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gardenshed -> Flamenco Express @ Harry's Place (Nov. 14 2012 15:31:02)
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Sunday, 2 December 2012
The London Theatre, 443 New Cross Road, SE14 6TA
phone 0207 732 8493 to reserve.
Doors 7.30 for 8pm £9 (On the door & Telephone Bookings) £8.50
£7 Conc. (Unemployed, Students, OAPs, MU & Equity)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/194589
www.flamencoexpress.co.uk
Manuel de la Malena, La Joaquina & Chris Clavo
Featuring this month's guest:
Yinka Esi Graves
Yinka studied with Cristobal Reyes, Manuel Reyes, Merche Esmeralda, La Truco, Pepa Molina, and more recently Belen Fernandez, and appeared at Teatro Calderon in Madrid, Segovia’s la Granja Festival and the Seville Bienal with Saul Quiros, José Maya and Alfonso Losa. A name to note.
Manuel de la Malena
No true music lover can pass by the chance to experience Manuel’s brand of flamenco. His performances reveal flamenco as a truly universal art form, comparable with the highest opera or coolest jazz, and conveys the often tortured, often wonderful history of the gypsy people.
From Jerez de La Frontera, in the ‘golden triangle’ of flamenco, Manuel is the essence of flamenco puro. A descendant of Tio Louis el de la Juliana – one of the originators of modern Flamenco cante, when he sings, that deep, colourful history fills the theatre. A regular prizewinner at festivals in France and Spain he has sung at the Festival de la Union, Cante Grande de Almeria and the National Festival de Cordoba working alongside legends such as Tio Borrico, Antiano Mairena, and Vicente Soto Sordera. A regular collaborator with La Tati, especially on her experimental adaptations, and with internationally acclaimed dancer Domingo Ortega.
Chris Clavo
A founder member and musical director of Flamenco Express, he began playing the guitar at fourteen years old and later studied with flamenco maestros Carlos Heredia, Diego Amaya and Pepe Justicia. He has performed throughout Britain and Europe with Flamenco Express as well as touring with flamenco jazz virtuoso Eduardo Niebla and Iraqi pop sensation Jassim.
Musical director and instrumentalist 'Iron in the Soul' 2012.
La Joaquina
Founder member, choreographer and director of Flamenco Express. She has worked with Christina Hoyos, Paco Peña and others in Madrid, Tokyo, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Paris and throughout Europe.
Recent Collaborations
‘Spaces in Between’ 2007. Royal Festival Hall Re-opening celebrations with Athina Valha and Candoco.
Principle soloist ‘Splinter In The Flesh’ with the Hellenic National Dance Company at the Athens Megaron. November 2010
BigDance 2012 'Iron in the Soul'
Reviews
‘Delighted the audience, who rewarded them with rapturous applause and encores.’
Dance Europe
‘This feisty flamenco company deliver the finest in flamenco, plus sizzling soloist La Joaquina’
Time Out
‘..utterly riveting variations of firecracker beats…tumultuous fervour ..indelible gracefulness.’
The Stage
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