Márquez Without Words
Valery Ushakov's "Marquez Without Words"
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1h 25m
Valery Ushakov's mesmerizing plastic performance that replaces spoken dialogue with a rich tapestry of physical movement, circus arts, and music. Drawing creative inspiration from the physical theater style of legendary mime James Thierrée, the production synthesizes several works by Gabriel García Márquez—including Eyes of a Blue Dog and No One Writes to the Colonel—while placing its central focus on the multi-generational masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude. The philosophical narrative follows the protagonist, Aureliano, as he navigates an upside-down world by methodically opening a series of boxes that store his past memories. Through this poetic, non-verbal journey, the ensemble cast guides the audience through a magical realist exploration of love, childhood nostalgia, the inevitability of solitude, and the fleeting nature of human existence.
Bits of Russian w/ English subtitles