'Fuego de Dios' is one of the so-called Dance songs that were the talk of the town in Spain at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. The songs found themselves in a fertile cross-field between art and popular music, and initially caused indignation among the established cultural elite. Dance rhythms such as the zarabanda (sarabande) and the chacona (chaconne) were temporarily prohibited by law; playing, dancing or singing a zarabanda or chacona could lead to up to 4 years of hard labor at the galleys!
'Escarramán' is a comic book opera about the sensual, indecent, and at times forbidden dance music that eventually evolved into the stylish and neat baroque suite. Rock 'n' roll from 1600s Spain.
"Andersen's duende" is a physical opera where the traditional sung dialogue is replaced by movements.
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Echoes-of-dance is an energetic concert program with Spanish and Latin American Baroque music from the first half of the 17th century.
