TEATRO PARAGUAS AND COMPAñía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo present their
8th Annual Spring FLAMENCO FESTIVAL! WHAT: TREE OF LIFE (Arbol de La
Vida) 2020 Spring FLAMENCO WHEN: March 5 8, 2020 Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday at 7:00 pm WHERE: TEATRO PARAGUAS, 3205 Calle Marie,
Santa Fe TICKETS: $30 General Admission; $25 Seniors/Students; $15
children 10 and under RESERVATIONS: 505-424-1601 INFO:
TEATROPARAGUAS.org Compañía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo are coming back
to TEATRO PARAGUAS THIS SPRING! TEATRO PARAGUAS IS PROUD TO WELCOME
BACK ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE AND MOST PROLIFIC FLAMENCO GROUPS,
Compañía Chuscales & Mina Fajardo. Mina Fajardo & Chuscales are
award winning artists and musical composers, whose shows are always
original and exciting. Mina Fajardo has once again created original
choreography for this Spring's show, aptly called "Tree of Life"
(Arbol de la Vida), illuminating the tree of life through FLAMENCO.
Mina has been pondering this choreography for years, because for her,
trees are the most important plants on the earth. Life could not exist
on earth without trees; humans cannot live without trees. Trees
produce oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Without trees, we wouldn't
get any more cherry blossoms in Spring, and since she was born in
Japan, the Cherry Blossoms have special meaning for Mina. Mina studied
about trees when she was a medical technology college student in
Japan. When asked why she felt this choreography was so important, she
said, "Recently we have had so many wildfires in the world. I want to
explain through my dance, my FLAMENCO, how important trees are for all
of us." She went on to say, "FLAMENCO IS LIKE A TREE, a tree is like
FLAMENCO. The tree of FLAMENCO IS LIKE THE FLAMENCO PALOS (different
musical forms in FLAMENCO) with many branches, but the main branches
are the Palos of Soleares, Seguiriyas, Tonas, Fandangos, Tangos, and
more. I believe each Palo has a family; like Soleares connects to
Caña, Alborea, Bulerias, Cantiñas (Alegrias)." This show starts with
FLAMENCO PALO GRANAINA, composed by renowned FLAMENCO GUITARIST
CHUSCALES, (who comes from Granada, Spain) and the poem "Arbolé,
Arbolé.." by Federico García Lorca (Granada, 1898-1936). Federico
Garcia Lorca is considered one of the greatest poets and playwrights
of the twentieth century. The poem will be performed by Argos
MacCallum, who received a standing ovation during the company's most
recent concert, "Gypsy Moon & Stars," just a few weeks ago. Mr.
MacCallum has been featured in many movies, including "Seraphim
Falls," "The Lone Ranger," and "Appaloosa," to name a few. This
FESTIVAL FEATURES DANCERS MINA FAJARDO, Janira Cordova, & Sveta
Backhaus: "Trees in Spring" by all 3 dancers, "Trees in Summer" by
Sveta Backhaus, "Trees in Fall" by Mina Fajardo, and "Trees in Winter"
by Janira Cordova. THE CREW: Artistic Director, Choreographer,
Playwright: Mina Fajardo Musical Director & Composer: Chuscales Actor
& Poetry Readings: Argos MacCallum Dancers: Mina Fajardo, Janira
Cordova, Sveta Backhaus Lighting Design/Booth Operator: Jeff Tarnoff
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