FARRUQUITO Direct from Spain! Lecture-Demonstration - March 8

Improvisation in Flamenco 

with the legendary 3rd generation Gypsy Flamenco artist

Juan Manuel
Fernandez Montoya –FARRUQUITO

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

11 am – 12:20 pm. 

The Clarice

Room # 1912 (Studio 2)

 

Open to UMD Community outside of dance program but you MUST RSVP to: jbgraham@umd.edu

Open to Flamenco students in the Washington Metro Area. $15 at door. YOU MUST RSPV to: jbgraham@umd.edu

 

*Paid parking available in: Stadium garage and Lot 1.

 

*See Farruquito’s performance Improvisao at GW Lisner Auditorium, March 8, 8pm:
http://lisner.gwu.edu/flamenco-festival-farruquito-improvisaohttp://lisner.gwu.edu/flamenco-festival-farruquito-improvisao

Sponsored by the University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and the Dorothy G. Madden Professorship in Dance. Organized by Dance Professor, Miriam Phillips “La Miri.”

"Possessed, he tore movement from the air, shaped extraordinary phrases and paragraphs of dance and rhythm, banished everything predictable and polite from the staging. Farruquito revealed himself to be a master of rhythmic nuance, of steps and their emotional and dynamic causes, of dance as communicative truth and the reason for his identity."        --London Financial Times 2/26/16

 

Born into one of Spain’s most celebrated family of Gypsy flamenco artists, Farruquito made his Broadway stage debut at age five alongside his grandfather, the legendary dancer Farruco. He starred in Carlos Saura’s film Flamenco at age eight, and was directing his own shows by fifteen. In the ensuing years this vibrant young artist has garnered worldwide recognition at the highest level as he continues to deepen his personal approach to flamenco, bringing his family's dance legacy firmly into the 21st century.

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Websites to check out:

http://www.farruquito.eu/en/

*Farruquito – Bulerias a palo seco -- up to 3:15 min.

Only human body used to make music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ6x6StovQo

Mixture of artists in a Farruquito production.

http://www.farruquito.eu/en/videos/farruquito-baile-flamenco/

**Master Farruco & grandson Farruquito when he was 14 along with family members (Saura film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2RGrcz_1Q (Links to an external site.)