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Estévez/Paños y compañía Retablo experimental sobre el baile flamenco

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Two dancers on a dimly lit stage; one performs a handstand while the other stands facing away, both wearing dark clothing.

Step into a world where tradition meets innovation and witness the versatility of the male flamenco dancer. 


Estévez and Paños, joined by Alberto Sellés, Jorge Morera, and Manuel Montes, draw inspiration from the classical flamenco dance form, the bodily expression of a cantaor (flamenco singer) transformed into movement, and the historic dialogues between artists.

In this daring exploration, they reinterpret the sounds of two radios playing simultaneously, transforming them into distinct rhythms. The dancers embody rhythm machines, transmitting and transforming the legacy of flamenco’s historical figures—patriarchs, apostles, and prophets of the art. Their zapateado shifts seamlessly from gentle to ferocious, from ritualistic to frenzied.

They celebrate the union of tradition and vanguard, the orthodox and the experimental, the interplay of cante (song) and baile (dance), and the convergence of body and soul, past and present. This performance invites audiences to experience flamenco as never before: a fusion of zapateado, song, dance, silence, and pure expression – a vibrant tribute to the ever-evolving art of flamenco.

Part of the 2025 Flamenco Festival

Header image description: Two male dancers in a dark space. The foreground dancer, shirtless with black trousers and suspenders, performs a handstand with legs extended. The background dancer, wearing a black vest and trousers, stands with back to the camera, elbows lifted, and feet together.

Header image © Beatrix Mexi Molnar

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Dynamism, suspension, equilibrium, form and intensity that seems to know no bounds.

★★★★ BROADWAY WORLD on La Confluencia 

The Estévez / Paños works explore and investigate the very roots of the dance form

★★★★  LATINO LIFE

The dancing is irresistible

THE GUARDIAN on La Confluencia 

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