Moria Casán brought his Julius Caesar to Spain and provoked: “It seems that it is a mandate to be inclusive”

Argentine actress Moria Casán, who plays Julius Caesar at the Mérida International Classical Theater Festival and who is a motion icon LGTBI + in his country, ensures that he feels “a stranger to the system”, but not now, “that it seems to be a mandate to be inclusive“.

Casán, who defines himself as “transgressive”, stressed that he had always “supported the group – LGBTI – because it was a sentiment”.

The versatile and media-oriented Ana María Casanova, known as Moira Casán and as La One (Buenos Aires, 1946) will raise the curtain this Friday 1 July of the 68th edition of the International Classical Theater Festival of Mérida, Spain.

he will do it with work Julius Caesar, William Shakespearein a free version by José María Muscari in which men and women swap roles and who crossed the pond after the success achieved in his country.

The right action, at the right time

In his opinion, “There is no better time than now, in the week when LGTBI + rights are defended, to represent this work“, he says referring to the celebration of Pride.

The “diva”, as Muscari defines her, remembers that the rehearsals began on the 22nd of the 22nd of 2022 and “that coincidence made us warn us a week before coming here. We feel chosen“.

It underlines the feeling of “fullness and relaxation” they felt when the company first set foot in the Roman Theater of Mérida and makes it clear that when it comes to getting on an “emblematic stage with so much history” does not feel responsible, “more than what you already have in a job”or panic before the premiere in Spain, but “protection from the aura you breathe”.

The actress anticipates what they will do “a transvestite Julius Caesar and drag queen“a role she says she’s comfortable with, having been “a constant drag queen” throughout her life and career.

similarities to the emperor

Casán says he doesn’t feel the need to play the famous Roman politician and general, since he lives there, seeing a certain resemblance to him. “for that power that gives interpretation and the power of attraction“.

On the contrary, Moria Casán he does not want to be weakened or corruptedas happened to Julius Caesar, therefore he does not feel that closeness with “Julius Caesar for life and dictatorial”, since he does not consider himself as such, although he does so in “the presence of authority, but in a good way”.

The actress announces that she will be “a very audiovisual and very current show “, since it works with screens and mobile phonessomething that “serves to reinforce the rise of young audiences to the theater, something that can already be seen”, and warns that the show will “shock” because it is a “disruptive work”.

Despite her career in radio, television, film and theater, as well as being a business woman, among other facets, she appreciates that being on stage “allows her to play a role in every function and feel the connection with the public“, even if he prefers” not to see the faces of the spectators, since he can dislodge the actors with involuntary gestures, and it is more fun that way “.

José María Muscari, who also directs the works, praises his commitment to “forgotten people to put them back on the radarplaying with them on stage “, and above all,” the unity and group mystique of the company “.

Source EFE / David Cerrato Charro

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