Sara Jiménez brings the avant-garde of flamenco

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A journey through different tempos and moods through which to capture the essence of transformation and resistance in the art of flamencoThis is the proposal with which the dancer and choreographer Sara jiménez debuts on March 13, 2025 on the New York stage, where it lands with Tempo variation as part of the poster of the XXIV Flamenco New Festival
Y, which until March 15, and with the collaboration of the City Council and the Provincial Council of Granada, pays tribute to the legacy of Federico Garcia Lorca almost a century after his trip to the Big Apple, an experience that inspired his famous work Poet in New York.

The captivating spectacle flamenco by Sara Jiménez, which has the support of the Cervantes Institute in New York, will deploy in the Joe's Pub at the Public Theater the nuances of rhythm, movement and expression to reimagine traditional forms of flamenco through dynamic choreography and emotional depth, infusing them with her distinctive style and contemporary sensibility. This powerful piece is based on the artist's own original idea and Pablo Gimenez, also in charge of the musical direction and the guitar on stage. With it, the Granada native breathes new life into the flamenco With each new step and gesture, offering a new perspective on its timeless appeal. The Instituto Cervantes in Chicago will also host two new performances on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15.

«A work in which the flamenco It meets contemporary dance and music and opens a reflection on the paradoxical relationship between the act of dying and giving death, understood as the end and rebirth of the loving relationship in its broadest sense, but also as a celebration of existence.

The artist arrives in the United States after her visit, also in March, to the In-Progress technical and creative residencies, promoted by the Torrox City Council and Flamenco Festival in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Concienciarte Foundation. This unique meeting space for artists flamencoRenowned and emerging artists have witnessed the unique vision and innovative talent of Sara Jiménez in three editions, present in previous editions with the projects Goodbye y Silver bird and selected this 2025 with Fragments of the Night, awaiting its world premiere in Luxembourg in May. During this creative phase, it has been accompanied by the stage crew Juan Kruz Díaz de Garaio Esnaola, the conceptual support of Enrique Fuenteblanca, the composition and cante de Theresa Hernandez and the production and distribution of Pablo Leira, from Serendipia Global.

The metaphor of the bird and the taming hover over this piece with which Sara Jiménez will be on the 29th
April at the Theatre Le Ranelagh in Paris, on May 10 in the town of Carboneras in Almería, and in the fall, among other dates to be announced, in Madrid. This is a work in which the flamenco It meets contemporary dance and music and opens a reflection on the paradoxical relationship between the act of dying and giving death, understood as the end and rebirth of the loving relationship in its broadest sense, but also as a celebration of existence.