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Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company--Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company--Edinburgh International Festival 2010

With imagination and dedication Paco Pena reinvents flamenco

Is there a better world out there, waiting to be discovered? A place of wonder and promise in which a better life is possible? Or are our dreams merely a chimera, an imagined reality that turns out to be a disappointment or - worse - false?
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We tend to believe a better life is ahead, over an elusive frontier just beyond our grasp. Paco Peña creates a new work for Festival 2010 through the powerful storytelling of flamenco music and dance. In the past Spain has sent its people across the world in search of a new life. Now a modern prosperous country, Spain itself is the aspirational home for many immigrants from poorer countries. Quimeras brings to life the journeys of migrants and refugees, reflecting both good and bad aspects of their dreams, the reality of their lives and their connection with the people on the other side of the frontiers they cross.

With imagination and dedication Paco Peña reinvents flamenco, expanding its horizons whilst never losing touch with its visceral roots. He brings his full company to the Festival for this world premiere.

More information on this production is available at www.eif.co.uk.

The critical consensus

Moments of literal narrative – voiceovers, flamenco dancers dressed as policemen and helicopter searchlights darting across the stage – add very little to our experience and serve only to distract from the power of the more abstract moments.

***(*)(*)Kelly Apter, The Scotsman

The dance itself – by turns flamenco and high energy African movement (performed, mainly, to drum music) – is superb, and Peña’s own guitar playing is, as always, breathtakingly beautiful.

***(*)(*)Mark Brown, The Telegraph


Features about Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company--Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Flamenco without frontiers

Honour Bayes, Fest

Interview: Paco Pena, flamenco guitarist

Jan Fairley, The Scotsman

Journey to the heart of flamenco

Mary Brennan, The Herald

Where and when?

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh from Thursday September 2, 2010, until Saturday September 4, 2010. 8.00pm. More info: www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk

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