He plays in another league. It's that simple. He's out of the table at the top. He's got plenty of it. But he doesn't show off. Jesus Carmona He probably offered one of the best dance recitals ever remembered in the sunny peña. The temple of flamenco The Sevillians were packed to the rafters. And people were left outside without tickets. That place was a hive of fans and artists who came to see the personality and the dance of the highest rank. Jesus knocked down the Peña Flamenca Torres Macarena leaving his mark on the stage wood.
He organized it together with the peña The Art Factory, producer of the guitarist Antonio Santiago 'Nerd', who accompanied the dancer with a dizzying thumb that sewed together his sonanta, brilliant and well-plucked, very flamenco, overflowing with rhythm. From the light seguiriya solo with which he opened to the priceless party finale with which he closed the performance, he exuded flamenco and skill.
Al cante, the fat throat embossed with dark bronzes of Jonathan Reyes and the syrup of knowledge and the filigree of the walnut filled with preciousness and good taste of Jesus Corbacho. The painting was to be framed and engraved in the retina of the prints with duende. Like the one who assisted them in the soleá por bulería that they colored with the tints of the Lebrijano land or the Triana airs, among other winks, in addition to the fandango that Corbacho endorsed there linking the thirds with other stanzas to have fun with the sugar of the cante.
«The exquisite elegance of a slow arm movement as he raised his hands, his bearing and the appropriate gesture created tense moments of contemplation that made the flesh of the fans creak. The snapping of his fingers with his wrists crossed, the furrowed brow when it hurt, the scrupulously precise feet, the drawings of his body, the knowing how to stop…»
The dance was done with taranto and tangos. Carmona walked from the dressing room, marking his presence, leading the walk with the solemnity that it requires. Where some have already made three snubs, he only had time to step on the steps, performing the first of the twists that unleashed his waist. The exquisite elegance of a slow arm movement when raising his hands, the bearing and the appropriate gesture formed tense moments of contemplation that made the flesh of the fans creak. The snaps of his fingers with his crossed wrists, the furrowed brow when it hurt, the scrupulously precise feet, the drawings of his body, the knowing how to stop… These were some of the The ingredients that shook the audience's soul.
The transition to tangos changed his face. And he moved in a flattering way, rounding off the figures, in accordance with what was being danced. Because Jesús Carmona danced to the cante and to the touch, responding with his substantial features to each of the lines or to the falsetas and strums of the guitar. It was a sublime dialogue of depth that shook up an ardent audience that cheered him on with baskets of unrestrained oles. And how Jonathan made chocolate! And how Corbacho embroidered a fandangazo right there Aznalcollar! Jesus handed out flowers with his hands. Then they celebrated the joy with cantiñas, where Corbacho remembered Carapiera, the mirabrás, Triana or the I deny the rose bushes Marchenero. Jonathan did it from Utrera, also from Lebrija. And the soleá thundered. Paquirri, La Andonda… It doesn't matter. Because Jesus Carmona made a monument to him palo. Paraphrasing the cadences of the moans, cutting back on the closings, strong with the ducas, ravishingly flamenco and powerful in his attacks, gallant in his paras. He danced soleá to die for. Robust, with impeccable technique, with sensitivity, palate and wisdom. Uniquely personal, different.
The bulerías finish melted the wax of sanity, robbing us of our senses. Powerful footwork, crazy arms, turns, kicks and various replantes, age, rajo, compás… He slowed down a call to top off his mastery in the game of time. Because Carmona is way beyond that. He is a dancer of another level, he is in the next dimension. He is unique.
The choro, Marina Valiente, John Joseph Amador, The Extremaduran, Carmen Ledesma e Ines Rubio They gave us a top-notch finale to top it off. What Jesús Carmona did was tremendous. I'm telling you the truth.
Credits
Dance recital by Jesus Carmona
Peña Flamenca Torres Macarena, Seville
February 14th 2025
Dance: Jesus Carmona
Cante: Jonathan Reyes and Jesus Corbacho
Guitar: Antonio Santiago 'Ñoño'
