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THE CREATION OF JOHN SINGER SARGENT'S FLAMENCO MASTERPIECE
Isaac de los Reyes is joined by his brother, flamenco dancer Nino de los Reyes (Paul Simon's "Stranger to Stranger", Chick Corea's Flamenco Heart Band), contemporary dancer Michael Figueroa (Ruckus Dance), multiple Latin Grammy Award winning musician and producer (Concha Buika, Enrique Morente) Javier Limon (Casa Limon), pop artist Domingo Zapata and costume designer Belen Quintana for this unique debut.
Inspired by John Singer Sargent’s travels as a young artist in Spain, world renowned flamenco dancer Isaac de los Reyes presents a fantasy exploring the motivations and experiences that drove the society portrait artist to capture the beauty, passion and power of flamenco in his painting El Jaleo. The audience will be transported to the flamenco caves of Granada in the late 19th century as well as into the mind of an artist in the midst of translating a new world of movement and rhythm onto canvas.
ISAAC DE LOS REYES
ISAAC DE LOS REYES
NINO DE LOS REYES
MIChael Figueroa
DOMINGO ZAPATA
JAVIER LIMON
MUSIC
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
BELEN DE LA QUINTANA
COSTUMES
NOVEMBER 21, 2019 7:30 PM
PLAZA THEATER, BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
TICKETS AVAILABLE at https://www.bostontheatrescene.com/season/el-jaleo/
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BIOS
ISAAC DE LOS REYES
Creator, director, choreographer, Flamenco dancer/dream figure
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isaac de los reyes is one of the leading flamenco dancers of his generation. Isaac received his early training under his parents, Ramón de los Reyes and Clara Ramona, performing and touring worldwide as part of the Ramon de los Reyes Spanish Dance Theater, and continued his training at the legendary flamenco school Amor de dios in Madrid. He made his solo debut at the age of 13, and at the age of 14 started performing regularly in prestigious flamenco tablaos in Madrid such as Casa Patas, Cafe de Chinitas, Corral de la Moreria and Las Carboneras. He continues to perform in these venues to this day. He has danced as soloist for the companies of Manolete, El Guito, Joaquin Grilo, Gerardo Nunéz, Ramon el Portugues, Antonio Canales, and Enrique Morente. In 2008, Isaac shared the stage with groundbreaking flamenco singer Enrique Morente and singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, a legendary performance that brought together the two masters and was attended by over 40,000 people.
Isaac’s US performances have included Forever Flamenco at the Fountain Theater in Los Angeles, the Mediterranean Music Institute Roma day celebration at Berklee College of Music, and as guest artist at the premiere of his brother Nino de los Reyes' Inside at Joe's Pub in New York City. In October 2018, Isaac danced with world music superstar Buika for her performance at the Berklee Performance Center.
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Isaac is a regular soloist on tours worldwide with Ballet Antonio Gades, of the most prestigious companies in the flamenco world. Isaac’s recent shows with the company include Bodas de Sangre/Suite Flamenca in September 2018 and, as lead dancer and Dance Director for the production of Bizet’s Carmen presented at the Royal Opera House Muscatin September 2019 . In July 2019, Isaac recorded footwork rhythms for a collaboration between Stephen Marley and D’Angel.
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Since 2017, Isaac has been featured by internationally renowned pop artist Domingo Zapata at fashion shows and art openings in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico. In August 2019, Zapata honored Isaac by painting his name as a representative of flamenco dance on his public mural, Life is a dream, displayed in Times Square in New York City.
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Isaac is very excited to present El Jaleo, a project that has dreamed of creating since he saw his parents perform in front of Sargent’s painting at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as a child.
Flamenco dancer/dream figure
NINO DE LOS REYES
Based in Madrid, Nino de los Reyes is a rising star in contemporary flamenco. The son of flamenco masters Ramón de los Reyes and Clara Ramona, he has danceD professionally since the age of 3. He is the 2010 winner of the Certamen de coreografia de Danza Española y Flamenco, one of the most important competitions for young choreographers in Spain, for best solo choreography, best original music, and most promising young flamenco choreographer for his show “Origen”. His show “Inside”, had its US premiere in March 2016 at Joe's Pub in New York City, and played to packed houses inPhoenix,Chicago and Los Angeles.
The extraordinary musicality of Nino's footwork, along with his unique sense of and mastery of rhythm, have led to invitations to work with, among others, Latin Grammy Award winners Juan Jose Suarez "Paquete", bass player for guitarist Paco de Lucia, and world-renowned flutist Jorge Pardo. He collaborates regularly on recordings with producers such as multi Grammy Award-winning Javier Limon.
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Nino’s footwork and rhythms feature prominently on legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon's 2016 album "Stranger to Stranger", and he performed with Mr. Simon during his European tour for the album. Nino is a core member of Chick Corea’s Flamenco Heart Band, and is featured on Mr. Corea’s album “Antidote”. Nino’s latest show, “Tierra”, opened to acclaim in Madrid in June 2019.
MIChael Figueroa
John singer sargent
michael figueroa is a Boston-based (by way of South Florida) performance maker, teacher, dancer, and director of Ruckus Dance. Figueroa has performed in projects by/with Alex Davis, Jimena Bermejo, smolnikova + williams, Yuri Yanowsky, Sarah Mae Gibbons, Nicole Pierce, Peter Dimuro, Joy Davis, Compagnie ADN Dialect, Prometheus Dance, Cathy Young, Dendy/Donovan Projects and Margot Gelber. He attended The Boston Conservatory at Berklee and graduated with a BFA in dance.
DOMINGO ZAPATa
the painter/
john singer sargent redux
Domingo Zapata is a Spanish artist, writer, and fashion designer. For over 20 years Zapata has built a body of work which varies significantly in motif, while consistently exploring themes of sexuality, opulence and vitality. He paints in both oil and acrylic, often incorporating mixed media, collage and graffiti. He is best known for his signature “Polo” series which first gained him critical acclaim. His work focuses on native Spanish culture, American Pop icons and classic literature. His collectors include Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diana Picasso, the Missoni Family and investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Zapata’s commissioned public works include murals for the Freedom Tower in Manhattan, the Colosseum in Rome and the lobby of the landmark Plaza Hotel in New York. His work is featured in several architectural locations such as the Union Square location of NYC’s W Hotel. His work is prominent across the globe, celebrated by multiple cultures and communities; from The Tree of Life Mural he created for a synagogue in New Jersey to The Depiction of Christ he painted for Almoina de la Seu Cathedral in Majorca, Spain.
In March 2019, Mr. Zapata joined Mr. Brainwash and Pope Francis at the Vatican where the trio painted a canvas celebrating immigrants. In August 2019, he painted a 15-story mural in Times Square, the largest mural ever painted in New York. In September 2019, a street, Calle Pintor Domingo Zapata, was named after him in Alcaudete, Spain. Mr. Zapata is the recipient of the 2019 Summit Award for Most Influential Artist of the Year for New York City.
JAVIER LIMON
music
Javier Limon is a record producer, singer and songwriter born and raised in Madrid, Spain. A graduate of the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where he studied classical piano, oboe, and guitar, he began his career as a composer, working with various flamenco artists. Raised in Spain, he traveled to New York City at an early age to train in American arts schools, where he was discovered for his potent lyricism and composition. After meeting Bebo Valdés and Jerry González, Limón began working in Latin jazz and with Cuban musicians in addition to working on flamenco.
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Employed by powerhouses of the flamenco world such as Enrique Morente and Remedios Amaya, Limón has proven that he has the ability to weave fairy tales with his unique twists on the genre. In 2004, Limón was awarded the Latin Grammy for Producer of the Year for his work on five records: Lágrimas Negras by Diego el Cigala and Bebo Valdés; Cositas Buenas by Paco de Lucía; El Cantante by Andrés Calamaro; El Pequeño Reloj by Enrique Morente; Niño Josele by Niño Josele; and Tributo Flamenco a Don Juan Valderrama by various artists. In 2009, Limón won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for recording Juntos Para Siempre, a series of father-and-son piano duets by Bebo and Chucho Valdés.
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Limón has combined several professional occupations in the worlds of art and communication. Although he has mainly focused on composition and the production of albums, film scores, and television shows, his work as a communicator and teacher is equally impressive. He has recorded all over the world, including Colombia, France, Argentina, Morocco, and the United States, among other places. He incorporates a decidedly international vibe in his take on the traditions of flamenco.
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Mr. Limon is the Artistic Director of Mediterranean Music Institute at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
BELEN DE LA QUINTANA
costumes
Belen de la Quintana brings a lifetime of experience as a celebrated flamenco dancer to her costume and fashion design, and sees her company, d la Quintana, as an extension of her dance career. Since founding her business in 2015, she has created costumes for the shows of flamenco luminaries such as Jesus Carmona, Guadalupe Torres, Adrian Santana and Pedro Cordoba.
