Uniting two fierce forms, flamenco and ancient Greek tragedy, Noche Flamenca’s Antigona with dancer Soledad Barrio blends a theatrical sensibility, visual artistry, live music, thrilling flamenco dance, and poetic surtitles into a poignant, multidisciplin
Date/Time: Mar 12 2017, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | Event calendarCost: $38.00
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Antigona unites two fierce forms, flamenco and ancient Greek tragedy, to tell the story of one woman’s principled defiance of authority and quest to honour her late brother with a proper burial, regardless of the consequences. Adapted by Noche Flamenca’s artistic director Martin Santangelo from Sophocles’ Antigone, the multi-media piece blends a theatrical sensibility, visual artistry, live music, thrilling flamenco dance, and poetic surtitles into a masterful whole that examines repression, heroism, loss, and female empowerment, with tragic intensity.
Formed in 1993 by Santangelo and his wife, Bessie Award-winning dancer Soledad Barrio, New York-based Noche Flamenca uses song, music, and dance to express the spell-binding aesthetic of flamenco at its highest level. The power, passion, and expansive emotion that typify the art form are embodied in Barrio, a dancer of exceptional ardour and grace. Don’t miss this poignant, multidisciplinary triumph.
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