The de-escalation begins, but the cultural offer continues on the Internet. Several of the proposals, such as the #InnerSessions concerts or the CiclaMadrid 360 virtual routes, already have their sights set on the end of confinement.
MUSIC. Last intimate sessions
Before the arrival of the coronavirus, the #InnerSessions were born with the intention of being intimate concerts held in unusual places, but they had to adapt in one version. on-line, creating a festival in collaboration with the NGO Aldeas Infantiles SOS. This is the last week of musical sessions from home, with the idea of taking up the original idea in the future, in live music rooms. As in all these previous days, its final programming is quite eclectic in terms of sound styles. It can be followed through the Instagram channel @innerciaspain. On Monday May 4, Tania García, singer, songwriter and actress in musicals like Today I can not get up and Nine, performs the songs from his first EP, Gardens. On Tuesday, Miguel Lara shows his fusion between electric violin and electronic music. The Argentine singer-songwriter Alejandra Burgos performs on Wednesday and closes the cycle on Thursday, May 7, jazz musician Joan Chamorro. All concerts would be broadcast shortly after eight in the afternoon, at the end of the applause.
TELEVISION. Madrileños (connected) around the world
Madrilenians around the world It was a pioneering television format that was exported to networks throughout Spain. The producer La Cometa TV now adapts it to the pandemic in Connected by the world. The premiere is this Sunday, May 3 at 9:30 p.m. on Telemadrid, the chain that aired the original program. In each hour-long episode, several people from Madrid who live outside our borders show how life has also changed outside of Spain. They tell about their experiences through a video call to two reporters who are confined in Madrid, Miguel del Valle and Sonia Gonzalo. The emigrants talk with them about the similarities and differences of other societies when facing this situation. Throughout its four programs, the space will visit almost twenty countries, such as Germany, the United States, Malaysia, Mexico, Kenya, South Korea, South Africa and Singapore.
MUSEUMS. Another way to visit Casa Cervantes
After an unusual celebration of Book Day and the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes on April 23, Alcalá de Henares continues to search for ways to remember its most illustrious citizen. The Community of Madrid has created a virtual visit to the Cervantes Birthplace Museum. This tour reviews in detail the corners of this place and allows you to get to know the typical spaces of the Golden Age dwellings, such as the ladies’ footstool, the dining room or the bedroom for the gentleman. The museum website It also offers content around the literary work of the author of The Quijote, with a section dedicated to its collection of bibliographic collections and information on works such as The galatea, The works of Persiles and Sigismunda and the Exemplary novels.
CHILDISH. The clowns of the Luchana Theater
Every Wednesday at seven in the afternoon, the clowns, Tararí and Tantán, put the children to dance and sing in a show on-line through his Instagram account: @tararitantan. This 30-minute show that includes huge puppets transfers the original proposal that until now was programmed by Madrid’s Teatro Luchana in the city center. With advance notice, Tararí and Tantán can sing the happy birthday live and in a personalized way to the spectators who are celebrating their anniversary. Another initiative that is also designed for a family audience is the Small Country Musical series, which offers children’s music concerts on YouTube. So far, the performances of Petit Pop and Yo Soy Ratón are already hanging.
TOURISM. Post-confinement bike routes
Although we are starting the de-escalation process, the Community of Madrid collects cycling routes without leaving home in CiclaMadrid 360. Two 360-degree videos that can be seen on YouTube show some of the corners of the region where you can plan a pedal trip. . This virtual trip selects two very different routes, one of them through the southeast of the Community, through the 27 kilometers that separate Aranjuez from Chinchón, passing through the Vega del Tajo and the historic gardens of Aranjuez, UNESCO World Heritage . The other route passes through the Sierra Norte, covering the 29 kilometers between Torrelaguna and Miraflores de la Sierra. On this trip you can appreciate the important artistic and historical heritage of Torrelaguna and visit other municipalities in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
MOVIES. A walk through Madrid through his films
The Spanish cinema platform in streaming FlixOlé has created a free collection with more than 80 titles set or filmed in the Community of Madrid, so that, in some way, we can return to places that we still cannot visit. Pepi, Luci, Bom, and other girls from the bunch (1980), by Pedro Almodóvar does not show the capital, but other films take us to different places in the region, such as Crazy Love (1948), that Juan de Orduña filmed in Manzanares El Real, or The plot of El Escorial (2008), by Antonio del Real. There are also international classics, such as Midnight Chimes (1965), which brought Orson Welles to the Casa de Campo. Django (1966) is a western spaghetti starring Franco Nero filmed in Colmenar y la Pedriza and who inspired Quentin Tarantino.
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