Joaquín Cortés presents his new retrospective show ‘Calé’ in New York

The show, which commemorates his twenty-year career as an artist, holds its international premiere on May 14th, 2009 at the Beacon Theatre

Flamenco-world.com, April 2009

Following its presentation in Barcelona and Madrid, Joaquín Cortés chooses New York for the international premiere of ‘Calé’. The new show by the Córdoba-born bailaor is a look back at his artistic career and includes “the essence” of the six shows which he has choreographed and directed with his company in the last two decades. Accompanied by ten dancers and sixteen musicians on stage, he revises pieces such as the martinete from ‘Cibayí’, the bulerías from ‘Mi soledad’, the soleá por bulerías from ‘Soul’, the jaleos from ‘Pasión gitana’, the soleá from ‘De amor y de odio’ and the alegrías from ‘Live’. The world tour then moves on to Mexico.

Joaquín Cortés 'Calé' (Photo Joaquín Cortés Company)

New York is getting ready for the return of Joaquín Cortés. As the posters announce, the Córdoba-born bailaor hasn’t performed in the Big Apple for five years. And he is going to do so at the Beacon Theatre on May 14th, 2009 with his new show ‘Calé’. That will be the first world premiere of the show, following four performances which he offered from March 12th to 15th at the Teatro Tívoli in Barcelona and five at the Teatro Compac Gran Vía in Madrid from April 1st to 5th.

The new show – whose title means ‘gypsy’ in gypsy dialect – celebrates his twenty-year career as an artist and is based on a selection of pieces from the six shows which he has choreographed and directed so far with his company. The show includes the instrumental martinete from ‘Cibayí’, the triple solo choreography por seguiriyas, martinetes and alegrías from ‘Live’, the group soleá from ‘De amor y de odio’, and the musical bulería from ‘Mi soledad’. He also revises the jaleos from ‘Pasión gitana’ performed by the star and the dance corps consisting of ten dancers, and the soleá por bulerías ‘Soul’ heading up the bill, plus the solo requiem and final tangos by the entire company created for ‘Calé’.

Joaquín Cortés 'Calé' (Photo Joaquín Cortés Company)

Joaquín Cortés 'Calé' (Photo Joaquín Cortés Company)

16 musicians on stage

The show’s music is authored by Antonio Carbonell, José Carbonell ‘Montoyita’ and Joaquín Cortés. It is performed live by sixteen musicians between cantaores and instrumentalists. The female voices belong to Genara Cortés, Saray Muñoz and Chelo Pantoja, and the male voices are contributed by Antonio Carbonell, Manuel Doya ‘Zambullo’ and David de Motril. The guitars are provided by Montoyita and José Antonio Camacho ‘Piripi’, while the band is completed with cello, violin, contrabass, bass, sax, trumpet and percussions.

The world premiere of ‘Calé’ kicks off with its performance in New York, then to continue in Mexico. It was precisely in the Aztec country where he premiered his previous show ‘Mi soledad’ in 2005, with which he has reached thousands of spectators worldwide over the past few seasons.

Joaquín Cortés 'Calé' (Photo Joaquín Cortés Company)