XX Fuego Flamenco Festival

Celebrating its 20th edition, “Fuego Flamenco Festival” showcases leading flamenco artists from Spain and the U.S. in an extended three-week festival.

Focusing on contemporary dance and traditional and innovative flamenco dance and music, this international festival brings dancers and musicians from around the globe to GALA’s stage.

Ser.Rana

• On Thursday, November 7 at 8 pm.
• On Friday, November 8 at 8 pm. Noche de GALA.
• On Saturday, November 9 at 8 pm.
• On Sunday, November 10 at 2 pm.
• Created, choreographed & performed by Sonia Franco. Buy tickets.

Ser.Rana is a foreteller, an experience that transforms the art of movement and sets dance free. It is like the unceasing flow of a river that is inside you and transforms your body through Flamenco. The original music of the show and the minimalist esthetic of dance create a close connection between artist and audience, uncovering deep emotions.

Lo Mejor de Edwin

• On Friday, November 15 at 8 pm. Noche de GALA.
• On Saturday, November 16 at 8 pm.
• On Sunday, November 17 at 2 pm.
• Created, choreographed & performed by Edwin Aparicio. Buy tickets.

A retrospective of works choreographed by Salvadoran artist Edwin Aparicio in honor of the 20-year celebration of the festival he co-founded.

Intimate Friends of Flamenco

• On Friday, November 22 at 8 pm.
• On Saturday, November 23 at 8 pm.
• World Premiere. Buy tickets.
• Original idea, composition and direction by Marc López. With Montserrat Martínez (bailaora) and Ana Brenes (flamenco singer).
• Presented thanks to the support and as a commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C.

In this intimate show, Marc and Ana, friends since their teenage years and university classmates, reminisce while enjoying the music that has shaped their lives since childhood and still resonates with them today. They are joined on their journey through Mediterranean music, with Flamenco at its core, by Cuban dancer Montserrat Martínez.