La biennial of Flamenco of Sevilla has presented in the New York City Center its 24th edition within the framework of Flamenco New York Festivalwhich this year celebrates its 25th anniversary with Seville as the guest city. The event brought together the mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, the director of the Biennial, Luis Ybarra, and the director of the Flamenco festivals, Miguel Marin, already the flamenco dancer Sara Baras.
With this presentation in the American city, which has strengthened the cultural ties between Seville and New York, the Biennial continues its international promotion itinerary after its time in Paris and before its next stop in Rome, further enhancing the global reach of this 24th edition of the festival, which will be held in Seville between September 9 and October 3, 2026, with a program that includes 72 performances with 52 new productions, 22 world premieres, 24 unique nights and six unique matinees, in eleven venues in the Andalusian capital.
During your speech, Jose Luis SanzThe mayor of Seville has highlighted the extraordinary start to ticket sales for this Biennial, which In less than a month since it presented its program, it has already exceeded half a million euros in revenue.This record figure reflects the festival's prestige, the interest its program generates, and the wisdom of announcing it so early, allowing international audiences to purchase tickets and plan their visits to Seville during the Biennial well in advance. The Seville councilor also emphasized the importance of the Biennial as "one of the city's major cultural milestones and a hallmark of quality." flamenco internationally.” And he emphasized the trajectory of Flamenco The New York Festival, which “for 25 years has not been an isolated event, but a natural extension of our identity, with a clear commitment to excellence and international projection.”
He also described this relationship as “a true transatlantic bridge, a cultural dialogue that unites Seville with New York and demonstrates that the flamenco It is a universal language that needs no translation.”
For his part, the director of the Biennial, Luis Ybarra, Has pointed out that the flamenco It is one of the few cultures capable of inhabiting radically different spaces and engaging in dialogue with very diverse audiences around the world. flamenco It is present in academies, associations, peña“and festivals in any city in the world with more than 200.000 inhabitants,” he noted, recalling that he coexists naturally in such diverse settings as the New York City Center or small clubs, and also in emblematic spaces of Seville such as the Lope de Vega Theatre, the Royal Alcázar or the Royal Artillery Factory.
"With this presentation in the American city, which has strengthened the cultural ties between Seville and New York, the Biennial continues its international promotion tour after its time in Paris and before its next stop in Rome, further enhancing the global reach of this 24th edition, which will be held in Seville between September 9 and October 3, 2026."
Ybarra also highlighted that the Biennial, with nearly half a century of history, has not only witnessed the scenic development of flamencoBut one of the creative engines that have driven its contemporary evolutionbetting on new ways of understanding this art and on its dialogue with other artistic disciplines.
The Biennial's program, he explained, represents "a mosaic of flamenco in the world,” with artists from all the Andalusian provinces —Seville, Cadiz, Huelva, Cordoba, Malaga, Granada, Jaen and Almeria— and also from other territories such as Extremadura, Madrid, Catalonia or the Basque Country, in addition to international figures such as the saxophonist Tim Ries.
Sara Baras's presence at this presentation also served to announce one of the major milestones of the upcoming edition: the world premiere of InfiniteThe new show by the flamenco dancer from Cádiz, which opens the Seville performing arts season on September 11 at the Teatro de la Maestranza, inaugurating the Biennial of Flamenco.
Inspired by the identity, heritage and symbolic power of Andalusia, Infinite It proposes a scenic journey through eight female gazes that embody the heartbeat flamenco of the eight Andalusian provinces. A creation that, according to the artist herself, is born “from a land that gives to us and teaches us, from a heartbeat that never stops.”
For his part, the director of the Flamenco New York Festival, Miguel MarinHe highlighted the special significance of this edition of the festival, which celebrates twenty-five years of history and a century-long relationship between New York and the flamenco“It’s exciting to see how this art, born far from here, has become part of New York.” “For us, it’s a great joy to have Seville as our guest city this year,” recalling that the Andalusian capital was one of the first institutions to support the birth of Flamenco Festival a quarter of a century ago.
With this presentation in New York, the Biennial of Flamenco Seville continues to consolidate its presence in the main international cultural circuits and reaffirm the city's role as a global epicenter of flamencoAn art form that, born in Andalusia, continues to engage with the world from settings as diverse as Seville and the Big Apple. ♦
