Company

13^th July 1984 is a turning point in Spanish dance. That day the Ballet Nacional de España presented at the Zarzuela a programme that thirty years later still remains in the memory of those who watched it. One of the numbers was Ritmos, a piece Alberto Lorca dedicated to one of the icons of Spanish dance, Encarnación López “La Argentinita”. With this choreography Lorca did the same that George Balanchine had done regarding classical dance, with a piece like Theme and Variations. José Nieto’s music –a score both “heterodox” and fascinating– provides the backdrop for classical-pure Spanish dance movements, a range of steps in a work ruled by abstraction and full of magnetic dynamism.

Alberto Lorca dedicated this choreography to Encarnación López “La Argentinita”. A plotless dance work, it offers a visual recreation of dance in pure abstraction. A production in which symmetry becomes art through the unfolding of its five movements. Rhythmic heelwork, vibrant turns and the distinctive character of the castanets combine to create a compelling display of sound and movement.

Ritmos 30^th BNE anniversary performance (Teatro de la Zarzuela, 2009)

Performance at the Teatro Real de Madrid (1998)