Six Max Awards at stake, on a perfect stage

Today, Monday (21:00), the Spanish Max Performing Arts Awards will be presented at the Gay￮ arre Theatre in Pamplona, where representatives of the Basque theatre will be on their way to winning six nominations: the Marie de Jon￮ gh Best Show for Children, Youth or Family, and the Best Costume Design Award for "Mr.

"Afanador", the dance show that Marcos Morau has created for the National Ballet of Spain, is the candidate for the highest number of awards, eight. As for the theatre, "Casting Lear" and "The Day of the Watusi" have received the highest number of nominations, four.

These awards are organized by the Foundation of the General Society of Authors and Publishers of Spain, and reward twenty sections related to the artistic and technical fields of the performing arts.

The presenter of this 28th edition will be the Navarre actress Natalia Huarte, at whose ceremony the professional career of the late Juan Margallo and the widow of that Petra Martínez, ex aequo, will be rewarded with the Max of Honor award. 

"L'alegría que passa", the show of the Catalan company Dagoll Dagom, will receive the Aplauso Award from the Public, works performed to greet the public after 50 years of career.  

The Max Awards ceremony will be held for the first time in Navarre and, as usual, the ceremony will be attended by a local person, in this case Ana Maestrojuán (Pamplona, 1976), accompanied by lighting director David Bernunés and figurinist Edurne Ibáñez.

Elisa Sanz, Olga Pericet, Ángel Durán, Carlos Sobera, José María Asín, Camila Viyuela, Eva Azpilicueta, Jorge Usón, Patxi Freytez, Ane Pikaza, Roberto Álvarez, Alfredo Sanzol and Marta Pazos.

To put music on the gala will be the work of Gorka Urbizu, Aurora Beltrán, soprano Raquel Andueza, bico CastaZabal and the choir Saudade, directed by Juan Gainza, who will take to the stage La Banda Teatro Circo, La Faktoria Coreographic Center and Duguna Dantza Taldea.