Another good one!

Okay, the show on Saturday night was pretty good. Isabel Bayón is, in my opinion, a very elegant bailaora and her show seemed to have just the right balance of traditional flamenco and modern artistic touches.

In sharp contrast, the show last night was just plain weird. The only good thing about it--mind you, it was a very good thing!--was Joaquín Grilo's guest appearance... Man, can that guy dance! As far as I'm concerned, and Carolyn emphatically agrees, he stole the show. (Plus, bonus points for sexiness--Carolyn also emphatically agrees)

It's just such a rare, fantastic treat to see such good talented male flamenco dancers! It's a pity you hardly ever get to see that in Canada.

Anyways, on to tonight's show, which turned out to be my second favourite so far (the first was La Farruca, the second, Isabel Bayón)...

To think I hadn't even heard of the dancer, Olga Pericet. She's a tiny bit of a thing, clearly classically trained, but can she ever flamenco! It's not that the dancing in Saturday's show, for example, was not technically good... It's just... it didn't do anything for me. In the meantime, tonight's show just touched me, made me feel something inside. And that's what I love about flamenco... The way it can move me, stir something within... I suppose it's really the same with all types of art... But for some reason, flamenco somehow makes this more tangible.

Looking forward to tomorrow's show. Manuela Carrasco. One of my absolute favourite bailaoras. Can't wait! (I've been counting the days since I saw she was in the festival's program.)