Rocío Molina

Teatro Municipal do Porto has a growing interest in contemporary dance’s openness to encompass other languages, and thus we have brought to the stage flamenco’s most recent artists, such as Israel Galván in July 2017. In “Caída del cielo” [Fallen from Heaven], Rocío Molina shows flamenco’s roots, and at the same time throws it against other vocabularies, knowing that in its deepest essence flamenco is an expression of freedom, and can’t and mustn’t be tamed. This piece celebrates women, and it is submerged in a tragic sense of festivity. Backed by her musicians, Molina’s dance is a free fall that, instead of referring us to the inverted image of the fallen angel from Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, lands us in a dark and dense paradise, filled with a chameleon-like and powerful body. 

 

Choreographer and dancer Rocío Molina (Malaga, 1984) created her own artistic language, based on a flamenco tradition (however reinvented) that both respects its essence and embraces the most avant-garde languages. She won Spain’s National Dance Award in 2010, and she has been associated artist at Chaillot National Theatre, in Paris, since 2014. Molina is currently one of the most renowned Spanish artists internationally. Her performances are recognised by critics and audience as unique scenic events, combining technical virtuosity, formal investigation and unparalleled visual beauty.

Performance support





Coapresentação com Citemor - 40º Festival de Montemor-o-Velho
15th june • 22.00h
CAE - Centro de Artes e Espectáculos da Figueira da Foz