Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: QUINTO ELEMENTO

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), a new work by internationally acclaimed flamenco dancer-choreographer Patricia Guerrero set to an original score of live music by Francis Gómez. Guerrero will explore the fifth element of the earth: ether, that which we do not see yet is ever-present. The essence that makes up the space around us. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form, Guerrero draws on her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco but pushes past the restriction of its rules. In doing so, she seeks to extract the essence of flamenco itself, its invisible fifth element, and make it tangible to audiences.

QUINTO ELEMENTO will be characterized by a strange and peculiar beauty, as Guerrero operates beyond what is considered aesthetically correct in an art form that highly values exactitude. Guerrero instead embraces chaos through choreography, building from flamenco’s expressive movement language while venturing beyond its current aesthetic bounds.

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