In the music theatre performance Deltas, composer and maker Nahuel Cano brings together live music, film, and personal stories. The work follows the course of two major rivers: the Paraná in Argentina and the Rhine in the Netherlands. Although these rivers are thousands of miles apart, they share a history of human intervention. For centuries, they have been reshaped by trade and management, turning vital wetlands into profit.
The inspiration for this piece is deeply personal. Nahuel Cano began this process while traveling between the Netherlands and Argentina to care for his ailing mother. From that experience grew a fundamental question: How are the ways we grieve connected to the ways in which we shape the earth?
Cano realized that grief is not only an emotion but a way of perceiving the world. Like an open wound, it sharpens our attention; it teaches us to be careful and to stay present with pain. It reveals what we truly value and what we have long neglected. Together with musical ensemble Modelo62 and filmmaker Juan Fernández Gebauer, Cano translates this into a sensory experience where currents, sediments, and erosion become perceptible through rhythms and songs.
Deltas is a co-production between SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Gaudeamus Festival and Modelo62. The research and development of this project was supported by Gemeente Utrecht, KF Hein Fonds, and Provincie Utrecht.
Modelo62 is structurally supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten NL and Gemeente Den Haag.
