Ana Sofía Vázquez teje la escena femenina
Lilia Ovalle · Milenio / Cultura · 19 September 2024. In Spanish.
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A multidisciplinary stage production that weaves dance, circus, poetry, music and video art into a universe inspired by Remedios Varo.
A show by Ana Sofía Vázquez
Teatro Estelar · Mexico City
The show
What is El Tejido de los Sueños?
A multidisciplinary show that recreates the universe of surrealist painter Remedios Varo. Her characters, landscapes and worldview leave the canvas and come to life through circus, theatre, dance, poetry, original music and video projections, immersing audiences in a dreamlike world.
Synopsis
Within a walled city, the Novice and her companions embroider the Earth’s mantle at the top of a tower. A Fern Cat from another dimension takes one of the threads and playfully carries it far from the town.
Following the cat, the Novice reaches a hollow tree and encounters the Portal Guardian, a mysterious, ethereal being who guards the entrance to a magical forest inhabited by fantastical characters.
So begins a journey of transformation through different planes of reality, where she discovers the invisible threads connecting the earthly world to the far reaches of the cosmos.
Directorial concept
The dramaturgy creates an initiatory journey inspired by 16 paintings by Remedios Varo. The Novice’s path draws a metaphorical parallel with the painter’s life, exile and the search for freedom, identity and transformation.
Five elements transform the space: multimedia, lighting, mobile houses, aerial apparatus and the performers’ bodies. Circus movement becomes a metaphor for the characters’ inner journeys.
An invitation to dream with your eyes open
The production explores displacement, intolerance, diversity and the possibility of creating a place of one’s own. It also pays tribute to a woman who asserted her voice as an artist and opened paths towards imagining other realities.
El Tejido de los Sueños
“To bloom in times of bitterness is the greatest act of rebellion.”
Discover a fragment of the dream
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Preview resources
Watch the official trailer and demo reel to explore the show’s visual universe. A full recording is available from the production team on request for programming assessment.
Why programme this show?
A production that connects the performing arts with painting, transforming Remedios Varo’s universe into an experience of body, image and sound.
Stage language
Interdisciplinary creation
Theatre, dance, circus, poetry, original music and video share a single dramaturgy. Circus disciplines express the characters’ desires and transformations.
Experience
A visual and sensory universe
Projections, live video, mobile houses, costumes and original aerial apparatus bring painting onto the stage and create dreamlike landscapes.
Touring
Scale and audiences
Created for proscenium theatres and recommended for audiences over 9. An artistic fit for seasons and festivals of theatre, contemporary circus, dance and visual arts.
Artistic and technical information
Key information for assessing a presentation of the show.
- Running time
- 1 hour 45 minutes
105 minutes - Format
- Large-scale production
Proscenium theatre - Recommended audience
- Audiences over 9
- Touring company
- 18 people
Touring team
Technical requirements
Stage and rigging
Proscenium stage: approximately 10 m wide at the opening, approximately 8 m deep from the main curtain to the cyclorama, with a minimum floor-to-grid height of 7 m.
Stage machinery: 6 counterweighted bars for rigging, 5 for gauzes and props, and 1 for the ultra-short-throw projector.
Company rigging: 3 pulley systems with a 3:1 mechanical advantage, 3 anchor points and a steel cable installation from the main rigging point to the grid, using the company’s equipment.
Drapery: main curtain, 2 black masking curtains, cyclorama and 4 gauzes supplied by the company.
Permissible loads, anchor specifications and suspension procedures are determined with the technical director and the venue.
Lighting and video
Lighting: a complete stage lighting system in accordance with the reference plan.
Multimedia: 1 large-venue projector, preferably supplied by the theatre, and 1 Epson EHLS 500B ultra-short-throw projector supplied by the company.
The design combines projection onto a cyclorama with closed-circuit video and real-time interaction.
Discuss the lighting inventory, projection specifications and control requirements with the technical director.
View reference plan ↓Sound, power and technical staff
Sound: 2 lavalier microphones, 2 stage monitors and a PA system suited to the venue. If the venue cannot supply the lavaliers, the company can obtain a rental quote.
Local staff: the theatre’s technical and operational team.
Consoles, connections, electrical capacity, circuit distribution and the final local staffing requirements are to be agreed for each venue.
Get-in, get-out and logistics
Get-in: 22 hours.
Get-out: 4 hours.
Required facilities: dressing rooms and access to the theatre’s technical facilities.
Transport, access and loading dimensions, accommodation and load-in crew requirements are to be agreed with production.
Reference lighting plan
Lighting plan for the venue’s technical assessment. Original diagram in Spanish.
“El Tejido de los Sueños is a cry for freedom.”
Ana Sofía Vázquez
Touring history
Performances
Teatro del Bosque Julio Castillo
Centro Cultural del Bosque · Mexico City.
Season announced by INBAL ↗
12 performances documented by the company.Teatro Nazas
Torreón, Coahuila.
Date reference: El Siglo de Torreón ↗
6 performances documented by the company.Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris
Mexico City.
Date reference: Milenio / Laberinto ↗
1 sold-out gala performance, according to the company’s records.
19 performances · More than 8,500 audience members
Press and reception
The project’s materials bring together coverage and criticism of the transformation of Remedios Varo’s pictorial universe into performance.
El circo de Remedios Varo
David Noria · Milenio / Laberinto · 19 September 2025.
Season at Teatro del Bosque Julio Castillo
INBAL · Bulletin 687 · 13 May 2024.
Gallery
General photography credits: Julio López, Ernesto Reynoso, Ricardo Antonio and Torreón Street Art.
46 photographs
dreams ripen between threads
Carlota Caulfield
of a treble clef turned into a seed
The team behind the dream
Ana Sofía Vázquez
Dramaturgy, stage direction, general direction and production. Her vision shapes a journey of transformation in which Remedios Varo’s images become body, movement and performance.
Teatro Estelar
A company based in Mexico City and producer of El Tejido de los Sueños. It brings together a cast and creative team from different disciplines to bring this production to life.
Teatro Gravitacional
Co-producing company credited in the project’s artistic dossier.
Cast
Daniela Figueroa, José Ruíz, Laura Vargas, María Camargo, Miriam Molina, Inés Gómez, Claudia Balam, Vanessa Gil, Alejandro Soria and Yseye Appleton.
Creative team
- Dramaturgy and stage direction
- Ana Sofía Vázquez
- Multimedia concept and projection design
- Héctor Cruz
- Stage cart design and construction
- Humberto Galicia
- Lighting design
- Heidi Lamadrid
- Costume design
- Sergio Mirón
- Floor choreography
- Sandra Milena
- Aerial apparatus design / original concept
- Ana Sofía Vázquez
- Construction of structural elements
- Vladimir Garza and Heidi Lamadrid
- Aerial apparatus fabrication
- Pachiné | Guillermo Ortiz Cruz
- Props design and fabrication
- Alejandra Enciso
- Make-up design
- Kenya Reza
- Poetry
- Daniela Figueroa
- Original music composition and sound design
- María Camargo
- Recording, mixing and mastering
- Eufonía Estudios
- Musicians
- Mariana Chávez Lara, Leticia García Arévalo and Carla Benítez
Production and communications
- General direction and production
- Ana Sofía Vázquez
- Executive production
- Ana Sofía Vázquez
- Assistant director
- Melissa Martínez
- Production assistants
- Alejandra Enciso, Carolina Rodríguez and Carlos Obscura
- Rigging team
- Adrián Max, Luis Hernández and Humberto Benhumea
- Communications team
- Valeria Gauna, Pop comunicación and Eugenia Orozco
- Photography
- Julio López, Ernesto Reynoso, Ricardo Antonio and Torreón Street Art
- Producing company
- Teatro Estelar
- Associate producer
- Liliana Vázquez
- Co-production, as credited in the artistic dossier
- Teatro Gravitacional
Original production credit: A Mexican national theatre production made with the tax incentive under Article 190 of the LISR (EFITEATRO 2024).
Presenter resources
Browse the artistic documents and presentation videos. The full recording of the show is available on request from production.
Short dossier 2026 · PDF in Spanish
11 pages · Synopsis, concept, credits, touring history and contact. Document in Spanish.
Artistic dossier 2026 · PDF in Spanish
35 pages · Dramaturgy, stage design, documentation and press. Document in Spanish.
Reference technical requirements
Venue and get-in requirements, and lighting plan. Discuss the final technical rider with the technical director.
Photography and graphic materials
Photography and graphic materials are available on request from production.
Programming resources
Materials available on request from production.
Full show recording
Available on request from production for programming assessment.