Portocristo hosts 'Poetic Sea', a dialogue between Miquel Àngel Riera, the arts, and the sea.

PalmManacor City Council presents the new 'Mar Poètic' series, a cultural initiative born from the desire to connect poetry, music, dance, and the visual arts with the marine environment and with the work of Miquel Àngel Riera as its guiding thread.

For three days, from September 25th to 27th, Portocristo will become a space for artistic experimentation and a meeting place around words, with free performances, workshops, and recitals that invite you to "miquelangelear" (become a miquelangelear), to experience art as a declaration of love and commitment. The series was presented today with the participation of Antònia Llodrà, Portocristo delegate; Ferran Montero, Culture delegate; and Jaume Gomila, project coordinator.

Programming

• 'Debon sings Suau' (September 25): a poetic and musical journey through the work of Pere Suau with the voice of Pau Debon and the piano of Antoni Bujosa.
• Offerings and his workshop with schoolchildren (September 26), where the artist Julià Panadès will work with plastics collected from the sea.
• 'Dance with the wave of a verse,' a movement and poetry workshop led by Miquel Àngel Riera.
• 'Musicatura' (September 27), a dialogue between music and literature with Maria Escalas and Francesc Blanco.
• 'Camino de MAR: The floor of the bay' (September 27): musical recital with Damià Timoner and Guillem Galmés Riera on poems by Miquel Àngel Riera.
• '¡VIVA!' (September 27), an object theater performance that reflects on memory and femicide.
• 'Throw me a verse and I'll give you back the SEA', a glossing session with the Glossers of Mallorca.
• The exhibition 'MOTHER – Living facing the sea', open from September 25 to 27 at the Portocristo municipal office.

All activities are free, with prior reservation through the website. marebalear.org.

A project rooted in the territory

The Portocristo delegate, Antònia Llodrà, stressed that "we have wanted to give this recognition to Miquel Àngel Riera and the legacy he left us for a long time, and we are doing so with a series of activities for all ages centered around poetry and words."

The Culture delegate, Ferran Montero, highlighted "that this festival puts poetry at the center," while emphasizing "the cultural boom that Portocristo has experienced in recent years." Finally, the series coordinator, Jaume Gomila, emphasized that the festival "features top-level artists" and said that MAR poético was born to "play with words, with art, with music and with the landscape," all to pay tribute to and revive one of the greatest writers in the Catalan language.