LA FORASTERA - Victoria, B.C.

"La Forastera" at Metro Studio Theatre in Victoria

Friday September 13, 2024

Metro Theatre, 1411 Quadra St, Victoria, BC

Doors: 7pm

Show: 8pm

“La Forastera” (The Outsider) is a live flamenco dance production by Flamencolia Dance Company and featuring dancer and choreographer Lia Grainger accompanied by live guitar, singing and percussion. First presented in Toronto in 2022, the premiere run was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in the category of "Best Individual Performance."

Through narration, documentary footage and interviews shot across Canada and Spain, projections, soundscapes, and live music and dance, “La Forastera” tells a love story, about the love between a woman and an art form that is not hers. It follows a young Canadian artist who falls in love with flamenco, and who follows her obsession to a foreign country in the hopes of assimilating and perfecting a foreign craft. It is about learning an art versus being born into it, about the things that cannot be taught but can only be gathered through lived experience, and the realization that every story has value.
Script, Choreography and Dance: Lia Grainger
Vocals: Carlos Lobo
Guitar: Nicolas Hernandez
Percussion: Gabrielle Lemseffer
Production and Lighting Design: Shawn Henry
Director of Photography and Editing: David Grimes
Costumes: Laura Nardone and Fatima Mora
Photography: Rodorod.com
Artistic eye: Carmen Romero, Oscar Nieto, Katherine Leyton, Linda Besner
For more information visit Flamencolia.com

Host or Publisher Flamencolia Dance Company