Rocio Molina
Old gold
‘She is short and squat, but she dances like God.’ Spanish flamenco critics are often divided, but they all agree on one thing: Rocío Molina (1984) has started a new era in female flamenco dancing.
Molina started dancing at the age of three, and she never stopped. In her as yet relatively short career, she has received many awards and shared the limelight with a host of other great dancers, including Israel Galván, María Pagés, Belén Maya and Merché Esmeralda. The career of the young dancer from Málaga has seen a meteoric rise both in flamenco circles and beyond. Mikhail Baryshnikov recently literally threw himself at her feet in New York.
The Málagueña interprets the flamenco tradition in a highly individual style, with a temperament, musicality and certainty that belie her age.‘ As soon as she comes on stage, the transforms it into a garden full of flamenco poetry,’ the press wrote. In Oro Viejo she pays tribute to the old flamenco treasures. Molina, bends, turns and gyrates around them, weaving her own story. With contemporary moves she is already creating her own repertoire, soaring to a new and at the same time profoundly personal flamenco dance. In Oro Viejo Molina dances time: past, present and future. With her hands, feet and body she weaves tradition into gossamer. She brings time to a standstill and lets us look on in awe as she creates her own ‘flamenco time’.
Dutch Flamenco Biennale 2011 Rocio Molina part 1
Dutch Flamenco Biennale 2011 Rocio Molina part 2
