SEASON 19/20 - EL REAL JUNIOR SCHOOLS
As it does year after year, El Real Junior presents its magnificent 2019-2020 season with great stories for families and children.
This season, the goal is to discover wonderful stories and exceptional artists who, wearing the masks of their own characters or communicating as themselves, show us beauty, poetry and those sentiments of which we can be proud as human beings, such as love, compassion and gratitude.
Picasso, Andersen, Beethoven, Buster Keaton, Poulenc, Satie, Cesar Franck, Mary Shelley, Wagner, Prokofiev, Debussy, among other artists invite us to think about masks, the ones we wear to pretend to be someone else, or the ones that sometimes help us to live, or the masks we fight in order to be free, all of this through art and music.
We begin the season with the mysterious show Mi Amigo el Monstruo by the Belgian company Clair de Lune Theatre, a new approach to the famous figure of Frankenstein, whose monster "mask" will help us understand that sometimes what is different is beautiful and real, and this will teach us a lot about ourselves. In October, there is the much-anticipated debut of Acróbata y Arlequín by the company La Maquiné when we enter the fascinating pictorial universe of Picasso. It tells the remarkable story of Pablo, a child who will discover his talent through clown masks, circus magic and music.
In December La Pequeña Cerillera (The Little Match Girl) returns, a moving Christmas musical story to share as a family.
January kicks off with a visit from Buster Keaton in Classic Films with New Music II. This deadpan genius will give us a selection of his best films set to music by the pianist Jean Jadin.
In February comes Piano from Other Worlds, our famous piano concerts in the Sala de Orquesta of the Teatro Real, with music from other galaxies!
For younger children, after last season’s success, the beloved elephant Babar returns in Babar El Pequeño Elefante, with music by Poulenc.And finally, we will celebrate the birthday of a man who behind a very serious-looking mask hid his gentle heart. We still hum and sing his beautiful melodies today as we celebrate the 250th birthday of Beethoven!
And of course, there is our dear Fernando Palacios with the eighth year of the series Todos a la Gayarre!
Don’t miss this wonderful season of El Real Junior —we’re expecting you, with or without a mask!
So that children and their families can discover music and dance in a different way, the Teatro Real will screen some of its shows on cinemas all around Spain.
Shows for schools
Specific requirements for your centre to participate
Juniors of the Teatro Real is the Teatro Real's educational programme. This is a project aimed at public and private schools with music teachers. To participate in any of these activities, please fill out the form which you can download below.
Centers of education throughout Spain can access the Teatro Real easily by taking their students to local cinemas.
The application should be filled in correctly and sent to the department of educational activities along with centre preferences of day and time. The educational activities department of the Teatro Real will try to fit around these preferences whenever possible, or suggest similar alternatives if necessary.
Contact and booking: Marta Villegas
Tel.: 91 516 06 96
Fax: 91 516 06 51
Email: elrealjunior@teatroreal.es
Educational Guides
The educational activities department of the Teatro Real offers a guide for each performance. This will be available on the website a month before the show. The guide provdes information about the literary and musical context, historical background and theatrical aspects of each production. You can also use the audio and video content on the website, which is regularly updated by the educational activities department.
Hazte Colegio Amigo del Teatro Real
Por formar parte del Colegio Amigo del Teatro Real las familias y alumnos disfrutan de muchos beneficios:
- Reserva preferente de localidades para funciones escolares.
- Web específica con la programación infantil y juvenil del Teatro Real con contenidos adicionales, y descuentos exclusivos para docentes, niños y familias.
- Acceso gratuito al contenido infantil y juvenil de la videoteca del Teatro Real a través de su plataforma Palco Digital.
- Entradas adicionales gratuitas para el profesorado en funciones escolares y entradas gratuitas para algunas de las funciones familiares de fin de semana (según disponibilidad).
- Promociones especiales en la compra de entradas de espectáculos de ópera, danza y recitales para el personal docente, padres y alumnos del Colegio Amigo.
- Distinción con el sello Colegio Amigo del Teatro Real y mención del nombre del centro escolar en la página web del Teatro Real, redes sociales y otros soportes de comunicación.