Flamenco Performance International Co-Production in Taiwan vol.2

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Mano Flamenco International Exchange Committee

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 2nd Startup Subsidy

Photo by Tomoya Takeshita - Beautiful Lie - In order to create a new truth out of a lie, he retraces his roots in Japan.

Photo by Wu Yuji - Beautiful Lie - Taiwan's roots are not Aboriginal, Dutch, Japanese or Chinese. Formosa, the beautiful island itself. The intersection where culture enters and exits.

Photo by Tomoya Takeshita - Beautiful Lie - A man who kept telling lies confronts a woman who kept seeking the truth. Lies and truths are soon mixed together and disappear into the horizon.

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Business Overview

In order to overcome persecution and starvation, the gypsies dare to get drunk and sublimate in the brightest songs. Let's call this sublimating lie of flamenco - the beautiful lie. A man who keeps telling beautiful lies to reach the state of flamenco. A woman who keeps seeking the truth straight away, eliminating lies and even her roots.
He sings to master the Spanish art of flamenco. This is an unwavering guide. And the roots of Japan and Taiwan that spring from within me. Should this be eliminated?
Finally, a man who continues to lie faces a woman who continues to seek the truth. Lies and truths become intermingled. I hear an old Aboriginal song. This singing voice envelops a Spanish guitar and shows a more primitive landscape without Japan or Taiwan. The truth and the lie, which have become a mixture, fade away.
Starring: Hiroki Sato/Shiho Morita Planning: Nobuyuki Nakane

implementation period

[Performance] Saturday, May 3, 2025 - Sunday, May 4
[Workshop] Sunday, May 4, 2025

Place of implementation

Casa Lola (Taipei/Taiwan)

Profile

[Mano Flamenco International Exchange Executive Committee]
Based on the flamenco which has been engaged in for nearly 30 years, the characteristic of this organization is to create various devices so that various regions and flamenco can have chemical reactions. In cooperation with communities interested in the traditional art of flamenco, it aims to create a stage that combines the history, geography and culture of the region with international exchange. 2023 10 @ Singapore Flamenco Festival (Writing, directing, starring), 2024 @ Osaka Sakai City, July 2024 "Flamenco International Collaboration VOL.1"@ Taipei City, Taiwan