Event Description
The sixteen-day 2014 Philadelphia Flamenco Festival is rich with opportunities for everyone from flamenco aficionados to first-time audiences with a wealth of activities including master dance classes, film screenings, and lectures and panel discussions on the changing landscape of flamenco.
The festival concludes with Israel Galván’s, “La Curva” on Saturday, March 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 16 at 3 p.m. at the Mandell Theater. La Curva features Inés Bacán’s spare singing and Sylvie Courvoisier’s atonal and dissonant piano compositions, musical accompaniments unlike anything known from flamenco music. With unparalleled mastery of Flamenco dance, Galván moves on to innovate by taking flamenco movement into an abstract realm and by infusing classical style with a distinct personal aesthetic. Through the dozens of works he has created since founding his own company in 1996, Galván has revolutionized the conceptual possibilities of flamenco with experimental investigations into choreography and staging. The New York Times said of Galvin, “It’s extremely rare in any genre to see a dancer of this singular imagination and authority.”
Pasión y Arte, Philadelphia’s accomplished all-women Flamenco Company, and its Artistic Director Elba Hevia y Vaca organized the Philadelphia Flamenco Festival. "Nuevo Flamenco: The Galvan Legacy" has been supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the 2014 Flamenco Festival by the Knight Foundation. |
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Location:
Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets) |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyParents & FamiliesProspective StudentsPublicStaff |
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