El presidente más felíz (2023)  

What is better: a captain who risks everything and everyone for a future common good, or one who does not sacrifice his people for the goal?

In a country where we feel that political leadership lacks direction, where decision-making seems to favor minority groups, the conflict between the common good and self-interest is rekindled. With humor and sarcasm, this scenic project offers a new perspective or interpretation of the exercise of authority and the sense of abandonment we feel as citizens. Through dance, audiovisual and music creation, this original work offers a different perspective on the relationship between the exercise of power and well-being.
The Happiest President is a satire that shows corruption in Peruvian society from a different perspective. It presents the exercise of power and its symptoms on bodies. Shared experiences take the form of questions: How is common space fragmented? How are discourses polarized? How can we once again feel outraged by something false presented as true, and how can this outrage only be tolerated through the ridiculous? This work invites the viewer to reflect on the symptoms and perceptions we have when we find ourselves immersed in a never-ending corrupt political landscape.

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Concept and choreography:

       Cristina Velarde 

Created and performed by

       Miguel Campana Mariel Tamayo Luis Vizcarra Jesús Sulca Fernando Escudero Cristina Velarde 

Original Music:

       Ulises Quiroz 

Set Design:

       Ulises Quiroz 

Visuals arts:  

       BaK 

Costume design: 

       Lucía Meléndez 

Light design:

       Lucho Tuesta

Artistic assistant:

        Gabriela Rojas 

Production:

        Paola Alcántara

Photography: 

        Paul Mayca

Winner of the CAP 2022 creation support. Vicerrectorado de investigación PUCP