Bate Fado

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Jonas & Lander’s new creation is a hybrid performance between dance and music concert designed for five dancers, a fado singer and three musicians. Like most urban musical currents, such as samba or flamenco, fado also had its own dances. In Lisbon, the one that knew the greatest expression was Fado Batido, a dance based on an energetic and virtuoso tap dance. In Bate Fado, the duo of performers and choreographers proposes to reinterpret and recover the act of beating (tapping) Fado, where dance emanates from the quality of a percussion instrument in dialogue with vocals and guitars. Bate Fado proves to be the first step towards rescuing the dance that fado has long since lost.