SYNOPSIS
Baras’ Carmen is a tragedy transformed into flamenco. The show owes its magic to gestures and dancing, the expressive essence of flamenco. Along with her Flamenco Ballet, the dancer from Cadiz works with the character from an abstract and poetic point of view, that keeps the mystery alive and leaves interpretation to the audience’s imagination. As a result, through a hymn to women’s freedom, Baras interprets Carmen as someone that is sweet, intense and full of subtleties; someone contemporary and rational, that doesn’t get carried away by desire. She presents this feminine figure as an independent character, attractive by itself because of the modernity of its passions and the freedom of its decisions.
Conceived as a three-act show, this Carmen is a journey through the different aspects of flamenco interpreted by the whole Ballet. It includes songs by Paco de Lucía (music created for the cinematographic version of Carmen, by Carlos Saura); Joan Valent pieces, who has remade Bizet’s famous Habanera, or a “sevillana” composed by the musician Javier Ruibal. Sara Baras herself has actively participated in the costume design alongside the designer Sybilla.
VIDEO
GALLERY
CAST
DIRECTOR
Sara Baras
COREOGRAPHY
Sara Baras (with the special collaboration of de José Serrano and Luis Ortega)
MUSIC
Joan Valent, José Mª Bandera, David Cerreduela, José Carlos Gómez, Miguel de la Tolea, Saul Quirós. With the special collaboration of Paco de Lucía and Javier Ruibal.
COSTUME DESIGN
Sybilla and Sara Baras
LIGHTING
Fernando Martín and Sara Baras
SCENOGRAPHY
Sara Baras
SCREENING
Paco Caraballo
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pepe Claudio
CAST
CARMEN: Sara Baras
DON JOSÉ: Luis Ortega
EL TORERO: Jose Serrano
ENSEMBLE DANCERS
Alicia Fernández, Ana González, Maria Jesús García, Charo Pedraja, Daniel Saltares, David Martín, David Nieto, José Galán, Raúl Fernández
MUSICIANS
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR: Joan Valent
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: José Mª Bandera
GUITARISTS: José Mª Bandera, Mario Montoya, Jesús Núñez
CANTAORES: Saúl Quirós, Emilio Florido, Saray Muñoz
VIOLIN: José Amador Goñi
PERCUSSION: Antón Suarez