"... and perhaps, madness is not being different, true madness is adapting to living an entire life, playing a character that others wrote for you."
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L O C A
A work by Jimena González.
We are inhabited by characters.
We play them every day to meet others’ expectations, to belong, to be accepted, to avoid judgment. From a very early age, we learn what we should feel, how we should behave, and even which parts of ourselves are best kept hidden.
But what happens when someone decides to abandon that character and become who they truly are—or who they aspire to be?
Who defines the boundary between freedom and madness?
LOCA was born from this question.
It is a stage production that uses tango, poetry, and theater to explore the emotional world of a woman who, after experiencing a profound personal crisis, embarks on a journey toward a more authentic version of herself. Along the way, humor, desire, vulnerability, contradiction, memory, and passion emerge as inseparable parts of a single identity.
In LOCA, tango ceases to be merely a musical genre and becomes a dramatic language. Each song represents a new stage in the protagonist’s inner journey; each poem opens a door to what has remained unspoken for so long. The music does not accompany the story: it builds it.
The production creates a stripped-down stage space where words, the body, and music are in constant dialogue.
Each song reveals a wound.
Each silence confronts a truth.
Each memory dismantles an identity built to survive.
The stage becomes a space where vulnerability ceases to be a weakness and becomes an act of courage.
Because perhaps true madness is not daring to be oneself.
Perhaps true madness is spending an entire lifetime playing the character others wrote for us.
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Synopsis
After experiencing a profound personal crisis, a woman embarks on a journey toward the most authentic version of herself. Through theatrical poetry, live music, and dance, tango songs cease to be mere songs and become the language through which she expresses her fears, desires, contradictions, and longings.
In a universe where reality and imagination intertwine, LOCA invites the audience to join an emotional journey that questions the boundaries between who we are and who the world expects us to be. A work in which tango, theater, and poetry come together to tell a deeply human story about the freedom to be oneself.
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LOCA premiered in March 2025 at the Granada International Tango Festival, becoming the most successful show of that season. Later that same year, it was performed in several cities across Spain.
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Original Concept, Script, Direction and Performance – JIMENA GONZÁLEZ
Musical Direction, Piano and Musical Arrangements – FERNANDO HERRERA
LOCA can be performed as a duo with Jimena and Fernando, or one, two, or more musicians can be added to the ensemble, depending on the available space and production possibilities (bandoneon, double bass, violin, etc.).
The simplest and most theatrical version features a professional tango dancer. However, for tango festivals or events that call for it, one or two dance couples can also be added to the production.
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