Maja y bastarda EP + SOLALA
Double program:
Maja y bastarda EP by Laila Tafur (30 min.)
Because of its promiscuous nature, being a bastard opens up to other times and places, updating the identity of what is traditional. It is in these mechanisms of fermenting the past that Laila Tafur produces her own bastard cante jondo, a "Frankenstein folklore", as she says, that can travel from the tablao [Flamenco stage] to the theatre, from the disco to the cave, from the guild to the hobby or from professionalism to the festival. She has come up with a flamenco full of questions that appeal to miscegenation.
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SOLALA by Amalia Fernández (120 min.)
Three pieces, which are independent of each other, but which have been created to be seen one after the other, so that connections can be established and there is space for subjectivity and even for the personal biography of each spectator. The pieces are Familia [Family], created after the death of the artist's father; Bailar el problema [Dancing the problem], a documentary film about Cuba, an island that presents itself through salsa and the memory archives of Cubans; and, finally, Caja de cuadraditos-Square, a reflection on the power of everything that seems useless.
Maja y bastarda EP by Laila Tafur
Creation and dance: Laila Tafur
Musical advice: Charo Martín
Advice on flamenco dancing: Alba Fajardo
Wardrobe: Jorge Dutor, Carmen Corsano, Laila Tafur
Sound space: Laila Tafur, from popular flamenco and non-flamenco songs
Pictures by Tristán Pérez-Martín and Ruben Vilanova
With the support of La Caldera, La Madraza UGR, EiMa and Casa Vella.
SOLALA by Amalia Fernández
Created by: Amalia Fernández
Performers: Andrés Martínez, Dianelis Diéguez, Alejandro González, Amalia Fernández
Lighting: Isaac Torres
LAILA TAFUR was born and raised in Granada, studied choreography in Reykjavik and Lisbon, graduated from the Institut del Teatre [Theatre Institute of Barcelona] and furthered her training at the MPECV of the Reina Sofía and the PEI of the MACBA. As a creator, she has signed the works Mi arma, Monstruo, Cobalto, Carne de Canción and currently Maja y Bastarda.
More about Laila Tafur at La CalderaAMALIA FERNÁNDEZ (Granada, 1970). Trained as a dancer (Seville Conservatory and later various laboratories with different artists such as Ana Buitrago, Olga Mesa, Elena Córdoba, Mónica Valenciano, etc.). Member of the company “El Bailadero, Mónica Valenciano” for 10 years. From 2005 onwards she began to create and direct her own work. Since then she has created and performed 12 stage pieces, among which stand out Kratimosha (2009), En Construcción (2011), El resistente y delicado hilo musical (2017), Expografía (2019), Neti Neti (2021), and Solala (2024). She has also created another series of pieces in collaboration with artists such as Juan Domínguez, Nilo Gallego, Cuqui Jerez, Sonia Gómez, etc. In her teaching practice she has collaborated with public institutions (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MPECV, Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University, etc.) as well as with various private structures and foundations, leading creation laboratories. She is also a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. She has collaborated as a dramaturg (outside eye) for various artists (Laila Tafur, Joaquín Collado, La Chachi, Lucía Marote, Alberto Cortés, etc.). She is currently working on a writing project, based on the subjective question “what is dance for me?”, which will be published by La Caldera.
Thursday 7 and Saturday 9 March, at 8pm and Sunday 10, at 7pm
Duration: 30 min + 120 min (with a pause between peces)