Agita Flamenco
This poetry recital with flamenco piano and dance was presented in the New Zealand pavilion in the Venice Art Biennial in 2011, and in the Sala Manuel de Falla of the General Society of Authors (SGAE) in Madrid in 2012.
The poets Charles Olsen and Lilián Pallares, and flamenco pianist Pablo Rubén Maldonado made the short travel-documentary of their trip to Venice, which you can see below.
For the presentation in Madrid, they were joined by the flamenco dancer Selene Muñoz and the stage director Louis Vhanguirald.
Poem Me acuso interpreted by Lilián Pallares, Selene Muñoz and Pablo Rubén Maldonado
La velada cargada de emoción puso al público en pie, un público que supo captar los sentimientos que se desarrollaron sobre el escenario.
Lo jondo por derecho
Las voces solemnes y poéticas de Charles Olsen y Lilián Pallares, la elegancia del baile de Selene Muñoz y la excelente interpretación llena de puro sentimiento del piano de Pablo Rubén Maldonado hicieron estremecer las tablas y las paredes de la Sala Manuel de Falla de la Sociedad General de Autores.
Travel-documentary of 'Agita Flamenco' in the Venice Biennial
Charles Olsen (New Zealand) and Lilián Pallares (Colombia) recite their poems accompanied by the pianist from Granada, Pablo Rubén Maldonado, who plays his own compositions on the piano of the New Zealand sculptor Michael Parekowhai, carved with Māori designs. The travel-documentary premiered in the II Flamenco Short Film Festival Flamenco (FFLAC) 2011, Cineteca de Matadero, Madrid.