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SOUNDTRACK FROM THE PLAY "EL VIAJE DE ZAZIL" (ZAZIL'S JOURNEY)
performed at Day of the Dead, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Written and Directed by Tomas Joaquin Burkey Marambio
Music Composed and Directed by Star Goes Nova
Starring Jenny Salas
with San Miguel de Allende, Mexico cast:
-Sasha Black
-Magdalena Yanez
-Alejandra Jimenez
-Danila Timo
-Arturo Cano
SCENE 1 Ready for the Party / MUSIC: “In The Mirror”
Zazil, a beautiful, somewhat mysterious young woman dances in her room.
SCENE 2 Danced To Death / MUSIC: “Vera’s Dance”
A day of the dead celebration. Choreography Mojigangas, classic catrinas, salon. A handsome man dances Zazil to death.
SCENE 3 The Underworld / MUSIC: “The Underworld”
Aereal silk in the middle of the floor. Zizil descends down the silk to the underworld. Shadow dance. Fire dance.
SCENE 4 Apanohuaia / MUSIC: “Mexmagic”
In the blackness, a small stream grows little by little, opening a portal where more and more water enters, which Zazil must fight against. She is saved by Xolotl, her dog.
SCENE 5 Tepeme Monamictlan / MUSIC: “The Deep Mountains”
The place where the mountains meet, grinding back and forth. Crossing is dangerous, yet Zazil must cross.
SCENE 6 Itztépetl - The Obsidian Mountain / MUSIC: “Mine”
Zazil and Xolotl (her dog) walk windy mountains. The obsidian god appears and kills Xolotl. Zazil remains thrown over Xolo desperate, crying.
SCENE 7 Cehueloyan / MUSIC: "Eye" and “Hazelwood Moon”
A snowy place. Zazil is now alone. Everything is ice, frozen. Death within death.
An owl flies down to comfort Zazil.
SCENE 8 Teyollocualóyan / MUSIC: “Reaching Out”
Zazil pulls her heart out of her chest. She gives it to Jaguar who devours it with great devotion while the animals dance
SCENE 9 Cycle of life / MUSIC: “A Star For The Hero”
The heart lies on the ground. From the heart, a flower is born.
SCENE 10 Rebirth / MUSIC: " Sunrise On Mars" and “Plutonium”
Zazil reappears as a young girl, reborn, climbing up the silk upwards to the living.
SCENE 11 Day of the Dead / MUSIC: “The Beautiful Candle”
Zazil arrives in the modern world on the Day of the Dead, transformed and beautiful. The End.