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Dancing to the music of a non-existent filmSAIOA CAMARZANAEl Cultural 19/02/2014Everything Marilyn Monroe did continues to be a source of inspiration for new works. When her legendary voice crooned ‘I wanna be loved by you, just you, Nobody else but you, I wanna be loved by you, ba-deedly-deedly-deedly-dum-ba-bo op-bee-doop!’ in Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959), who could have guessed that these meaningless words would inspire María Jerez (Madrid, 1978) to create her latest live piece entitled ba-deedly-deedly-deedly-dum-ba-boop-bee- doop!, which recreates the soundtrack of a film that does not exist. The choreographer gave a preview of the piece at Tanzfabrik Berlin with the support of Acción Cultural España’s PICE programme.It was the preview of a project in its final stages: ‘We’re part of an artistic platform that belongs to a European network of different centres for art, theatre and festivals that’s called Apap’, María Jerez explains. For this piece she surrounded herself with artists she had previously worked with. ‘It was important to me for them to be people I feel close to both artistically and personally, because it’s the first time I’ve invited so many people to work with me from scratch’, she points out. ‘Six people are involved in the piece, which uses the body as loudspeakers to create a choir who shape a film when they sing and talk. You listen to it but don’t see it, it’s its soundtrack. We work from many viewpoints, from the placePerforming arts134Results ‘14