Versonautas | Prelude to Slowness (A Bath of Life)

A sound poem, a collective meditation. Prelude to Slowness (A Bath of Life) is the result of a yearning for serenity that invites us to delegate to contemplation and listening the possibility of freeing ourselves. Designed to be enjoyed at FLORA and Hammam Al-Ándalus, this artistic and musical experience created by Versonautas invites us to let go in a resonance that does not understand language.

Prelude to Slowness (A Bath of Life) proposes to enter the waters of the Hammam as a place of metamorphosis: to leave behind an illusory self to merge into a deep self, in full communion with nature, starting from a multi-species vision of reality.

Cordoba has inspired Versonautas in this stage piece that unites, through poetry and the rite of the purifying bath, the water-related wisdom of two great mystical traditions, very present in the city: Sufi and Christian. Water transcends its material reality, becoming a sacred gift of renewal, liberation, fertility and abundance.

SHOWS: on 18 and 19 October at 7.30pm there will be a short preview of Prelude to Slowness (A Bath of Life) in the Tea Room of the Hammam Al-Ándalus, with free admission until full capacity is reached. The full show will be performed in the bathing area on 20 October in two shows, tickets available for purchase at www.cordoba.hammamalandalus.com

Creation, dramaturgy, performance, music and sound space: Roqui Albero y Ana Sanahuja
Text and stage direction: Pablo Rosal
Stage space, art and costumes: Teresa Juan
Lighting design: Ximo Rojo and Hipólito Patón
Production company: Versonautas
With the collaboration of: Institut Valencià de Cultura, Valencia City Council