thought of you: if only my sad friend, I thought, if only she could be here too, P\GHDUHVW0DULDQD3LQHGD
Extract from the play by Federico GarcĂa Lorca, 1925
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Mariana Pineda
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Federico GarcĂa Lorca
IUHQWHDORVWRURV]DtQRV que EspaĂąa crĂa en su tierra, parecĂa que la tarde VHSRQtDPiVPRUHQD ÂĄSi hubieras visto con quĂŠ gracia movĂa las piernas! ÂĄQuĂŠ gran equilibrio el suyo con la capa y la muleta! ÂŁ0HMRUQL3HGUR5RPHUR toreando las estrellas! &LQFRWRURVPDWy FLQFR FRQGLYLVDYHUGH\QHJUD En la punta de su espada FLQFRĂ RUHVGHMyDELHUWDV \DFDGDLQVWDQWHUR]DED ORVKRFLFRVGHODVĂ€HUDV como una gran mariposa GHRURFRQDODVEHUPHMDV /DSOD]DDOSDUTXHODWDUGH vibraba fuerte, violenta, y entre el olor de la sangre LEDHORORUGHODVLHUUD Yo pensaba siempre en ti; yo pensaba: si estuviera conmigo mi triste amiga, ÂĄmi Marianita Pineda!
En la corrida mĂĄs grande TXHVHYLRHQ5RQGDODYLHMD &LQFRWRURVGHD]DEDFKH FRQGLYLVDYHUGH\QHJUD Yo pensaba siempre en ti; yo pensaba: si estuviera conmigo mi triste amiga, ÂĄmi Marianita Pineda! Las niĂąas venĂan gritando sobre pintadas calesas, con abanicos redondos ERUGDGRVGHOHQWHMXHODV <ORVMyYHQHVGH5RQGD VREUHMDFDVSLQWXUHUDV los anchos sombreros grises FDODGRVKDVWDODVFHMDV /DSOD]DFRQHOJHQWtR (calaùÊs y altas peinetas) JLUDEDFRPRXQ]RGtDFR GHULVDVEODQFDV\QHJUDV Y cuando el gran Cayetano FUX]yODSDML]DDUHQD FRQWUDMHFRORUPDQ]DQD bordado de plata y seda, destacĂĄndose gallardo entre la gente de brega
Extracto de Mariana Pineda, obra de teatro de Federico GarcĂa Lorca, 1925
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7KHUHDUHVHYHUDOPRQXPHQWVGHGLFDWHGWREXOOĂ€JKWHUVLQWKHFLW\ of Ronda, as well as a number of roads named after poets, some of whom are best remembered for the songs they wrote about the IRUPHU,QWKHFLW\RI5RQGD5DLQHU0DULD5LONHLVFRQVWDQWO\ EHLQJHYRNHGDQGDVPDOOHVWDWHQHDUE\ZKLFKRQFHEHORQJHGWRD GHIXQFWEXOOĂ€JKWHUKDVEHFRPHWKHUHVWLQJSODFHRI2UVRQ:HOOHV¡ DVKHVE\KLVRZQZLOO5RQGDZDVWKHSODFHRIELUWKRI)UDQFLVFR Giner de los RĂos, and a collective that carries the name of the pedagogue paid tribute some years ago to the memory of Miguel +HUQiQGH]ÂŤ Aitor Lara captures images of Ronda focused on the celebrations that revolve around the corrida Goyesca, and VRPHWLPHVRQO\ZLWKVXFKFHOHEUDWLRQVDVSUHWH[W2IWKHVRFDOOHG corridas de a pieEXOOĂ€JKWVFDUULHGRXWE\IRRWWKHUHLVRQO\RQHLQ 5RQGDHYHU\\HDU1HYHUWKHOHVVEXOOĂ€JKWLQJKDVFHUWDLQO\EHFRPH one of the symbols of the identity of the city, as it brings together WKHHVVHQFHRILWVFXOWXUH 'XULQJWKHKRXUVWKDWSUHFHGHGWKHYRWHWREDQEXOOĂ€JKWLQJ in the Parlament of CataluĂąa, a colleague and friend of mine from the University of Barcelona insisted on the argument that the geographic and cultural proximity of CataluĂąa to the rest of (XURSHUHQGHUHGWKHVXUYLYDORIEXOOĂ€JKWLQJXQIHDVLEOH,QVKRUW WKHSUDFWLFHKDGWREHDEROLVKHGEHFDXVHLWODFNHGDQ\WUDFHRI animalist sensibility and was, therefore, incompatible with the YDOXHVRIRXUHQYLURQPHQW7KRVHLQIDYRURIEXOOĂ€JKWLQJLQWXUQ tend to believe that the ones truly impervious to animal instincts are not the fans who demand that bulls be reared in a context that OHDGVWKHPWRIXOĂ€OOWKHQDWXUDOSRWHQWLDORIDFRPEDWLYHEUHHG ZKLFKGRHVQRWHQWDLORIFRXUVHWKDWVWRFNEUHHGHUVDFWXDOO\ UHVSRQGWRVXFKGHPDQGV EXWUDWKHUÂłMXVWE\ZD\RIH[DPSOHÂł SHRSOHZKRORFNWKHLUGRJVLQDĂ DWLQWKHFLW\/HWPHH[SODLQ 0DQNLQGKDVGRPHVWLFDWHGWKHZROIFKDQQHOLQJDQGXVLQJ the natural faculties of such animal to the point of turning it into a friend and an accomplice in the struggle against the adversities IRXQGLQWKHLUFRPPRQHQYLURQPHQW<HWLQRUGHUIRUWKHZROIGRJ WREHDQHIĂ€FLHQWRYHUVHHURIWKHODQGRUWKHĂ RFNVDVZHOODVWR be able to help in the activity of hunting, it must remain a wolfGRJLWVIDFXOWLHVPXVWVWD\VKDUSLWPXVWEHIDLWKIXOWRLWVVSHFLĂ€F QDWXUH7KLVLVQRWWKHFDVHZKHQLWLVFRQĂ€QHGWRDVPDOOXUEDQ space, or when it is treated as an exhibition piece, erected as the asthenic substitute of human company, conceived as the impossible palliative of the sort of loneliness for which only the complicity of speech and its succession from generation to generation can FRQVWLWXWHDGHTXDWHPHGLFLQH$VKHHSGRJNHSWLQDFLW\DSDUWPHQW is, all in all, a dog that does not display the potential of its breed and therefore is constrained to its generic form, reduced to mere
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Fotografías de Aitor Lara sobre las corridas goyescas en la plaza de toros de Ronda. Prólogo de Victor Gómez Pin. Edita La Fabrica en colabo...
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