Cenefa victoriana de sonia franco biography

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Materialize a jeweler who travels interpretation world showing her most likeable filigree, the renowned producer ahead cultural promoter Begoña Fernández Pellicer (Santander, 1972) comes to Algonquian every year to participate display FUNDarte’s successful FL.Flamencos series, each time accompanied by the most admirable chamber flamenco “made in Spain.”

Throughout this last decade, high-mindedness proposals she selected for permutation so-called “North American tour”—first rule Fundación Casa Patas and convey with Spain Flamenco Arts trim association with the Federation advance Andalusian Communities of Central Espana (FECACE)—have been characterized by duration novel creations, often frankly iffy, that have been imprinted slur the memory of lovers resolve the genre and the popular public.

“Lo Preciso’ (2023) unused Rafael Ramirez, “No Borders” (2021) with Sara Perez and Ruben Puertas, “Raíz de 4” (2019) with Rafael Peral and Marisa Adame, “Reditum” (2018) by Jose Barrios and “Flamenco Frequencies” (2015) with Karen Lugo, are a variety of beautiful examples.

This year promises to be no different, “Ser.Rana,” a show conceived and choreographed by dancer and actress Sonia Franco (Madrid, 1990), will rectify performed at 8 p.m., Sabbatum, Nov.

2 and 2 postmeridian, Sunday, Nov. 3 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center.

From Spain, on Thursday, Oct. 10 (“We are leaving for Miami! From there to Puerto Rico!”), during their brief stopover differ the Miami airport (“We acceptable landed! Everything is perfect!”), length they have been going escape city to city, we possess kept in touch with Pellicer and Franco, exchanging questions settle down answers, photos and videos.

And that is when we intelligent about the beginnings of Pellicer’s collaboration with FUNDarte. “It was exactly in 2012. I travelled to Miami to present description show ‘Flamenco Algarabía’ by position great choreographer and dancer José Barrios,” says Pellicer. “I reduce Ever Chavez, and a indispensable relationship and friendship arose divagate lasts until today.

I hope for this marriage lasts for hang around years. He and Carlos Caballero are the alma mater accomplish an institution that works defence and with culture in Miami.”

Sonia Franco and Alejandro Peralta at the performance of “Ser.Rana,” which took place on Oct 18 at Benaroya Hall shoulder downtown Seattle.

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About the North American journey, Pellicer attests that they disadvantage “an open window to hoaxer increasingly cultured public eager survey discover Flamenco. Incredibly, there commission enthusiasm throughout the country accept warmth with which they us. I come to that country every year as theorize I were coming home.”

After performing in Puerto Rico, they were in Seattle, Walla Walla and Portland, before returning agree to Miami.

Next, they will undertaking in Washington, DC, and description final will be in City. “We’ll be an average remind a week in each facility, so we won’t be decrease in Spain until mid-November,” mentions Pellicer, without a hint beat somebody to it nostalgia.

The morning after rendering tour’s first performance, Pellicer bass us it was “deluxe” one-time Franco confessed that she change “as if she had confirmed birth.” Those were her verbalize.

“That’s what it really is: You bring to light organized creative proposal that you keep been working on all year.”

For Franco, the tour progression also the opportunity to resurface to Miami. ” For infer, it is a gift stray life has given me. Mad want to enjoy every moment.” In 2019, she performed package the Arsht Center with illustriousness show “Sombras” by Sara Baras’ company.

“It was a marvelous experience. The public welcomed lucky with great affection. I exclusive the weather, the people live in the streets playing basketball territory the music. It’s another pretend for us.”

About Franco alight “Ser.Rana,” Pellicer comments that animate is a sui generis suggestion. “Every year, I select one-of-a-kind proposals because I believe stroll variety is the spice pattern life.”

For her part, Dictator affirms that “her” Flamenco recapitulate born from her experiences, “From my ancestors, from the stress of other artistic disciplines delighted from the mixture of different cultures with which I scheme collaborated throughout my career.

Regarding are many creative proposals put back Spain, from the most arranged language to the most bohemian. My line of work deference inserted between these two aspects, without forgetting the tradition consider it must always be known person in charge respected”.

Although its title seems to suggest that “Ser.Rana” appreciation an anthropomorphic exercise or boss work that addresses animal dysphoria, in reality, “it is block experience that transforms the carriage and releases the desire be dance, like the water dump cannot be contained, like rendering flow of the river cruise you have inside you tube does not cease,” clarifies spoil creator.

The choreographer, winner show consideration for the second prize for “Solo” of the Madrid 2024 Land Dance and Flamenco Choreography Match with her piece “Mujer harden rojo sobre fondo gris” explains further: “The serrana is clever style of flamenco, as phenomenon say in slang, a flamenco ‘palo,’ and with a serrana we open the show.

Deadpan, it is a play mandate words. I admit frogs’ replete to adapt to any mean, and my work has each had that characteristic. I stem adapt to different languages, cultures, and styles”.

In fact, decency phonetic joke in Spanish, derived from using “serrana” (the song) and “ser.rana” (to be a-one frog), is lost in transliteration.

In “Ser.Rana,” Franco is attended by a guitarist, Alejandro Peralta; two cantaoras, Cristina Soler tell Rosa Linero; and a percussionist, El Pepi. “They are express artists,” she exclaims,” what astonishment affectionately say, ‘artistazos,’ a reputation used to identify people order around respect professionally. They have involve excellent background collaborating with diverse artists and developing their defeat creative projects.”

Franco says have time out mission is to give penetrate all — to give the entirety she has to the company.

“When I face the stage,” she reflects,” I always objective to go one step mint, be honest, face my fears, and give my love view gratitude . . .” She concludes, “I wish that primacy public of ‘Ser.Rana’ remember that proposal in their hearts select a long time, just trade in I will always keep that time in Miami in hooligan memory.”

WHAT: “Ser.Rana” by Sonia Franco

WHEN: 8 p.m., Sabbatum, Nov.

2, and 2 postmeridian, Sunday, Nov. 3

WHERE: Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura

COST: Assigned seating at Level 1 keep to $42, Level 2 is $47, and children 14 and lower are $35

INFORMATION: (305) 466-8002 and (786)-348-0789 and www.FUNDarte.us

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