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BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA
2008 GUIDE. FEMALE BAILE
Feminine form
Flamenco-world.com, September 2008
The bailaoras come right up to
the foreground. Whether they are newcomers or veterans,
classical or innovative. The contrast between them will
be seen with the stroke of a pen in the show ‘Mujeres’,
shared between Merche Esmeralda, Belén
Maya and Rocío Molina. The youngest one in
the trio moreover offers the solo show ‘Oro viejo’.
The contrast prevails in the rest of the program. María
Pagés looks at herself in ‘Autorretrato’,
Sara Baras, at the cigarette girl ‘Carmen’
and newcomer Luisa Palicio, the tales of ‘The Thousand
and One Nights’. Moreover, in this edition of Seville’s
Bienal, a sort of ‘metabailaora’ is born;
that is to say, a bailaora who puts herself in the shoes
of another bailaora. Isabel Bayón looks into the
historic Tórtola Valencia. Rafaela Carrasco, into
La Argentinita.
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Photo Daniel Muñoz
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September 13th. Teatro de la Maestranza (8:30
p.m.)
‘Mujeres’, Merche Esmeralda,
Belén Maya & Rocío Molina
A mighty trio of bailaoras gathers in ‘Mujeres’.
Merche Esmeralda contributes veteran poise.
Belén
Maya synthesizes her career of personal
innovation. Rocío Molina reveals herself
from tradition. And besides separately, the
show includes dialogues, among them, the romance
by Maya and Molina, and the three-way caracoles.
Mario Maya moderates the conversation.
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Photo Daniel Muñoz
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September 18th. Teatro Alameda (11 p.m.)
‘4 noches’, Luisa Palicio
Luisa Palicio, a student of Milagros Mengíbar’s,
was a revelation at the last Bienal in the
view of many people. Now the Málaga-born
artist breaks away from her maestra and makes
her solo début with ‘4 noches’,
a show with a script by José Luis Ortiz
Nuevo as well as his participation as an actor.
The inspiration comes from ‘The Thousand
and One Nights’ and from poet Al-Mutamid.
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Photo Daniel
Muñoz
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September 19th, 20th and 21st. Teatro de
la Maestranza (8:30 p.m.)
‘Carmen’, Ballet Flamenco
Sara Baras
Sara
Baras returns to outstanding women.
First it was ‘Juana la Loca’,
then came ‘Mariana Pineda’...
and now, ‘Carmen’. The Cádiz-born
bailaora and choreographer is inspired by
Mérimée’s cigarette
girl, but without clinging to the script.
In this personal vision of the now mythical
Sevillian character, she is accompanied
by bailaores José Serrano and Luis
Ortega. The names of Paco de Lucía
and Javier Ruibal stand out among the authors
of the music. The demand for tickets has
forced the festival to schedule a third
performance.
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Photo Daniel
Muñoz
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September 26th and 27th. Teatro de la Maestranza
(8:30 p.m.)
‘Autorretrato’, María
Pagés
María
Pagés weighs up her career as
a bailaora and choreographer. Following
the monumental ‘Sevilla’, the
artist looks at herself in the mirror of
her dance and presents an intimate show.
‘Autorretrato’ stems from an
assignment by the Baryshnikov Arts Center,
a sketch which a show arose from premiered
at the Forum Theater in Tokyo last May.
Miguel Hernández and José
Saramago shape up some of the pieces in
the show.
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Photo Daniel
Muñoz
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September 29th. Teatro Lope de Vega (9 p.m.)
‘Tórtola Valencia’,
Isabel Bayón
Tórtola Valencia was a dancer who
drove intellectuals and artists mad at the
beginning of last century. An era in which
she was able to get along by creating a
mysterious personage and a dance style full
of exoticism. Sevillian bailaora Isabel
Bayón pays tribute to her from
her flamenco point of view, with a premiere
which is backed by the music of Jesús
Torres and directing by Pepa Gamboa. The
duo’s work has already materialized
in shows like ‘La puerta abierta’,
distinguished as the best one at the last
Bienal.
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Photo Daniel
Muñoz
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October 6th and 7th. Teatro Central (9 p.m.)
‘Vamos al tiroteo’,
Rafaela Carrasco
La
Argentinita is the inspiration for Rafaela
Carrasco in ‘Vamos al tiroteo’.
Not the bailaora, but rather the singer.
The folk songs which Encarnación
López recorded in 1931 with Lorca
on piano are the common thread for this
premiere show. Each song is born again in
a new version created especially by musicians
such as Juan Antonio Suárez ‘Cano’
and Jesús Torres, beginning with
which Rafaela Carrasco has designed choreographies
she performs together with four bailaores.
She promises to bring traditional elements
to life such as the shawl, castanets and
Córdoba hat.
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October 9th. Teatro Lope de Vega (9 p.m.)
‘Oro viejo’, Compañía
Rocío Molina
Rocío
Molina’s baile is present both
at the start and in the final stretch of
the festival. Nearly a month after her appearance
in ‘Mujeres’, the Málaga-born
artist premieres her show ‘Oro viejo’,
a reflection about old age. Surprising,
when she is still in her early youth. But
she has thus been told by her inner clock,
which as she admits, “is running really
fast”. Veteran guitarist Rafael Rodríguez
and flamenco jazz icon Jorge Pardo take
part in the show, which also includes Laura
Rozalén on dance.
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