Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents Quinto Elemento, the fifth element. Portland has a vibrant flamenco community and this is an example.
Flamenco Vivo is homed in New York City, they teach and tour. Patricia Guerrero chorographs the dancers to live music by Francis Gómez.
Ancient science postulated elements earth, water, air, and fire. Aristotle added ether, comprising the universe beyond earth: space. Physics has been curious about it since, now settling into the standard model of 12 particles and 5 forces. Maybe the ether is the space-time continuum, which stars as a new explanaton of gravity itself?
Of course the ether is invisible; Guerrero is interested in making the ether underlying flamenco visible to the audience in performance. It is nu flamenco beyond the traditional rules.
Quinto Elemento https://thereser.org/event/flamenco-vivo-carlota-santana-quinto-elemento/ at the Patricia Reser Center 12625 SW Crescent paid parking in the attached garage or go by TriMet MAX 7:30PM $35-55
