Last night we went to see a great show at Barcelona Teatre Musical, one of the biggest theatre venues in Barcelona (which unfortunately means we weren’t particularly close to the stage, but still…). Renowned flamenco starlet Sara Baras and her company presented their show Sabores, as part of the VII Festival del Mil.leni de Barcelona. I think it’s safe to say it was the best flamenco show I’ve seen in my life. It really made you want to move and dance. In my case I just had to give the guitar a few rasgueados when I got home, even though it was late.
In fact…their energy made you want to move and dance perhaps a bit too much. Sitting down the row from me was a teenager who had some kind of mental illness that (in my layman’s terms) caused him to wave his arms frantically and erratically when he got excited. I must say, the performance was very exciting — to the point that, at times, my heart did somersaults in my chest. This fellow really got into it; it was exhausting to him move his limbs faster even than Sara and her dancers on stage. I’m glad he seemed to be enjoying himself, but I have to admit I’m very glad I was not sitting directly behind him…it would have probably caused an epileptic seizure trying to watch the stage through the stroboscopic fluttering of his arms!
Speaking of musical inspirations…a big “Happy Birthday” shout-out to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who turns 250 today. Wigs off, gentlemen, a genius!