This initiative is part of the regional government's strategy to strengthen support for Spanish dance and promote its rich cultural heritage abroad. The company will offer several performances at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá until Sunday, before moving to Buenos Aires, where it will perform on April 9 at the Teatro San Martín.
Viaje al Amor Brujo is a tribute to the composer Manuel de Falla, aiming to highlight the diversity of Spanish dance through a journey through his most emblematic works. Falla's score and María Lejárraga's libretto merge elements from Spain and Hispanic America, drawing inspiration from Gypsy art.
The artistic proposal features music by Dani de Morón and choreography by Olga Pericet, Rafael Estévez, and Valeriano Paños. The production includes representative pieces such as Siete canciones populares españolas, Homenaje a Debussy, and El amor brujo, under the musical direction of Alondra de la Parra.
The libretto, in addition to Lejárraga, Pericet, Estévez, and Paños, also includes authorship by Antonio Castillo Algarra, former artistic director of the Spanish Ballet. The staging, with lighting by Pedro Yagüe, establishes a dialogue between the classical and flamenco, as well as between the popular and the avant-garde, with the aim of projecting the relevance of Spanish music and the capacity for reinvention of contemporary dance.
In addition to Viaje al Amor Brujo, the Community of Madrid will present the shows Numancia and Boys in the sand at the Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires between April 8 and 10. Numancia, Miguel de Cervantes' 16th-century work, will be rediscovered in Latin America, while Boys in the sand, by Adi Schwarz Dance Project, inspired by Wakefield Poole's 1971 film of the same name, explores intimacy and masculinity.




