Maui performs on Sunday, Nov. 5 in “Vermut y Potaje” at the Miami Dade County Auditorium. (Photo by Miriam Yeleq)
FundArte is presenting FL. Flamencos, a diverse performance series showcasing both traditional and radically contemporary flamenco forms performed by some of the most notable and risk taking artists from Spain.
Spanish dancer and choreographer Rafael Ramírez brings his newest contemporary Flamenco work, “Lo Preciso” (which translates as “exactness” in English) to the Miami-Dade County Auditorium for a two night run on Thursday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 3.
Rafael Ramírez hails from Malaga, Spain, and became a professional dancer at 11 under the tutelage of such masters as “La Lupi.” (Photo by Sounglare/FUNDarte)
Ramírez hails from Malaga, Spain, and became a professional dancer at 11 under the tutelage of such masters as “La Lupi,” Rafael Campallo, Oscar de los Reyes and Javier Barón. His steady ascent has led him to renowned Flamenco festivals, including the Jerez Festival, Gran Teatro Cervantes in Malaga, the Biennale of Seville, and the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas (La Unión). He has performed throughout the world with the dance companies of luminaries such as Antonio Andrade, Carmen Mota, David Coria, Rafaela Carrasco, and María Pagés and also took the stage at the most prestigious tablaos (flamenco venues) in Seville and Madrid.
At left, the closing show of FL.Flamenco is "Domingos de Vermut y Potaje," by Maui, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5. at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. (Photo by Erregiro). At right, the second show brings Israel Fernández, pictured with Diego del Morao in concert to the Miami Beach Bandshell at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. (Photo from FUNDarte)
The second show brings Israel Fernández and Diego del Morao in Concert to the Miami Beach Bandshell at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. It's the tradition of cante jondo and Spanish classical and Flamenco guitar with two of today’s most celebrated young artists innovating the form.
In Israel Fernandez and in Diego del Morao, two worlds coexist, the ancient and the contemporary. Israel has managed to rejuvenate the cante of yesteryear, endowing it with new elements and making it appealing to fans today. Diego has the virtue, among many other things, of sounding classical and modern simultaneously.
There is something truly special about Fernández, a young Toledo, Spain singer whose voice is impregnated with a vast spectrum of characteristics in which anguish, spirit, and the gypsy world coexist with tempo, sweetness and musicality. Israel represents the present of flamenco and is destined to make history in this art. Despite his youth, he has become a reference for fans of cante possessing enormous personality, perfect tuning, a devilish mastery of rhythm, and an inordinate enthusiasm for art representing his way of life.
del Morao is one of the most recognized flamenco guitarists of the moment, both nationally in Spain and internationally. Having be lauded by Paco de Lucia himself, Diego has a legion of followers who are in love with his personality and his passionate sense of rhythm. Diego has been able to create his own music, his own style, without losing respect for the tradition of his roots; his guitar playing is one of the most recognizable among contemporary guitarists.
She was born María Luisa Ramírez, now known simply as Maui, in Utrera (Seville), niece of the legendary Bambino and daughter of the guitarist and composer Miguel Ramírez (Los Centellas). (Photo from FUNDarte)
The closing show of FL.Flamenco is "Domingos de Vermut y Potaje," by Maui, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5. at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. The show that Maui proposes is a mix of theater, music, repentismo, pellizco, and spoken word, using the potaje as the protagonist.
Sixteen years of wanderings on the stage and five albums to Maui’s credit endorses this unique artist’s career, who has been carving a curious path of albero and blue poppies. Born María Luisa Ramírez, Maui, in Utrera (Seville), niece of the legendary Bambino and daughter of the guitarist and composer Miguel Ramírez (Los Centellas), she grew up in a pure flamenco environment around a pot of potaje, a guitar, and a lot of compás. Far from any known definition, people have come to say that she is the Björk of Utrera, the Lady Gaga of flamenco, the Woody Allen of the song, a diva of humor with compás, a singer-actor… but she is simply Maui, one of a kind in her way of composing, her peculiar aesthetics and her ways on stage.
FUNDarte and Spain Flamenco Arts present “Lo Preciso” by Rafael Rodríguez
FUNDarte presents Israel Fernández and Diego del Morao in Concert
FUNDarte presents “Domingos de Vermut y Potaje” by Maui with special guest Paco Aguilera
- Rafael Rodríguez, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 3, at Miami-Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W Flagler St, Miami.
- Israel Fernández, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach.
- Maui, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at On.Stage Black Box at Miami-Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W Flagler St, Miami.
TICKETS AND INFO:
- Rafael Rodríguez and Maui shows: General admission – $30, Senior/Student – $25, Group– $20
- Clarita Filgueiras: $30 in advance, $35 at door
- Israel Fernández: $41.20
- Information on Miami Dade County Auditorium shows and Miami Beach Bandshell show at fundarte.us/fundarte-event/fl-flamencos or 305-547- 5414 and Clarita Filgueiras: www.mosscenter.org/mc/events.page or 786-573-5300
