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what's new... what's available..."RITMO Flamenco-cubano" - Compania Maria Serrano
- artist:Compania Maria Serrano
- country:Germany
- release year:2000
- style(s): Cuban Flamenco
- formats:
- CD (Compact Disc)
- record submitted by:
- label:skip records
The Piercing Power of Flamenco Meets Cuban Sensuousness.
The CD was recorded live at the Bienal de Arte Flamenco in Sevilla Sept. 200
RITMO is a homage to rhythm and unites fiery flamenco with Cuban music and rhythm. The 90-minute dance show is focussed on the Spanish flamenco queen Maria Serrano. Together with her 18-member ensemble consisting of Andalusian and Cuban dancers and musicians, the Sevillan presents the story of an encounter in dancing. RITMO is passionate, exuberant, wild and seductive - an iridescent circle of dances. Bulerías, tangos and alegrías meet with sones, habaneras and guajiras, the piercing power of flamenco meets Cuban sensuousness. The world première at the Bienal de Arte Flamenco in Seville last September and the first shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland saw the dancers and musicians of the Compañía Maria Serrano celebrated with standing ovations.
The Flamenco dance theatre show produced by the Cuban director and scriptwriter Tomás Gonzales is interpreted not only in terms of dance but also in terms of music, and the action is sung analogously to the modern musical by the Spanish and Cuban singers. The choreography is created by a team. Manolo Marín, one of Spain´s most famous and acknowledged Flamenco choreographers and the Cuban choreographer Lázaro Noriega, who has been awarded numerous international prizes. The Spanish Flamenco guitarist and composer José Luis Monton and the Cuban pianist Ramon Valle are responsible for the music.
