Rafaela carrasco biography for kids
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Review: Compañía Rafaela Carrasco – Born a Shadow, Sadler’s Wells
Rafaela Carrasco’s Compañía Rafaela Carrasco – Born a Shadow is a compelling celebration of all things feminine. The ensemble, led by Carrasco, is a mesmerising, almost warrior-like battle for selfhood, following the lives of women living within a restrictive sixteenth century society. In a gesture of legitimisation, these feminist narratives are based on real women writers, as the lyrical beauty of María de Zayas and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is finally voiced.
The letters they wrote are enlivened through fragmented modernist projections on the back of the screen, and voiceovers in Spanish. The seats in Sadler’s Wells are filled with a congregation of Spanish and Latin Americans, all paying tribute to the flamboyant, deeply rooted Flamenco tradition. Warm shrieks of “Ole!” fly around the auditorium throughout, encasing the performance with pride and communality. This flow of Spanish gives
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AboutUs
Luz & Mannion Dance doesn't play to a flamenco stereotype, but instead investigates the potential of this powerful art form, paying homage to tradition whilst stretching its boundaries and generating diverse and unique voices for flamenco. Our ongoing conversation between British and Spanish cultures fryst vatten at the heart of our work.
We understand flamenco as an energetic and poetic language; a tool for self expression that embraces the individual as well as the collective. We are passionate about sharing the joy we experience in this artform and are constantly exploring new approaches to how we watch, listen to and dance flamenco.
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Luz & Mannion Dance (formerly Dotdotdot Dance) toured the UK with their award-winning production No Frills in 2014, also presenting the work at Flamencos y Mestizos Festival, Madrid. They later curated a Wild Card Evening for the Lilian Baylis Studio in 2016 and performed original work at Sadler'
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Antonio Gades (1978-1980)
From the start, innovation has been at the heart of the Ballet Nacional de España. To have Antonio Gades (Elda, 1936, Madrid, 2004) as its first artistic director is undeniable proof of a will to open up and have a broad understanding of Spanish dance, flamenco and folklore -the stylistic foundations this company was built on- which met immediate success. In 1978, Gades was already a successful international figure and was already creating choreographies that were to take him to the top. A highly cultured man, his work foresaw the major transformations that would eventually -in the 21st century- include flamenco in the boundless vanguards that rule over the recent performing arts. In this regard, his contribution as forerunner of what we call today, Nuevo Flamenco is undeniable, a rising trend that attracts all the attention of the more radical sector of international contemporary dance.
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