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SEVILLE'S BIENAL DE FLAMENCO
2002. WINNERS' GALA
A dancer and two winners
Silvia Calado Olivo. Seville, October 5th, 2002
Photos: Javier Hurtado
'Gala de Ganadores of the Fourth Concurso de Jóvenes
Intérpretes'. Cante: Rocío Bazán, with Paco Javier Jimeno
on the guitar. Guitar: Eduardo Trasierra, with El Choro on percussion. Dance:
Mercedes Ruiz, with Javier Patino on the guitar, and singers El Pulga and El Londro.
Teatro Lope de Vega. Seville, October 5th, 2002. 9:00 p.m.
The three contest winners tested professional waters for the first time...or
not that much nor all of them. The girl from Málaga was in the trio to
certify it. Mercedes Ruiz is already a pro. Rocío Bazán and Eduardo
Trasierra are on their way. The dance came out on top, self-assured, mature, well-rounded.
The singer, incontinent. The guitarist, with clay feet.
Following the joint introduction, singing and guitar-playing continued in Málaga
with a rondeña that the singer, after honoring Fosforito, took on from
the bottom up. The tone got away from her, as much as she likes the high registers,
the guitar stepping out of line in its accompaniment role. Trasierra takes solitary
revenge revealing his classic inclination: slightly choppy in the granaína,
free and easy in the alegrías.
Rocío Bazán
Backed up by Paco Javier Jimeno, winner of the contest two editions ago, Rocío
Bazán jumped into the ring again with soleares and tientos-tangos. The
singer from Estepona is undone by her technical ability. Volume, range, strength,
experience...but with no direction. The soleá was an uphill struggle, the
climb became easier with tientos, clutching her clothes, always overdone.
The dancer from Jerez appeared in mourning for seguiriyas. With head, hips,
arms, hand, shoulders...even feet: Mercedes Ruiz is an integral dancer. Serene
and fibrous, sweet and rancid. Without haste, without sound. A break filled out
by the backup while she changes into the green bata de cola... and singing
prefaces her return. Very mature and self-assured, enough to fill the stage on
her own. She and her bata de cola. Shading, flavors, colors. The Jerez
woman, a member of Eva Yerbabuena's group as well as Andrés Marín's
in this Bienal, offering smiles, tucking in, taking her own good time to lift
her skirt...things only a pro knows.
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Mercedes Ruiz
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Winners, a dancer and accompanists get together to celebrate with bulerías.
Time, professionalism, hard work, age have the last word in some cases more than
others. Other prizes take care of recognizing artists who have made it. This one
is for the younger generation, for those who have yet to travel the road. So they
may begin the journey...
revista@flamenco-world.com
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