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~ Flamenco Community News Alert ~
The presenters of Paco Peña Flamenco
A Compás! (In the Rhythm) will be offering tickets to Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy students for $30.
Great deal for flamencos!
CONTACT: Ticketmaster 604-280-3311 www.ticketmaster.ca
PASSWORD: totherhythm
From the earliest days since he launched his now world famous company, Paco Peña set out to bring to the stage a true
rendition of what the Art of Flamenco represents: a spontaneous collaboration between artists of different disciplines - musicians, dancers and singers - who inspire one-another to reach deeply into their art, emotions and expertise to create a unique and unrepeatable experience every time. The result is, nightly, a performance that is as new and surprising to themselves as it is to their audiences.
With Peña’s newest presentation, A Compás !, the primal pulse of flamenco is celebrated - his company passionately expressing the compelling nature of a range of flamenco rhythms, from the almost ‘tribal’, trance-inducing quality of the alboreá to the razor-sharp complexity of the bulería. At various points in the show, each virtuoso artist is isolated ‘in the moment’, thrown (as it were) into the raw reality of a given rhythmic structure or compás. By fusing each performer’s individual expression of each rhythm, the ensemble creates an experience that is at once both intimate and invitingly communal.
As an iconic guitarist, composer, dramatist and artistic mentor, Paco Peña embodies both the authenticity and innovation in flamenco. His career has been a transforming force in the world’s perception of this archetypal Spanish art form. The soul of flamenco lies in the authentic expression of emotions through music and dance, and A Compas! reflects the rich culture and emotional depths from which flamenco emerged: “the heartfelt cry of an unaccompanied voice, the eloquent arch of a dancer’s spine or the exquisite delicacy of a guitar solo can contain all the spirit – all the duende – of flamenco’s mysterious soul.” (The AGE, Australian National Press). Flamenco rhythms are vital; the “compás” is like a primal pulse, like the rhythm of the earth - and everyone must get to feel it!
The company includes three guitarists (including Peña), two singers, a percussionist and three incomparable dancers: Angel Muñoz, Ramón Martínez and Charo Espino.
The company also performs in Victoria on October 25th at UVic Centre.
More information:
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