By saavedraa on Skatehive
English version I consider Jose Antonio Ramos Sucre to be the country’s most brilliant poet; his artistic work stands out for being irreverent and complex, misunderstood in its time because it combined the rawest romanticism with the avant-garde—both movements far removed from traditional approaches. One of his most representative works is The Life of the Damned, which portrays a tormented and lonely individual in the midst of an existential struggle. With that in mind, I went to see its staging at the Ramos Sucre House Museum in Cumana. There, a group of students from the Santa Rosa Catholic University (Ucsar) adapted the poem into a play titled "The Life of the Damned: Dream of a Body Without a Shadow." Theater, music, dance, and poetry blended together in the venue amidst a set design and costumes that evoked the fatality and loneliness of the lyrical voice. Upon arrival, we were greeted by hosts dressed in black, who gathered us at the entrance to the venue to give us some instruct