FESTIVAL DE JEREZ 2007. PREMIERE
Rocío Molina pays tribute
to historical female
figures of flamenco dancing in ‘Pasos contados’
The Málaga-born bailaora is directed
by Pepa Gamboa in this premiere for Jerez 2007
S.C./ Flamenco-world.com, February 2007
After taking a stab at philosophy
in ‘El eterno retorno’, Rocío
Molina returns to simplicity in her show. At Festival
de Jerez 2007, the Málaga-born bailaora premieres
the show ‘Pasos contados’, which as she explains,
“is really really traditional as far as baile goes”.
Within the stage designed for her by Pepa Gamboa, she
is going to do bailes such as seguiriyas, bamberas, garrotín,
tanguillos and a taranto “in tribute to the great
female baile figures, but from a distance”. The
show will see the light on February 27th at the Teatro
Villamarta.
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Rocío Molina
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“The simple is currently the most
innovative”. Rocío Molina shapes up her new
show from this perspective. ‘Pasos contados’
pays tribute to traditional female baile, but as the artist
explains, “it doesn’t try and imitate or pay
tribute to such-and-such a figure, but to recover the
ways in which the bailes had always been done, from a
current viewpoint”. And she recalls Fernanda Romero
and Carmen Amaya in the taranto; and Pilar López
in the seguiriya: “Nowadays dancing is done really
aggressively, but the prevailing image of this baile for
decades was that of Pilar
López with castanets and a bata de cola. I
don’t aim to base myself on that model, but to remember
it in a way”. Garrotín, bamberas and tanguillos
complete this premiering repertoire, which appears at
a time “when I just feel like dancing flamenco”.
In this project, the young artist from
Málaga surrounds herself with a creative crew including
stage director Pepa Gamboa, who introduces the dual concept
of ‘relating’ in the show: “The steps
here tell tales, but from the folk to the most apocalyptic
ones”. And this role of storytelling is going to
be undertaken by clappers Ana Romero and La Tacha, who
“go along narrating, singing and saying tongue-twisters”.
The group of artists is completed by guitarists Paco Cruz
and Juan Requena, authors of the music, cantaores Antonio
Campos and José
Valencia and percussionist Sergio Martínez.
Diego Carrasco is also likely to appear as guest artist.
Rocío Molina premieres ‘Pasos
contados’ on February 27th at the Teatro Villamarta,
within the program of the 11th Festival de Jerez. She
already appeared on the main stage of this event in the
previous edition with ‘El eterno retorno’;
and in that of 2005, with a baile performance at the Sala
Compañía. At the same time as her own projects,
the bailaora collaborates with other artists such as Miguel
Poveda; she provided a touch of baile for his show ‘Tierra
de calma’ at the 2007
Caja Madrid Festival.
