EL CAUTIVO DE LA TIRANA. TEATRALIDADES EN EL DESIERTO

Abstract

A dramaturgical and ethnohistorical analysis is made of the work El Cau­tivo, performed by dancers of Moreno, chunchos, and diablo dances at the La Tirana festival. The screenplay and staging reflect the theological dialectic compositions of the auto-sacramental and the dramatic structures of the battles between the Moors and Christians. These theatrical expressions are observed in festive religious contexts where indigenous and Afro-descendant identities metaphorically represent themselves by proclaiming their conversion and redemption.