Flamenco bailaor Israel Galván
and dancer Sol Picó ‘challenge’ one
another at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Flamenco-world.com, November 2007
The International Contemporary
Dance Festival of Bilbao, Dantzaldi'07, will host a “performing
duel” between contemporary dancer Sol Picó
and Sevillian flamenco bailaor Israel Galván, accompanied
on cante - in Basque - by Jerez-born David
Lagos. And it will be in a very special setting; the
hall of the Guggenheim Museum where steel sculptures by
American Richard Serra are on exhibit.
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Israel Galván
(Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
‘Encuentro’ is an assignment
by the festival, which thus joins the tenth anniversary
of the museum designed by Frank Gehry. The show, the second
one the dancers collaborate on together after ‘Paella
mixta’, is going to take advantage of the connections
with Basque culture which have arisen in the latest works
by Israel Galván.
In ‘La Francesa’ he choreographed
with music and text by Mikel Laboa in ‘Haga Biga
Higa’, with music by Mikel Laboa and text by Bernardo
Atxaga in ‘Antzinako Bihotz’ and with music
by Joseba Tapia in ‘Tapia y Leturia’ and with
text by Bernardo Atxaga in ‘Gure Trikitilariak’.
Moreover, in ‘El final de este estado de cosas’,
the latest show by the Sevillian artist, an ‘aurresku’
is danced.
The performances are scheduled for December
4th and 5th, 2007, with two shows every day at 1 p.m.
and 7 p.m. At the same time, the Sevillian bailaor is
still on tour with his shows ‘La edad de oro’,
‘Tabula rasa’ and ‘Arena’, which
he will perform in the next few months in countries such
as Norway and France.
