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FESTIVAL DE JEREZ 2009. PEPE HABICHUELA & DAVE HOLLAND
From maestro to maestro
Silvia Calado. Jerez, March 13th, 2009
Pepe Habichuela: guitar. Dave Holland: contrabass. Josemi Carmona: guitar. Charly Carmona: second guitar. Piraña, Juan Carmona: percussion. 13th Festival de Jerez. Bodega Los Apóstoles. Jerez (Cádiz, Spain), March 13th, 2009. Midnight
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“My teacher, Dave Holland!”. In English and with a gesture of pride, Pepe Habichuela presented the British contrabass player in the home stretch of the concert. By then, the jazz player and the flamenco artist already had the majestic wine bar wrapped up in that magical ambience released by their dialogue wherever they go. Not only do two types of music converge, but also two very great musicians. And that’s what makes the encounters flow, be of service and remain.
But the effort, as we had already said when they performed at the San Juan Evangelista Jazz Club in Madrid, comes on the side of the ‘outsider’. As he’d already done with the Indians of the Bollywood String Band, Habichuela opens the doors wide for him. And Holland comes in with immense respect to sip at the essence of the jondo. So he might just as easily make his instrument sing por tarantos urged on by the touches of feeling of flamenco guitar, as meddle in the fandango de Huelva, as start to phrase in the huge seguiriyas cabales, as give a jam touch to the bulerías.
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That’s when the father leads, since his son Josemi Carmona is equally able to embellish the cross-border scores. The weight and know-how of the jazz player, who was no less than part of Miles Davis’s band, imbues the two forms which gather in this recital. The mutual understanding there is between everyone, including the percussions Porrina-Carmona and the second guitar, make it a real joy to listen to. But something more is given up there on stage which pours out into the audience. And it’s the absolute admiration with which these two stars have come together. Dave Holland got up on stage applauding and bowing to Pepe Habichuela’s solo por soleá. From maestro to maestro.
Antonio Márquez, ‘Antonio’
Antonio Márquez: baile, director. Trinidad Artíguez, David Sánchez, Daniel Fernández, Javier Sánchez, Joana Flores, Rocío Chacón, Carmen Alférez, Merche Recio, Verónica Soriano, Francesco Bucchi, Juan F. González, Víctor Rodríguez: dancers. Paco Romero: special collaboration. Daniel Fernández: cante. David Durán: guitar. Rafael Hermoso: percussion. 13th Festival de Jerez. Teatro Villamarta. Jerez (Cádiz, Spain), March 13th, 2009. 9 p.m.
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All you have to do is browse a little bit around Youtube nowadays to appreciate the dimension of brilliant Sevillian Antonio Ruiz Soler: the pas de deux with Rosario at the Hollywood Canteen to the sound of an orchestration of ‘El Vito’, Padre Soler’s Sonata with El Escorial in the background, the martinete in Ronda from Edgar Neville’s film ‘Zorongo gitano’ with Marisol… or even the little spin por tangos which he does on a television program with Mari Carmen and Daffy Duck.
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The intention of tribute and remembrance of the show presented at the Teatro Villamarta by Antonio Márquez is, of course, praiseworthy. But putting himself in the shoes of the tributee is a real trap inasmuch as the inevitable factor of comparison comes into play. The distance between one dancer and the other is abysmal, no matter how much Márquez considers himself his heir and devotes himself to taking up that legacy. And he doesn’t falter in this show which, with more than obvious resources and even kitsch, he tells the story of El Bailarín’s artistic career from when he left La Alameda for New York, leading to him joining and eventually leaving the Ballet Nacional de España (Spanish National Ballet).
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Jesús Aguilera, ‘Momentos flamencos’
Sala Compañía, 7 p.m.
Bailaor Jesús Aguilera, from Alcalá de Guadaíra, was inspired by Holy Week to begin his show ‘Momentos flamencos’, which he presented at the Sala Compañía accompanied by guitarist Pedro Sierra and cantaor Juan José Amador.
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tomorrow …
· Carlos Carbonell. Sala Compañía, 7 p.m.
· Tribute to Mario Maya. Teatro Villamarta, 9 p.m.
Festival de Jerez 2009 bids farewell with a ‘Tribute to Mario Maya’. But it isn’t a usual gala, but rather a show designed by his daughter, bailaora Belén Maya, and stage director Miguel Serrano to bring to life a selection of pieces of his choreographic legacy. As Belén explained at a press conference, “we want to show the stage and choreographic concept he had and we ourselves live the ambience of his absolutely demanding creations”. A total of twelve dancers who worked and trained with Mario have “redone choreographies from ‘Camelamos naquerar’, ¡Ay!, jondo’, ‘Diálogo del Amargo’ and ‘De lo flamenco’. They include Isabel Bayón, Juan Andrés Maya, Marco Vargas and Diego Llori, among others. And with the idea of duplicating his work exactly, “we capture the same sense in everything, in time, in wardrobe, in lighting … taking it all from videos”. Serrano added that he has “tried to make a show, tell a story with a measured-out sequence intended for spectators, emphasizing the internal dramatic art which he used to like to stick into his baile”. A couple of hours earlier, Carlos Carbonell drops the curtain at the Sala Compañía and the Los Novísimos Series. The Cádiz-born bailaor presents ‘Acompasa2’ with dancer Ana Arroyo and pianist La Reina Gitana as guest artist.
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