FLA.CO.MEN

By Graham Watts, 17 February 2017

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“Galván is a man of many exceptional talents but FLA.CO.MEN did little to showcase them”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 15 February 2017

Fla.co.men (Israel Galván)

Flipping the norms: Israel Galván's La Fiesta

Graham Watts, 27th April

Challenging dance theatre mined from highly personal reflections on a childhood spent in the fin de fiestas of flamenco.

***11

FLA.CO.MEN wins rapturous reception in HK

Carla Escoda, 5th March

Israel Galván breaks a lot of sacred eggs at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. A few serendipitous moments add to the fierce beauty of this defiant, narrative-free meditation on a life in flamenco.

***11

Israel Galván presents his experimental La Curva at London Flamenco Festival

Cristina de Lucas, 24th March

Israel Galván is nowadays a renowned and acclaimed flamenco artist. After years of consolidating good fame as a fine dancer, he started to create his own choreographies in 1998. From his first work, Mira!, he revealed a distinctive style installed in the most innovative and daring side of the flamenco panorama.

**111

Israel Galván au sommet dans El Dorado au Théâtre de la Ville

Julie Jozwiak, 12th October

L'immense artiste flamenco est apparu dans son authenticité la plus profonde dans son spectacle solo accompagné du duo Los Mellis de Huelva.

*****

Grenzerfahrungen bei Israel Galváns la fiesta

Stephan Eckel, 5th June

Israel Galván geht mit anspruchsvollem Flamenco und seinen erweiterten Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten bewusst bis an die Grenzen der Strapazierfähigkeit seines Publikums.

*****

Akram Khan & Israel Gavan

Laurine Mortha, 22nd December

Avec Torobaka, Akram Khan et Israel Galvan puisent dans les origines de leur art pour confronter flamenco et danse traditionnelle kathak, originaire de l’Inde du Nord. Si les techniques s’entrechoquent, le rythme et l’énergie de la danse s’unissent dans un face-à-face époustouflant.

*****

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.

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