Womens Tablao
About
A tablao flamenco is a place where a flamenco show takes place, a social atmosphere referencing the Andalusian art where a powerful intimate show including singing (cante), guitar playing (toque), dance (baile) and handclaps (palmas) come together in an ensemble.
The role of tablao flamenco has been decisive for the evolution and popularization of flamenco art.
The combination of Andalusian music and dance gave birth to the artistic genre that is so well known today, an art that has the influences and contributions of different cultures. The Nordic countries are an important area in the flamenco culture from a global perspective with the creative, diverse practitioners pushing boundaries within the genre.
Flemish Flamenco Women’s Tablao is a “Flamenco Tablao show” with an ensemble composed of all women living in Scandinavia and mastering and dedicating their life to the art of flamenco. Coming from different backgrounds and cultures we all unite in the Flamenco rhythms – “compas” where we express our art showing our flair, particular styles and backgrounds coming into play. We meet and improvise as this is a characteristic of the Flamenco nature, but we are all guided by the Flamenco structure and “compas”.
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We present a compact, high-energy spectacle featuring leading flamenco artists from Scandinavia and the international stage.
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Artists
GUITARIST – Afra Rubino native of Gothenburg. She has opened for flamenco guitar legend Vicente Amigo and toured with Spain’s premier female flamenco guitarist Antonia Jiménez. Afra’s music is a mashup of classic flamenco, Latin American rhythms, and original pieces. In Andalusia she studied with Spanish guitar masters and taught and toured for several years.
SINGER - Marianne Holmbe Norwegian musician living in Göteborg. Singing is her means of expression, and she accompanies herself with different percussion instruments and guitar. She has specialized in traditional Arabic musik, flamenco, and Andalusian medieval Arabic and Sephardic music.
DANCER – Pia Pohjakallio is a dancer and choreographer known as Pia “del Norte”. She is one of the most sought after flamenco-schooled dancers in the nordic region. Pia has presented both traditional and experimental work in Sweden as well as internationally
DANCER – Phyllis Akinyi is a danish-kenyan dancer, choreographer, performance artist and dance researcher. She is working with movement, identity and spirituality, rooted in a flamenco practice. While living in Spain Akinyi mastered her skills as a flamenco dancer and started to research the African roots of flamenco, which led her to create a hybrid of ‘Afro-Flamenco’
DANCER – JOSSETTE REILLY is a Puertorican freelance flamenco, contemporary dancer and choreographer based in Malmö, Sweden. Among her creative works she fuses flamenco rhythms with Puerto Rican history and musical roots exploring their similarities through a contemporary point of view. Lived in Spain mastering the art of flamenco and has taken her work nationally and internationally.
