Madrid en Danza Festival

The city of Madrid becomes the European centre of dance thanks to this veteran festival which, as usual, presents the public with the latest in international, national and local dance through a programme that breaks with convention. The 37th edition takes place from 29 April to 14 June, with performances in alternative venues, private theatres and other spaces in the city and in 16 municipalities in the region.

Every year, Madrid en Danza manages to mix the new and the consolidated, through a programme that includes important figures from the world of dance and emerging promises. Although the festival's main objective is to showcase the new aesthetics and themes of national dance, it also has an international section that focuses on several areas in each edition.

The 2022 edition pays special attention to international production with the aim of positioning the festival among the main choreographic events in Europe, such as the Lyon Dance Biennale and the Cannes Dance Festival.

The programme hosted by Teatros del Canal focuses on shows of great artistic strength and high potential from Norway, the United States, Belgium, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom. Stagings that focus on issues such as the transformations of contemporary societies, migration, identity, borders and freedom, to which dance acts as a witness, inviting reflection. This is the case of pieces such as Asylum by Rami Be'er by the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company; Room 11: LA HONTE (shame in French) by the HOTEL Col.lectiu Escènic collective; the contemporary and acrobatic dance production Big Five-OH! by the Pilobolus company; MADE IN OSLO - a quadruple bill by Jo Strømgren Kompani; Revisor produced by the Canadian company Kidd Pivot in association with Eponymous; Wakatt by Faso Danse Théâtre (Burkina Faso - Belgium); Akram Khan's Jungle Book reimagined; and Story, story, die by Alan Lucien Øyen and his company winter guests.

In addition to these works, Madrid en Danza expands Spanish creation to other halls and theatres with the presence of works by companies from Madrid and communities such as Galicia and Catalonia, a novelty that will count on the complicity of the citizens of these municipalities.

The festival's programme will be spread across several venues in the centre of Madrid, such as the aforementioned Teatros del Canal (with its Red and Green halls), the Sala Cuarta Pared, Teatro Pradillo and the Teatro de La Abadía. These are joined by venues in other municipalities such as the Royal Coliseum Theatre of Charles III of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Jaime Salom Theatre (Parla), Teatro Buero Vallejo (Alcorcón), Montserrat Caballé Auditorium (Arganda del Rey), Tomás y Valiente Theatre (Fuenlabrada), Paco Rabal Cultural Centre - Palomeras Bajas (Vallecas), Regional Humanities Centre Sierra Norte (La Cabrera), Carmen Conde Cultural Centre (Majadahonda) and the Corral de Comedias (Alcalá de Henares).

Programme:

• 29 April, 8pm - Expulsión! (Dance Riot) - Jaime Salom Theatre (Parla)
• 29 April, 8pm - La confluencia - Teatro Buero Vallejo (Alcorcón)
• 30 April, 8pm - Expulsión! (Dance Riot) - Auditorio Montserrat Caballé (Arganda del Rey)
• 30 April, 8pm - La confluencia - Teatro Municipal José María Rodero (Torrejón de Ardoz)
• 4-6 May, 8.30pm - Asylum by Rami Be’er - Canal Theatres - Sala Roja
• 14 May, 9pm - TITUN… The Serendipity Of The Black Sawn’s Death - Pradillo Theatre
• 14 May, 8pm - Expulsión! (Dance Riot) - Tomás and Valiente Theatre (Fuenlabrada)
• 18 and 19 May, 8.30pm - Habitación 11: LA HONTE - Canal Theatres - Sala Negra
• 19 May, 7pm - After the party - Royal Coliseum Theatre of Charles III (San Lorenzo de El Escorial)
• 21 May, 8pm - Leira - Paco Rabal Cultural Centre-Palomeras Bajas (Vallecas)
• 22 May, 8pm - El Arco - La Abadía Theatre - Sala José Luis Alonso
• 25-29 May, 7pm and 6pm - Big Five-OH! - Canal Theatres - Sala Roja
• 27 May, 7pm - Equilátero - Royal Coliseum Theatre of Charles III (San Lorenzo de El Escorial)
• 27 May, 8pm - L E V E - Regional Humanities Centre Sierra Norte (La Cabrera)
• 28 May, 8.30pm - Mother tongue - Cuarta Pared
• 28 May, 8pm- Expulsión! (Dance Riot) - Carmen Conde Cultural Centre (Majadahonda)
• 29 May, 7pm - Un cadavre exquis II - Royal Coliseum Theatre of Charles III (San Lorenzo de El Escorial)
• 29 May, 7pm - Todas las noches - Corral de Comedias (Alcalá de Henares)
• 1 and 2 June, 7.45pm - MADE IN OSLO – a quadruple bill - Canal Theatres - Sala Verde
• 2-4 June, 8.30pm - Revisor - Canal Theatres - Sala Roja
• 8 and 9 June, 7.45pm - Wakatt - Canal Theatres - Sala Verde
• 9-10 June, 8pm - Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined - Canal Theatres - Sala Roja
• 12 June, 7pm / 14 June, 8pm - Story, story, die - Canal Theatres - Sala Verde