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Saw flamenco hoy last night by Carlos Saura with Antonio Rey
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aloysius
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Joined: Apr. 7 2005
From: Adelaide, Australia
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RE: Saw flamenco hoy last night by C... (in reply to Florian)
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We went to see it last night. Antonio and the singers were great - especially Sandra Carrasco, I hadn't heard of her before. The weakest link for us was the dancing. Rafael Estévez was great, and saved the show from the dance side - Ana Morales is a great dancer but for me personally not very flamenco. The other dancers were VERY balletic. There were quite a few baile clásico enpañol numbers, so I guess the non-principle dancers were chosen on their ability to be able to do jumps and pirouettes etc., but when they did flamenco it came out looking very ungrounded. Given the number of great dancers in Spain (and even here in Australia we have great dancers like Ana Otero) I didn't think the dance side matched the calibre of Antonio Rey and the 3 singers. I'm probably over-critical after seeing hundreds of shows in Spain - it was still an enjoyable show and the local audience loved it. I agree with Ricardo it would be great to see Antonio in more stripped back shows featuring his guitar. He told me his next album has already been mixed and should be out soon - I could easily imagine him touring with his own show before long. Alval and I did a 4 hour class with him on Thursday, which was great. He is a very diagnostic sort of teacher, he watched intently how we did the various rasgueos etc and showed us practice pathways to rectify our flaws. He is an amazing player - for example when he talked about picado he demonstrated Sabicas, Vicente and Paco's picado, reproducing them with their hand position, movement and sound.
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Date Mar. 16 2013 21:58:33
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RE: Saw flamenco hoy last night by C... (in reply to Florian)
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Ditto Went last night ... I agree with all the comments from Aloysius and Florian though maybe less of the comic relief last night . I went in there expecting a Saura production and that's what unfolded The balletic element isn't my thing but the hard work and intensity of the dancers was inspiring.... The staging and production was fantastic The highlight for me was the siguriyas .. Just cante and guitar.. The standing ovation was a testament to the publics reaction plus the ongoing applause for Antonio clearly displayed the strongest part of the show I do hope our guitar festival organisers took note for the next programme in 2014 I literally bumped into Antonio after the show He was really impressed with audio techs at our theatre.. Have to say it was the fullest strongest guitar sound I have heard in that venue..past performances I've heard have been paco Pena, Jason McGuire and yamandu costa.. He Also suggested we catch up today before he flies out to complete a falseta that we didn't have time to finish in our 4 hour course on Thursday I found him a generous teacher and as Aloysius mentioned very diagnostic of our playing but offering great and sincere positive encouragement It's been a great couple of days...
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