FESTIVAL DE JEREZ 2009. ABOUT ‘FLAMENCO SE ESCRIBE
CON J’
Rafael Campallo and Úrsula
López join their flamenco dancing with the jota
by Miguel Ángel Berna
S. C./ Flamenco-world.com, February 2009
The history of Iberian folklore
conceals bonds between types of music such as flamenco
and the jota aragonesa. And flamenco bailaores Rafael
Campallo and Úrsula López as well as jota
dancer Miguel Ángel Berna are going to take care
of reviving them. The background of this conversation
entitled ‘Flamenco se escribe con jota’ will
be the live music by flamencos and joteros, united by
the compás and literature which they have in common.
The show premieres at the Teatro Villamarta in Jerez on
March 9th within the setting of the 13th Festival de Jerez.
Rafael Campallo
(Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
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In ‘Flamenco se escribe con J’,
Úrsula López, Rafael Campallo and Miguel
Ángel Berna verify the kinship between flamenco
and the jota aragonesa. The synopsis defines the show
as “a natural dialogue between two artistic expressions
profoundly linked by their deep folk roots”. It
indicates that they share lyrics, especially the ones
alluding to the War of Independence; date of birth, “the
early 19th century”; and even the style of nicknaming:
“Shared echoes are heard in the resounding names
of the most famous artists, and somewhere up amidst the
stars Tío Juane and El Tío Chindribú
must be striking up a dialogue, or El Cojo de Málaga
and El Tuerto de la Tenerías”.
The two bailaores and the dancer work
with this background. In the view of Sevillian Rafael
Campallo, who hasn’t danced at the Villamarta for
three festivals, “it isn’t a fusion between
jota and flamenco, but rather a matter of each artist
in his own way finding the mixture between the two styles”.
And he affirms that “there’s union, completely;
the alegría is a jota. The rhythm is totally the
same”.
Heels and castanets
Miguel Ángel
Berna
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Úrsula López, who already
appeared at the Sala Compañía in 2007 with
her show ‘Abriendo caminos’, is going to bridge
the gap between Campallo’s baile and that of Berna,
who dazzled last year with ‘Rasmia’ at the
Sala Compañía. “Having music as the
show’s common thread, it aims for the purity of
flamenco and the purity of the jota to be seen. But also
the points in common. And I come in on both sides”.
She will have a solo number por tientos-tangos, just like
Campallo will have one with the soleá por bulerías.
Moreover, the bailaor and the dancer will strike up a
percussion dialogue with their feet and castanets. They
are accompanied by Juan José Amador and Sebastián
Cruz on cante, the guitars of Jesús Torres and
Javier Patino, jota singer Rosario Torres, besides mandolin,
percussion and bagpipes.
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