Entertainment

From May 29th to 31st, musician Miquel Ortega will be presenting Josep Carner''s ''Bestiari'' at Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao. The show, based upon Josep Carner''s book of poems about animals, is recommended for children aged 7 and up.

Choreographer Nuria Castejon used poems by Joseph Cerner to create this ballet for children where all kind of animals (flies, a cat, a flea, a turtle, ants, a vampire, a squirrel, a spider etc.) have their own role in it. There are ten dancers and two singers for this performance.

Miquel Ortega has worked about literary texts by Lorca in other occasions. The musical adaptations in ''Bestiari'' are fresh and descriptive contributing to the contrasting nature of different animals.

The poetry of Josep Carner attracted the attention of the composers on several occasions. This time is Miquel Ortega offers a music collection of children''s poems published by Josep Carner in 1964 under the name of ''Bestiari''.

Josep Carner i Puig-Oriol (born Barcelona 9 February 1884 - died Brussels 4 June 1970), was a Spanish Catalan poet, journalist, playwright and translator. He was also known as the Prince of Catalan Poets. He was one of the most emblematic figures of the modernist literary Catalan. His literary and poetic essays were grammaticaly perfect and his style was close to a style Petrarchism.

Stage direction: Nuria Castejon
Music: Miquel Ortega
Production: ABAO-OLBE, Teatro Real, Opera de Oviedo, Gran Teatre del Liceu

Sessions:

-May 29, 2010 (7:00 p.m.) and May 30, 2010 (12:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.) - Family sessions

-May 31, 2010 (11:00 a.m.) - School session