Un cuerpo infinito: a fascinating exploration of Carmen Amaya’s life

By Cristina de Lucas, 28 May 2019

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“moments of great dramatic brilliance and power”

Reviewed at Teatros del Canal: Sala Roja, Madrid on 26 May 2019

Un cuerpo infinito (Olga Pericet, Marco Flores, Rafael Estévez, Valeriano Paños)

Olga Pericet, Director, Costume Designer

Carlota Ferrer, Set Designer

High-powered, avant-garde flamenco: Romances at London Flamenco Festival

Cristina de Lucas, 22nd March

It is certainly fortunate that this year London Flamenco Festival, which is proudly celebrating its tenth anniversary, has a small section in the programme entitled Beyond Flamenco. Comprising productions and events that offer a less orthodox look at this style of Spanish gypsy-rooted dancing, it complements the all-star programme in the Sadler’s Wells main auditorium.

****1

Teaċ Daṁsa’s MÁM in Madrid: Michael Keegan-Dolan at his best

Cristina de Lucas, 9th December

An unforgettable evening of contemporary dance with Keegan-Dolan’s Mám in Madrid, with excellent performances from Cormac Begley, s t a r g a z e and Teaċ Daṁsa company.

****1

La Veronal heads Into the Little Hill in Madrid

John Marten Barnard, 15th February

The Teatros del Canal host the Benjamin–Crimp partnership’s thrillingly dark, lyric retelling of Robert Browning’s famous 1842 poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by La Veronal dance company.

*****

Olga Pericet: Flamenco Reimagined

Cristina de Lucas, 3rd June

In a production that proposes a revision of flamenco from its roots, stripping it of all the clichés and stereotypes that are currently weakening its essence, Fernandez’s mighty dancing and Pericet’s farsighted crafting and superb performance are extraordinary examples of the best artistic proposals that flamenco dancing can produce nowadays.

****1

Cherkaoui and Pite

Cristina de Lucas, 19th May

The Royal Ballet of Flanders presents in Madrid's Teatros del Canal an attractive triple bill with works by its Artistic Director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Firebird and Faun) and the Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite (Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue)

***11

Ullate's Carmen seduces Madrid

Cristina de Lucas, 30th August

Victor Ullate premieres his version of Carmen in Madrid’s Teatros del Canal. Mallarme’s story and Bizet’s score are updated in a sophisticated balletic rendering of the myth.

****1

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Cristina de Lucas

After a career in the legal field where she combined her job as an Attorney at Law with collaborative roles in various local and international cultural enterprises, Cristina de Lucas turned to dance research and criticism in 2009, when she moved to London. She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton (London). Her fully-funded thesis focused on the confluence between dance and narrative in the repertory of the British choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. Her research has received several awards, such a full Vice-Chancellor scholarship and the 2014 SDHS Graduate Student Travel Grant. She also reviews dance and cinema, contributing regularly to several publications in Spain and UK.

Olga Pericet’s Un cuerpo infinito: a fascinating exploration of Carmen Amaya’s universe