Festival / Aina Alegre - FUGACES

1 rue de Bourgogne, 67100 Strasbourg

Festival the year starts with them. Silhouettes standing with bare torsos, dressed in a simple bolero, emerge from the shadows. In the silence, one of them steps forward slowly. She raises her arms, puffs out her chest, and looks us straight in the eyes. One by one, the seven performers introduce themselves, with quick, clear and expansive gestures, firm reprises, suspended breaths, but also hip undulations. Behind them, the figure who inhabits them is Carmen Amaya, flamenco dancer, singer and actress of the early twentieth century who built herself. Not aiming to reproduce her dance, c…