IN THE PRESS

Tournée au Canada (Vancouver) – mai 2004

La Provence ( Le Pontet ) -  Wednesday, october 8th, 2003

The first Flamenco night ever organised in Fargues was well worth its success thanks to the powerfulness and quality of its programme. Ser Flamenco is firs of all an atmosphere created by artists who, closing their eyes and focusing on their inner world, take you unawares to a place where life is nothing else than the utmost passion. As is she were in a transe, Virginia's face expresses both pain and serenity.

Such is the flamenco we like : straightforward, uncompromising, free of commercial clichés. With Ser Flamenco no need to speak Spanish : for  an hour, the audience was Flamenco.

H.L

La Provence ( Le Pontet ) – Thursday, October 2th, 2003

Far from the commercial Flamenco we get easily tired of,  Virginia Pozo gave us an inventive performance, respectful of a tradition rooted in the depths of the human soul.

La Provence ( Cruis ) – July 18th, 2003

The spirit and passion of  Virginia POZO

« To be flamenco, means having another self and another soul ». During this flamenco night Virginia Pozo proved how true these words are. Fascinating, as if exploring the feelings and resentements that are the stuff of life

 - from love to death, from joy to anguish - by the magic of her movements and steps, of the music in perfect tune with her passionate character, Virginia Pozo made time stand still over the cloister courtyard. and when she stopped dancing there was a sudden gaping nothingness...

R I A

Vu pour vous ( Aix en Provence ) – Wednesday, July 31st, 2002

Côté Cour : Musics of the World

« Mucho Duende ». The dancers and singers of the Arte Flamenco II Company seemed inspired by the gods. The connoissors who had come to see the stars of Flamenco did not mind the few spots of rain. Ines Bacan's voice was not long to warm up the audience. Accompanied by Pedro Soler  at the guitar the cantaora soon made our hearts throb with emotion. Her repertoire is based on popular songs, she expresses an intense pain that she seems to make her own. She embodies and translates it through the precision of her movements. A capella she offered her heart to us before giving up the stage to the dancers. According to the purest tradition, inspiration and improvisation ruled the performance. We could see Carmen Albéniz, National Prize winner for dancing in Córdoba accompanied by Pedro at the guitar and by the singer  Mateu Cortes. She was followed by Virginia Pozon, whose body looked inhabited by dynamic rythms.

A young choregrapher who gives Flamenco a modern touch without altering it. Muchas gracias.

Chloée Alexandre.

Théâtre antique d'Athenes (Grèce) – 16/07/2001

Le travailleur catalan (perpignan ) –P16 n° 2890, 17th to 23rd November 2000

There's no need for international celebrities when you have talented artists at hand, both generous and available. The Flamenco dancer Virginia Pozo for example. As far as talent is concerned she has plenty of it and she is also an accomplished Flamenco teacher 

- which is not always the case with good dancers - and to crown it all she is always good - humoured as well.

Second elementary point : to be Flamenco first means geing modest and only then you can be proud; proud of our common riches and proud of sharing them. And as Flamenco hardly combines with keeping records, we all wish the courses to be continued in the furure.

Dolorès Trivino.

La Provence (robion ) – Sunday, August 6th, 2000

Brilliant performance of Virginia Pozo who danced on the stage of the outdoor theatre with great talent. Watching her, beautiful gypsy in black and white, and the majesty of her dancing was enough to be  told of the tale of suffering past and present. As if spellbbound, the audience could feel the earth, the sweat of toils, despair but also the power of love and life. This Flamenco evening was a time of bliss; without pretence or  false modesty it reminded us of a blinding truth, often shocking to us.

L.C

Théâtre du Minautore (Béziers) – Friday, February 23rd, 2000

A place out of time and space where, thanks to the « fil d"Ariane de l"Art », and, its artists, we reached for a short time - but is it important when it comes to pleasure? - the bright side of life. For on that night the gods had come upon the earth indeed, bringing with them a dancing goddess, Virginia Pozo and her musicians Juan Carlos Principal, at the guitar, Cristo Cortes at the cante and Kadú at the percussion. The first notes of the guitarist, delicate arpeggios devoid of clichés, augured well of the evening as Cristo's deep voice broke in, telling us about life with an extremely moving simplicity in his tone. His percussionist and singing friends were in tune, clapping their hands on rythmical patterns and stressing the tragical vibrato of his voice already overhelming us with emotion. Then as if suddenly looming out of the mists of time Virginia POZO appeared on the stage of the Minotaure : a woman, a dancing spirit of human rebelliousness. Nothing could contain the power, energy and released fire in her eyes and movements, as swift and dashing as a too long detained arrow. Her body powerfully flashed fire towards the dancing stars and the infinite.

Under her feet freedom was reborn and it was her body, worked and spirited that was speaking up : words seemed useless to tell about life, death, the beauty and force of life, the horror and wonder to be departing passengers in this world. We clang to our tables, mesmerized and happy, shot alive by this arrow of life and blood. The Minotaure sat conquered.

This struggle with mystery, this hymn to life, this battle against the power of darness were being won by Virginia in front of us, for us, thanks to the passionate dignity of her dance and to her Flamenco of fire and light.

Patrick GEFFROY.

Düsseldorf (Allemagne) – 1999

Festival Flamenco

Le Pays d’Apt (Roussillon) – Friday, July 31st, 1998

Ser Flamenco : a top quality performance.

The dancer Virginia POZO is the leader of a company called SER FLAMENCO. She is an excellent technician, both graceful and sensuous, generous and dynamic, able to conjure up tragedy or dyonisiac frenzy.

Gigean – March11th, 1996

"Ser flamenco" on stage

Their performance was one among a high quality programme.

Le Dauphiné – Saturday, August 13th, 1994

The art of classical Flamenco

This performance accounts for the Festival of la Tour d'Aigues by its remarkable quality. It took us very far from the exhibition Flamenco seen in night clubs and such tourist attractions.

R.C Pascal.

Le Provençal – Friday, August 12thn 1994

La Tour d'Aigues - IX festival of south luberon

This performance - music, dancing and singing - was pure wonder, grace and emotion given by the caressing warmth of the singer's voice on a very rythmical music from their country and by Virginia POZO, bailaora. Wonderfully fascinating and graceful, she is an exceptional Flamenco dancer and shows what these artists have to tell their audience about their deepest selves.

D.B