Jose Maya y Alfonso Losa GRITOWe first witnessed Jose Maya’s gritty performance in a small bodega with guitarist Tomatito at the Festival de Jerez in 2008. His energy and emotion was as dramatic as Tomatito’s guitar playing. We were interested to see how such an intimate performance would relay on a bigger stage. We were not let down. Jose Maya has a traditional style of flamenco and uses his masculine power to perform. Alfonso Losa performed a perfect Farruca starting off with the rhythm of a bastón (cane) which was one of the many highlights of the evening.
Compañía Rocio Molina CUANDO LAS PIEDRAS VUELEN
Rocio Molina is a very young dancer with a very mature mind. In her choreography and interpretation of flamenco, Rocio steps out of the box entirely and in this show, she gave a very personal performance.
Her choreography in the show was modern and at times a little mystifying but this does not disguise the fact that Rocio is one of the top flamenco dancers in the world today. The show’s theme was based around the beach, nature and birds.
Andres Marín LA PASIÓN SEGÚN SE MIRE
Andrés Marín is another very innovative dancer and in his latest show he mixed modern flamenco with traditional old style by introducing dancer Concha Vargas to perform with him. Some of the pieces were performed with musical instruments such as tuba, marimba and clarinet.
Jose de la Tomasa was a highlight of the show with the most deep, earthy flamenco voice performing today.
Farruquito SONERÍAS
Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya, known as Farruquito, is a huge flamenco star in Spain and expectations are always high when he announces a new show. ‘Sonerías’ is set in a local bar in Havana where some gypsies enter and introduce their culture to the local musicians in Havana. The mix is a little jazz, some salsa with a little flamenco. For us, Farruquito did not perform enough during the show and the entire production was a little audacious and over the top although the original idea was innovative. The four female dancers were very professional and there were was a lot of activity taking place on stage to entertain but it didn’t quite work overall.
The group went to Peña Flamenca Torres Macarena in La Macarena district which featured a young dancer from Cadiz performing an alegrias. The room was packed with Bienal festival goers and there was a good atmosphere as the singer Javier Rivera encouraged the young dancer performing in a bright red bata de cola.
The group also went to a performance at La Casa de la Memoria to see dancers Manuela Ríos, El Choro, singer Javier Rivera and Dutch guitarist Tino and also ventured out to late night events at La Carbonaría.
Compañía Rocio Molina CUANDO LAS PIEDRAS VUELEN
Rocio Molina is a very young dancer with a very mature mind. In her choreography and interpretation of flamenco, Rocio steps out of the box entirely and in this show, she gave a very personal performance.
Her choreography in the show was modern and at times a little mystifying but this does not disguise the fact that Rocio is one of the top flamenco dancers in the world today. The show’s theme was based around the beach, nature and birds.
Andres Marín LA PASIÓN SEGÚN SE MIRE
Andrés Marín is another very innovative dancer and in his latest show he mixed modern flamenco with traditional old style by introducing dancer Concha Vargas to perform with him. Some of the pieces were performed with musical instruments such as tuba, marimba and clarinet.
Jose de la Tomasa was a highlight of the show with the most deep, earthy flamenco voice performing today.
Farruquito SONERÍAS
Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya, known as Farruquito, is a huge flamenco star in Spain and expectations are always high when he announces a new show. ‘Sonerías’ is set in a local bar in Havana where some gypsies enter and introduce their culture to the local musicians in Havana. The mix is a little jazz, some salsa with a little flamenco. For us, Farruquito did not perform enough during the show and the entire production was a little audacious and over the top although the original idea was innovative. The four female dancers were very professional and there were was a lot of activity taking place on stage to entertain but it didn’t quite work overall.
The group went to Peña Flamenca Torres Macarena in La Macarena district which featured a young dancer from Cadiz performing an alegrias. The room was packed with Bienal festival goers and there was a good atmosphere as the singer Javier Rivera encouraged the young dancer performing in a bright red bata de cola.
The group also went to a performance at La Casa de la Memoria to see dancers Manuela Ríos, El Choro, singer Javier Rivera and Dutch guitarist Tino and also ventured out to late night events at La Carbonaría.
