Salmonete, Rancapino, El Güito Thirteenth Festival Flamenco Caja de Madrid. Wednesday, February 16th, 2005. Teatro Albéniz, Madrid   THIRTEENTH FESTIVAL FLAMENCO. ALL REVIEWS & Photos

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Presentation of the “Calle de Alcalá” prize

Part 1:
“El sentir más jondo”
SALMONETE DE JEREZ - ALBERTO SAN MIGUEL
RANCAPINO - FERNANDO MORENO

Part 2:
Presentation of the “Calle de Alcalá” prize for 2005 to dancer and choreographer MARIO MAYA and presentation of the festival’s Honorary Prize to Maestro and living legend of dance PILAR LÓPEZ
Master of ceremonies: José María Velázquez-Gaztelu

“Mis recuerdos”
A PILAR LÓPEZ, institution of Spanish Dance
“EL GÜITO” Flamenco company

Text: Sonia Martínez Pariente

For this thirteenth edition of the Caja de Madrid festival, two people were honored with the “Calle de Álcala” prize: Pilar López, the teacher of Spanish dance maestros such as Antonio Gades, El Güito and Mario Maya, among her most noteworthy students.

Doña Pilar received the honorary prize directly from Mario and Güito, her “boys” as she called them. “I want these two with me to participate in this prize...and another who’s hovering close by among us, someone who is gone and is very close to my heart, Antonio Gades” said Pilar López in her emotional acceptance speech. Then Mario Maya received his award and offered some reflections about what it takes to be a flamenco dancer.

Then the program got under way with singer Salmonete de Jerez. The cantaor exhibited a powerful voice and a desire to give his all. This is a traditional singer whose strong suits are fandangos, soleá and bulerías.

Rancapino made the most of his well-weathered voice. Now and again Fernando Moreno at the guitar would momentarily stop playing in order to give full reign to the singer’s inspiration. It must be noted that one misses a bit more variety in Rancapino’s repertoire.

Dancer el Güito closed out the evening with fragments from his show dedicated to Pilar López. Once again he danced his classic pieces such as farruca and soleá where he demonstrated that he is a reference for flamenco dancing impregnated with the wisdom that only years of experience can bring. The corps de ballet was up to the task as well – martinete and alegrías for the men, while the women danced taranto and tangos. The bulerías fiesta ending marked the end of the show and received the audience’s heartfelt ovation.

Photos: Rafael Manjavacas

Rancapino

Sabor Jerez. Fernando Moreno. DVD.