Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca

One the world's premier touring flamenco companies is bringing their newest piece to the Clark Center.

Entitled “Searching for Goya,” the show is an evocative flamenco performance featuring both live music and dance inspired by the powerful imagery of Spanish artist Francisco de Goya. Goya, whose paintings, drawings and engravings reflected societal and political upheavals of the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries, is widely considered the most important Spanish artist of this period and often referred to as last of the Old Masters and first of the moderns. 

Noche Flamenca was formed in 1993 by Artist Director Martin Santangelo and his award-winning wife and principal dancer Soledad Barrio, and has toured the globe, including regular seasons in New York City, and performances in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. Hailed by critics for its transcendent and deeply emotional performances, Noche Flamenca has successfully brought to the stage the essence, purity and integrity of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms through a diverse theatrical body of work that expresses a rigorous, spell-binding aesthetic of the highest artistic level.

In its performances, all aspects of flamenco – dance, song and music – are interrelated and given equal weight, creating a true communal spirit within the company – the very heart and soul of flamenco. The company strives to captivate its audiences and to evoke in them the vivid and expansive sea of passion and emotion that is flamenco.

In Searching for Goya, Noche Flamenca reimagines Goya’s work through riveting choreography, original music, and expressive storytelling. With vibrant costumes, lighting, and masks designed by Mary Frank, the production explores humanity’s beauty, darkness, and contradictions, with each scene delivering a visceral journey of Goya’s vision.  Through flamenco’s emotional depth and raw energy, this performance captures the enduring power of Goya’s art and the universal truths it still reveals.

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