FESTIVAL DE JEREZ 2009. ABOUT ‘MI ÚLTIMO SECRETO’, MERCEDES RUIZ

Jerez-born bailaora Mercedes Ruiz reveals new registers in ‘Mi último secreto’

The show, with music by Santiago Lara, premieres on March 11th at the Villamarta

S.C./ Flamenco-world.com, January 2009

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“A different Mercedes Ruiz is going to come out.” The Jerez-born bailaora affirms that in her new show ‘Mi último secreto’, she is going to display “other facets and other registers”. To take on that risk, she has Javier Latorre as a choreography consultant. In addition to her solos in styles like farruca and caracoles, she also moves a pair of bailaoras around on stage. The music, as in her previous show ‘Juncá’, is composed by guitarist Santiago Lara. And in matters of cante, she has the voices of David Lagos and El Londro. The show premieres at the Teatro Villamarta on March 11th, 2009, in the setting of the 13th Festival de Jerez.

Mercedes Ruiz (Photo mercedesruiz.com)

Mercedes Ruiz is now putting the finishing touches on the premiere of a new solo show. ‘Mi último secreto’, which will be seen for the first time at Festival de Jerez 2009, is, in the bailaora’s view, a show in which “I risk more”. Compared to her previous show ‘Juncá’ - which was presented in the 2007 edition -, she affirms that “a different Mercedes Ruiz” will be seen, since she has set herself the goal of “bringing out new things in my baile”.

	Mercedes Ruiz (Photo mercedesruiz.com)

She sets aside the styles she is most acquainted with and lays stakes on other styles “such as farruca, caracoles, bulería por soleá and granaína”. In addition to these solos, she does a seguiriya, which she performs together with bailaoras Carmen Herrera and Vanesa Reyes, “and a rondeña which the two of them dance”. In order to polish the choreography work, she has had the consulting of renowned choreographer Javier Latorre, who she worked with last year in the show ‘¡Viva Jerez!’.

Music by Santiago Lara

As in ‘Juncá’, the music has been composed by Jerez-born guitarist Santiago Lara, who will try to capture the change the bailaora is seeking in the soundtrack. Although it is not a sure thing yet, he might add some string arrangements to his toque. There are lyrics of his in the show, but also by David Lagos, who forms a cantaor duo here with El Londro. And they are joined by percussion and clapping. Simplicity prevails in the staging, since “the baile is what’s going to be eye-catching”, the star adds.