Flamenco meets Kathak for unique dance show

‘Torobaka’ is an innovative show currently touring Europe featuring a unique combination of flamenco and the Indian classical dance form Kathak.

A joint project between celebrated British dancer Akram Khan and award-winning Spanish flamenco dancer Israel Galván, Torobaka is currently on at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens.

“It’s an open play. It doesn’t have any script, it’s like a concert. Personally, I see it like a dialogue. In the end it’s like two dancers whose best conversation is through dance,” Israel Galván told euronews.

A combination of the words ‘toro’, the bull, and ‘vaca’, the cow, the sacred animals in the two dancers’ traditions, ‘Torobaka’ is a true celebration of dialogue between cultures.

Rather than mimicking one another, the pair seek to create something new by better understanding each other’s approach to their craft.

“Flamenco and Kathak have connections to each other. You have all the recitation, the kind of vocalisation, the rhythmical elemen