Flamenco Por La Vida and No Festival Required Present
IMPULSO
A FILM BY EMILIO BELMONTE
Sunday August 11, 2019 8:00pm (doors at 7 pm with food and drink service)
Crescent Ballroom
308 N 2nd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Website http://crescentphx.com
(602) 716-2222
Tickets $10 advance, 12 at the door.
Ticket link-https://www.eventbrite.com/e/impulso-a-film-by-emilio-belmonte-tickets-64643192529
Join us for the film and “Tertulia Flamenca”, an after-film discussion facilitated by Dr. Erica Acevedo-Ontiveros about the modern/contemporary flamenco movement.
TRAILER-https://vimeo.com/289512676
Short Synopsis
Rocίo Molina is all of 32 years old: an avant-garde performance artist/flamenco dancer with a dash of Björk and Pina Bausch thrown in for good measure. Often onstage alone, her work grows from the flamenco tradition but she infuses it with a modern, magnetic passion: crawling through red paint (suggestive of menstrual blood or the aftermath of a violent crime) or moving to a hard-driving rock beat. At times her look is minimal, almost Japanese in its austerity; at other times her performance suggests a sexy, plump fruit, ripe and edible. Emilio Belmonte follows Molina as she rehearses for her Paris debut at the Chaillot National Theater. She is never less than a force of nature.
Synopsis
The spectacular avant-garde choreographies of flamenco dancer Rocío Molina have electrified audiences around the world. Her extravagant, mesmerizing and mostly improvised pieces combine traditional Flamenco with modern-dance, avant-garde theatrics, objects, paint, and eclectic music compositions.
Impulso is an intimate portrait of Molina, one the dance world’s most passionate artists, as she travels the world to perform her improvised “impulsos” at unusual venues ranging from prisons to modern art museums. Now Molina must prepare for one of her most challenging works ever for a new show at Chaillot National Theater in Paris. Despite Molina’s unconventional stagings and artful theatrical setups, she remarkably manages to maintain her connection to Flamenco’s rich history and traditions.
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Flamenco Por La Vida-https://www.flamencoporlavida.com
The mission of Flamenco Por La Vida is to build an understanding of and appreciation for Flamenco in Arizona by presenting festivals and professional flamenco performances, engaging diverse communities and offering classes to students of all ages, races and economic backgrounds.
