Dunas show to be presented in Romania

JTI Romania presents in their 15^th edition two worldwide famous artists, María Pagés’ flamenco dancer and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s contemporary dancer, who will be staged on May 10, the “Dunas” show, at the Bucharest National Opera.

“The two of us, María and I, are enthused about exploring the desert we have before us”. With these words, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui sums up the show which, side by side, he is going to stage with bailaora María Pagés, writes the Flamenco World magazine

“Dunas” has its original music by Szymon Brzoska and Rubén Lebaniegos and it is inspired by the Biblical Apocalypse. The same publication mentioned above notes that “Dunas” promises to be a fruitful exchange between María Pagés’ flamenco nature and Cherkaoui’s contemporaneity, stemming from a base of mutual admiration.

Flamenco World magazine also notes that María Pagés and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui began their professional encounters in May 2008 in China, where the choreographer was putting together his show “Sutra”. And it isn’t the first time that the Sevillian artist, winner of the 2002 National Dance Prize, has worked side by side with an international dance figure. In November 2007, she was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to create and dance at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, an experience which the show ‘Autorretrato’ (‘Self Portrait’) arose from, already displayed at festivals such as Seville’s Bienal de Flamenco 2008 and Festival de Jerez 2009, following its premiere in May 2008 at the International Forum Theater in Tokyo.

For this performance, the tickets are available online at www.eventim.ro, or in Eventim network (Germanos, Vodafone, Orange, Domo, Humanitas, Cărtureşti).