The Spanish National Ballet will première a flamenco show based on the photographic vision of this art by Colombia's Ruvén Afanador from 10 to 20 July (Tuesday to Sunday) at Teatro de la Zarzuela.
Charity performance to support UNRWA - 9 July, 7.30pm
Charity gala to support the people of Gaza and UNRWA. In this charity evening, all proceeds will go to UNRWA’s humanitarian work, which continues to provide vital aid in extreme circumstances. If you are unable to attend, you can collaborate via row zero.
With music by Cristóbal Saavedra, this production by Marcos Morau—trained between Barcelona and New York, director of the La Veronal dance ensemble and recipient of the 2013 National Dance Prize—merges Afanador’s vision with the ambition of forging a new artistic universe. Morau seeks to transfigure one legacy into another and generate a common place where the voices of different art forms can collaborate and inspire others.
The work pivots around photographic series such as Mil Besos (2009) and Ángel Gitano (2014), in which Afanador incorporated the image of flamenco into contemporary visual language in a very personal way. These shots were taken in high-contrast black and white under the Andalusian sun to create striking plays on light and shadow.
Marcos Mora Ureña, better known as Marcos Morau, is a choreographer born in Onteniente (Valencia) in 1982. Also versed in photography and playwrighting, he studied at the Dance Conservatory in Valencia and the Movement Research in New York.
In 2005, he founded his own company, La Veronal, a group made up of professionals from the fields of dance, film, theatre, literature and photography, which is committed to fostering an artistic language between abstraction and narration with the aim of establishing culturally diverse spaces.
Born in 1959 in Bucaramanga (Colombia), Ruvén Afanador is famous for his distinctive photographic style that combines elements of fashion, culture and sensuality. He has worked with leading fashion and society magazines, such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle and Rolling Stone and has portrayed very well-known figures such as Gabriel García Márquez, George Clooney, Al Pacino, Céline Dion, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Artistic File:
- Director - Rubén Olmo
- Idea and artistic direction - Marcos Morau
- Choreography - Marcos Morau & La Veronal, Lorena Nogal, Shay Partush and Jon López
- Playwright - Roberto Fratini
- Stage Design - Max Glaenzel
- Costume Design - Silvia Delagneau
- Lighting Design - Bernat Jansà
- Music - Cristóbal Saavedra
Approximate Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes (without an interval)
