Monchín del alma, 1988
Book by José Lacomba (used by permission). Choreography by Edgardo Huertas and Juan Anduze. Sung by Edgardo Huertas. Commissioned and premiered by the San Juan City Dance Company at the Tapia Theater in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 1988).
Music programmed, produced and performed by Raymond Torres-Santos.
Inst.: Tape Music (containing sounds produced by synthesizers, sampling machines, drum machine, and computer).
Duration: 90 min.
In One Act
| Scene I. Obertura/Nacimiento de Monchín | ||||
| 1 | Nacimiento de Monchín | 9:07 | ||
| 2 | Presentación | 3:50 | ||
| Scene II. La alborada | ||||
| 3 | Alborada/Letanías | 3:52 | ||
| 4 | Sembraste la semilla | 6:04 | ||
| 5 | Dianas (“Llego la hora”) | 4:00 | ||
| 6 | Procesión/Las beatas y Monchín | 6:34 | ||
| 7 | Las beatas y la enamorada/de Monchín | 7:45 | ||
| 8 | Canción, Ramón es mi nombre | 7:45 | ||
| 9 | Entrada de la enamorada/Encuentro y pelea con mujeres/Monchín encuentra a enamorada en el suelo/Ambos bailan/Se desboble como Monchito | 6:54 | ||
| Scene IV. La Persecución | ||||
| 10 | Canciones infantiles (Children’s songs) --“A la limona” --“Doña Ana no esta aquí” --“A la víbora” --“Ambos a dos” --“La pajara pinta” --“A la víbora” (Traditional)(public domain) | 1:49 | ||
| INTERMISSION | ||||
| Scene V. La carcel/Pas de Deux | ||||
| 18 | Fantasía | 0:52 | ||
| 19 | Pas de deux | 16:38 | ||
| 20 | Entremés | 1:00 | ||
| 21 | Repetición | 1:55 | ||
| Scene VI. La Limosna | ||||
| 22 | El Cuco | 1:03 | ||
| 23 | Monchín y la enamorada en espera | 2:19 | ||
| 24 | Canción, Ay, Monchín del alma/Monchin muestra a su cabeza/Regresa a la enamorada | 5:23 | ||
| Scene VII. Los asaltantes asesinos/La muerte de Monchín/funeral | ||||
| 25 | Los asaltantes asesinos/Muerte de Monchín | 9:35 | ||
| 26 | Gente de pueblo empiezan a salir/funeral | 9:08 | ||
| Scene VIII. Desdoblamiento (El cuco, el hermoso y el leproso)/Pas de Trois | ||||
| 27 | Desdoblamiento | 5:01 | ||
| 28 | Pas de trois | 3:16 | ||
| 29 | Optional: Fín de fiesta (Song, Monchín del alma sung by Chuíto de Bayamón) | |||
Songs
-music by Raymond Torres-Santos and lyrics by José Lacomba
-RTS Music [ASCAP], publisher
- Ramón es mi nombre
- Aquí canta mi alma
- Ay, Monchín del alma
Children Songs
- A la limona
- Doña Aña no esta aqui
- A la víbora
- Ambos a dos
- La pájara pinta
- Traditional (public domain)
Movements, 1980
Commissioned and premiered by the UCLA Dance Company at the Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, California (1981).
Inst.: Fl (1), Cl (1), Vl (1), Cello (1), Piano (1), and Percussion (1).
Duration: 8:09 min.
La Odalisca – 1997
Story by Hiram Cintrón (used by permission).
Commissioned and premiered by the Concerto Ballet at the Luis A. Ferre Performance Arts Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 1997). Performed as part of The Phantom of the Opera (ballet version) with Fernado Bujones as the principal dancer. Choreographed by Alberto Mendez from the Cuba National Ballet. Also performed in many cities in Taiwan including New York and Taiwan (1998) and again in San Juan in April 2016. Dancers who have performed the principal role include Carlos Cabrera (1998, 2002), José Manuel Carreño (2009) and Luis Victor Santana (2016).
Inst.: Tape Music (containing sounds produced by synthesizers, sampling machines, drum machine, and computer).
Duration: 15:20 min.
| Introduction | 1:05 |
| Mov. I | 6:47 |
| Mov. II | 2:13 |
| Mov. III | 5:15 |