LA BANDA DEL DRAC - Official Website
LA BANDA DEL DRAC are a group of actors and actresses specialists in the animation. It is the fusion of different concepts holidays, theatre and music. It is, above all, a "party" for children with songs and games that don’t imitate adults, inviting them to be real people with a different approach to television since the massification and aims to become adults by force .
LA BANDA DEL DRAC is a proposal romantic, rebellious and unique. We know that we will not succeed on TV, this is not our environment, but we know we are indispensable in so many parties. We are a group of theatre and theatre can only be felt live and direct. On the other hand not mind us "succeed", but that does not concern us.
Our creativity has drawn a personal aesthetic with an original repertoire that gives personality and distinct from other more "famous". Our goal is to reach children, in all children. But for us each child is unique and we know that the experience will live in our representations will be part of their personal baggage. This gives us a perspective that forces us to work steadily in the world of child education. Every gesture, every message is studied and evaluated. We maintain a creative approach that invites all viewers to be part of our shows.
Since 2000, LA BANDA DEL DRAC has premiered four shows and has performed more than 700 performances throughout the Spanish geography. All performances of "La Banda" part of a "dramatic conflict" from which emerge the songs and games. The audience, mostly children, is the true protagonist and the most important character of representation.
These are the essential ingredients: participation, party, games, songs and pedagogy. And the key points from which we create our shows. Each show is also a consequence of historic and emotional moment of the creators, so they are as different and varied, pirates, aliens, superheroes, medieval characters, etc. We integrate children in the world and the historical moment that has touched their luck in life and we are convinced that they will appreciate this in the future.
LA BANDA DEL DRAC PERFORMANCES:
2000 BALLEU, BALLEU! - ¡AL ABORDAJE!
2003 MONSTERS
2005 LA FIESTA DEL REY
2009 SUPERECCOS
CHARACTERISTICS
“All aboard!” is a performance based on children songs. There are happy and participate songs with a high amount of humour.
It is a lively performance in a setting in which a pirate band arrives in a city with the intention of sharing their treasure with every buccaneer of the place. A great party burst and it is finished with the arrival of some policemen. The pirates must escape otherwise policemen will put them in jail.
Note for the reader: This text must be read in a loud and deep voice.
“…Pay attention, please!: Pirates have arrived!. Don´t panic! We are all pirates. We are friends of adventure, love, happiness, and obviously we are enemies of boredom.
Everybody pay attention, please: boys, girls, are you ready to dance and share the treasure that pirates have found following Captain Morgan´s map indications?”.
ARTISTIC CREDITS
ACTORS: Joan Raga, Francis Canós, Marta Martín, Gonzalo Sanagustin
Music: ÁLVARO DE LA PUERTA - JOAN RAGA
Stage design: CARMEN M. SERRANO - CARME CANÓS
Costume: CARMEN M. SERRANO y JOAN MIQUEL REIG.
Sound: EQUIP’S SL
Photography: OLGA M. BATISTE y CARME CANÓS
Costume creation: DOBLE-T
Executive Production: CARME CANÓS
Direction: JOAN RAGA
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PLOT
Mons brothers begin an expedition to the blue planet (The Earth) without listening to the recommendations of General Crater. They are looking for an explanation to the reiterative explosions of colour that occur there.
They want to avoid that general Crater destroy the planet and they will look for some proofs that manifest these explosions are good for the universe.
When Mons brothers come back, they bring a songs collection and some musical instruments from the five continents that conform the Earth. They explain the General that the secret of these explosions is that when earth people abandon their differences they join together for dancing and singing: It is when light and colourful explosions take place.
A piece of a newspaper referring to this performance (Palencia)
“…Lots of children went to San Pablo Square. There were not any seat in the first rows. The performance was organised by La Banda del Drac, they were five people from Castellón. Everyone was disguised as extraterrestrial beings and the stage was perfectly decorated as if it was a spaceship. They wore brilliantine in their faces and clothes, sharp-pointed hats and many objects that really seemed to be extraterrestrial. Children looked at them in amazement and they followed all the orders: go up the stage, move, sing, etc. there was a great participation and happiness in the square yesterday. An unknown world for us comes to the city to let us see that they can sing very well. Children were clapping all the time during the performance.
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CARACTERÍSTICAS
Tercera producción de LA BANDA DEL DRAC. Verbena Infantil con música participativa para todos los públicos. Espectáculo de plaza, no itinerante.
ARGUMENTO
Un grupo de juglares se disponen a actuar en las fiestas del pueblo cuando les llega la noticia de que han sido elegidos para actuar en la fiesta del rey Aburrido II. En ese momento Ferran, el jefe del grupo, decide que ese día actuarán con los instrumentos que ha inventado su amigo personal Leonardo Da Vinci y además interpretarán las canciones prohibidas de su repertorio. Todos tiemblan ya que están seguros que a la Santa Inquisición no le hará ninguna gracia. La fiesta empieza, la diversión es total. Las nuevas canciones son un gran éxito, pero… a la Inquisición no le gusta nada. Son demasiado festivas, la gente baila con movimientos provocativos y los nuevos instrumentos son demasiado ruidosos. Los soldados los persiguen y los actores huyen hacia el nuevo mundo, a América; donde, ingenuamente, creen que van a tener más fortuna y nadie les perseguirá.
FICHA TÉCNICA
Diseño de vestuario: JOAN MIQUEL REIG
Realización de vestuario: DOBLE-T
Atrezo: ENFOCADES
Diseño escenografía: CARME CANÓS y JOAN RAGA
Realización escenografía: ENRIC JUEZAS
Fotografía: CARME CANÓS
Composición musical: FRANK BENE
Auxiliar de producción: M. CARMEN RUBERT
Producción: CARME CANÓS
Guión y dirección: JOAN RAGA
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Características
Animación musical infantil de escenario basada en canciones y juegos donde el público es el auténtico protagonista. Para niños y niñas a partir de 5 años.
Argumento
La contaminación y el cambio climático han eliminado los colores de la Tierra y todo se ha convertido en blanco y negro. El planeta Tierra es un lugar triste, serio y regido por el silencio y está a punto de desaparecer si nadie hace nada por evitarlo. La noticia llega al Planeta Eccos y un grupo de voluntarios SUPERECCOS se ponen en marcha hacia la Tierra con una misión clara y contundente: eliminar la contaminación y devolver el color y la alegría al planeta.
Si los niños y niñas son capaces de aprender y poner en práctica los consejos (en forma de canciones) que les dan los SUPERECCOS, todos los problemas se solucionarán. Poco a poco estalla la fiesta y al final el color y la alegría vuelven a la Tierra.
FICHA TÉCNICA
ACTORES: Joan Raga, Manu Chabrera, Marta Martín y Miquel Quintana
Música: JUANJO CARRATALÀ
Letras: JOAN RAGA
Vestuario: LLUNA ALBERT
Escenografía: FIL D’ARAM – ENRIC JUEZAS
Reloj de arena: ARTE&FICCIÓN
Confección Vestuario: DOBLETE
Producción Ejecutiva: CARME CANÓS
Guión: JOAN RAGA I CARME CANÓS
Dirección: JOAN RAGA