Ciutat Flamenco 2026: Ana Morales, Jordi Latorre and a week of living flamenco
Our second year accredited at Ciutat Flamenco: six write-ups, and two shows that really got to us, Ana Morales and Jordi Latorre.
Once again, Ciutat Flamenco, Taller de Músics’ contemporary flamenco festival, opened its doors to us. We were accredited and managed to see most of the shows in this year’s programme, from Nau Bostik to SAT! in Sant Andreu, by way of the Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris and the Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius.
As last year, we’re not after the usual flamenco shot with loud colours and stratospheric sharpness. We’d rather dance with the 70–200 mm to the rhythm of the music and try to capture movement. We wrote a short piece on the blog for every show, but two of them really got to us.
Ana Morales — «Más que baile»
Bailaora and choreographer, winner of Spain’s National Dance Award in 2022, Ana Morales presented Más que baile at SAT! on 22 October. We loved it.
There’s always the debate between purists and contemporaries, but here she strikes a balance where both camps can feel at home. It isn’t a show held back by contemporary movement, nor does it make concessions to the purists. This woman simply takes charge and does what comes from within, as it flows. Almost no set, a drum kit she answers with zapateado and palmas, a cherry-red guitar strummed with real art, and the powerful, classic voice of Jesús Corbacho.
If you get the chance, go and see it.
Ana Morales (original idea, choreography and baile) · Jesús Corbacho (cante) · Fran Vinuesa (guitar) · Daniel Suárez (drums)
👉 Read the full write-up on the blog (Catalan)
Jordi Latorre — «Después del diluvio electrónico»
Jordi Latorre and his crew, with Carmela Muñoz dancing and Zúbel Arana on performance, presented Después del diluvio electrónico on 23 October. A risky piece that surely delighted and put off audiences in equal measure. We’re firmly in the first group.
They push flamenco to an edge where it almost, but only almost, turns into something else. Live projections made with phones and other gadgets, solid colours leading each section, powerful, sharp soundscapes, flamenco dancing that seemed to be training an AI, and a corridor made only of bedsheets where at times it was impossible to tell how many people were dancing. And in the middle of it all, Latorre singing a kind of saeta from deep within.
Work like this opens minds, sparks debate and keeps evolving a genre too often labelled as closed. A gem for the heart. It even made us dance, camera in hand.
👉 Read the full write-up on the blog (Catalan)
The rest of the festival
- Esperanza Garrido — Firmamento (18/10, Nau Bostik). An intimate, intense recital, with Juan Anguita on guitar and a solid, nuanced cante. Write-up
- Districte Flamenco (18/10, Sala KM14 at Nau Bostik). Emerging work by Daniela Martín Heras, Adrián Gómez and Marina Walpercin. Write-up
- Ciutat Batalla (23/10, outside the Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris). The dance and flamenco contest takes to the street. Winner: Álex Vizuete with Las cosas del querer. Write-up
- Yoel Vargas — Óbito (24/10, Centre Artesà Tradicionàrius). Dance and music about death, with Juan Manuel de las Heras on piano and percussion. Write-up
Many thanks to Taller de Músics and the Ciutat Flamenco team for welcoming us once again. The festival’s full story is on the Ciutat Flamenco page.
