A show that pays tribute to the guitar genius and celebrates the company’s 25 years
Sara Baras, the dancer who flies to the rhythm of Paco de Lucía, has just premiered her new show Vuela at the Teatro Real in Madrid, with two full houses. The montage is a tribute to the flamenco guitar master, who died 10 years ago, and at the same time a commemoration of the first 25 years of the flamenco company. Next Saturday, Sara Baras will present Vuela at the Girona Auditorium, in what will be her premiere in Catalonia. The next event will be on March 20 at the Liceu, where tickets have already been sold out. Today it was officially announced that Sara Baras’ company will have a season from October 23 to November 10 at the Coliseum.
A dialogue between Paco de Lucía’s flamenco and the company’s career
Vuela aims to establish a dialogue between Paco de Lucía’s way of understanding flamenco and the history of the company. Baras is clear that the guitarist had “an overwhelming personality that he could fuse with other types of records. The show reviews the musician’s best-known songs and at the same time introduces other less popular ones, “also of great depth” that reveal details of the relationship. between Baras and Lucía.
A show that avoids repeating itself and that focuses on showing everything they have learned on this artistic journey
Sara Baras celebrates 25 years with a show that avoids repeating itself and that focuses on showing everything they have learned on this artistic journey. And Paco de Lucía has a lot to do with it. Vuela has 4 different acts. In Madera there is the influence of the roots and the claim of the musician who incorporated cajon percussion into flamenco. Sea allows us to connect with joys that refer to the place where the musician used to compose (“he said that without the sea he couldn’t live,” says Sara Baras). Death includes the scenes of mourning and the abyss is found due to the disappearance of the musician, which is added to that of his father (who already danced Baras in Alma, the previous production). Finally, Volar is the song of personal growth, in which missing people are remembered in a positive way and it is done by dancing a couplet, to connect with the last album composed by Paco de Lucía that he dedicated to popular songs.
Flamenco has the value of rhythm
Flamenco has the value of rhythm. For Sara Baras (as the guitarist also said), artists of this genre learn to breathe life and music. This is an advantage over other artistic styles. The wide possibility of clubs and styles provides a very wide range of samples. The audience does not need to know it but this diversity is what allows a connection with live viewers: “our audience has that rhythm, they know the difficulties and they get excited.”