“There was something strange and wild about her beauty. Her face astonished you, at first sight, but nobody could forget it.” Rafael Aguilar’s dance theater production “Carmen Flamenco” will be performed in Beijing from 21-23, January. Based on the story and music of Bizet’s masterpiece, “Carmen,” Spanish choreographer Aguilar (1926-1995) has created a fascinating, erotic dance drama that fuses the expressionism of modern ballet with traditional Spanish dance. The audience will be drawn into a maelstrom of emotions: a hot mixture of flamenco and bolero, with subliminal dance scenes and sensual choreography.
First Scene: The Square
Don Jose: “It was a Friday I shall never forget…… taking the acacia blossom out of her mouth she flipped it at me with her thumb so that it hit me just between the eyes……”
The gypsies sing and dance as a bourgeois family, accompanied by an almost regal ensemble of flautists, enters the square. Carmen is so outraged at this scene that she rips the fan out of the woman’s hand.
The regiment advances for maneuvers and Carmen starts flirting with the soldiers. She provocatively throws a blossom clasped seductively between he lips towards Don Jose as a symbol of her fondness. Precisely at the same moment, the bell tolls summoning the cigar rollers to work.
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