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- Rick Outzen: Hi, I'm Rick Altson. Welcome back. We're Rick's blog live. Ballet Pensacola is gonna be doing Frankenstein early October, October 2nd through ⁓ Be sure I've got the right dates. We've a guest choreographer, Cal Guerra. I mean Gonzalo Calgara. Good to have here. I've read the press and I've been reading up on this performance. One thing that's interesting to is that. the novel has a a timeline and kind of played with the timeline where Elizabeth dies before creature born. What what does that ⁓ to this performance? What it unlock by doing it that way? Gonzalo Galguera: Yeah the thing was for me or the the most important thing is to start with the death the the Victor Frankenstein realized ⁓ only create something ⁓ that more than the I mean the life, we face the big of the loss of ⁓ Elizabeth. I mean I start the ballet from back. ⁓ Uh-huh. So ⁓ like a retrospective this was for me very very inspiring to start like that to to show that that point of view to the plot. Rick Outzen: To be sort of the inspiration for creating life. Gonzalo Galguera: Exactly because most of the people know this Frankenstein the movie world ⁓ and as a monster of really and we know there is more than twelve movies about Frankenstein. I can understand it's a very very interesting story. But for me it's than only the monster. For me really a deeply human story. Rick Outzen: Yeah, and that that sort of leads to my next question is creates the monster? Is it the is the creature, or is it society? ⁓ That's of the root of the question, isn't it? Gonzalo Galguera: DC. Exactly this is the this is the main question through the whole through the whole book even now for me to to make the this ballet. Who the monster? And I guess is this really ⁓ philosophical question move me this to do this ballet. Because ⁓ sometimes the is the victim. And Victor is the scientist, the doctor. Who being this creature is also the victim. and me this is incredible. We need imagine at that time there's a woman who who wrote this and I mean background from the from the from Mary Shaley was very dark, dark and very sad. The circumstances are surrounding story was very hot. And and then it is the question, is monster? I I like to let this question, yeah. That's why we go to the theatre, that's why w we watch the movie. And the after that seeing this ballet had that kind question, ⁓ then I I ⁓ I did a job. Rick Outzen: Well, you know, in in looking at some of the the movies of Frankenstein over the years, i the the monster, the creation, the starts ⁓ innocent and becomes a menace. How do do that with dance? Gonzalo Galguera: It's similar, it's very interesting because the monsters start to move before he starts to speak. is the same. ⁓ move before start to speak. ⁓ We to walk. And this this is a really not a biological process, it's also a mental and emotional process. And in this with kind of point of understanding from the the novel, the book. is the constantly and daily inspiration I I I get. the monster of course we say the monster, but he is for me a innocent a let's a human ⁓ creation who a of needs and fears, loneless, the to be accepted, rejection. And and of course he killed. he because he need the attention his father from Victor and this is a big drama ⁓ close to us as a human people that's it's I'm really enjoying to to go really into story because when or or writer or people who who make we have ⁓ after the work more ⁓ Yeah and I don't want to find answer. Rick Outzen: Right. Gonzalo Galguera: Right. And this is the the really the kick what I I need as a choreographer. Rick Outzen: Well, this is a pretty big lift for Pensacola. What have been some of the some of the challenges being here? Gonzalo Galguera: ⁓ first of all I'm very grateful to be here. I'm enjoying the work with the company. This is a very good company, really good dancers, really strong dancers ⁓ and no the challenge that d I hope they enjoy as I am join and also the the audience course because I I wanna be understanded by their audience and and I wanna be ⁓ really ⁓ I wanna see that the people understand. Maybe not everything, but this something is going on on the stage that touched me. ⁓ and if after that the people get inspired to go out and buy the book and read. This is also culture, is this is our message, our work, inspire the to open a little ⁓ small window then people say, Okay, I'm gonna watch now the movie. Right. Wanna I'm gonna now the read the book. Yeah. The same, at the end is everything the same. It's something you give the people. Rick Outzen: Well, you know, I I guess i d the last question that I have is is someone comes to the performance, what would you like them to or think as they're leaving the theater? Gonzalo Galguera: This is a very good question. Right. I I guess be inspired. I hope the people really go accompany the the rhythm, the emotions, the story, the music, the dance. But most of ⁓ the most important is if something touched the ⁓ a little moment, some and they see I can I couldn't understand well but something moved me, touched me. is the the most important thing. That's we are working hard every day for that. Rick Outzen: Well gosh. you so much for coming. ⁓ told you it'd be a different kind of interview. I wanna I because I've really I've the book, I've s you know, I've seen some of the movies, but I've also the press release was spectacular ⁓ that Pensacola put out. It's October second through fourth. it is great a great opportunity see ballet in a very approachable, ⁓ challenging way. So you so much for coming. Gonzalo Galguera: Thank you for having me. Thank you so much for having me. Rick Outzen: Alright, we're gonna go ahead take a break. I'll pay a few bills, then we'll be right back with Rick's Blog Live, and I'm Rick Altson.