The actresses Marta Nieto and Marina Salas, for their work in 'La infamia', and Pepa Pedroche ('The innocent saints'); the actor Carlos Hipólito ('Oceanía'), the dancer Israel Galván ('Seises'); the playwright Laia Ripoll ('Tea Room') or the composer Tomás Marco ('Police and Robbers') are some of the candidates for the Max awards, organized by the SGAE through the SGAE Foundation, and which this year reaches its 26th edition.
Around April 17, at the Gran Teatro Falla in Cádiz, the gala will be held (broadcast live on TVE) in which the vein interpreters will be deployed as a category of awards that seek to stimulate and reward the talent of the theater and dance professionals from our country, in addition to promoting the shows of the season.
The Max jury meeting took place last Thursday, March 2, 2023 electronically. Of the 529 shows registered in this edition, 168 candidates turned out. Among them, only 44 assemblies have reached the last phase. After the first selection phase, designated by the three territorial juries (Madrid, Catalonia and Communities), a court made up of the three presidents of the territorial juries, four personalities from the Performing Arts and a member of the Organizing Committee has been in charge of deciding the finalists.
Two special prizes have already been awarded: the Honorary Max Prize, which distinguished the trajectory of the Tricicle company, and the Amateur or social Max Prize, which recognized the work of Payasospital, an association founded by Sergio Claramunt that works in pediatric hospitals. of the Valencian Community. It will also be distinguished by the first prize with the Max Audience Applause Award, as a professional jury it will recognize a show that stands out for its artistic or technical quality and is supported by the massive attendance of spectators and permanence on the billboard for the last five seasons.
List of finalists
Best Theater Show
'Altsasu', from The Wandering Drama
'Crime and punishment', by Teatre Lliure
'La infamia', by Producciones Come y Calla, Teatro Español – Madrid Destino
Culture Tourism and Business
'The will to believe', by Buxman Producciones, Teatro Español – Madrid
Destination Culture Tourism and Business
'Floodable zone', by Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
best dance show
'Al son', by Sara Cano Dance Company, Community of Madrid
'Archipelago of Disasters', by Elena Carrascal
'The Forest', by Mario Bermúdez Gil
Is this piss zer? What now?', by Kukai Dantza
'The Queen of Metal', by the Vanesa Aibar Company
Best musical or lyrical show
'The green envelope', by Teatro de la Zarzuela – Inaem
'The Lost Cat', by the Fundació Gran Teatre del Liceu
'Villa y Marte', by Ron Lala Teatro, Teatros del Canal (Madrid Culture and Tourism)
best street show
'Love, love, love', by Animasur
'Maña', by Cía. manolo alcantara
'Words that break bones', by Cía. pagans
Best show for children, youth or family audiences
'Bajau', by Ponten Pie
'Snow White', by La Chana Theater
'The man who planted trees/ Zuhaitzak landatzen zituen gizona', by Teatro Gorakada
Best revelation of the show.
'Cockroach with landscape in the background', from Mujer en obras
'L'abraçada dels cucs / The Embrace of Worms', by Cactus Teatre
'Box. Where reality loses its limits', by Teatro de La Catrina
great theater authorship
Esther F. Carrodeguas for 'Supernormales'
Jesús Muñoz and Pau Pons for 'Total Eclipse'
María Goiricelaya Burón for 'Altsasu'
Major disclosure authorship
Desiree Belmonte Pérez for 'The box. Where reality loses its limits
Javier Ballesteros for 'Cockroach with landscape in the background'
Marta Eguilior for 'Borderland'
Best Adaptation or Version of a Theater or Choreographic Work
Laila Ripoll for 'Tea Rooms'
María Goiricelaya Burón for 'Yerma'
Pau Carrió for 'Crim i castig'
Best Music Composition for Stage Performance
José Pablo Polo for 'The Forest'
Pascal Gaigne for 'Eta orain zer? And now that?
Tomás Marco for 'Cops and Robbers'
best choreography
Isabel Vázquez for 'Archipelago of Disasters'
Lali Ayguade for 'Runa'
Rafaela Carrasco for 'Nocturna, architecture of insomnia'
Best production workmanship.
Inc. Manolo Alcántara for 'Manña'
November, Theater Company for 'Peribáñez and the Commander of Ocaña'
Tantaka Teatroa for 'Sexberdinak – Sexpiertos'
best stage direction
Iñaki Rikarte for 'Supernormales'
María Goiricelaya Burón for 'Yerma'
Xavier Bobés and Alberto Conejero for 'The sea: visió d'uns niens que no han vist mai'
Best stage designer
Alessio Meloni for 'The Dragon's Head'
Ikerne Giménez for 'The Pythagoras Notebook'
Pablo Chaves for 'Cockroach with landscape in the background'
Best Costume Designer
Almudena Rodríguez Huertas for 'Rif (of lice and mustard gas)'
Marcel Bofill and Nahoko Maeshima for 'Bajau'
Pier Paolo Alvaro for 'As oito da tarde, when morren as nais'
Better lighting design.
Carlos Marquerie for 'Black Gold'
David Bernues for 'Eta orin zer? And now that?
Laura Clos 'Closca' for 'Reds'
Best Actress
Donkey Pikaza for 'Yerma'
Marta Nieto and Marina Salas (ex aequo) for 'La infamia'
Pepa Pedroche for 'The Holy Innocents'
Best Actor
Alfredo Noval for 'Life is a dream'
Carlos Hipólito for 'Oceania'
Pere Arquillué for 'L'adversari'
Best Female Dance Performer
Catherine Coury for 'The Forest'
Lali Ayguade for 'Runa'
Vanesa Aibar for 'The Queen of Metal'
Best Male Dance Performer
Israel Galván for 'Seises'
Lisard Tranis for 'Rune'
'Mario Bermúdez Gil for 'The Forest'
