4 May 2022

Flamenco for Everybody

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Flamenco for Everybody is at Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Photo: Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

Flamenco for Everybody is a brave new show that shares a collective narrative of resilience with communities everywhere that have faced the adverse effects of Covid-19. Through harsh drought and bushfires, unemployment and isolation, it is the very spirit of music and dance that can uplift and heal.

Flamenco for Everybody is an exhilarating experience that opens with Annalouise sharing the story of how the show was made, using dance, sound design and video installation. This unfolds into a full live performance of languid Flamenco guitar, Spanish songs, poetry and high-energy percussion and harmonics seamlessly woven into the storytelling with contemporary-flamenco dance.

You’ll also hear about social, historical and cultural events that have shaped Flamenco over time from living traditions in Andalusia – the Roma, Sephardi, Arabic, African and Moorish cultures. Flamenco for Everybody is a community response of resilience and it is also highly innovative and energising fun. You’ll love to listen but by the end, you’ll want to get up and dance!

Organically grown during Covid-19 lockdowns, Annalouise Paul was determined to practice. She found an outdoor community veranda and local wharf to dance on for the entire year. Connection with the locals was strong. She met walkers, boaties, dogs and children and one little boy on a scooter who asked, ‘Are you making a show? For everybody?’ And a few months later a show was born. Flamenco for Everybody was first presented inside a heritage-listed hall, The Drill in Rushcutters Bay. It was supported in part through Woollahra Council and a Critical Path space residency.

Micro Tours is an innovative new responsive, lean model that allows us to be based in one regional area at a time. Being immersed in one place longer it deepens the engagement for communities with the work itself, and our artists. The six person touring party forges this new sustainable model that supports the creative team and regional partners alike. Comfortably achieved travelling from Greater Sydney for 2-5 days. It is a sustainable model for touring that sensibly manages Australia’s long distances and mitigates risk, for example, in the case of a sudden Covid-19 closure in one town, the rest of the tour can continue without cancellation. We love that!

Artistic Direction | Annalouise Paul

Performing Artists | Rafael Alcolea, Byron Mark, Annalouise Paul, Robbie Varga

Creative Production | Future Shock, Brigid O’Sullivan

Duration | 60 minutes, no interval.

The details

What: Flamenco for Everybody
When: Saturday 28 May 2022. 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 137 Reed St N, Greenway
Cost: $35/$40. Tickets at Humanitix

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