Lola walked so that the rest could run. On and off stage, ‘La Faraona’ became a cultural and social icon: her staging, her groundbreaking style, her unmistakable voice and her unique personality created a legacy that has inspired many artists who have come after her.
so when Maria Pelae takes the stage of the Teatro Circo Price on January 26 to close her tour, she will not do it alone, but mixing phrases from Lola Flores herself “in pure homage” into her music. “In all the most touted parts like this there is a lot of Lola,” says the artist.
And it is that looking Lola’s mark on current music when they are fulfilled 100 years of his birthwe come across examples ranging from rosalia even the dancer Amador Rojas. “That idea as a radical of freedom that Lola Flores had on stage is her great legacy,” says the popularizer Lidia García, author of ‘Ay, campaneras!’.
For El Niño de Elche, more than a more concrete referent, Lola “can be a more spiritual reference“. A way of understanding music and facing a scenario that, seen today, is still groundbreaking.
Source: Lasexta
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