Madrid en Danza Festival

For three weeks, Madrid will be the centre of European dance, courtesy of a festival that will show, as it’s always done, what’s on in the world of dance at the local, national and international level. The programme does away with most conventional ideas.

Madrid en Danza’s mixture of innovation and tradition is reflected in its combination of acclaimed figures and newcomers. Basically, the festival is aimed at showing new aesthetics and topics in the domestic dance scene while drawing a variety of choreographers and dancers from other countries.

A festival that hosts the representation of various shows distributed in various scenic spaces such as Los Teatros del Canal (with its Roja and Verde rooms), the Sala Cuarta Pared, the Coliseo Carlos III de San Lorenzo de El Escorial and the Paco Rabal Cultural Centre.

This year's edition will bring together a total of 16 shows beginning with the Ultimatum performance by the well-known Italian choreographer Jacopo Godani, a unique proposal that explores an unknown territory that has not been mapped and where the choreography moves in different planes. The festival will continue with the hypnotic show Autobiography by the Wayne McGregor Company, which brings together a collection of 23 choreographic volumes developed in a unique way in each performance.

The month of December will see the work Trecandís, pasiones de Gaudí that comes from the hand of the company led by the flamenco dancer, choreographer and director, Cristian Lozano. For its part, Titoyaya Dansa presents CARMEN.maquia that pays tribute to the classic with a contemporary version directed by choreographer Gustavo Ramírez and whose wardrobe is one of the latest works by designer David Delfín.

From Holland comes the oldest dance company in the Netherlands with Holland & Le Chat Noir, where two of the most iconic works of Dutch choreographer Ed Wubbe will be performed in the same show. The show The Look, George & Zalman and Black Milk brings from Israel the work of choreographer Sharon Eyal, inspired by Gandhi's pacifist philosophy of non-violence.

Flamenco and Spanish dance have their place of honour with Distopía by the Compañía Patricia Guerrero, a story of a woman turned into a kind of automaton with a marked path. Also with Tan solo by the Company led by Manuel Reyes and Fandango Avenue by Sara Calero, one of the main references to the renewal of Spanish dance and flamenco dance.

The month continues with Ghost and Still Life from Ballet Preljocaj and with Hilo roto from the company La Venidera. Contemporary Folklore is represented in Vengo!, by the renowned dancer and choreographer Sara Cano; and the fusion of the art of urban trends and photography is shown in ATLAS map of moves with a show of free thinking.

To end a festival works like Hamlet represented by the imPerfect Dancers Company; the Gala Europa 2019: new dancers, new choreographers with a contemporary ballet program that seeks to position the figure of the performer-choreographer and to finish Dog Talks of Metamorphosis Dance Company with its reflection on the connections between cinema and dance.

Programme:

3 and 4 December  - Ultimatum - Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

6 and 7 December - Autobiography - Company Wayne McGregor - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

7 December- Trecandís, pasiones de Gaudí - Cristian Lozano Flamenco Evolución - Real Coliseo de Carlos III de San Lorenzo del Escorial

8 December - CARMEN.maquia - Titoyaya Dansa - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

10 and 11 December - Holland & Le Chat Noir - Scapino Ballet Rotterdam - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

13 and 14 December - The Look, George & Zalman y Black Milk - Batsheva - The Young Ensemble - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

15 December - Distopía - Compañía Patricia Guerrero - Teatros del Canal - Sala Roja

17 December - Tan solo, de Manuel Reyes - Compañía Manuel Reyes - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

18 December - Fandango Avenue - Sara Calero - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

20 and 21 December- Ghost y Still Life - Ballet Preljocaj - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

20 December - Hilo roto - La Venidera - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

21 December - Vengo! - Sara Cano Compañía de Danza - Centro Cultural Paco Rabal

22 December - ATLAS map of moves - Dani Pannullo DanceTheatre Co. - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

26 December - Hamlet - imPerfect Dancers Company - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

28 and 29 December - Gala Europa 2019: nuevos bailarines, nuevos coreógrafos - Teatros del Canal - Sala Verde

28 December - Dog Talks - Metamorphosis Dance Company - Cuarta Pared