Manolete (dancer)

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Manolete (* 1945 in Granada ), bourgeois Manuel Santiago Maya , is a Spanish flamenco dancer.

Life

Manolete grew up in the turbulent Albaicín district . His grandfather, Juan Manuel Fajardo, played the guitar; likewise his brothers Juan "Marote" and José Maya "Marotillo". Together with them he gave his first dance performance at the age of 7 in the pub district of Sacromonte . This district had limited artistic horizons, so he set out to study the tablaos of Madrid . He made a name for himself with performances in Las Cuevas de Nemesio , Torres Bermejas and Las Brujas . In 1971 he formed the group Los Cabales with Faiquillo, Loli Núñez and Carmen Heredia . In those years he also joined the company of Manuela Vargas on. A little later he appeared in the groups of María Albaicín, Micaela Flores la Chunga and María Rosa. Foreign trips took him to Japan, which he would visit many times later.

In the Ballet Nacional de España under the direction of Antonio Gades graduated Manolete his dance training from. In 1983 he took part in the performance of Macama jonda by José Heredia Maya and Rafael Aguilar. In 1986 he returned to the national ballet and performed there in Los Tarantos under the direction of Felipe Sánchez. In the same year he took part in the International Music and Dance Festival of Granada. There he performed with the Homenaje flamenco a García Lorca , accompanied by the singing of Enrique Morente and the guitar playing of Paco Cortés . His appearance at the 5th Seville Flamenco Biennale in 1988 was the high point of his artistic career in the 1980s. He delighted the audience with a selection of alegrías . The critic Miguel Acal wrote:

«Manolete dio un recital de elegancia con poderío. Dulce, suave, sin estridencias, bailando gitano con un dominio de la técnica colosal. "

“Manolete gave an elegant, powerful presentation. Pleasant, soulful, without exaggeration, he danced in Gitano style with colossal technical skill. "

- Miguel Acal : Diario 16 , September 14, 1988

In the 1990s he began to stage his own pieces. In 1992 he presented Flamenco soy at the Music and Dance Festival of Granada . As was customary at the time, his performance was based on the dance performance of the entire troupe. Regardless of this, Miguel Ángel González wrote:

«La farruca de Manolete nos traslado, afortunadamente, a otro universo. Su baile fue toda una demostración de personalidad inconfundible, de creatividad dentro la escuela clásica masculina, de seguridad técnica, imaginación y variedad de pasos, con absoluto control de la figura, los brazos y los pies. »

“ Fortunately, the Farruca of Manolete transported us to another universe. His dance was a demonstration of an unmistakable personality, of creativity within the framework of the classical male school, of technical safety, ingenuity and variety of steps, with absolute mastery of the body, arms and feet. "

- Miguel Ángel González : Ideal , June 15, 1992

In 1993 he took part in Merche Esmeralda's newly founded company on a trip through a number of European countries. In the role of the ghost he danced in Manolo Marín's production of El amor brujo at the Music and Dance Festival of Granada and at the Biennale of Seville. He choreographed Latido flamenco for the Compañía Andaluza de Danza . In April 1998 the play was premiered at the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville. In 1999 he brought Puro jondo to the stage with El Güito .

In 2001 he received the Premio de Baile of the Cátedra Flamencología de Jerez .

In his retrospective Mi camino he showed mostly alegrías; the Palo to whom he feels most attached. It premiered Mi camino in Madrid in March 2002. Other outstanding appearances in the 2000s were:

  • 2002 at the Ciutat Vella Festival in Barcelona ;
  • 2003 at the inauguration gala of the 3rd Festival Flamenco USA with the Ballet Nacional de España;
  • 2004 and 2007 at the Jerez Festival ;
  • 2005 in the gala performance 50 Años de Danza Española ;
  • 2006 at the Summa Flamenca de Madrid ;
  • 2007 at Málaga en Flamenco as well as at the Autumn Festival of Granada and at the Palau de la Música in Valencia .

José Luis Navarro García praised the fine balance between creativity and technical perfection in Manolete's dance. Timeless beauty belongs to his classic conception of flamenco, which is why it is always up to date.

student

He helped a number of dancers of the next generation as a teacher or advisor:

Antonio Márquez (* 1963)
Javier Barón (* 1963)
María Pagés (* 1963)
Belén Maya (* 1966)
Rafael de Carmen (* 1969)

Beatriz Martín (* 1971)
Pilar Ogalla (* 1971),
Rafaela Carrasco (* 1972)
Choni (* 1973)
Rubén Olmo (* 1982)

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References and comments

  1. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III. Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-72-1 , p. 259 .
  2. ↑ a b c José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III, p. 260 .
  3. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III, p. 260-261 .
  4. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III, p. 151 .
  5. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III, p. 261 .
  6. ^ Prize for dance
  7. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume III, p. 262 .
  8. ↑ El flamenco triunfa en Nueva York de la mano de cinco generaciones de artistas. In: El País . January 31, 2003, accessed February 10, 2016 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV.Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-73-8 , pp. 52 .
  10. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, p. 61 .
  11. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, p. 103 .
  12. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, p. 195 .
  13. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume IV, p. 203 .
  14. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V. Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-88-2 , p. 212 .
  15. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 218 .
  16. ^ Rafaela Carrasco, nueva directora del Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía. In: El País. September 17, 2013, Retrieved February 10, 2016 (Spanish).
  17. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 129 .
  18. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 261 .
personal data
SURNAME Manolete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santiago Maya, Manuel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish flamenco dancer
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Granada