Cristina Holes has never completely stopped dancing, although she left behind the endless international tours a long time ago, first with Antonio gades and later with her own company. But she never stopped dancing, not even in her hospital bed, when cancer struck in 1997. She herself recalls: "I would come out of the operating room asleep, moving my arms." Her arms, her elegance, her celebrated physical harmony, the feeling of joy and emotional happiness she conveys when she dances.
One day, leaving a show with her company, an acquaintance approached me and said: "This woman is wonderful because nothing happens to her body, yet on stage she explodes into the most beautiful woman in the world." Although a bit exaggerated about nothing happening to her body, my friend was right. I think he meant that other, more slender, physically striking dancers had already won a lot when they stepped onto the stage, while she had to earn it all through talent, technique, strength, and even beauty, born from her inner passion.
Well, this great Cristina Hoyos, only half retired, Saturday, July 26, after the final of the contest cante of the 45th Festival of Cante Flamenco from Lo Ferro, He left us a priceless piece of his art by giving himself a delicious kick in bulerías, improvised, while behind him the Lo Ferro Ballet, in full, kept time and cheered her on. The festival's open-air auditorium was filled with joy, as the audience waited for the jury's verdict. This year she won and obtained the Golden Melon as the most complete singer, the young woman from Córdoba (Benamejí, Córdoba, 2002) Carmen Carmona Lara, a singer who, as she files down some small deficiencies points to a more than promising career.
"Cristina Hoyos left us a priceless glimpse of her artistry by performing a delightful, improvised bulerías kick, while behind her the entire Lo Ferro Ballet kept time and cheered her on."
A ballet of its own
It is truly incredible that Lo Ferro has its own ballet that draws mainly from the dance schools of pacheco tower, the municipality to which Lo Ferro belongs. The ballet is directed by Maria Dolores Ros with the accompanying direction of the great flamenco dancer Cynthia Cano, One of our greatest current dancers, who, although born in Murcia, develops her career throughout Spain and in other countries. The ballet presents a show each year that premieres on the day of the competition final. cante of the Ferrero contest.
Typically, at least for the past few years, each premiere focuses on evoking a cultural figure. Thus, it has been evoked since Picasso and their women (in this case with choreographies of javier latorre) to Lola Flores, via García Lorca. In this case the figure was honored of the great Cristina Hoyos placeholder image through the evocation of some of the most notable works of the Sevillian dancer and choreographer, such as those made with Antonio Gades, especially the trilogy adapted to the cinema by Carlos Saura.
This year's show is titled Cristina Hoyos and her star. Cristina herself said that she didn't consider herself a star, but that she was born with a star. Under the direction of María Dolores Ros and Cynthia Cano, with choreography by both, and musical coordination by the guitarist Faustino Fernández, The work develops in a coordinated and beautiful way, with splendid moments, after a verbal introduction by the actress Paz Martínez, which serves to give a biographical perspective on the great dancer's intense and fruitful life. An excellent work by the ballet's two directors.
This brought to a close a new edition of a festival that undoubtedly grows every year.
