THE MOST AWARDED SHOW ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
"An immersive sensory experience that will connect you with the soul of the islands."
| Emotion | Ritual | Tradition | Legacy |
"Arona" is a stage piece born from the deep heartbeat of the Canary Islands, but which today projects itself as a contemporary language rooted in tradition. It is not just a show inspired by folklore: it is a theatrical reinterpretation of cultural heritage, a sonic and physical architecture where tradition and creation coexist.
Tarasca, as the sound space of the Arona show, commemorates the past; it activates it, summons it and transforms it into a sonic present.
VIDEO
SYNOPSIS
When the sea shapes lives and the land demands patience, a form of wisdom emerges that is never written down: it is passed on through the hands.
Hands that sow, that weave, that strike, that tune, that carry and sustain.
Hands that have shaped the human landscape of the Canary Islands.
Tarasca brings this invisible legacy to the stage: a tapestry of gestures, sounds, and memories woven across generations. Here, the body becomes a tool. The object becomes an instrument. Tradition becomes living matter.
The stage is transformed into a territory where everyday actions acquire a ritual dimension, and where work, migration, waiting, and celebration come together to create a shared narrative.
At its core, Tarasca is a choreography of survival.
THE ACTS
THE HOME
SCENE
Inside homes, where time seems to slow down, hands hold the invisible. Bread is kneaded, clothes are mended, cleaning is done, care is taken, life is ordered. These are silent, repeated, almost secret gestures that build home and shelter. Within them dwells a form of love that makes no noise, yet sustains the world.
THE EARTH
SCENE
The land demands to be heard. Under the southern sun, amidst open furrows and patience, hands learn to wait. Sowing is done with faith, watering with effort, and harvesting with gratitude. Each fruit is the result of an ancient alliance between humankind and the landscape. In the Canary Islands, cultivating the land is also about resisting it, understanding it, and honoring it.
THE SEA
SCENE
The sea is not owned, it is respected. On its shore, hands prepare nets, repair boats, read the wind. Going out to sea is an act of trust, returning, an act of celebration. The fish, the salt, the constant murmur of the water are part of a shared memory. In the Canary Islands, the sea is not a border: it is a path, sustenance, and destiny.
THE PIELES COMPANY
Pieles Company is a performing arts and music project born in the Canary Islands that investigates, reinterprets, and projects cultural heritage from a contemporary perspective. Their work lies at the intersection of tradition and creation, understanding traditional culture not as an archive of the past, but as a living, constantly evolving entity.
LIVE A GENUINE EXPERIENCE
To experience Tarasca is to enter a territory where the body remembers. It is as though someone strikes the earth... and the earth answers back.
The pulse arrives first: it settles in, beats steadily, and moves through you. The drums open a circular sense of time, where everything breathes from a deeper place.
The stage vibrates with matter and memory: bodies, wood, clay, water... every gesture tells a story, every sound leaves its mark.
And then you are no longer watching: you are inhabiting.
You recognize yourself within an energy that flows through you and remains, tuning something invisible deep inside.
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