Do you know about Carmen Amaya ? This famous Catalan flamenco dancer made her mark in the mid 20th century with her revolutionary style, breaking with the codes of flamenco, notably by dancing in trousers. The choreographer Aina Alegre, a native of Barcelona who now lives in France, evokes the powerful free spirit of this legendary figure, with seven dancers performing an eruptive dance, drumming on the floor with their feet. The choreographic writing, which evokes both traditional flamenco moves and the atmosphere of a nightclub, draws directly from the textual archive documents and videos of Amaya, and injects fantasy and reinterpretation. Illuminated by flashes of white and red light, the performers invoke the ghost of the flamenco dancer, inhabited by her electrifying energy and reactivating with contemporary movements the bodies of the past.
Création 2025 / Conception et direction artistique : Aina Alegre / Création et interprétation : Adèle Bonduelle, Maria Cofan, Cosima Grand, Hugo Hagen, Hanna Hedman, Yannick Hugron, Gwendal Raymond / Création lumière : Jan Fedinger / Création et espace sonore : Vanessa Court / Costumes : Aina Alegre, Andrea Otín / Coordination technique : Juliette Rudent-Gili / Assistante du projet : Séverine Bauvais / Accompagnement et regard : Juan Carlos Lérida, Marie Quiblier / Remerciements : Montse Madridejos (documentation) / Production : Colette Siri / Diffusion : Damien Valette
Production : Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble & STUDIO FICTIF / Coproduction : Charleroi danse, MC2: Grenoble, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Mercat de les Flors, La Biennale de Lyon, DDD-Festival Dias da Dança / Soutien : Theater Freiburg, Institut Français (lauréate MIRA), SPEDIDAM
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