Belén Maya

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Belén Maya

Belén Maya García (* 1966 in New York ) is a Spanish dancer and choreographer of Spanish dance and especially of flamenco .

Dance training

Belén Maya was born in New York when her parents Carmen Mora and Mario Maya were touring America . She only discovered her tendency to dance at the age of 18. From that moment on, with passionate curiosity, she trained in a variety of dance styles:

  • With Rosa Naranjo and Juana Taft in classical dance;
  • with María Magdalena, Paco Romero and José Antonio in Spanish dance;
  • with Pedro Azorín in regional dances;
  • with Teresa Nieto and Goyo Montero in contemporary dance;
  • with Paco Fernández, Carmen Cortés , Anunciación la Toná, Paco Fernández, Manolete , La Tati and El Güito in flamenco.

She learned video art from her mother. She traveled to New York and took lessons at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater . She dealt with the dance and the ideas of Martha Graham , took lessons in the school of the Ballet Nacional de España and devoted herself to the technique and aesthetics of Kathak . Thanks to her varied education, she learned to move stylishly and appropriately to the most diverse forms of music.

Appearances and engagements

Belén Maya appeared in a number of tablaos :

  • In Madrid in La Zambra , the Café de Chinitas and the Corral de la Pacheca ;
  • In Seville in Los Gallos and in Patio Andaluz ;
  • In Tokyo at El Flamenco.

She was hired for the company of Mario Maya and later for the Compañía Andaluza de Danza . From the mid-1980s, she appeared in a number of shows and films:

  • Under the direction of Mario Maya in El amor brujo (1986), Tiempo, amor y muerte (1988), Réquiem (1995), Magia Flamenca (2001) and Un, dos, tres, faa ... (2004);
  • in Flamenco by Carlos Saura (1995);
  • in De joven arte flamenco by Ricardo Franco (1996);
  • in Ventanales by David Peña Dorantes (1996);
  • in El pájaro negro by Javier Barón (1997);
  • in Los flamencos cantan y bailan a Lorca (1997) and Abecedario (1999) by Juan Antonio Maesso;
  • in Frontera by Ramón Oller (1999);
  • in Los caminos de Lorca with the Compañía Andaluza de Danza (2004).

Her appearances at the Día Internacional de la Danza in 1993, her Taranto at the Festival del Taranto in Madrid in 1996 and her joint contribution with Javier and Isabel Barón in 1997 in the Christmas service in Fuenlabrada left a lasting impression .

Own dance company and partnership with Mayte Martín

In 1996 she founded her own dance company. Her debut piece, La diosa en nosotros , was about the reinvention of the female role in flamenco, "a choreography by and for women", as she herself said. Logically only women appeared in it. To the music of Emilio de Diego they showed a synthesis of contemporary dance and flamenco.

In 1997 she performed with the singer Mayte Martín at the Festival Grec in Barcelona . Part of the festival was a concert by Catalan artists. They were asked to invite one partner to appear together. Mayte Martín had previously seen Belén Maya dance in a tablao and asked her to be her partner. The performance marked the beginning of a congenial artistic partnership. Belén Maya described it as an almost symbiotic relationship:

“It muy raro que yo me sienta tan en sintonía musical con un cantaor o cantaora, pero immediamente me sentí muy cerca del trabajo de Mayte. Entendía la armonia, las letras, por qué y cómo debía desarrolar el baile. Todo iba como la sieta. (...) Era como si nos hubiéramos conocido toda la vida. "

“I seldom feel so in musical harmony with a singer, but with Mayte's work I immediately felt completely safe. She understood the harmony, the verses, she understood why and how I should perform the dance. Everything went like clockwork. (...) It was as if we had known each other for a lifetime. "

At first they called themselves simply Mayte Martín y Belén Maya ; from 2003 then Flamenco de cámara . Juan Ramón Caro and José Luis Montón with their guitar playing, Susana Medina and Ana Cali with their polyrhythmic clapping of hands and Olvido Lanza with his violin completed the small ensemble. Their joint appearances in Jerez, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Seville and Granada as well as their appearances abroad in Paris and New York delighted audiences and critics.

In 2003 she was awarded the Flamenco hoy prize as best dancer . In 2004 she performed Fuera de los límites in collaboration with Rafaela Carrasco . Even with the title, Outside the Borders , she expressed that she is unwilling to accept any traditional reservations and restrictions on her artistic freedom. Her ensemble danced to pieces by Gerardo Nuñez , Jesús Torres , Pablo Suárez , Luis Carmona , Craig Armstrong , Zakir Hussain , Kapanski Ensemble and Isaac Albéniz . Martial steps à la Lara Croft to music by De La Guarda formed the surprising conclusion .

Further artistic career

After seven years of working with Mayte Martín, she felt the need to create a work on her own again. In August 2005 she directed Dibujos in Madrid . Two weeks before the premiere, she had already shown some numbers from it in Beijing , on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Madrid-Beijing city partnership. The piece consisted of short but very varied solo dances , including alegrías , tangos and rondeñas . Again she combined flamenco with contemporary dance. Oriental forms complemented the dance. The title refers to the dramaturgy of the production: the dance numbers were linked to one another through a sequence of colored chalk drawings by children. She danced to the music of José Luis Rodríguez and the stage direction by David Montero.

In December 2005, she dared to experiment with the piece Ensayo n ° 7 together with the pianist Diego Amador : she improvised with her body for every note he played on the piano. In 2006 she appeared in Mario Maya's show Andalucía, el flamenco y la humanidad at the Seville Biennale.

In 2007 she created La Voz de su amo . With this piece, a synthesis of flamenco, theater, recitation , performance art and electronic music, she again showed her creativity and joy in experiment.

Also directed by Mario Maya, she staged Mujeres in Córdoba in 2008 . Once again she combined flamenco with contemporary dance. Merche Esmeralda and the young Rocío Molina were on stage with her .

Together with Juan Carlos Lérida, she performed souvenirs in the flower market in Barcelona, dedicated to various historical figures in flamenco. She and Juan Carlos Lérida created the choreography to the music of José Luis Rodríguez and David J. Fonseca. David Montero wrote the lyrics and the musical dramaturgy.

At the 2010 Jerez Festival she staged Bailes alegres para personas tristes . She danced with Olga Pericet under the stage direction of Juan Carlos Lérida and musical direction by David Montero. With the piece she created a synthesis of contemporary dance and flamenco. It consists of a series of exciting juxtapositions: dancer and guitar, two dancers in front of two guitars, two dancers in front of two singers and dialogue between two guitars.

In 2011 she was a guest at the Nîmes International Dance Festival with the piece Tr3s . Among other things, she made a guest appearance with this piece at Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf. In the same year she performed Habitaciones in the FuNdicIOn in Bilbao .

In December 2013 she showed an anthology of pieces from her career at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao . In the same year she developed Trasmín . With the piece she made guest appearances at Sadler's Wells in London. Her subtle, graceful dance style, coupled with a rock-solid stage presence, contrasted delightfully with the fast-paced, aggressive style of her partner Manuel Liñán . Only in the Cantiña at the beginning of the performance did both perform together, after which they took turns. As a solo singer, Gema Caballero stood by her side.

At the Jerez Festival 2014 she presented with her ensemble Los Invitados . In the colorful show, besides Belén Maya, her male dance partner Manuel Liñán also impressed. In the classic flamenco pieces, delicate transitions were woven into the swing to muted trumpet sounds. Carmen Linares and Gema Caballero appeared as invited singing soloists . The dramaturgical direction was again David Montero. With this piece Belén Maya won the Critique's Prize.

In 2015 she was again awarded the Flamenco Hoy prize in the best dancer category.

Together with her long-time artistic companion Mayte Martín, she opened the Flamenco on Fire festival in Bilbao in August 2018 with the show Tempo rubato .

style

José Luis Navarro García emphasizes her great charisma and creativity. With her skills and her inventions, she dominates the stage. Her refined arm movements and her eyes, which can accurately reflect every state of mind, are particularly impressive. He sums up:

“Un baile estilizado, rico y versátil, con el que inunda el espacio con un aluvión de figuras y actitudes inéditas. Un baile hecho de pasión, sentimiento y geometría. "

“A stylish, rich and smooth dance that floods the room with an abundance of unseen figures and gestures. A dance shaped by passion, feeling and geometry. "

Web links

References and comments

  1. ^ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del baile flamenco . Volume IV.Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-73-8 , pp. 194 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 194-195 .
  3. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . In: Volume IV . 2010, p. 195 .
  4. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 195-196 .
  5. ↑ Flamenco (1995). Cast. In: IMDb. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 196 .
  7. ↑ The goddess in us
  8. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 196-197 .
  9. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 197 .
  10. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 198 .
  11. ↑ Spanish dibujo = drawing
  12. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 198-199 .
  13. ↑ a b c d José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, 2010, p. 199 .
  14. ↑ a b c d Belén Maya. In: Danza.es. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Spanish).
  15. ↑ 'La voz de su amo' trae el flamenco de Belén Maya a La Fundición . In: Sevilla Actualidad . May 10, 2010 (Spanish, sevillaactualidad.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  16. ^ Ángeles Castellano G .: Batas de cola y danza contemporánea . In: El País . July 18, 2008, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  17. ↑ Belén Maya elige Jerez para el estreno absoluto de 'Bailes alegres para personas tristes' . In: DeFlamenco.com . February 19, 2010 (Spanish, deflamenco.com [accessed September 8, 2018]).
  18. ↑ Ricardo Alvarado: Belén Maya: Biografía. September 27, 2011, Retrieved September 9, 2018 (Spanish).
  19. ↑ Belén Maya. In: Website of the Tanzhaus NRW. November 2011, accessed September 9, 2018 .
  20. ↑ sic; Custom spelling
  21. ↑ BELEN MAYA “Habitaciones”. In: La FuNdicIOn Bilbao. November 2011, Retrieved September 9, 2018 (Spanish).
  22. ↑ La bailaora Belén Maya ofrecerá un recital en el Guggenheim . In: El País . December 13, 2013, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  23. ^ Espectáculo "Recital flamenco", de Belén Maya | Sala de prensa del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. In: Website of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. December 13, 2013, Retrieved September 9, 2018 (European Spanish).
  24. ^ Josephine Leask: Belén Maya Company with Manuel Liñán - Trasmín - Sadler's Wells . In: LondonDance (Ed.): LondonDance . March 12, 2014 (English, londondance.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  25. ^ Fermín Lobatón: Todos fueron bienvenidos a la fiesta . In: El País . February 25, 2014, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  26. ↑ Manuel Maite Martín: Belén triunfa en el portal del futuro . In: El Mundo . February 25, 2014 (Spanish, elmundo.es [accessed September 9, 2018]).
  27. ^ Antonio Parra: Mayte Martín y Belén Maya abren la V edición de Flamenco on Fire . In: El País . August 22, 2018, ISSN  1134-6582 (Spanish, elpais.com [accessed September 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Maya, Belén
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maya García, Belén (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH new York