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The first night was saved from disaster by the veteran Gitanas, Juana and La Repompa, whose singing made the show for me. I would have been happier to listen to them all night rather than suffer the long winded story line which led form India, Turkey, and for some reason included a man dressed like an Argentine Gaucho with an accordian.
The next night was amazing, pure baile and cante with no story line to get in the way. Ivan Vargas was a delight to watch, every move making you sit up more and more. Sharing the evening was Fuensanta La Moneta, who surpassed all expectations. Having seen her dance many many times I was expecting her to be wonderful but it was astounding. She prowled and glided, twisted and turned and surprised us at every move. Pure genius. Accompanied by excellent singers, watch out for Miguel Lapiz, and guitarists, Pepe Marote and Emilio Maya.
After midnight we were to be found at the Peña along with all of Granada's flamencos to see Kiki Morente with Juan Habichuela Nieto whose playing just blows you away.
The final night was Juan Andres Maya and for me the less said the better. I have never seen such an awful show in my whole life, it was quite frankly the most embarassing piece of theatre I have ever seen. Bizarre effects, weird story line, strange costumes, and a dancer covered in talcum powder played the ghost of his mother while the dancer sat on the stage and wept and sang. Avoid at all costs !
RE: Granada festival de Otoño 2009 (in reply to Kate)
Sounds great. I love Fuensanta's baile, the poor girl got panned for her Jerez show in March this year, a bit of an over-produced multimedia obra. Just let her dance.
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RE: Granada festival de Otoño 2009 (in reply to veet)
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ORIGINAL: veet Just let her dance.
Exactly that is what she did for this festival. Great singers/guitairsts and her taking total posession of stage and audience. She is everything she was the first time I saw her but more mature, grown up, stalking the stage slowly and seductively, and her face is just a picture, speaks a million words. Her costume was perfect with her hair like a 1930's movie star, reminded me of Josephine Baker.
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