Deltas is an interdisciplinary music theatre performance by composer and performance maker Nahuel Cano in collaboration with musical ensemble Modelo62 and filmmaker Juan Fernández Gebauer. The work combines live music, film and storytelling to connect personal and ecological losses through the lens of grief while following the course of two rivershttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com the Paraná in Argentina and the Rhine, in the Netherlands. These rivers are among the most heavily engineered and degraded ecosystems in their regions. They have been reshaped by centuries of extraction, trade, and management, turning wetlands into profit.
Deltas aims to translate personal grief and ecological concern into a musical and narrative experience by unfolding an emotional journey. Currents, breath, sediments, blood, erosion, infections, and flooding become perceptible through rhythms, songs, and images of landscapes. With this new piece, Nahuel Cano expands and deepens the research initiated with his previous piece, “Ways to listen to a river.“
“This process began while travelling from The Netherlands to Argentina to take care of an ailing mother. From that experience grew a questionhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com how are the ways we grieve connected to the ways in which we shape the earth? Grief, I realized, is not only an emotion but a way of perceiving — as an open wound, it sharpens our attention, teaches care, and shows how to stay present with pain. It reveals what we value and what we have neglected.”
— Nahuel Cano
→ Credits
Concept and directionhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Nahuel Cano
Musichttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Nahuel Cano in collaboration with the performers
Texthttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Nahuel Cano in collaboration with Mart Nooijen, Juan Fernandez Gebauer, and Annika Hilger
Performershttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Reinier van Houdt (piano), Vasilis Stefanopoulos (double bass), Ezequiel Menalled (electric guitar), Mart Nooijen (vocals), Nahuel Cano (electronics – vocals), Akane Takada (Piano), Juan Fernandez Guebauer (vocals)
Filmhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Juan Fernandez Gebauer
Light and Set designhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Pablo Fontdevila
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Audio engineerhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Dario Giustarini
Producerhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Enric Sans I Morera (Modelo62)
Researchhttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Nahuel Cano, Mart Nooijen, Juan Fernandez Gebauer
Composition advicehttphttphttphttp:\/\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com\/\/modelo62.com\/domains\/modelo62.com//modelo62.com/domains/modelo62.com Ezequiel Menalled
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Deltas is a co-production between Spring Festival, Gaudeamus Festival and Modelo62. The research and development of this project was supported by Gemeente Utrecht, and Provincie Utrecht. Modelo62 is structurally supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and Gemeente Den Haag.