Pagés' Yo Carmen comes to London

By Graham Watts, 22 February 2018

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“some of the segments of Pagés' show were an unusual expansion of the flamenco experience”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 15 February 2018

Yo, Carmen (María Pagés)

María Pagés Compañía

Yo Carmen, Maria Pagés

Kirsty Morgan, 12th August

For the Edinburgh International Festival, María Pagés Company offers a new perspective on the character of Carmen, from the Bizet opera, in their production Yo, Carmen at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

****1

The Best of Both Worlds

Julie Taylor, 5th May

It’s not often I leave a dance performance with a smile on my face, but it’s impossible not to feel uplifted by the UK debut of Dunas. This is not only an intriguing, thought-provoking collaboration of the best of flamenco and contemporary dance. It is quite simply refreshing, inspiring fun.

****1

Voces de mujer: María Pagés despierta la palabra De Scheherezade

Cintia Borges Carreras, 28th February

El universo flamenco de María Pagés habla desde la verdad con vitalismo y expresividad, reivindicando la energía femenina como único camino para la transformación de la humanidad.

*****

La mujer en De Sheherazade a Yo, Carmen de María Pagés

Maria Sánchez, 27th May

Magia y reivindicación en el estreno del Gran Teatre del Liceu, con una de las leyendas del flamenco actual que despojó de mitos la feminidad en la historia.

*****

Yo Carmen, Maria Pagés

Kirsty Morgan, 12th August

For the Edinburgh International Festival, María Pagés Company offers a new perspective on the character of Carmen, from the Bizet opera, in their production Yo, Carmen at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

****1

Jesús Carmona in UnYdos: extraordinary, rhythmic and theatrical

Graham Watts, 16th June

Compañía de Danza Jesús Carmona in UnYdos was a stunning evening of pure flamenco artistry, enlivened by a tremendous sense of theatre, and augurs well for the rest of the festival.

*****

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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.

Maria Pagés' Yo Carmen at London's Flamenco Festival