Join us for the 38th Festival Flamenco Alburquerque—an unforgettable celebration of the vibrant culture and soul-stirring art of flamenco.

Produced and presented by the National Institute of Flamenco, Festival Flamenco Alburquerque offers a unique opportunity to witness world-class performances, learn from renowned artists, and connect with a vibrant community of flamenco students, fans, and aficionados.

Get ready to be captivated as we come together to celebrate the rich heritage and timeless allure of flamenco in the Land of Enchantment.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, June 20, 2025

8:30pm: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía

PINEDA

Federico García Lorca wrote Mariana Pineda “at barely twenty years old and with a strong romantic flavor,” as he stated in an interview after its first premiere. However, the origins of the play trace back to the poet’s childhood in Granada and young Federico’s encounter with the bronze statue of the liberal heroine, “proud upon the column, her hair loose, her gaze fixed on the sky, clutching the flag of liberty against her body.” Lorca also recalled himself holding hands with other children, singing the verses of a popular ballad “in a melancholic tone, which seemed tragic to me.” Early in his career as a playwright, the poet felt the poetic imperative to transform that “profound childhood impression” into a theatrical work.

“There are a thousand different Marianas of Pineda. The heroic Mariana, the motherly Mariana, the Mariana in love, the embroidering Mariana, but I wasn’t going to ‘create’ them all.” This is how Federico García Lorca described his protagonist after the 1927 premiere of the play. Among all these possible Marianas, we have chosen to focus on the one Lorca himself evoked: “a woman of deep Spanish roots, who sings of love and freedom in the verses of her life in a way that captures the universal essence of these two great sentiments,” embodying “freedom itself.”

In her debut as Artistic Director of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, Granada-born Patricia Guerrero takes on the challenge of giving body and soul to Pineda. This version explores the full spiritual and expressive power of Lorca’s dramatic poem. Accompanied by an exceptional team, Patricia Guerrero delivers a vibrant and electrifying Pineda, both rooted in Granada and universal, and unequivocally flamenco. A dramatic poem brought to life through dance because, in Federico’s own words, “the stage can only be emotion and poetry: in the word, in the action, and in the gesture.”

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

10:30pm: Tablao Flamenco Edición Especial No 1 with invited artists

The “Tablao Flamenco Ediciones Especiales” at Festival Flamenco 38 offers an intimate and electrifying flamenco experience, featuring some of the world’s most thrilling artists.These performances are scheduled as late-night shows, typically starting at 11:00 PM, with doors opening at 10:00 PM. They take place at Tablao Flamenco Alburquerque, providing an authentic setting that captures the essence of traditional flamenco culture.

Each edition showcases a unique lineup of performers, including dancers, singers, and musicians, delivering passionate and dynamic performances that embody the spirit of flamenco.

These special editions are part of the broader Festival Flamenco 38, which runs from June 20th to 28th, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival is renowned for its comprehensive celebration of flamenco, including performances, workshops, and cultural events.

Location: Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque inside Hotel Albuquerque Rio Grande Blv NW, Albuquerque NM

Saturday, June 21, 2025

6:00pm: Ana Morales

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Más que baile

A collection of unpublished pieces ranging from minimalism and abstraction to corporatism and totality, some broken, others whole, deconstruction and structure, the neutral concept of flamenco in its logic or flamenco as flamenco in its variety, its mix, its mosaic.

At the point of convergence, the stories of my voice, your voice, their voice, voices—recreating a new recital, flamenco.

My body with all its possibilities, the voice with the words that bring stories, the history of flamenco, stories of my flamenco that bring me back to the body, with movement as the main focus, and its relationship with the environment, time, space, and the surrounding light.

Sonorities that transport new ways of hearing—sound reproduction, acoustics, reverberation—how we can use the possibilities, qualities, and millions of ways to listen to ourselves and to flamenco, always as the starting point, thus the freedom of codes as a vehicle for this journey.

Something eternal in movement, you absorb the new, becoming the new, which comes from the original.

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

8:30PM: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía

Tierra Bendita

From Andalusia, the birthplace of Flamenco, Tierra Bendita presents a journey through the picturesque landscapes of this southern Spanish region, showcasing its most iconic songs and dances. This production bridges tradition and modernity, blending 18th-century aesthetics with contemporary art.

Tierra Bendita unveils a flamenco world without restraint, celebrating the new generation of creators while revealing the artist’s raw essence to the audience. Directed by Patricia Guerrero, recipient of Spain’s National Dance Award in 2021, and performed by the Andalusian Flamenco Ballet, the piece is a masterful work rich in detail. It reimagines structures while respecting traditional forms, offering a multidisciplinary experience where every element stands strong on its own yet contributes seamlessly to the whole.

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

10:30pm: Tablao Flamenco Edición Especial No 2 with invited artists

The “Tablao Flamenco Ediciones Especiales” at Festival Flamenco 38 offers an intimate and electrifying flamenco experience, featuring some of the world’s most thrilling artists.These performances are scheduled as late-night shows, typically starting at 11:00 PM, with doors opening at 10:00 PM. They take place at Tablao Flamenco Alburquerque, providing an authentic setting that captures the essence of traditional flamenco culture.

Each edition showcases a unique lineup of performers, including dancers, singers, and musicians, delivering passionate and dynamic performances that embody the spirit of flamenco.

These special editions are part of the broader Festival Flamenco 38, which runs from June 20th to 28th, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival is renowned for its comprehensive celebration of flamenco, including performances, workshops, and cultural events.

Location: Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque inside Hotel Albuquerque Rio Grande Blv NW, Albuquerque NM

Sunday, June 22, 2025

6:00pm: Juan de Juan

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66 palos

“66 Palos” is a captivating and evocative journey through the various palos of flamenco, created and directed by Juan de Juan. This unique show masterfully explores 66 selected palos, offering a musical and visual journey that narrates the emotions and roots of humanity. Each chosen palo invites us to feel and immerse ourselves in a universe of emotions, where singing, playing, and dancing intertwine to convey the essence of flamenco in all its diversity. From the depth of the Seguiriya to the explosion of Alegría, the show delves into the diverse tones and colors that make flamenco a universal and timeless art form.

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

8:30pm: Rafaela Carrasco

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Nocturna

A piano. A voice. Bodies in motion. An insomniac journey from dusk to dawn, evoking the mysteries of feeling, consciousness, and memory.

Through words and bodies, Nocturna presents a dance, musical, and poetic exploration of the major themes and contradictions generated by the night, seen from the clarity and hallucination of those who stay awake, of those who live insomnia: daydreams versus nightmares, the subconscious versus thought, celebration versus calm… All while not forgetting the night as a mystical experience, as a visionary path, and its opposite: the night as a game, as a playful ritual of identity confusion.

The night, the great shadow, has been an immense source of inspiration for great artists across all times and disciplines. Vigilance, staying awake, has acquired profound cultural meanings throughout the centuries, from keeping watch over weapons to romantic restlessness, passing through magical, tragic, or festive vigils; staying up all night means delving into our hidden face.

As a time for sleep, insomnia, or nightmares; as a magical or cursed space; as a period of rest or madness; as a storehouse of fears or fantasies, the human being finds in this dark mirror the reflection of its deepest questions, which we now pose in a flamenco key.

The night changes, transforms, confuses, moves: it is pure movement. Today, we follow its steps. Today, we dance until dawn.

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

Monday, June 23, 2025

6:00PM: José Maya

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Liturgia

Location: Alumni Chapel

8:30pm: Olga Pericet

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La Materia

La Materia is the second chapter in Olga Pericet’s trilogy, following La Leona and culminating with La Invencible. This triptych is inspired by the guitars crafted by the legendary luthier Antonio de Torres (1817-1892), considered the father of the modern Spanish guitar.

In La Leona, Pericet explored the guitar from an external perspective. With La Materia, she delves inward, evoking the essence of wood, its scent, sound, and silence. The performance marks a pivotal moment in her career, blending echoes of her artistic journey with “a new way of seeing,” as she describes it.

A hallmark of Pericet’s work is her collaboration with other creators. For La Materia, she joins forces with dancer and choreographer Daniel Abreu, co-directing, choreographing, and performing a piece that defies categorization. Both are National Dance Award winners (2018 and 2014), accompanied by José Manuel León on guitar, Juanfe Pérez on bass, and Javier Rabadán on percussion.

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

8:30pm: Alfonso Losa

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Alter Ego

Alter Ego explores the body as a vessel marked by an asterisk, symbolizing infinite possibilities and the freedom to rewrite our destinies. Through the exchange of physicality—knees for a torso, feet for a neck that moves like an untamed kite—three bodies merge to form a new, unseen entity, real yet abstract, driven by the genuine need to escape vertigo.

This encounter of emotional mirrors reveals their truest selves—honest, distant, vulnerable, and unguarded—guided by the latent forces within them that protect, accompany, and contradict. Alter Ego is a dance of specters, where two bodies expose their asterisks, dancing on the edge of selfhood, searching for themselves in the unfamiliar, and uncovering the shadow of what they are and are not.

A shared, open challenge, Alter Ego is a dance born of impulses, surprises, questions, treasures, uncertainties, essence, and horizons—a spontaneous journey through movement and discovery.

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

8:30pm: Fuensanta "La Moneta"

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Muy Especial

Premiered in 2012 at the Teatro Isabel la Católica during Granada’s Corpus Christi festivities, the show highlights La Moneta’s exceptional artistry, blending traditional flamenco with contemporary nuances.

With her profound expressiveness, mastery of rhythm (compás), and wide stylistic range, La Moneta delivers a performance that is both authentic and innovative, embodying the timeless spirit of flamenco. Accompanied by renowned artists, including singer Sergio “El Colorao” and guitarist José Fermín Fernández, the show immerses audiences in the emotional depth and raw power of flamenco.

Presented at prestigious venues and festivals, Muy Especial has been widely acclaimed for its authenticity and La Moneta’s unique ability to bridge flamenco’s heritage with modern interpretations. A testament to her connection with the art form, the performance offers an unforgettable experience, celebrating the soul of flamenco through her distinctive lens.

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

10:30pm: Tablao Flamenco Edición Especial No 3 with invited artists

The “Tablao Flamenco Ediciones Especiales” at Festival Flamenco 38 offers an intimate and electrifying flamenco experience, featuring some of the world’s most thrilling artists.These performances are scheduled as late-night shows, typically starting at 11:00 PM, with doors opening at 10:00 PM. They take place at Tablao Flamenco Alburquerque, providing an authentic setting that captures the essence of traditional flamenco culture.

Each edition showcases a unique lineup of performers, including dancers, singers, and musicians, delivering passionate and dynamic performances that embody the spirit of flamenco.

These special editions are part of the broader Festival Flamenco 38, which runs from June 20th to 28th, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival is renowned for its comprehensive celebration of flamenco, including performances, workshops, and cultural events.

Location: Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque inside Hotel Albuquerque Rio Grande Blv NW, Albuquerque NM

Thursday, June 26, 2025

6:00pm: Luisa Palicio

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El Penúltimo Cuplé

Once upon a time, in early 20th-century Spain, a group of women defied societal norms and took the stage adorned with jewels, hats, and feathers to champion cuplé—a genre considered lowbrow yet transformative for the history of art and music.

These women, judged by morality yet desired by men, became iconic figures, brave heroines, and international divas. El Penúltimo Cuplé tells the story of five legendary artists—La Chelito, La Fornarina, La Cachavera, Raquel Meller, and Amalia Molina—gathering for one final night to enchant their audience with hits like La Pulga and Polichinela. Beneath their seemingly lighthearted performances lies sharp social, economic, and political critique. On stage, they laugh, lament, and remind us of their struggles, fines, and trailblazing courage as women ahead of their time.

Cuplé lives on—more vibrant than ever. Welcome to a unique show: El Penúltimo Cuplé. (Daniel Blanco Parra)

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

8:30pm: David Coria

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Los Bailes Robados

Los Bailes Robados is inspired by the enigmatic dancing epidemics that once shook Europe, interpreted here as emblems of emancipation and resistance. In this artistic interpretation, the stage transforms into a sacralized space, invoking a ritual of rebellion to amplify the voices of the marginalized and oppressed. The dancing bodies, with a deep longing for freedom, become the vehicle for their own insurrection.

A choral creation imbued with political critique and social vindication. The dancers move across the stage, transitioning from the hysteria and frenzy of uncontrolled movement to dramatic stillness and harmony, emerging as masses connected to a single soul that gives rise to a new entity of rhythmic movements.

All of this is articulated through our own flamenco choreographic writing, conceived from the freedom of the avant-gardes, delving into the questioning of norms and codes across time and the relationship between the individual and society.

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

Friday, June 27, 2025

6:00pm: Florencia Oz e Isidora O'Ryan
 
En Este Día en Este Mundo

Location: Rodey Theatre, UNM

8:30pm: Fiesta Flamenca

Paula Comitre
Juan de Juan
Alfonso Losa
Ana Morales
Olga Pericet

Fiesta Flamenca is the grand finale and a true highlight of Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, the largest and longest-running flamenco festival outside of Spain.

This star-studded gala evening brings together a dazzling array of flamenco music and dance, showcasing performances by some of the most renowned artists and companies in the world. Each Fiesta Flamenca features a unique cast, delivering an unforgettable celebration of the depth, diversity, and passion that define flamenco artistry.

Hosted at the prestigious National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Fiesta Flamenca is a centerpiece of the broader Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, which also includes world-class performances, workshops, and cultural events. It’s an experience that captures the essence of flamenco and leaves audiences captivated.

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

10:30pm: Tablao Flamenco Edición Especial No 4 with invited artists

The “Tablao Flamenco Ediciones Especiales” at Festival Flamenco 38 offers an intimate and electrifying flamenco experience, featuring some of the world’s most thrilling artists.These performances are scheduled as late-night shows, typically starting at 11:00 PM, with doors opening at 10:00 PM. They take place at Tablao Flamenco Alburquerque, providing an authentic setting that captures the essence of traditional flamenco culture.

Each edition showcases a unique lineup of performers, including dancers, singers, and musicians, delivering passionate and dynamic performances that embody the spirit of flamenco.

These special editions are part of the broader Festival Flamenco 38, which runs from June 20th to 28th, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival is renowned for its comprehensive celebration of flamenco, including performances, workshops, and cultural events.

Location: Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque inside Hotel Albuquerque Rio Grande Blv NW, Albuquerque NM

Saturday, June 28, 2025

8:30pm: Fiesta Flamenca

David Coria
Fuensanta”La Moneta”
José Maya
Luisa Palicio

Fiesta Flamenca is the grand finale and a true highlight of Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, the largest and longest-running flamenco festival outside of Spain.

This star-studded gala evening brings together a dazzling array of flamenco music and dance, showcasing performances by some of the most renowned artists and companies in the world. Each Fiesta Flamenca features a unique cast, delivering an unforgettable celebration of the depth, diversity, and passion that define flamenco artistry.

Hosted at the prestigious National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Fiesta Flamenca is a centerpiece of the broader Festival Flamenco Alburquerque, which also includes world-class performances, workshops, and cultural events. It’s an experience that captures the essence of flamenco and leaves audiences captivated.

Location: Journal Theater, NHCC

Fest Date: June 20 - 28, 2025

Locations:
Rodey Theatre, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Albuquerque Journal Theater, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

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