presents
"The drum is the most important instrument... As ever, this is terrific entertainement from the Spanish troupe... From their tapped entrance to piano accompaniment through seamlessly interchanging drum duets, scratch deejay-cum-statue routines, quick-witted rap’n’tap sequences and the daft virtuosity that demonstrates how to walk with rhythm, this is a fast-moving performance that’ll dare you to sit poker-faced. Camut Band wear their dance mastery and their drum corps magic lightly. Audience non-participation is a definite no-no."
"Their celebration of the partnership of drummer and dancer makes for an intense spectacle - sometimes in the fleeting details as much as in the big moments."
"The audience got their chance to join in this bedlam - clapping and shouting rather than dancing, I hasten to add, and rose to the occasion."
"..irrepressible energy, their infectious good humour and, most of all, a palpable delight in this elemental fusion of clapped hands, walloping drum skins and relentlessly rattling feet."
Jim
Gilchrist THE SCOTSMAN, 11 Agosto 2005
"The mentioned experience turns Walking into a story from A thousand and one nights, fruit of Sherezade with drums."
Joaquim Noguero LA VANGUARDIA, 3 October 2005
"frenetic and infectious rhythm. Freshness. Complicity with the audience. Energy. All this is Camut Band. In short pure life, which they transmit with large smiles because you can tell that they enjoy making enjoyment."
Begoña Barrena EL PAIS, 4 October 2005
"Add humour and narration, mix beats with slides, everything goes, everything seduces us with its complex simplicity and its wide development in short distances." 
KITING KITA is comprised of different parts which follow one another without a break:
FLASH 1 – Two dancers on stools, a piano and three "bougarabous" start the show with a series of short phrases and offer a visual game to the audience.
NUMBER NINE - Two dancers glide on sand recreating with their sounds and movements the melody of a piano accompanied by three "bougarabous" and cajon.
ST PAULI & NIMBA - Two drummers incite the four tap dancers with their toms and the St Pauli dance begins a rhythmic dialog, the number finishes with a djembe solo and the dancers on huge drums "Golimas".
CAMPANAS & GATO - The sound of bells creates a relaxed atmosphere while presenting the melodic sound of the "Gato" (percussion instrument from East Africa).
FLASH 2 & VOCAL DIALOGUE – humouristic phrases and rhythmic-vocal dialogue of all the company.
STOOLS – All the artists sitting on stools play with their feet a rhythmic score inspired on african drum phrases.
GOLPE SECO – A tap dance solo on Golimas, jamming with the swing of a piano.
BIG WAVES - TARARRAU - A voice talks of his experiences in Africa, presents the whole group playing Sabarh (Wolof drums from west Africa) and invites the audience to participate with the rhythm.
DEN HAAG MEMORY – Piano solo
WALKING – Tap dance walking with a lot of rhythm and humour.
RAP & CREST – The four dancers on Golimas incite a drummer with their rhythm, to rap with his voice. The Rap explains the origin of Camut Band and the number ends with Tap, cajon, and djembe solos.
ROLLING OVER & WALKING PANTHER – Piano music which provokes a humouristic slow motion change of the instruments for the last number
CONGA - Finalle
ARTISTIC
CREDITS:
| PRODUCTION | KITING KITA SL & J.C.PRODUCCIONS | |
| CREATION AND DIRECTION | CAMUT BAND | |
| MUSIC AND COREOGRAPHY | LUIS MENDEZ, TONI ESPAÑOL,
RAFAEL MENDEZ
GUILLEM ALONSO. |
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| INSTRUMENTS |
PIANO, BOUGARABOU, SAND, CAJON, TOMS, TAP,
DJEMBE, GOLIMAS, BELLS, GATO-DRUM, VOICE, SABARH, GURTU, BONGOS.
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| PERFORMERS
(6 artists on stage) |
TONI ESPAÑOL - GUILLEM ALONSO - NESTOR BUSQUETS - RAFAEL MENDEZ - LUIS MENDEZ - JOSEP
MELENDEZ
Other Performers: RUBEN SANCHEZ - ENRIC TORNE - PAU COMPTE - JORDI GRIFELL - ALBERT MALLORCA - JÉRÉMIE CHAMPAGNE - LAURENT BORTOLOTTI - ORIOL GARRIGA - JOAN MIQUEL PEREZ - LUDOVICO HOMBRAVELLA |
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| SOUND TECHNICIANS | DAVID NORMAN - PAU BOSCH | |
| LIGHTING TECHNICIANS | EVARIST VALERA - JOEL VALERA | |
| TECNICAL ASSISTANT | ÁLVARO MARTÍN ROIG | |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION | JOAN CARLES SUBIAS MONTSE PELLICER |
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| INSTRUMENT DESIGN | J.POCIELLO - T.ESPAÑOL | |
| SOUND DESIGN | DAVID NORMAN | |
| LIGHTING DESIGN | EVARIST VALERA | |
| COSTUMES | ULI MACIEL | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | DAVID NORMAN - JUAN MANUEL MARTÏNEZ - ALFONS MEDINA | |
| VIDEO | DOMAIN PRODUCTIONS | |