The Flamenco Madrid Festival will be holding its seventh edition from 14 to 27 May 2023. Its main objective is to exhibit and disseminate flamenco - song, guitar and dance - and Spanish dance, bringing these disciplines closer to all ages through its programme.
The flamenco dancer, choreographer and producer Ángel Rojas is back at the helm of Flamenco Madrid, which returns to its origins this year, highlighting iconic names from flamenco dance. Song, dance and guitar sessions, documentary film and activities for all the family form part of the programme devoted to flamenco art in all of its aspects and it is also committed to new proposals and creations.
The 2023 edition of the festival will extend over twelve stages with its headquarters at the Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, along with other venues such as Conde Duque, Espacio Abierto Quinta de los Molinos, Cineteca Madrid and La Casa Encendida,as well as Madrid’s flamenco houses: Teatro Flamenco Madrid, Flamenco de Leones, Tablao de la Villa and the Corral de la Morería. They will all take part in this festival that seeks to remember the importance of Madrid in this art, which was declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Names featuring in the seventh edition include Antonio Canales, Jesús Carmona, La Lupi, Carmen Talegona, Marco Flores, Rafaela Carrasco, Guadalupe Torres or the winners of the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreography Competition, José Molina or Yu Hsien Hsueh from Taiwan and member of the Spanish National Ballet.
One of the cornerstones of the festival will be the tribute to Paco de Lucía with a major concert scheduled for 17 May, directed by Joan Albert Amargós. And as an off-shoot of the festival, this year Flamenco Capital will make its debut as a parallel programme that can be enjoyed at the flamenco houses, theatres and flamenco halls run by Madrid en Vivo, the project creators.
Program:
- 14 May, 12pm - Fundación Alalá, El árbol del flamenco - La Casa Encendida
- 14 May, 1pm-2pm / 6pm-7pm - El Torombo, Un pasito al pie de la letra - Espacio Abierto Quinta de los Molinos
- 15 May, 1pm - Carmen Mesa, Yo me lo guiso, yo me lo como - Teatro Flamenco Madrid
- 16 May, 7pm - Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Canto cósmico. Niño de Elche (2021) - Cineteca Madrid
- 17 May, 7pm - Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Impulso (2017) - Cineteca Madrid
- 17 May, 8pm - Taller de Músics, Suite de Lucía: Carles Benavent, Rafael De Utrera, Niño Josele y El Farru - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 18 May, 7pm - Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Mujer. Una mirada contemporánea a través del arte (2023) - Cineteca Madrid
- 18 May, 7pm - Compañía Rafaela Carrasco, Palabra Cuerpo - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 18 May, 8pm - Compañía Marco Flores, Rayuela - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 19 May, 7pm - Inma La Carbonera y Antonia Jiménez, A Gaya - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 19 May, 8pm - Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Antonio Canales, Bailaor (2022) - Cineteca Madrid
- 19 May, 8pm - Antonio Reyes con la colaboración especial de Juan Villar, A Panseco - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 20 May, 1pm - Joni Jiménez, Ciclo de Guitarra Víctor Monge “Serranito” - Tablao de la Villa
- 20 May, 6pm- Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Pa’trás Ni Pa’tomar Impulso (2020) - Cineteca Madrid
- 20 May, 7pm - Guadalupe Torres, Bailar en hembra - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 20 May, 8pm - Cía. Flamenca La Lupi, Épicus - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 21 May, 1pm - Conferencia Víctor Monge “Serranito” y José Manuel Gamboa. Recital José Luis Montón - Corral de la Morería
- 21 May, 7pm - Antonio Campos, Flamenco en el alfar - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 21 May, 8pm - Ciclo Documental Flamenco, Se prohíbe el cante (2019) - Cineteca Madrid
- 21 May, 8pm - Cía. José Molina / Yu Hsien Hsueh X Genio Dance Group, Gala De Ganadores Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 24 May, 8pm - Jesús Carmona, José Valencia y Juan Requena, The Game - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 24 May, 8.30pm - Esther Merino, Cantaora - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 25 May, 7pm - David López Canales, Flamencos y samuráis, un juego del destino - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 25 May, 8pm - Vanesa Coloma & Cía, Castiza - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 25 May, 8.30pm - Sharon Saguy con Flamenco Natural, E Motion - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 26 May, 8pm - Carmen Talegona, Memoria: capacidad de recordar - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 26 May, 8.30pm - Los Voluble: Flamenco is not a crime + Jaleo is a crime - Centro de Creación Contemporánea Condeduque
- 27 May, 1pm - Yerai Cortés en Recital, Ciclo De Guitarra Víctor Monge “Serranito” - Flamenco de Leones
- 27 May, 7pm - Julio Ruiz, Tocar a un hombre - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa
- 27 May, 8pm - Sergio de Lope con Mor Karbasi, Abir El Abed y Ángeles Toledano, Ellas - Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa