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The Town Hall presents in association with Robert Browning Associates and Festival Flamenco Gitano USA
Friday, March 20, 2015 at 8pm 
GENERATIONS OF GYPSY FLAMENCO: 
Concha Vargas, Pepe Torres & Gema Moneo with special guest Esperanza Fernandez

   


The Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street, NYC   


Taking one back to the heart of flamenco puro, this mesmerizing program features three extraordinary Gypsy dancers representing several generations and styles from Andalusia: Concha Vargas, an icon of Gypsy flamenco dance and a living legend representing the Golden Age of Flamenco; Pepe Torres, a polyrhythmic powerhouse whose superb footwork provided the main percussive support for the award-winning ensemble Son de la Frontera; and rising star Gema Moneo - born into the legendary Moneo clan of Gypsy flamenco singers and guitarists- who has caught the eye of the most demanding of the world’s flamenco dance enthusiasts. Vocalist/dancer Esperanza Fernandez, one of flamenco’s leading singers, will appear as special guest artist. Joining them will be renowned singers José Valencia and Luis Moneo, guitarists El Perla and José Gálvez, and percussionistLuis de la Tota.

Concha Vargas: "a lusty gale-force performer” –NY Times 
"All of Moron de la Frontera's Gypsy soul is condensed in Pepe Torres." 

 -El Diario de Sevilla 
Gema Moneo: "emerging as one of the great dancers of her generation"

 -El Diario de Sevilla
Esperanza Fernandez: "invigorating…Ms. Fernandez's mezzo-soprano has a gritty sound that is indispensable for this passionate, earthy music” – NY Times



photo: L. Sfair
    
      

IN THE NEWS


The New York Times
Styles Collide to Serve Flamenco
By Siobhan Burke 
MARCH 15, 2015


When flamenco comes to large theaters, it sometimes gets carried away, with splashy theatrical concepts masking the essence of music and dance. “Generations of Gypsy Flamenco,” an event at Town Hall, promises the opposite: flamenco for its own sake, danced by three revered practitioners whose roots in the form run deep. Concha Vargas, Pepe Torres and the up-and-coming Gema Moneo, all from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia, belong to different branches of flamenco’s intricate family tree.  

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