Flamenco Festival 2026: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía in Tierra Bendita
David Chupute provided one of the highlights of the evening. In his hands, castanets became a whole orchestra section in themselves.
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Flamenco Festival 2026: Rocío Molina’s Calentamiento
I loved it, I hated it. I was amused. I was mesmerised, I was bored. It was profound, it was pretentious. It was loud, you could hear a pin drop.
Flamenco Festival 2026: En Tierra de Hombres and Luz de Guiá
Esther Merino… an unwaveringly strong tone and a command of the stage whilst always co-operating with her accompanists.
Flamenco Festival 2026: Gala Flamenca
A cohesive, well-designed evening that married solid, largely traditional, flamenco with slick presentation.
Flamenco Festival 2026: Compañía de Danza Jesús Carmona in UnYdos
An excellent evening of dance and music, solidly respectful of flamenco traditions and impressively slick in presentation.
A very tasty tapas of a show from Estévez/Paños y compañía
A superb evening with many moments that were truly original, thought-provoking, challenging, educational, witty, entertaining and novel
London Flamenco Festival: Pineda, Flamenco by Cantaora, Queralt Lahoz
In Pineda, Patricia Guerrero does an impressive job in giving body and soul to the character in what is a compelling flamenco ballet.
Compañía Mercedes Ruiz: Romancero del Baile Flamenco
There were some excellent and varied offerings from the dancers who, had they been wearing any, would have worked their socks off…
Two takes on contemporary flamenco: Reflexiones sobre las Parcas & Matancera
Reflections on a double header at Sadler’s Wells: Reflexiones sobre las Parcas by a trio of artists, and Matancera by Rosario la Tremendita
Alejandro Hurtado/Inmaculada Salomón and Manuel Valençia Trio
Two shows that presented the very best of contemporary flamenco, and how lucky are we that London is able to witness it.
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras: Vuela
Sara Baras and her company, just five years older than the LOndon Flamenco Festival itself, have set the bar very high… A hard act to follow