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MAY
La voz de Enrique Morente es la verdadera inspiradora de mi baile, dice Israel Galván.
Israel Galván, the Ferran Adrià of flamenco, presents his show "La Curva" with Sylvie Courvoisier, at the piano, the sing of Inés Bacán and 'Bobote'. Israel Galvan (Seville 1973) is now the most surprising renovator of the contemporary flamenco dance. He is like the Ferran Adrià of flamenco dance because he has been able to discover a grammar based on the experimentation of the surprise, and an incredible fragility that hides a real dance study: “I am looking for mi own liberty, I take on the risk; I know it, but I feel excited to walk close to the precipice.”
- What does La Curva means? - It means to pay tribute to a great creator for a lot of people, unknown. The dancer from Valladolid, Vicente Escudero, lived in Paris in the Cubism time, with all the famous painters and strange people of the 20’s. Vicente Escudero had an exceptional personality. In a mythic theatre called “La Courbe” he realized several dance shows, “zapateados”, chairs pyramids and even a kind of jazz show in which Josephine Baker would have succeed.
- Do you feel close to Vicente Escudero legacy? - I feel close to his search as artist. For a lot of people he is a stranger but he is one of the creators of flamenco. It had to be a very exceptional person, with a big creativity. He was the first one who dares to dance siguiriya.
- You are taking a very similar way… How did you manage to create a style so clear and different as dancer? - It is a very long process. I don’t think there is an inflection point. I realized that my body was talking to me and let me know that dancing was the best expression of myself. I don’t express myself talking, but with my body. |
- What changes will find the fans who saw the Golden Age few years ago? - There are two shows completely differents. At this time, I locked in with two men, Fernando Terremoto who was a singer and Alfredo Lagos who played guitar. Now I'm working with two women, with Ines Bacan and her incredible voice and Sylvie Courvoisier who plays piano and with Bobote who is a wonderful dancer. They are different scenic realities, with different expressions, with a rhythm totally different. There is a huge change between the two shows.
- And there is no guitar?
- There is piano, the one of the contemporary musician Sylvie Courvoisier´s piano. With her, there is a dialogue in which appears the Ines Bacan incredible´s voice. The devlopment of the show is a continue process of the relationship established between them and the dance.
- What can you say about the Enrique Morente death? - In each musical moment of my life, his voice appears. Moreover I can say that he was my first real dance master, because his voice brought me closer to the flamenco, he teaches me. When I follow his voice, it sounds like an inspiration.
- Do you have any new project? - I am immersing in a new work that I will present on december 12th at the Royal Theatre of Madrid. It will be a radical change because I will dance with other people. It will be a work with gypsies, with different choregraphies that I will share with other dancers.
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