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Theatre & Dance

DeNada Dance

Mariposa

Tue 26 Nov 2024

Djanogly Theatre

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A queer tragedy inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly.

Under the flickering neon lights of a distant Caribbean port, a local rent boy and a foreign sailor fall ominously in love in choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra’s queer reimagining of Puccini’s seminal opera, Madame Butterfly.

Mariposa is a passionate exploration of what we are ready to surrender in order to be loved and accepted. With rousing original music by composer Luis Miguel Cobo, inspired by Puccini and Caribbean sounds.

*Followed by a 20 minute Q&A with show choreographer, Carlos Pons Guerra.

Image by Joe Armitage

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Pons Guerra’s Mariposa is full of vivid images, super choreography, and impressive and thoughtful characterisation.”

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Meet the choreographer: Carlos Pons Guerra

This autumn, choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra and his company DeNada Dance Theatre bring their critically acclaimed show Mariposa, to Lakeside Arts on Tuesday 26 November 2024. We sat down to ask him some questions about the show…

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