Generations, tradition, and renewal of Spanish dance at Factoria Cultural de Terrassa

Following its première at the Teatros del Canal in 2022, Generaciones will be performed for the first time outside Madrid on February 17^th and 18^th at Factoria Cultural in Terrassa.

This programme is marked by a pas de deux between tradition and renewal in Spanish dance. With Generaciones, director Rubén Olmo emphasises the need to recover the classics without losing sight of new trends, through a mixed programme that draws on the tradition of Spanish dance and also reflects the evolution of stagecraft through several generations of creators. It brings together one of the most popular Spanish classics among dancers, Alberto Lorca’s Ritmos, with a score by José Nieto, and Estampas Flamencas by Rubén Olmo and Miguel Ángel Corbacho. Alberto Lorca's work, premiered in 1983, is a visual spectacle in five movements dedicated to Encarnación López, "La Argentinita", while Estampas Flamencas was inspired by the style, aesthetics and character of Antonio Ruiz Soler. Martinete, Zorongo, Seguiriya, Taranto, and Caracoles. A sweep through early song, dance and guitar that explores the flamenco palos typical of Antonio's work.

The programme is completed by two solos, one performed each night. They are by contemporary artists with different personalities, who have renewed contemporary dance, flamenco and Spanish dance, helping to open them up to the influence of other styles.

On the 17^th, Pastorela by Antonio Ruz will be performed, with music by Manuel Blasco Nebra. A solo in which dancer Inmaculada Salomón navigates, without prejudice, between the bolero school, stylised dance and contemporary dance, combining Goya-esque cadences and deconstructions with evolutions of contemporary dance. 

On the 18^th, it will be the turn of Jacaranda by Rubén Olmo, a solo created especially for Débora Martínez, inspired by the symbiosis between the essences of nature and women. The music is composed by Alberto Ginastera.

Since its première at Madrid's Teatros de Canal in 2022 and following its presentation in Terrassa, Generaciones will be presented again from July 17^th to 28^th at Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela.

Generaciones
 Ballet Nacional de España 

Programme:

Ritmos, by Alberto Lorca

Pastorela, by Antonio Ruz (17 February)

Jacaranda, by Rubén Olmo (18 February)

Estampas flamencas, by Rubén Olmo and Miguel Ángel Corbacho