The 2016's Official of the ‘Order of Arts and Letters of France’, flamenco master artist Israel Galván talks about his art with the host of the show “Arriba España”
“We, are also human beings and of course everything affects us, nothing, the universe, the noise…..We have the right, to say I want to sing, to scream. There is a group of people who do not want us to do that”.
Israel Galván met with the team of ‘Arriba España’ on the occasion of his upcoming performances in Madrid, in the framework of the Festival Madrid en Danza 2016, and to talk about his career and his views on flamenco tradition, the critics and the recognition. During the interesting exchange, Juan Luis Cano declares himself a devout admirer of Israel Galván and described him as possibly one of the most complete, brave, original, innovative and best artists we have in the world scene.
With respect to the division of opinions generated by his recent production with Isabel Bayón “Dju-Dju”, the artist explained that there is always division when he does something new and he expects that kind of reaction, because in that way people becomes part of his work, he doesn’t see it as something wrong because the audience communicates and talk to each other. The good thing is, despite predictions and phrases he heard, indicating that if something like that were done, it would mean death, the truth and the good thing about it is that,… “the years go by and you do not stay in the same place, you keep moving things”…,and for him it’s like a new thing.
Galván closed the interview sharing about his experience at the Festival Ciutat Flamenco 2016, in which he said, it was sought to give the audience different ways to appreciate flamenco, in addition to making it accessible to the general public.
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