Within the framework of the online presentations that the National Cervantes Theater has been making for free, this week it will be the turn of "The man who lost his shadow", Directed by Eleonora Comelli and Johanna Wilhelm.

The work can be seen from this Thursday 19 (from 22 hours) until Sunday 22 of November, inclusive, through the YouTube channel of the traditional Buenos Aires campus. further, as it usually happens, the show will be presented with subtitles and behind-the-scenes images.

"The Man Who Lost His Shadow" is a free and choreographic version of "The Wonderful Story of Peter Schlemihl", de Adelbert of Chamisso, which this time is directed by Eleonora Comelli and Johanna Wilhelm.

This show was presented in the María Guerrero room of the TNC with great success and sold-out seats during the seasons 2018 Y 2019. It features the performances of Pablo Fusco, Sebastian Godoy, Griselda Montanaro, Santiago Otero Ramos and Gastón Exequiel Sánchez, plus the contribution of the musicians on stage Axel Krygier and Alejandro Terán.

In the novel The Wonderful Story of Peter Schlemihl (1814) de Adelbert of Chamisso, the protagonist, in exchange for a box with inexhaustible money, sells his shadow to a mysterious character, the Man in Gray. Peter becomes a rich man but now, having no shadow, He is rejected by the rest of the people and must take refuge in the gloom of his mansion. A) Yes, the protagonist loses the possibility of loving and being loved by Fanny, a beautiful dancer. But nevertheless, despite the obstacles, Peter will face a series of challenges to regain his lost shadow.

The work created by Elenora Comelli and Johana Wilhelm, from a free version of von Chamisso's homonymous tale, conceives a multiplied reality where visual arts coexist, music and movement: two musicians playing live, two visual artists who carry out illustrated projections, five interpreters who translate the word into movement, sound and light. The man who lost his shadow is a work that reflects with magic, humor and quirky beauty, about the life of a man torn between darkness and light, between the light and its shadow.