‘ABBA Flamenco Tribute’ premieres next Tuesday the 19th, with a choreography in which tarantos, tangos, bulerías, jaleos or alegrías, ‘palos’ or varieties are mixed, all of them of this popular musical art form from the south of Spain.
The dancer and choreographer Antonio Guerra grew up listening to ABBA songs and, after collaborating in shows in which their songs were performed – his daughter also participates in a musical about this group -, he confesses that the creations of this quartet seemed to haunt him and he thought about a fusion for tangos.
Upon seeing the good result, they continued the process. “We brought more ABBA to flamenco than we did to ABBA; Joys, commotion, rumba or abandonment have emerged and a very curious product has emerged,” says the creator and director of the montage in an interview with EFE in the middle of the last rehearsals.
Bold and respectful proposal
Guerra admits the “daring” of his proposal: “No one gets the idea (of the result),” but when they see it “they are pleasantly surprised.” He adds that it is made “with a lot of respect”, with “versions of songs that will surprise anyone who understands flamenco, while ABBA fans will say ‘how is that possible?’”.
And he points out: “I don’t think anyone will feel offended, not the flamencos, not the ABBA fans.”
They arrive on the billboard in the capital of Spain, which has ‘Mamma Mía!’ among its offerings. El Musical’ and, although the flamenco tribute includes hits by the Swedish group, such as ‘Dancing Queen’ or ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’, Guerra specifies that in his proposal “there are songs that you know what it is when you listen to it, but there is nothing that see with the original.”
‘ABBA music like you’ve never imagined’ is the claim presented by a team of twenty people who await the critics’ judgment on their work for the future.
Colorful choreographies
Guerra highlights his satisfaction with what has been achieved: a “great team of musicians” and “super colorful choreographies” with a costume that combines flamenco costumes with others that are not.
The choreographer has 37 years on stage, to which he has brought the pop of ABBA to flamenco, whose members became world stars after their victory in the Eurovision Song Contest half a century ago with ‘Waterloo’, included in an album of the same name that It is precisely going to be reissued now and is one of the most famous in the career of this Swedish group.
The Spanish company has prepared a symbiosis between two different styles, a dozen ABBA songs converted into flamenco versions and choreographed as flamenco ‘palos’ that suggest that they will surprise the viewer with their originality.
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