I love Manchester says Flavia ahead of show

A chat with the iconic dancer Flavia Cacace who brings Viva Carnival with Oti Mabuse to Bridgewater Hall on June 15.

Transcript

00:00what's the concept of the show well Viva Carnival is as kind of the name suggests it's going to be

00:13one big party that's what I know and I guess I'm there to bring a slightly different element to the

00:19show with maybe an essence of tango so it's a little bit more moody of course whenever you

00:25choreograph a show and you create a show you want it to have light and shade so as much as it's

00:30going to be an overall party we I'm sure we're going to want to have moments where it's a little

00:35bit calmer so that we can you know make the most of them the high moments so that's kind of I think

00:42what I'll be bringing to the show but in essence you're going to come and have an amazing time

00:46it's going to be incredible music the atmosphere is going to be electric and yeah and overall it's

00:53going to be a fab night out really you are also bringing the show to Manchester so how are you

00:58feeling about that yeah I love Manchester I absolutely love it my husband worked there

01:04we've done many trips there we again the town centre is you know it's one of the best I think

01:09so yeah I'm very excited to to go back to Manchester I'm always very happy to do

01:15any kind of events there because it's just such a vibrant place so love the north of England I

01:22you know the the audience is you know they are they get so involved in the show and for us you

01:30know when we're on stage that's really what we want because the more they get involved with what

01:35we're doing the more energy we have so sometimes you can go and perform in a theatre if the audience

01:41are really quiet it's really hard work you just can't gauge whether they're enjoying it not enjoying

01:46it but obviously anywhere up north they are just amazing sometimes that you know they even start

01:52talking to you while you're on stage and shouting things out so yeah I just I love all the theatres

01:59up there and just generally I yeah the north of England I have a soft spot for. Godless of where

02:04people are in the UK why should they get tickets to see you in Viva Carnival?

02:08Well as I said I've not performed for six years which is um you know it's quite a long time

02:14and I guess it's a little bit um not everybody kind of has a break and then has a comeback as well

02:22and this is just a start it's just the first stepping stone back into it but I'm fortunate

02:27enough that you know I feel like I have the the energy and the uh mental and physical kind of I'm in

02:33a place where I can do that and I had such great support from everybody from audiences all over

02:38the UK for eight years when I was touring with Vincent that I hope that um they can come again

02:44and support me and enjoy you know the show and any other projects that I go on to doing really and

02:52hopefully if they got some enjoyment before they'll get more enjoyment now. This is the start of the

02:59long return is there anything else Fabi that you'd like to mention that you've got coming up?

03:03Not at the moment lots of things in the pipeline um I'm going to get my teeth stuck into this project

03:10because obviously it's the first project back for a while so I want to really try and focus um but

03:15I've got lots of other things bubbling up under the surface for next year which will be exciting

03:21so yes watch this space but in the meantime I'm going to be 110% committed to uh Viva Carnival