1st Biennial Flamenco Madrid – Programming

May 23 to June 06, 2025
Madrid Capital

The program includes 29 artistic proposals, 11 world premieres, 13 free shows, a flamenco gymkhana, and the first congress dedicated to a tablao. flamenco

COMPLETE PROGRAMMING

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Photography Exhibition

May 23 to June 08, 2025
Javier Enrique Fernández – BailArte Madrid

Monday to Saturday from 09:00 a.m. to 21:00 p.m. //
Sundays and holidays from 09:30 a.m. to 14:30 p.m.
Central Courtyard – Center for Contemporary Culture
Count Duque: Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. bailArte Madrid is the commission that Biennial Flamenco Madrid makes the Madrid-based photographer Javier Enrique Fernández and highlights what are already two essential passions for the creator and which are also the guiding light of this Biennial

WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES

25 MAY
VANESA COLOMA – Flamenco Gymkhana

Workshops at 11:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. and 12:50 p.m.
Masterclass at 13:30 p.m. // 2 hours 30 minutes
Matadero Square – Matadero Madrid
Legazpi Square, 8

Synopsis. Designed for all audiences, Vanesa Coloma's flamenco gymkhana invites all participants to discover and enjoy the flamenco through its most playful aspect.

May 28, 29 and 30
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP ON TAPATEADO DANCING: ESTAMPÍO [from reconstruction to fantasy]
ESTÉVEZ / CLOTHES AND COMPANY

11:00 – 14:00h // 3h
31 MAY
SHOW TO THE PUBLIC OF THE CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP
12:00h Historical introduction to zapateado.
ZAPATEADO ASSEMBLY BY ESTAMPIO CHOREOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION TRANSMUTATION / BROOMS / RAILROAD / BELLS ANTONIO MELLADO “EL ESPADRÍO”

Rehearsal Room – Center for Contemporary Culture
Count Duke: Calle del Conde Duque, 11

May 28-06, 2025
BIENNIAL CONGRESS FLAMENCO "Corral de la Morería, 70 years of tablao"

May 28th  – 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. 
11:00 a.m. CONGRESS OPENING.
11:30 a.m. OPENING CONFERENCE. A SENTIMENTAL HISTORY OF THE CORRAL OF THE WHITE MORERIA OF THE KING.
Dancer, choreographer, artistic director, and co-owner of Corral de la Morería. Roundtable discussion.
Corral de la Morería
Calle de la Morería, 17

May 29th - 10: 30 17h to: 30h
MAJOR CHAIR  
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. TABLE 1: WORLD STAGE: IMAGE AND DISSEMINATION OF THE FLAMENCO Corral de la Morería on celluloid. EUGENIO COBO.
16:30 p.m. to 17:30 p.m. TABLE 2: An (ethno)musicological approach to a historical and current performance space El Corral de la Morería: looking at the present from the past.
Ateneo de Madrid: Prado Street, 21

May 30, 2025 – 10:30 a.m. to 14:45 p.m.
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. TABLE 3: CREATION LABORATORY: EXPLORING FROM THE TABLAO ANA MORALES and EDUARDO GUERRERO.
11.40:14 a.m. to XNUMX p.m. – Round Table.
14:15 p.m. – Performance by Olga Pericet
Music Box Auditorium – CentroCentro
Cibeles Square, 1

CONCERTS

May 23, 2025

OPENING GALA –
JEREZ BULERÍA FESTIVAL 

With Tomasito, Juana from Pipa, Jesús Méndez,
Pepe del Morao and Juan Parrilla.
20:00 PM / 90 minutes
Circus theater Price
Atocha Round, 35

Synopsis. May 23rd will welcome the Biennial Flamenco Madrid with a grand opening gala featuring the art of Jerez de la Frontera. Musically, Juan Parrilla conducts the festival.

May 24, 2025

BANDOLERO / LELA SOTO –
Double Feature – From the Root / The Fire I Carry Within 

21:30 p.m. // 125 min (Includes a 15-minute break)
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

SynopsisBandolero De Rato is a song to the earth that beats in the heart of percussion. A journey through the deepest roots of music, where rhythm becomes the universal language that speaks directly to the soul. In this […]

May 25, 2025

ANTONIA JIMÉNEZ
Antonia Jiménez in recital
13:50 p.m. // XNUMX min. San Isidro Museum
Plaza de San Andrés, 2

Synopsis. As part of the II Víctor Monge Guitar Cycle “Serranito”, RECITAL, by Antonia Jiménez, pays tribute to the flamenco guitar through an intimate concert where the guitar is seen as an essential part of the mechanism. flamenco

Juan Tomas de la Molía
Present
20 p.m. / 65 min.
Music Box Auditorium -
CentroCentro – Plaza de Cibeles, 1

Synopsis. El flamenco, and art in general, are aspects that have been and continue to be very present in my life. My love for this art form has become an inseparable part of my being, becoming the most faithful tool for expressing myself. In this first […]

THE TREMENDITA & THE KAITA
Matancera
21:30 p.m. // 70 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. A cross between avant-garde and tradition. Rosario La Tremendita and La Kaíta. From this spark emerges this piece that is more than a spectacle: a bridge between Badajoz and Triana woven by the evolution of flamencoA proposal that exudes passion, creativity […]

May 26, 2025

ANTONIO CAMPOS
Sacratus
20:50 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great
Gran Via de San Francisco Street, 19

Synopsis. Sacratus is a show in which Antonio Campos fuses the spirituality of sacred music with the power of flamencoAccompanied by guitar and organ, the cante jondo It rises in a dialogue between the sacred and the popular.

May 27, 2025

MARCO FLORES
Come Jondo
20:45 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Ship One – Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14

Synopsis. Deep, solid, austere, silent, provocative, ethereal, true. Under this concept, JONDO, linked as an attribute of art Flamenco, we present this show inspired by the classic forms and compositions of this genre.

ANTONIO REYES AND ESPERANZA FERNÁNDEZ – On the Banks of the Cante
21:30 p.m. // 75 min
South Patio – Conde Duque Center for Contemporary Culture
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. On the banks of the Cante It is a show starring two of the most representative artists of the flamenco Currently: Antonio Reyes and Esperanza Fernández.

May 28, 2025

SARA CALERO
Intangible Work in progress
20:40 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Ship One – Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14

Synopsis. Intangible is the pleasure of contemplating two sides of the same coin. While painting allows us to return to the work and reinterpret it, dance is a fleeting, unrepeatable experience. Dance and music are like paint on a canvas.

GERARDO NÚÑEZ, DANI DE MORÓN AND JONI JIMÉNEZ Eighteen strings
21:30 p.m. // 80 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Count Duke
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. The Biennial Flamenco Madrid pays a well-deserved tribute to Madrid-born guitarist Víctor Monge Serranito by hosting the 2nd Víctor Monge Serranito Guitar Cycle, which will culminate in a concert featuring three great artists.

May 29, 2025

ANA CRISMÁN – Arpaora
20:15 p.m. // 65 min
Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Manuel Silvela Street, 14

Synopsis. The Arpaora album becomes the first source and reference in the history of the music of the Flamenco where the harp acquires a purely language, discourse and codes flamencos. Born in the cradle of art flamenco, Jerez de la Frontera, Ana

Antonio Fernandez "El Farru" -
Kintsugi
21:30 p.m. // 60 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Count Duke
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. KINTSUGI is the soul in motion, the story of loss reborn to begin a new path without forgetting the wounds and the lessons learned. ..]

May 30, 2025

CHICO PEREZ & SERGIO DE LOPE
With XL Accent
21:30 p.m. // 80 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. Are there labels for instruments? Who really determines whether an instrument is of flamenco or jazz? Music as a universal language has accents or dialects.

May 31, 2025

SHOW TO THE PUBLIC OF THE CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP
ABOUT TAP DANCING: ESTAMPIO
[from reconstruction to fantasy] –
ESTÉVEZ / CLOTHES AND COMPANY
12h AM
Rehearsal Room – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

CHARLES DE JACOBA
Carlos de Jacoba in recital
13:50 p.m. // XNUMX min.
San Isidro Museum
Plaza de San Andrés, 2

Synopsis. Motril-born guitarist and singer Carlos de Jacoba will be offering a solo flamenco guitar recital as part of the 2nd Víctor Monge "Serranito" Guitar Series. Cast and crew: Flamenco guitar, Ca […]

Eduardo Guerrero
Free pulse
21:30 p.m. // 70 min
Central Courtyard – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. A body, a ring, a breath that cannot be heard but resounds. “Pulso Libre” is the scene of an intimate combat, where the flamenco It strips away all adornment to reveal its rawest core: the pulse that burns beneath the skin.

June 01, 2025

NAIKE PONCE – Cante of woman
12 p.m. / 30 min.
Operations Yard – CentroCentro
Cibeles Square, 1

Synopsis. A memory of the cantes mother, lullabies, corridos, pregones and romances led by Naike Ponce and supported by the female voices of Teresa Hernández, Laura Marchal and Pilar Villar and with a touch of soul by Martha Ramos and Natal […]

VÍCTOR FRANCO – Víctor Franco in recital
13:50 p.m. // XNUMX min.
San Isidro Museum
Plaza de San Andrés, 2

SynopsisGuitarist and composer Víctor Franco will star in the final recital of the 2nd Víctor Monge Guitar Cycle "Serranito." Cast and crew: Flamenco guitar, Víctor Franco, management, and production, María Larroca.

Paula Comitre, Florence Oz, and Carmen Angulo
II Work in Progress
20:40 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Reflections on the Fates
Ship One – Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14

Synopsis. Reflections on the Fates is a work in progress conceived as a collective creative force. The choreography is a collaboration between dancers Paula Comitre, Florencia Oz, and Carmen Angulo, each contributing their own vision.

Juan Villar, Vicente Soto Deafness,
José de la Tomasa and La Macanita
Inzerzo Jondo
21:30 p.m. // 80 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. Inzerzo Jondo It was born from experience, from a meeting in a cafe in Granada of some of the fundamental pillars of flamenco, in capital letters, which we still have; among them, Juan Villar, Vicente Soto "Sordera" and José de la Tomasa.

June 02, 2025

KAARI & RONI MARTIN COMPANY – Lorca!
With Carmen Linares, Rafaela Carrasco and Pablo Suárez.
21:30 p.m. // 60 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. If I die, leave the balcony open. The child eats oranges. (I see it from my balcony.) The reaper reaps the wheat. (I feel it from my balcony.) If I die, leave the balcony open!

June 03, 2025

Antonio Molina “The Thief”
ARZA, Theory of the Spontaneous
20:60 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Ship One – Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14

Synopsis. Someone wrote not long ago: "Spontaneity is the result of enormous prior work." And so it is. The artist in creation, on stage, is a generator of the spontaneous, and yet what happens in an instant (on stage, in […]

JULIO RUIZ – The Family
20:50 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Theater – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. LA FAMILIA is an innovative proposal by dancer and choreographer Julio Ruiz. From a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating writing, dance, performance and flamenco, explores family dynamics. The central figure in the work is the […]

SANDRA CARRASCO, ANDRÉS BARRIOS, BELÉN LÓPEZ and DAVID DE ARAHAL – The Magnificent
21:30 p.m. // 75 min
South Patio – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. The Magnificent is an unrepeatable date with the greatness of the flamenco current. Four exceptional young artists come together in a unique show where the cante, dancing, guitar, and piano are elevated to the highest level. Sandra Carrasco, a […]

June 04, 2025

MARIA MORENO COMPANY –
Magnificat
20:70 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Matadero Dance Center
Paseo de la Chopera, 14, Nave 11

Synopsis. Two cousins. One older and the other younger.
The two are unexpectedly pregnant.
When the two meet, their bodies are filled with an irrepressible joy.

ROSARIO TOLEDO – Quartet
20:70 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Theater – Center for Contemporary Culture
Condeduque
Calle del Conde Duque, 11

Synopsis. Quartet runs through dance and cante A rehearsal for a "carnival quartet," a genuine carnival group from Cádiz, whose members are never four, but three or five. In this context of role reversal, Rosa […]

June 06, 2025

CLOSING GALA
ISRAEL FERNÁNDEZ
22:70 p.m. // XNUMX min.
Auditorium – Enrique Tierno Galván Park
Planetarium Avenue, 18

Synopsis. Israel Fernández, one of the great exponents of flamenco contemporary, for the occasion presents a unique show with which he aims to captivate the audience with his unmistakable voice.