Sal, Mel i Vida

Sal, Mel i Vida is a flamenco company composed by the dancer Aloma Escuder, the percussionist Víctor Rodríguez, the guitarist David Salinas and the singer Paco Rubio.

The company belongs to the new generations of flamenco groups that reflect the current state of the art. Eventhough it has its origins in the northern mediterranean regions, it gives all its power an vitality to the art that it represents. With respect to the great classics, such as the guitarists Melchor de Marchena o Sabicas, and with the conscious influences of popular modern artists like Camarón and Paco de Lucía, or the dancers Maria Juncal and Alfonso Losa, they innovate with new songs and dances and express their own style of flamenco.

Salmelvida started its artistic course at the FRINGE International Festival in Edimburgh, Scotland, through Rennes, France, and crescently continues its path bringing the mediterranean flamenco all over the world. Nowadays, in their second year of life, the company works intensively in the valencian stages and has great expectations to travel with the show De Romer.

	Víctor Rodríguez
	Valencian percussionist and co-founder of Salmelivida. It is in the city of Valencia where he has his first experiences with music and where he starts taking interest in the possibilities that different percussion instruments (wine box, congas...) can offer to flamenco. Otherwise, he participates in other music projects related to various styles such as Afro-Uruguayo, Latino, Reggae, Ska, Rock, Pop... In 2006, he travels during four months to La Habana (Cuba) to extend his studies in afro-cuban rhythms at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana. Nowadays he also works with other well-known musicians such as Javier Zamora and Oscar de Manuel, and is a member of the grup La Rana Mariana of Valencia.
	... No instrument can resist to his rhythm.

	Aloma Escuder "L'ALOMA DEL MAS"
	Dancer from Castelló and co-founder of Salmelivida. Since her young age she begins the formal studies of spanish dance, and specializes in flamenco. After finishing this career, she travels the world working for different companies (such as the Compañía Flamenca Estuaria) and coreographers in various shows. Nowadays she lives in Madrid where she works as a dancer in stages such as la sala Juglar, La Lupe, or el Barbú, among others, and as an actress in various films like the recent Camarón from Chavarri. At the same time she completes her studies of flamenco dance at the well-known academy Amor de Dios with professors as Miguel Cañas, Maria Juncal, Alfonso Losa y Cristóbal Reyes, Belén Fernández and la Truco.
	... Elegance and passion.

Paco Rubio "EL PEY"
Valencian singer and percussionist. He begins studying his voice with the help of the artists that he usually accompanies with the drums. Very soon he demonstrates a great talent to sing all different styles of traditional flamenco and lead the dances with the necessary sensibility and precission. His sweet but powerful and assertive voice has an impact in the public that has the pleasure to listen to him.
His voice contains the passion and sweetness of the most pure flamenco...

	Tomas Gonzalez Gonzalez
	Valencian singuer and guitarist of great artitistic talent, he makes his debut at only 11 years of age in a singing contest in the township of Albal (Valencia). Since a young age he shows a lot of talent in expressing the flamenco, most likely originated by the influence of his grandfather, also a musician, and his father, who offered him his first guitar very young. He starts its artistic carreer with the dance company of Leo Molina. Since that moment, he has participated in various musical projects with guitarists such as Manuel Heredia, Luis Vargas and Juan de Pilar, and is currently still working with the Pérez brothers. He has performed at different times in el tablao del Loco Mateo, café del Duende, RDC, la Claca and has participated in special shows for the IVAM and the Arts Palace of Valencia. In January 2006, knowing personally the rest of the company, he integrates Salmelivida bringing wisdom, singing depth and strenght in the guitar play.
	His guitar sings the flamenco with fluidity...

	David Salinas "EL TATI"
	Valencian guitarist and co-founder of Salmelivida. Since his young age, and thanks to the tradition of his family, he starts to play guitar an soon performs in different groups of modern music styles. At the moment he is enlarging his musical knowledge in Sacromonte (Granada) and centers his work in the study of Flamenco Guitar. He also is a member of the music company Algarabía. In other terms, he continues to participate in musical projects of different styles such as chamber music, Pop and Rock Latino, as well as giving music to Storytelling shows and other dance shows.