Spanish fashion is much more than just the design of a garment, it is a way of living and feeling that goes beyond the runway to go up on the stage in a fruitful collaboration between designers and creators of artistic disciplines such as dance, theatre or cinema.
The library of the Hotel Urso hosted a new breakfast “60 Minutes of Fashion with EFE Style”, in which designers Juan Duyos and David Delfín talked with Antonio Najarro, Director of the National Ballet of Spain, regarding this particular affair between fashion and the stage.
One of the most recent examples, and trending topic on social networks, was the fashion show by Spanish designer Juan Duyos, in collaboration with the BNE and in communion with the director and choreographer Antonio Najarro. “A challenge in which textiles were placed at the service of the choreography,” recalls Duyos, who recalls it was “very exciting” to dress the chiselled bodies of the dancers.
It is not the first time that the director of the BNE bets on a dressmaker to create the costumes for one of his choreographies. His first experience was with Nicolas Vaudelet in “Sorolla”. “Spanish Dance enjoys a great welcome abroad, especially if the costumes also carry the label ‘Made in Spain’, another element that strengthens the entity of the show,” says Najarro. The director of the National Ballet of Spain is very excited with the preparation of his new project “Alento” the costume of which is being manufactured by the Catalan designer Teresa Helbig.
The experience of David Delfín, who designed the costumes for “Chapter 10” (2009) and “Nippon-Koku” (2014) for the National Dance Company (CND), allows him to assert that “each project guides you, it is a new challenge with lots of guidelines to overcome.” The designer has combined the creation of “Inferno”, the collection he will take to the next edition of the runway Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM), with the wardrobe of “Edvard” for the Contemporary Dance Company of Norway, plus preparing the one of “Carmen” for the CND.
This harmony in which fashion and the performing arts live together has been strengthened thanks to the agreement signed by the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) and the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), within which are integrated the National Ballet of Spain (BNE) and the National Dance Company (CDN).
