SubscribeFebruary 18th, 2010
The cultural olympiad, 2
My daughter and I braved the Canadian Olympic Hockey victory celebrations to go see María Pagés. I was in a lot of pain (not from the hockey win or its subsequent crazy Canucks yelling all along Granville). And there was a sold out show at the Commodore next door (Steel Panther). What a crazy walk from the skytrain station to the Orpheum. I made it through the performance and home again before I crashed — it was worth it. What that woman can do with her arms has got to be some sort of art/genetic mutation.
This, below, is her in a Riverdance production. Cultural cross pollination. Cool.
And as much as her dancing (and her company’s), the musicians and two singers left me astounded.
That bit with the shawl was really reminiscent of some of the best fancy dancers I have seen, and the voices sounded so very tribal that I felt right at home despite never having seen flamenco performed at this level.
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