Sonido Bestial EL MUSICAL

Awesome sound. The musical.

“But... what brought us here? What brought us here today, friends, is salsa. Salsa is roots, it is heritage, it is past and present.

The event is a tribute to the Fania All Stars and marks the end of Sonido Bestial, the musical, a creation that can be considered the best tribute to salsa in Barcelona in years.

With a mix of musical and jukebox classics, this show manages to thrill the audience in many different ways. On the one hand, an orchestra of more than 10 musicians performs all the musical pieces live. Then there is a dance company with 20 professional dancers performing original choreography for this work. A mixture of color, rhythm, and dance of the highest level. And finally, there is a story. A theatrical piece that brings together the different moments of Latin music in New York. A story of emigration. A story of the fusion of rhythms and races. A story of passion for dance and music.

Sonido Bestial, the musical, is a journey through the different Latin rhythms that fused in New York in the 1940s and created what we now know as salsa. Co-directed by Sebastián Ibarra and Julio Napoles, the nearly two-hour show describes two worlds.

Set in the 1970s, we see a traditional shoe store in New York's Latin Quarter, run by an immigrant and his daughter. He is stuck in the memory of his native Cuba, and she was born in the big city, with everything modern and current ahead of her. And we will have another dreamlike world, a mixture of memories and fantasies, which will transport the characters to different musical passages.

And on that musical journey there will be rumba, son, cha cha cha, bogaloo, tap dancing, mambo, pachanga. There will also be classics of the era such as Fly Me to the Moon, Feeling Good, and Sex Machine, to reflect everything that was happening in the Big Apple at that time.

Sonido Bestial, the musical is a different kind of show. It is a magic box containing history, passion, memory, roots, and feeling. And in terms of the show itself, it is a musical with a live orchestra, incredible choreography, and a very dedicated physical performance that leaves no one indifferent. 

Performance: September 24. Starts at 8:30 p.m. Sala Parallel 62. Barcelona.

Approximate duration: 110 minutes.

Genre: a mix between a classic musical and a jukebox musical.

Target audience: Suitable for all audiences. However, given its length and the context of the story, it is considered more suitable for those over 12 years of age.

Artistic team

Direction, production, and choreography.

Sebastián Ibarra. Trained for more than 20 years by the world's best teachers in his style (Tito Ortos and Tamara Livolsi; Eddie Torres; Juan Matos; Frankie Martínez, Jhesus Aponte, among others), Ibarra was the director and choreographer of the musical Sonido Bestial in its first season in 2021. He also directed the tribute to the master of masters Eddie Torres with more than 50 dancers on stage.

Julio Napoles. Graduating in 2007 from the National School of Art of Cuba, this professional dancer was part of the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba (CFNC), under the direction of Manolo Micler, one of the most important and prestigious companies in the country. After being mentored by the great masters of Cuban dance and folklore such as Domingo Pau, Leonardo Martínez, Lazara Napoles, Julia Fernández, and Santiago Alfonso, among others, Napoles decided to move to Europe years ago, teaching classes at his own school.

Cast 

Dancers

Julio Nápoles, Triana Doce, Sebastian Ibarra, Maite Ruiz, Sara Fresneda, Breyner Ramírez, Diana Trujillo, Martín Salgado, Zenaida Carbonell, Juan Manuel Sánchez, Jorge Infante, Anna Navarro, Manuela Fernández, Rubén Fernández, Meritxell Defez, Tati Fernández, Ivonne Cabu, Silvio Leroy, Laia Molins.

Orchestra

Albertico Muguercia, Oriol Martínez, Joan Buquet, Lester Acosta, Carlos Egar Lorie, David Jacome, Diego Coppinger, Néstor Castellanos, Sheila Greter, Dorian Planas.

Link to purchase tickets

Sala Paral.lel 62, Barcelona

https://tickets.oneboxtds.com/p62/events/46783?hl=ca-ES&sessionView=LIST