Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca

Bessie Award-winning dancer and choreographer Soledad Barrio and her husband, artistic director and choreographer Martín Santangelo, formed Noche Flamenca in 1993 in Madrid, Spain. Flamenco is rooted in dance, song, and music traditions from Sephardic Jews, North African, and Roma people, from Andalusia. It is a form that is, in the company’s words, “born of ancestral cultural repression and racial expulsion.” Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca’s mission combines onstage performance with educational outreach and residencies to educate people of all backgrounds “and to evoke in them the vivid and expansive sea of passion and emotion that is flamenco.” This program featured their newest work, “Searching for Goya” (2023), inspired by the transformative art of Francisco de Goya, as it references the prolific Spanish artist’s response to the turbulent social and political changes occurring in the world around him, its relevance to our present times, and its revelations of human nature. Program: “Buscando a Goya (Searching for Goya);” choreography: Martín Santangelo, Soledad Barrio, and company members; music: Salva de María, Eugenio Iglesias, Martín Santangelo. Includes introduction by Pamela Tatge and Post-Show Talk with Soledad Barrio, Martín Santangelo, and Gabriela Garcia moderated by Maura Keefe. This performance was filmed live on August 16, 2024 in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions. Full-length performance films are copyright of Jacob’s Pillow. No part of this video, in whole or in part, may be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, adapted, or otherwise used without prior written authorization from Jacob’s Pillow.