Vanesa Aibar & Enric Monfort

La Reina del Metal

19-22 Nov 2024
19-22 Nov 2024

Blistering metal percussion and flamenco rhythms

Dance maker Vanesa Aibar and percussionist Enric Monfort explore the boundaries of movement and sound – to the max. With flamenco rhythms, blistering metal percussion and electronica, they create a spellbinding flamenco soundscape. Body becomes sound. And sound becomes body. Cloaked in chains, Vanesa Aibar strides and dances on the cusp of exhaustion, casting off the fetters of the flamenco. In ‘La Reina del Metal’ she sketches out new, exciting flamenco vistas with musical jack-of-all-trades Enric Monfort. The spatial sound system by the Dutch collective 4DSOUND immerses the viewer in a flamenco sound bath, which will reverberate for a long time to come.

Dance maker Vanesa Aibar (b. Jaén, 1983) was one of the surprises of the Flamenco Biennial in 2019. It was there that she met percussionist Enric Monfort (b. Valencia, 1979) with whom she made this new work at the festival’s request.

‘La Reina del Metal’, the festival creation for the IX Flamenco Biennial, saw its world premiere in January 2023 at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam and then continued its triumphal march in Spain. ‘La Reina’ won ‘best dance performance’ at the Spanish performing arts prizegiving ceremony, the Premios Max. Now it returns to the Netherlands!

Meet the Artists + Introduction (in Dutch) by Annette Embrechts

19:00 in Amare
19:00 in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

Meet the Artist after the show – hosted by Annette Embrechts & Ernestina van de Noort

Raw, muscular, virtuosic and dancing on the cusp of exhaustion: a memorable co-production from the Netherlands’ Flamenco Biennale.

Het Parool

Exciting, feisty and playful.

de Volkskrant

A fascinating sound world, as strong as iron!

Theaterkrant

A secular ceremony between two delightfully dedicated interpreters, two languages, two duelists of the highest precision, joined in rhythm.

La Vanguardia

The intimate relationship between dance and music comes to life with metallic percussion sounds, pounding flamenco rhythms and ominous electronic noise. Vanesa Aibar dances on the cusp of exhaustion.

Het Parool
Enric Monfort & Vanesa Aibar

La Reina del Metal

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