Leonor Leal, Antonio Moreno and Juan M. Jiménez

Martinicos le di a mi cuerpo (first session)

CCCB Sala Teatre

July 10

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Five of the most renowned and evocative artists on the current flamenco scene invoke the figure of the “duende”, the mystery and one-of-a-kind force that Federico García Lorca defined as the very soul of creation.

In the first session of Martinicos le di a mi cuerpo, on Thursday 10 July, we will see Leonor Leal, contemporary bailaora (flamenco dancer) and creator, exploring flamenco from a visceral perspective. Accompanied by the total percussionist Antonio Moreno and saxophonist Juan M. Jiménez, she brings to the stage a zapateado [footwork] that begins in the lower back and stretches through the spine to occupy the entire space, while the music gently resonates in the abdomen. Each beat evokes the darkest corners of the body and travels through muscles and bones in search of the origins of emotion.

This is a theatre and musical journey through light and shadow, life and death, body and voice. It takes the form of two shows, independent yet connected, which can be seen on 10 and 11 July. Both engage in conversation with the strength and instinct of tradition in search of this coveted, elusive Duende, here colloquially named Martinico.

If anything defines flamenco, it is its ability to move, to ignite the air, and to transform pain into beauty. Martinicos le di a mi cuerpo offers us two complementary visions of an art that, rooted in tradition, continues to reinvent itself with a passion that never tires of being reborn.

The show is part of “In the Troubled Air...”, curated by Georges Didi-Huberman at the CCCB, which takes as its starting point the Romance de la luna, luna [Ballad of the Moon Moon], the first poem of Lorca’s Romancero Gitano.

A production by the CCCB in collaboration with El Dorado – Sociedad Flamenca Barcelonesa.