With undeniable panache comes carefully polished and highly personalized flamenco in the form of the great María Pagés, who will be gracing the stage of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier to the delight of one and all. Famous the world over for her unique approach to flamenco –she was one of the first to view it as a constantly evolving art form– the famous Seville dancer will present Autorretrato, a flamboyant self-portrait created in New York at the instigation of Mikhaïl Baryshnikov. She will be accompanied onstage by 6 musicians (two guitarists, a cellist, a percussionist, two singers) and 8 dancers. The piece is punctuated by the voice of the late lamented Portuguese poet José Saramago (Nobel prize for literature), adding a vibrant lyrical tone. A must-see.
