On a vu Don Quichotte, l'homme à la tâche

It was a dance performance that Le Parvis offered its Tarbes audience on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, right in the middle of the Fest-nov week, which celebrates dance. A danced journey where two standard-bearers of Spanish culture, Flamenco and Don Quixote, meet, intertwine, and combine. Stéphanie Fuster draws on a sensitive imagery of Cervantes' character and the flamenco figures she embodies, using them as points of conversation where the naivety of one responds to the fragility of the other, where sensuality meets combativeness, where a certain pride, even grandiloquence, unites them. With this sensitive imagery, Stéphanie Fuster constructs a journey around this colorful character, a journey that begins in front of a large silver canvas which soon transforms into a map of Spain. A few flamenco steps, a distinctly Iberian arch in his back, the Andalusian melodies of Alberto Garcia's songs, and off we go for just over an hour punctuated by postcards that offer a heartfelt vision of Don Quixote and flamenco. Together, they paint a story where dance and literature intertwine, and where a shared culture is forged at the crossroads of flamenco and Cervantes's character. A moment as delightful as a Sevillian Torta de aceite.