Tuesday, August 26, 2008

performance: Figure of Speech Two


This was an intimate evening with Noah, Liliana and James. The weather was beautiful, and we enjoyed the gentle evening air around us and the light through the canopy.

Liliana had decorated the stage with embroidered shawls draped at various points, plants and flowers. James walked in and sat down on a stump on the stage and began to play. I thought how much he looked like a painting by Julio Romero de Torres.

Noah's unpretentious but intellectual character highlighted the flamenco. Liliana stretched several different genres of flamenco to compliment each of his poems. The first half of the evening was cooler, the second more intense.

After many people stayed around and talked, and we had some spontaneous recitation of poetry by Lorca, a nice rounding-off for the evening.

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