Pastora Galván

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Pastora Galván 2010 in her show Pastora

Pastora Galván de los Reyes (born January 16, 1980 in Seville ) is a Spanish flamenco dancer.

Youth and education

Pastora Galván grew up in a family for whom flamenco means the purpose of life and an artistic vocation. Her father, José Galván , has been running an academy for flamenco dance in the Barrio de San José Obrero in Seville since 1977 . Her mother, Eugenia de los Reyes Bermúdez , is also a flamenco dancer. She learned the basics from her parents. A little later came the influence of her six-year-old brother Israel Galván , whom she says she admires as a genius. At the age of 10 she enrolled at the Conservatorio de Música in Seville. She completed her training there in 1998 with a diploma in Spanish dance.

Early career

Already during her studies she performed publicly. In 1996 she danced as a solo dancer in the Barcelona Tablao El Cordobés and in the Sevillian Tablao Los Gallos . This was followed by appearances in major shows that are now recognized as milestones in the history of flamenco: First in 1998 in La Tirana by María Pagés . Then, in 1998, 2000 and 2002 in the choreographies ¡Mira! , Metamorfosis and Galvánicas from their brother Israel. In 2001 she won the Premio Matilde Coral at the national flamenco competition in Cordoba . This was followed by appearances at the Festival of Montellano , in the Teatro Central of Seville, in the Teatro Alhambra in Granada , in the Madrilenian Tablao Las Carboneras and at the Muestra Andaluza de Baile Flamenco in Granada. She traveled abroad to Finland, France, Japan, the USA, Cuba, Mexico, Greece and the Netherlands. She gave dance courses at Stanford University as well as in Havana , Mexico and Greece.

In 2004 her performances became more and more demanding. With Dos hermanos , she and her brother presented emphatically classic flamenco. At the 2004 Biennale she danced in the + Jovenes + Flamenco cycle . Under the direction of José Luis Ortiz Nuevo , she interpreted the Habanera from Georges Bizet's opera Carmen at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville and impressed the audience with her dance skills and stage presence. This was followed by appearances at the highly esteemed festivals of Monterrey , Mont-de-Marsan , Miami and Jerez de la Frontera .

La Francesa

In 2006 she finally joined the ranks of the first-class flamenco dancers of her generation. She achieved this breakthrough with the show La Francesa at the Seville Biennale. José Luis Navarro García praised her performance as "rich in vitality, fantasy, imagination, versatility, irony and grace". The choreography was done by her brother Israel. Pastora embodied five spirited women, five ideal images of the Andalusian woman and their reflection in romantic French literature :

  • In the first appearance the Militona by Théophile Gautier . In a white skirt with a red gilet and a bright blue jacket, she stepped onto the stage for the classic Soleá . This was followed by Los cuatro muleros , an ironic reminiscence of her appearance in ¡Mira! , and then a flamenco à la Française to the sounds of the accordion . She turned to Ojos verdes by Rafael de León in a Sevillana of the purest style. This was followed by a Zorongo , an Israeli dance, a freely interpreted fandango before she found her way back to classical music with another Soleá.
  • The second appearance was initially dedicated to an interpretation by Carmen ; a very French, sporty, funny and cheeky Carmen. She also wore jersey pants with a blue vest with the number 10 on the shoulder, socks and pointed boots. Using the flamenco canon of forms, she parodied the kicking movements of a football player. She unfolded her dance to the sounds of Bizet's Habanera, the Marseillaise and La Paloma by Sebastián de Yradier . - Then she changed the costume, put on a red dress with a train and danced a tribute to her great predecessor Rosario . To Maurice Ravel's Boléro and Édith Piafs Je ne regrette rien , she portrayed Rosario as an extraordinary, multifaceted, imaginative and dominant personality; dedicated a technically extremely demanding interpretation of Alegrías to her .
  • In the third part she embodied the Conchita of Pierre Louÿs as a rumba dancer - in jeans, white vest and red scarf. She glued on a mustache and parodied Cyrano de Bergerac in a boastful gesture as a fencer. She took off her mustache and danced a taranta a palo seco , only to fall back into conventional forms a few moments later.
  • She contested the final with an interpretation of Lola after Antonio Machado . A Dolores who turned to the verses of Yo poeta decadente , lifting her skirt in a parodying, lascivious pose. A modern Dolores that surprised the audience with a Charleston , finally found its way back to its native forms and, wrapped in the French tricolor , said goodbye to the audience.

Later appearances

The many other appearances after her triumph with La Francesa prove the enormous versatility of this dancer. Examples are:

  • In 2008 she performed with Carmen Linares , Miguel Poveda , Juan Carlos Romero at the Flamenco Festival in New York's Times Square .
  • In 2010 she once again impressed audiences and critics at the Seville Festival with an innovative performance. The choreography for her show Pastora was again from her brother Israel.
  • At the 2012 Cordoba Guitar Festival, she gave flamenco dance classes with Javier Latorre and Rafaela Carrasco .
  • In 2012 at the Festival del Cante de Las Minas in La Unión , she danced to the accompaniment of Dorantes' piano - an extraordinary constellation in flamenco, another risk for the artist who likes to experiment. Antonio Parra, critic at El País , missed the vocals.
  • The 2013 Trilogía performance in Seville was dedicated to the three elements of flamenco: dance, song and guitar. She herself performed to dance, danced to Tarantos and Alegrías, accompanied by the singers El Londro and Miguel Ortega and the guitarist Ramón Amador. El Pele performed the solo vocals and José Luis Montón played solo with the guitar.
  • At the 2014 Biennale in Seville, she impressed again with her very personal style, with which she combines classic flamenco with other styles and her own creations. At the end of this flamenco festival, she initiated a flamenco flash mob in Plaza Nueva . More than 200 passers-by, including adults and children, locals and tourists, let themselves be carried away to dance with her to the Bulería Triana .
  • The 2015 Jerez Festival was dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía . Her brother Israel, María Pagés, Rubén Olmo , Manuela Carrasco and many other renowned artists were also represented.
  • In spring 2015 she was seen together with Antonio Canales in the Basque city of Bilbao . Her show & dentidades was the opening performance at the Ciclo BBK de Flamenco . Their theme was an homage to great flamenco dancers.
  • She was also on stage at the Seville Biennale in 2016. In Mirame she showed an anthology of her work and artistic development in the ten years since La Francesa . She also appeared under the direction of Juan Peña El lebrijano together with José Valencia in De Sevilla a Cádiz (1969-2016) .
  • The 2017 Flamenco Festival in Madrid was entirely dedicated to serious singing, the cante jondo . Pastora Galván danced to martinete and minera , to pregones and malagueñas .

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V. Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-88-2 , p. 257 .
  2. ↑ José Galván. In: Deflamenco.com. Retrieved January 29, 2018 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ a b c d José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 258 .
  4. ↑ "Todo un derroche de vitalidad, fantasía, imaginación, versatilidad, ironía y gracia."
  5. ↑ Zorongo. In: Pons Online. Retrieved January 30, 2018 (This refers to the Andalusian folk dance Zorongo).
  6. ↑ a b José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume 5, p. 259 .
  7. ↑ actually Florencia Pérez Padilla, 1918–2000
  8. ↑ José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume II.Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía, Sevilla 2010, ISBN 978-84-96210-71-4 , pp. 217 ff .
  9. ↑ a b c José Luis Navarro García: Historia del Baile Flamenco . Volume V, S. 260 .
  10. ↑ only with vocal accompaniment without instruments
  11. ↑ I, decadent poet
  12. ↑ Juio Valdeón: Flamenco en Times Square. Noche Española en la Gran Manzana. In: El Mundo. February 11, 2008, accessed February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  13. ↑ Estela Zatania: XVI Bienal de Flamenco - 'PASTORA' - Pastora Galván 'CONCUERDA' Santiago Lara / Mercedes Ruiz. In: Deflamenco.com. October 28, 2010, accessed February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  14. ↑ Manuel J. Albert: Vuelta al mundo en un zapateado. In: El País. June 12, 2012, accessed January 31, 2018 (Spanish).
  15. ↑ Antonio Parra: Al piano de Dorantes solo le falta cantar. In: El País. August 6, 2012, accessed January 31, 2018 (Spanish).
  16. ↑ Las tres grandes del flamenco expresiones, de la mano. In: El País. February 22, 2013, accessed January 31, 2018 (Spanish).
  17. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: Pastora Galván, una eternidad de luz y de vida. In: El Mundo. October 5, 2014, accessed February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  18. ^ Fermín Lobatón: Las metamorfosis de Pastora. In: El País. October 5, 2014, accessed January 31, 2018 (Spanish).
  19. ↑ Ángeles Lucas: Sorpresa flamenca en la Plaza Nueva. La bailaora Pastora Galván participa en un 'flashmob' in Seville. In: El País. October 5, 2014, accessed January 30, 2018 (Spanish).
  20. ^ Fermín Lobatón: El Festival de Jerez recuerda a Paco de Lucía con dos conciertos. In: El País. February 19, 2015, accessed January 31, 2018 (Spanish).
  21. ^ EFE: Pastora Galván y Antonio Canales abren el X Ciclo BBK de Flamenco. March 23, 2015, accessed February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  22. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: Mario ante la anarquía de Pastora. In: El Mundo. September 29, 2016, Retrieved February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  23. ↑ Manuel Martín Martín: Honores de grandeza a un genio. In: El Mundo. September 19, 2016, Retrieved February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
  24. ↑ Cristina Marinero: Festival Flamenco en Madrid: apoteosis del arte jondo. In: El Mundo. March 31, 2017, accessed February 1, 2018 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Galván, Pastora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish flamenco dancer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Seville