ANABEL VELOSO Dance company The Company ‘Fifth Anniversary of the Anabel Veloso Dance Company: courageous, brave and natural’ “Anabel Veloso’s prolific artistic portfolio reflects the courageous nature of those who feel -fla pauses before getting on stage, a need to tell stories and reveal aesthetic and choreogra- menco is a force, a creative necessity and almost a clear sign of a cultural demand. Her five-year phed worlds laden with new resources for flamenco, which take shape naturally when career has shown, since its celebrated beginnings with Nacidos del mar to today’s lively trajec- heard, but without losing sight of their intrinsic light. What’s more, Anabel Veloso does more tory through foreign lands, that the energy of youth can be as mature and responsible as the than dance and choreograph movement phrases, because she believes that shows should minds of those who possess it. Five years have been enough to bring maturity to the artistic be much more, that they need to tell, teach and help people to love the stage and dance. To content of this young creator and flamenco bailaora. Time and age cease to be of consequence watch her work is to understand that her mind, vision and body are bubbling over, ready to in the face of such ambition and such an amazing need to create. A beautiful, admirable ambi- devote themselves entirely to culture and dance. She can do this because she is courageous tion and because she has a gift, the gift of being fearless because she gives herself up naturally to what she loves above all else”. PRODUCTIOIdea & Art Direction NS Anabel Veloso Play-writting & Scenography Flamencoland 2014 Anabel Veloso (La vuelta al mundo) Choreography Anabel Veloso, Alberto Ruiz Show for children and young people “Like the stories we read as children, the ones that whisked us away to other worlds, to different cultu- Choreography assesment res, Flamencolandia is a new universe based on the illusion that flamenco is found all over the world. Alberto Ruiz It is a cry against its loss with happy footwork and a cheerful demand. We embark on a fascinating, Soloist dancers epic story with dancers, musicians and actors, discovering other cultures and loving our own. And we Anabel Veloso & Alberto Ruiz laugh and want to jump up onto the stage to become part of the adventure and celebrate the victory of dance with them”. Musicians Guitar: Javier Patino Premiered at the 2014 African Tour, Flamencoland is a full show including music, dance and avant-garde visual Voice Naique Ponce arts. Through Flamencoland, the most universal Spanish cultural heritage, Flamenco, travels back in the influen- Flute, Saxo & Harmonica: Diego Villegas ces that forged its spirit. From India to Southern America, including the rythmns in Africa, tunes and melodies Piano: Sergio Monroy have moulded what today is Flamenco, a world cultural gathering with the Spanish stamp that added its asthe- Percussion: Miguel Ortiz, ‘Nene’ tics and main characteristics. This is a show of cultural understanding and unity through dance and music. Musics “It is said that is difficult to define flamenco. It might be, as Flamenco is able to recreate an intangible land, a Javier Patino, Diego Villegas, Ruiz, Veloso & Po- unique experience. In Flamenco feelings are tangled and put down their roots in the deepest part of our souls. pular That is why it becomes a universal form of art, borders cannot be applied as from its very beginning it overcome every boderline. In that moment of cultural sublimation, one culture embraces the other and different nations 75 MIN acknoledge their ancestral melodies, aesthetics and feelings without the need of words. Flamenco, world cultu- ral heritage. The world, a land of Flamenco. Flamencoland.” Produced in collaboration with the Excmo. Ayto de Roquetas de Mar and IAF (Andalusian By Jose Mª Martínez de Haro (Writer and journalist. Madrid, August 2014). Flamenco Institute) Idea & Art Direction Anabel Veloso, Paco Cañizares Authors Flamencolandia 2014 Anabel Veloso & Enrique Linera (La vuelta al mundo: una aventura a compás) Choreography Premiered on the 18th edition of La Bienal de Flamenco, the biggest flamenco event worldwide, Anabel Veloso Anabel Veloso, Alberto Ruiz designs a tribute to Jules Verne’s play througout “Around the World in Eighty Days”, “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. Soloist dancers This time, children will live an exciting trip around the world. In this trip, they will get to know different types of Anabel Veloso & Alberto Ruiz music and cultures helped by all the musicians in the company, who have to rescue the flamenco dancers kid- napped by the despicable peasant “Choreopatographer”. In the meantime, the adult audience will enjoy beau- Performers tiful musical compositions by the guitarist JAVIER PATINO, the pianist SERGIO MONROY (winner of the National Anabel Veloso, Alberto Ruiz, Francisco Caparrós Award in the flamenco Festival of La Unión) and flamenco dancing by the company’s soloists ANABEL VELOSO and ALBERTO RUIZ, all this conducted by the actor FRANCISCO CAPARRÓS following the script developed by Music ENRIQUE LINERA. Javier Patino, Diego Villegas, Ruiz & Veloso & Popular A very entertaining journey which combines theatre and flamenco dancing and with the aim of promoting the 55MIN value of our most universal cultural expression and our admiration for music and dances in the world with EIGHT ARTISTS ON STAGE. For Children Age 6 -12 Produced in collaboration with Almeria’s Delegacion de Cultura and IAF (Andalusian Flamenco Institute) Idea & Art Direction Anabel Veloso Play-writting & Scenography Anabel Veloso Choreography Anabel Veloso, Alberto Ruiz Guest choreographers Rubén Olmo, Concha Jareño, Andrés The 80’s generation, Marín, Jesús Carmona & Chevi Muraday Choreography assesment Alberto Ruiz Soloist dancers grandsons from the 27’s generation, 2013 Anabel Veloso & Alberto Ruiz guest dancer: Chevi Muraday Poems reciting “No challenge is too daunting for Anabel Veloso when it comes to ambitious stage production. This work, Francisco Caparrós a finalist in the PAD Awards, takes the company in a new direction with an unexpected, masterly twist that brings new points of view to the ever-present influence of the generation of 1927. A grand production with Musicians breathtaking audio visuals and theatrical devices. With a carefully paced plot and choreography, two sig- Guitar: José Manuel León nificant generations meet and touch. Young choreographers and important colleagues of the generation Voice Naique Ponce enable us to relive the imposing presence of those who wrote, painted and danced today’s culture. They feel Flute, Saxo & Harmonica: Diego Villegas so close, they appear and disappear, they speak... What a pleasure to be invited to this masterly meeting”. Violin: José Vélez Percussion: Miguel Ortiz, ‘Nene’ Musics Manuel de Falla, José Manuel León, Javier Patino, Diego Vi- llegas, José Vélez, Manuel, Jesús Guerrero, Pablo Rubén M., Ruiz, Veloso & Popular 75 MIN Produced in collaboration with the Excmo. Ayto de Roque- tas de Mar and IAF (Andalusian Flamenco Institute) 5 Nominaciones a los Premios PAD de Andalucía. Idea & Art Direction Anabel Veloso Play-writting & Scenography Anabel Veloso Choreography Mediterranean way 2012 Anabel Veloso & MºJosé Rodriguez “Shirin” Soloist dancers “This work clearly shows that bringing together the cultures, art and histories of sister countries one can Anabel Veloso, Mª José Rodríguez, Clara Checa create the most beautiful sensations. Anabel Veloso tackles this challenge naturally and with ease, revea- ling the myriad feelings, universes and forms of expression offered by flamenco dance and Arabic dan- ce and music. Al-Ándalus and our own land, bridged by the Mediterranean, different and together as Musicians one. A dynamic, aesthetic production with 12 musicians on the stage and dances that touch us, gran- Pedro Tores, Norberto Torres, Jose ting us the privilege to experience and savour the cultural essence of these peoples. An absolute delight”. Manuel León, Javier Patino, Diego Villegas, José Velez, Sonia Miranda, This is a flamenco and Raqs Sharqi (Arab dance) music-dance show. Twelve artists on stage from Morocco and Suhail Serghini & Naiti Abdesselam Spain recreate singing, toque and dance, melting both cultures into one that emerges richer and more colour- ful. The Al-Andalus spirit fills the theatre with the Mediterranean Sea as the main element that unites both sho- 75 MIN res and cultures. Feelings, expressions and arts bond this people while the Sea becomes an eternal mesmerizing witness. This dance theatre show was performed and or- The essence of both cultures and the utterly importance of the Sea will be on the stage thanks to the outstan- ganised at POCTEFEX: PARALELO 36 project by ding work of Anabel Veloso, that created this show as part of a Collaboration programme between Spain and the CEMYRI as part of a Spanish-Moroccan collabo- Morocco celebrating both cultures in the Spanish-Morocaan Heritage Meeting. ration programme. In addition the show includes the awarded coreography “El embarcadero” (The pier), honored at the XVI Madrid’s Certamen de Coreografia with Best Musical Composition and Best Scenography. Idea & Art Direction Anabel Veloso Play-writting & Scenography Anabel Veloso Choreography Anabel Veloso, Alberto Ruiz Choreography for Javier Latorre Alberto Ruiz Symphonic Poem number 2, 2010 “Por una cabeza”: Javier Latorre Soloist dancers “Nothing is forgotten if we remember it, there is no silence if we breathe life into what we believe is abando- Anabel Veloso & Alberto Ruiz ned. And so they take to the stage, with this work, memories, melancholy and fascination with a time when everything was music and dance, a time they bring back to the present. The stage language, the surprise Guest dancer when an instrument comes to life, the choreographic details and dance performances, a selection of music Javier Latorre and audiovisual effects that remind us that life is nothing without culture.