
Lori la Armenia
Paris

“Like a waltz between rage and grace, her dance is subtle and captivating. Without unnecessary nuances, without perilously gratuitous forms, Lori Bagdassarian known as “La Armenia” transforms the body and the dance to what is necessary to remain in suspense”. Julian Demoraga
“Flamenca” initiated in the heart of the golden triangle Jerez-Sevilla-Lebrija, it was Mercedes Ruiz and Manuela Carpio who propelled it to the front of the Andalusian tablaos and it won the First Prize in the Bulerias Competition from José Galvan.
In 2008 she joined the Irina Brook Company in Paris. Since then, the meeting between acting and dance has been fusional and she reveals herself as an assertive actress in Pan and Somewhere la Mancha.
From then on she signed the choreographies for Les Amants de Séville by T.Petitgirard, Gariné, Opéra bouffe by Gérald Papasian, Carmen by Jacques Malaterre, by Kendji for The Voice, Sangre by Michel Albertini, Tres Flamencas, Fiesta flamenca for Casa Planète au Cirque Novels.
From his own creations Estampas, Cantame, Vivencias is presented at the Festival Arte Flamenco de Mont de Marsan and notably played at the Zénith de Paris and at the Philharmonie de Yerevan and opens a musical dialogue between duduk, Gypsy violin and flamenco, in homage to its history of life which forged his flamenco personality.
Among his many artistic collaborations we stand out his performances within the group Dj Click which fuses electro and flamenco, his role in Les Garçons et Guillaume à table by Guillaume Gallienne, her recent collaborations with Ruben Molina for Nuit Flamenco or the main role at We Call it Flamenco for Fever.
SHOWS

TIERRA
«Ma danse est ma terre. Je la sème de mes pas venus d’ailleurs, tu l’arroses de ton chant qui sublime notre exil. TIERRA est un duo qui incarne la recherche d’un paradis perdu devenu Flamenco.»
CANTAME
« C’est ton chant que je danse »
Lori nous invite à une réunion flamenca héritée de l’ensemble des rituels flamencos à travers l’histoire.
Le Flamenco est le fruit d’un art universel qui voit le jour au milieu du XIXe siècle. Porté par les gitans et bercé en Andalousie il hérite d’un bagage culturel d’une densité unique qui engendre cet art aux dimensions sacrées dans lequel danser, chanter ou jouer devient transe !