Maria Serrano & compañia

Flamenco recital

Maria Serrano pure -the spanish flamenco wizard presents her favorite choreographies together with five musicians of her company.

"Flamenco recital" is the titel of Maria Serranos new program. In this solo performance of about 80 minutes – the translation would be something like "Flamenco - straight on" – Maria Serrano presents for the first time her favourite choreographies: Solea por Buleria, Taranto and Seguirilla - flamenco pure but modern, full of power, passion and sensuousness. Maria Serrano will be accompanied by five musicians of her dance company – Luis Amador on flamenco guitar, Tom Auffahrt on bass, the singer Carmen Fernandez and on piano and percussion David Bermudez.

The famous austrian director André Heller wrote about Maria Serrano:
"Maria Serrano is a volcanic phenomenon.
She dances her inspiration into purity.
Sometimes one gets the impression that she is obsessed with jumping devils and only a few moments later she totally belongs to the deepest melancholies.
Her art´s home is always in the magic.
It cannot be explained,only admired."

Maria del Mar Serrano Rebollo, „Maria Serrano", was born in Seville (Spain). From her earliest childhood on she was taught flamenco by Seville's best and most famous flamenco teachers. José Galván, Los Gitanillos de Bronce, Juan Manuel, Farruco, to name just a few, very soon recognised her sensitivity and power. Very soon she travelled half the world with famous ensembles such as Meme Menjibar, Javier Barón, Carmen y Carmelilla Montoya, Antonio "El Pipa". In 1993 André Heller chose her for his production "Magneten" and in that show she enchanted the audience in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for six months. The Austrian "NEWS" even named her the "Voodoo Queen" of flamenco. In the years 1995 until 1998 Maria Serrano was touring with different companies all over Europe. For the Bienal de Arte Flamenco 2000 in Sevilla she founded for the first time her own company: the Compañia Maria Serrano and presented in a premiere "RITMO Flamenco-Cubano". Choreographer was an good old friend: Manolo Marin, one of the most renowned in his field. In 2001 the company produced "Entre Flamencos" and in 2002 Maria Serrano presented for the first time her own interpretation of the Carmen myth "Carmen Pasión Flamenco". In 2004 followed "FlamenTango" which had been shown on prestigious festivals like the "World Summit of Tango" in Sevilla, the "Budapest Spring Festival", the international jazzfestival "AVO Session" in Basel or the "Invito alle Danza" festival in Rome. In 2007 Maria Serrano created together with Kalmán Balogh the show "Balkan Flamenco" where Flamenco and Balkan gipsy music meet. And then finaly she created her solo performance "Flamenco recital".

Some of the festivals and theatres that presented the Compañía Maria Serrano within the last few years: Teatro Lope de Vega Sevilla (Spain), National Theatre Taipeh (Taiwan), Theaterhaus Stuttgart (Germany), Flamencofestival Düsseldorf (Germany), Kulturhuset Aarhus (Denmark), Alte Oper Frankfurt (Germany), Prinzregententheater München (Germany), Place des Arts Montreal (Canada), Elgin Theatre Toronto (Canada), Jazzfestival Salzburg (Austria), AVO Session Basel (Switzerland), Burg Wilhelmsstein Würselen (Germany), Zeltpalast Merzig (Germany), Kulturufer Friedrichshafen (Germany), Flamencofestival Hamburg (Germany), Budapest Spring Festival (Hungary), Invito alla Danza Roma (Italy), Zeltival Karlsruhe (Germany), Iberica Festival (Check Republic), Sibiu (Rumania)/ Cultural Capital of Europe 2007, Tanzhaus Düsseldorf (Germany), Philharmonie Berlin (Germany), Akzenttheater Wien (Austria), Opernhaus Halle (Germany), Musikhalle Hamburg (Germany), Jazzfest Aalen (Germany), Forde Folk Musik Festival (Norway), Kaustinnen Folk Musik Festival (Finland), Rootsfestival Amsterdam (Netherlands), Ara Jazzu Festival Warschau (Poland), Konzerthaus Wien (Austria), IS Sanat Hall Istanbul (Turkey), Skopje Jazzfestival (Macedonia), Rhythm in the City Belfast (Northern Irland), Theatre Lantare/Venster Rotterdam (Netherlands), Volkshaus Zürich (Switzerland), Teatro Hermosillo (Mexico) a.s.o.

Press reviews on Maria Serrano: "Maria Serrano is an all-present dancer who knows the secrets of flamenco." – El Pais/Spain. *** She overwhelmed the audience at the completely sold-out Beethoven hall with the power and vitality of her dancing." – Stuttgarter Nachrichten/ Germany. *** "The queen of flamenco." – Die Welt/Germany. "A volcanic phenomenon." – Berliner Morgenpost/ Germany. *** "The demon of the dance." – Stuttgarter Nachrichten/Germany. "Maria Serrano – the voodoo queen of flamenco." – News, Vienna/Austria. "Maria Serrano herself is an exceptional figure." – Wiesbadener Tagblatt/ Germany. *** "A furioso of movements" – Dresdener Neueste Nachrichten/Germany. "Maria Serrano celebrates flamenco at its best," – Petra/Germany. "Maria Serrano made ice melt." – Neue Ruhrzeitung/Germany. "Maria Serrano dances with an elementary passion and power, her exploding crescendi are captivating and overwhelming." - Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung/Germany***"Maria Serrano dances with utmost abandon and expression." – Berliner Kurier/Germany***"The Serrano really has got oomph". – Der Kurier, Vienna/Austria – "She´s without any doubt a exceptional figure" - Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten/ Germany*** Every step is carefully executed, each movement an absolute force, each dance sequence created tremendous fascination for the audience." – Reutlicher Nachrichten/Germany.

Contacto:

Compañía Maria Serrano
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E-41510 Mairena del Alcor / Sevilla
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