Flamenco Lunch Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Yotel Queen Street August 7th Review
Flamenco Lunch at Yotel Queen Street brings the authentic sounds of Spanish Flamenco dance and music to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.
This show, featuring the impressive flamenco dance technique of Gabriela Pouso and flamenco guitar skills of Daniel Martinez, is probably as close as you are going to get to the original pure form of both without going to Spain and seeking out some off the tourist trail bar that still holds true to its traditional music and dance values.
Flamenco dance and music each have their own unique regional variations and languages and this show is at its heart a brief introduction to some of the main dance and guitar styles that make up “Flamenco”. To say that Flamenco is only this is an understatement though as it is in truth an almost spiritual essence that is still interwoven into the daily fabric of many people’s lives in Spain and it is obvious that this is the case for both Gabriela and Daniel too.
Watching Gabriela and Daniel perform is like watching the two languages of music and dance merge into a new performance language as each interprets the often unspoken stories and traditions behind many of these dances and the music on-stage.
Both Gabriela and Daniel are performing their respective disciplines at a very high level of expertise here and it is almost hypnotic to listen to the rhythm of Gabriela’s dancing and Daniel’s guitar. Something else is happening too on stage, as a large part of this performance is unspoken, almost intuitive, as both dancer and guitarist seem to be interwoven together. When Daniel Martinez plays an introduction, Gabriela Pouso follows him with a rhythm, but when Gabriela dances, it is her expression of that dance that is the driving force behind Daniel interpreting her movements on guitar. No two dances are ever exactly the same; we in the audience might never notice some of the many subtle variations, but Daniel does and this means that his music is never exactly the same. Performed like this, Flamenco is always alive, always beating and always changing.
This show is actually one of three very different shows from Daniel Martinez and his team (1PM, 3PM and 7PM), and tomorrow I will be reviewing Flamenco Guitar Concert.
Review by Tom King (c) 2022
www.artsreviewsedinburgh.com
This show, featuring the impressive flamenco dance technique of Gabriela Pouso and flamenco guitar skills of Daniel Martinez, is probably as close as you are going to get to the original pure form of both without going to Spain and seeking out some off the tourist trail bar that still holds true to its traditional music and dance values.
Flamenco dance and music each have their own unique regional variations and languages and this show is at its heart a brief introduction to some of the main dance and guitar styles that make up “Flamenco”. To say that Flamenco is only this is an understatement though as it is in truth an almost spiritual essence that is still interwoven into the daily fabric of many people’s lives in Spain and it is obvious that this is the case for both Gabriela and Daniel too.
Watching Gabriela and Daniel perform is like watching the two languages of music and dance merge into a new performance language as each interprets the often unspoken stories and traditions behind many of these dances and the music on-stage.
Both Gabriela and Daniel are performing their respective disciplines at a very high level of expertise here and it is almost hypnotic to listen to the rhythm of Gabriela’s dancing and Daniel’s guitar. Something else is happening too on stage, as a large part of this performance is unspoken, almost intuitive, as both dancer and guitarist seem to be interwoven together. When Daniel Martinez plays an introduction, Gabriela Pouso follows him with a rhythm, but when Gabriela dances, it is her expression of that dance that is the driving force behind Daniel interpreting her movements on guitar. No two dances are ever exactly the same; we in the audience might never notice some of the many subtle variations, but Daniel does and this means that his music is never exactly the same. Performed like this, Flamenco is always alive, always beating and always changing.
This show is actually one of three very different shows from Daniel Martinez and his team (1PM, 3PM and 7PM), and tomorrow I will be reviewing Flamenco Guitar Concert.
Review by Tom King (c) 2022
www.artsreviewsedinburgh.com