Good omens were felt when the air brought the tones of the seguiriya to the ear. The clean, crystalline, brown-hued guitar in the hands of Paco Iglesias They guaranteed good sound. The thunderous metal of I rang and the throat of scratches jondos of David El Galli they unleashed the dance. The Torombo is the compass. And Miguel Fernández He slipped in the percussion without even bothering to mark the beats along the way. This is the group that was to blame for the Sevillian dancer Antonio Amaya The Petete seduced the goblin to shore up the wood of The Angel's Lair at the Off Festival, which is already fourteen years old alongside the Jerez Festival.
Thus he began to dazzle the stands, who enjoyed the attacks of this flamenco nobleman who drew the commandments of the gypsy dance with sooty strokes on the stage. He carries it in his heels, in his strong thighs, in his firm torso, in his pointed gesture, in his pure arms, in his surname and in his heart. Petete is destined to be one of those who maintain the paths of the pellizco of the macho and gypsy dance.
The seguiriya lament ran through his body from heel to hair, traversing him in a trance to fill him with inspiration. Petete danced with courage and grace, to the force of his blood. She cried the black sorrow with her face, stopping time, without artifice or empty ornaments. She embroidered silences, precision tapping and unhurried arm movements. She danced to the cante, feeling the pitiful moans, letting himself be carried away by the jabs of the fat throats that accompanied him. He painted the figures that translated his ducas. The wounds sprouted from his dark features. He danced the seguiriya really well. Powerful, rotund and painful.
«He carries it in his heels, in his strong thighs, in his firm torso, in his pointed gesture, in his pure arms, in his surname and in his heart. Petete is destined to be one of those who maintain the paths of the pellizco from the macho and gypsy dance»
The painting swayed to the tangos in the change of costume. And the joys dismantled the drawings rounding the body of El Petete, who now appeared mischievous corresponding to the cut of the Cádiz winds. There are no mysteries for him in the beat. He played with the tempo and the markings, giving away cartridges of buttoned-up swagger, knowing where to retreat to start the oles that come out on their own, especially in the ending with bulerías.
Malagueña and abandolaos with crossings of thirds between the singers gave way to the solemn soleá, the walks, the parás and the deep escobillas. To the elegance, the savoir-faire, the presence and the rightful dancing of a good gypsy who opens up every time he steps on stage. And he burst out with bulerías, exciting the audience, already fired up by so much art.
The end of the party was completed Miguel Lavi y Juani Romero al cante, who went up to cover their friend, splitting the honey of the cante wild. Also the patá sembrá of Torombo and the percussion of Joseph of ModeThe ovation rang out from the aftertaste with which El Petete perfumed the stage with his talent and attitude.
Credits
Dance recital by El Petete
14th Jerez Off Festival
The Angel's Lair, Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz
February 23th 2025
Dance: Antonio Amaya El Petete
Cante: David El Galli and Manuel Tañe
Guitar: Paco Iglesias
Compass: El Torombo
Percussion: Miguel Fernandez
