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The Portrait of a Flamenco Dancer
| Choreographer |
Martin, Kaari |
| First Performance | 10.11.2000 |
| Place of First Performance | Kanneltalo, Helsinki |
| Finnish premiere | 10.11.2000 |
| Place of Premiere | Kanneltalo, Helsinki |
| Other Style | contemporary flamenco |
| Duration (min) | 30 |
| Costume designer | Pauliina Oksala, Ulla-Maija Peltola, Sari Pikkarainen, Marianna Verdecia |
| Lighting Designer | Tuukka Toijanniemi |
| Sound designer | Ilari Suonpää |
| Other music | De quere a no querer, es./per. Miguel Poveda; José Luis Figuero Franco: A la media luna, es./per. el Barrio; Juan José Suarez: La Noche, es./per. Montse Cortés; Diego Carrasco: Dicen de mi, es./per. Camarón de la Isia; Vicente Amigo: Ventanas al alma, es./per. Vicente Amigo. |
| Description | A choreographic portrait of flamenco dancer Kaari Martin. The work tells about her life in the flamenco cultures of Spain ja Finland. It is a personal reckoning which, however, could not have been the whole portrait without other dancers and their contrast and communication. |
| Other Information | Director: Kaari Martin, Minna Harjuniemi; graphic design: Richard Kautto. |
| Companies |
Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin |
| Dancers |
Pikkarainen, Sari (2000) Ventelä, Lotta (2000) Mero, Mari (2000) Kuismanen, Kirsi (2000) Peltola, Ulla-Maija (2000) Silvennoinen, Anu (2000) Toivonen, Katja (2000) Martin, Kaari (2000) |