Finally, an update on the flamenco performance I watched last Wed. I love dancing. Especially latin dances. I have learnt the salsa twice (once after JC, once when I was in my 2nd yr in teaching), merengue and even tried a flamenco workshop with Maya once. I think the dances are so passionate, and full of emotions. I watch every single dance movies there are in the theatres and up till today, my fav ones are the ones with latin/ argentinian flavour in them: Shall We Dance, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, to name a few.
So last Wed, I was all psyched up cos I was going to watch a Flamenco performance by Maria Pages. And my god, it was so bloody good. From start till end. There was no intermission so we were pulled into the gloriousness of the dances and music and singing without interruptions. I loved it. The dancers movements were fluid, there were touches of humour in the performance, the stomping of the foot on the ground, creating music on its own, the bright costumes and hair, the use of props (canes and fans. I never thought that was possible.) and the live music being played on the guitar.
But the show stealer was no doubt Maria Pages herself. She is an amazing flamenco dancer. She oozes sensuality, and her movements are so graceful and you can see the passion in her eyes when she dances. My favourite part of the whole performance was when she was dressed in a velvet red dress, she was alone on stage, with the spotlight just on her, with guitar and singers accompaniment, as she danced to this haunting Spanish music. It was so...surreal, and she emoted so much sadness in her movements that I was brought to tears. That was how good she was.
Below are pictures from her official website.
That's Huda, Maya, me and Nourol. We went for coffee, tea and cakes after the performance and had a good laugh over nervous and incompetent waiters, photo taking, shaky cameras and imaginary people. That was my first time meeting Huda and Nourol. I hope they didn't think I was too strange. :)
Sigh....I wish I was a flamenco dancer..... It sounds so much more exotic than.... an MOE HQ Officer.
So last Wed, I was all psyched up cos I was going to watch a Flamenco performance by Maria Pages. And my god, it was so bloody good. From start till end. There was no intermission so we were pulled into the gloriousness of the dances and music and singing without interruptions. I loved it. The dancers movements were fluid, there were touches of humour in the performance, the stomping of the foot on the ground, creating music on its own, the bright costumes and hair, the use of props (canes and fans. I never thought that was possible.) and the live music being played on the guitar.
But the show stealer was no doubt Maria Pages herself. She is an amazing flamenco dancer. She oozes sensuality, and her movements are so graceful and you can see the passion in her eyes when she dances. My favourite part of the whole performance was when she was dressed in a velvet red dress, she was alone on stage, with the spotlight just on her, with guitar and singers accompaniment, as she danced to this haunting Spanish music. It was so...surreal, and she emoted so much sadness in her movements that I was brought to tears. That was how good she was.
Below are pictures from her official website.
That's Huda, Maya, me and Nourol. We went for coffee, tea and cakes after the performance and had a good laugh over nervous and incompetent waiters, photo taking, shaky cameras and imaginary people. That was my first time meeting Huda and Nourol. I hope they didn't think I was too strange. :)
Sigh....I wish I was a flamenco dancer..... It sounds so much more exotic than.... an MOE HQ Officer.
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