No charge for Four Arts Members
Pre-concert reception from 6-7 p.m.
Enjoy Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s newly commissioned work by Patricia Guerrero, internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer, choreographer and winner of the 2021 Spain National Dance Award. “Quinto Elemento” (Fifth Element) explores the fifth element of the earth: ether, that which we do not see yet is ever-present, the essence that makes up the space around us. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form, Guerrero draws on her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco but pushes past the restriction of its rules. She seeks to extract the essence of flamenco itself, building from its expressive movement language while venturing beyond its current aesthetic bounds.
PROGRAM
The Beginning: A Deafening silence the beginning of the cosmos, matter. Beings that move and relate to each other in an unknown void.
1. The Fifth Essence (siguiriya) The Company. The energy of the void takes form and expression through movement. It is ordered and disordered constantly.
2. Orbit (folklore) Emilio Ochando and Yoel Vargas. The circular inertia makes these two beings relate to each other and dance in a cyclical and very particular way.
3. Hypothetical (jaleos) The Company. The dance manifests itself through a deconstructed bulería in which the particularities come to light.
4. Gravity (caña) Hugo Sanchez. A body appears on the scene with a movement and impulses influenced by the gravity of the universe.
5. Estrella Alborada (mariana) The Company. Stars that become visible at dawn. In this cosmic dance the singing by Mariana urges them to relate to each other.
6. Eternities Lorna Franco, Fanny Ara, Rebeca Tomas Black holes appear in the form of tailed robes creating a series of singularities that make them unique. The bata de cola reflects the black holes
7. The Fifth Essence (siguiriya) The Company. The energy of emptiness continues to take form and expression through dance in a cyclical and infinite movement
Please note there is a pre-concert reception from 6-7 p.m.