A Norwegian and 'flamenca' princess
A princess. An hazardous trip from Norway to Spain in the middle of the Middle Age. Flamenco and medieval music joined forever in a unique and amazing performance. This is "The Princess Kristina and the Goblin", one of the projects financed by the EEA Grants within the Cultural Programme.
05.06.2014
Let’s begin like the fairy tales. Once upon a time Princess Kristina, daughter of King Häkon IV of Norway, keeping the promise made by his father, undertook a challenging trip to Spain in 1257 to marry one of the brothers of Alfonso X King of Castilla y León. Three and a half months crossing Europe in a hazardous journey that ended with a wedding in Valladolid and her moving to Sevilla with his husband, Infante Felipe. There, Princess Kristina died at 28 years old and was buried in Covarrubias (Burgos).
The Princess Kristina and the Goblin is a gorgeous adaptation of this story passed on from each generation to the next by Icelandic storytellers. Through the masterful mixing of medieval music and flamenco, of dance, singing and words, the spectator is the witness of an incredible adventure. The performance is the perfect symbol for the bonds between European peoples and cultures as it have never been seen before.
Icelandic storyteller Kristinn R. Ólafsson translates into words what the flamenco guitars and medieval instruments tell in perfect harmony, while Princess Kristin and Infante Felipe dance a love that know no bounds. A symbol of the link between the past and the present, between North and South.
This project is one of the approved within the EEA Grants Cultural Diversity and Cultural Exchange Programme, operated by Norwegian Embassy in Spain, whose aim is fostering the dialogue and European identity through culture and the increase of cultural exchange between Spain and the donor countries (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).