Rocío Molina fuses traditional flamenco and avant-garde dance improvisation fearlessly and with blazing passion. In Fallen from Heaven, she dances with captivating beauty and disturbing power through the course of a work that celebrates the many aspects of what it means to be a woman.
Rocío Molina fuses traditional flamenco and avant-garde dance improvisation fearlessly and with blazing passion. In Fallen from Heaven, she dances with captivating beauty and disturbing power through the course of a work that celebrates the many aspects of what it means to be a woman.
A feminist scream from the flamenco queen of the 21st century
“At once lyrical, raunchy and impeccably danced, Molina’s fiercely provocative work is unforgettable” ★★★★★ The Guardian
“Molina has genius: irresistible, all-consuming, all-powerful.” ★★★★ Financial Times
Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2018 (UK) Outstanding Female Modern Performance
Max Awards for the Performing Arts 2017 (Spain) Best Female Dancer Best Choreography Best Lighting Design
Building on a strong foundation of virtuosic flamenco technique, Rocío Molina has created a style of modern dance that is entirely her own. She is to flamenco as Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite are to ballet, and she counts Mikhail Baryshnikov among her admirers.
Credited with “reinventing flamenco and dragging it into the 21st century” (The Economist ), she creates her own startlingly original choreography based on public improvisations in which she bares both her soul and at times her body in search of a dancer’s naked truth.
Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) was forged through this painful but revelatory process—beginning with a performance in a prison. In the final work, she fuses her flamenco roots with elements of other dance styles, ranging from freestyle to hip-hop and rave. Molina and her four musicians explore the elusive essence of womanhood, which is by turns provocative, raw, sensual and sardonic.
Frequent costume changes assist her in assuming multiple roles, each in its own way a feminist celebration of freedom of body and spirit. Molina’s performance blurs the distinctions between male and female, human and animal, but always returns to the dazzlingly intricate footwork, expressive swirling and swaying of her body, and subtle movements of her hands and fingers that are the signature of a truly great bailaora.
This is both a virtuoso and a revolutionary performance, pointing towards new directions for flamenco, while reasserting its inalienably Spanish soul.
Approx 1 hr 30 mins with no interval Recommended for ages 12 and above This production contains partial nudity
Co-direction, Choreography, Musical Direction Rocío Molina
Co-direction, Dramaturgy, Stage Design and Lighting Carlos Marquerie
Music Eduardo Trassierra
Musical Composition José Ángel Carmona José Manuel Ramos “Oruco” Pablo Martín Jones
Sound Javier Álvarez
Costumes Cecilia Molano
A production by DANZA MOLINA S.L. / CHAILLOT – THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE LA DANSE (PARIS)
CAST
Dance Rocío Molina
Guitar Eduardo Trassierra
Vocals and Electric Bass Kiko Peña
Hand-clapping and Percussion José Manuel Ramos “Oruco”
Drums, Percussion and Electronics Pablo Martín Jones
PLUS Films: Impulso
Date: 8 Mar 2020(Sun) Time: 1:15pm Venue: K11 Art House, K11 Musea
A feminist scream from the flamenco queen of the 21st century
“At once lyrical, raunchy and impeccably danced, Molina’s fiercely provocative work is unforgettable” ★★★★★ The Guardian
“Molina has genius: irresistible, all-consuming, all-powerful.” ★★★★ Financial Times
Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2018 (UK) Outstanding Female Modern Performance
Max Awards for the Performing Arts 2017 (Spain) Best Female Dancer Best Choreography Best Lighting Design
Building on a strong foundation of virtuosic flamenco technique, Rocío Molina has created a style of modern dance that is entirely her own. She is to flamenco as Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite are to ballet, and she counts Mikhail Baryshnikov among her admirers.
Credited with “reinventing flamenco and dragging it into the 21st century” (The Economist ), she creates her own startlingly original choreography based on public improvisations in which she bares both her soul and at times her body in search of a dancer’s naked truth.
Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) was forged through this painful but revelatory process—beginning with a performance in a prison. In the final work, she fuses her flamenco roots with elements of other dance styles, ranging from freestyle to hip-hop and rave. Molina and her four musicians explore the elusive essence of womanhood, which is by turns provocative, raw, sensual and sardonic.
Frequent costume changes assist her in assuming multiple roles, each in its own way a feminist celebration of freedom of body and spirit. Molina’s performance blurs the distinctions between male and female, human and animal, but always returns to the dazzlingly intricate footwork, expressive swirling and swaying of her body, and subtle movements of her hands and fingers that are the signature of a truly great bailaora.
This is both a virtuoso and a revolutionary performance, pointing towards new directions for flamenco, while reasserting its inalienably Spanish soul.
Approx 1 hr 30 mins with no interval Recommended for ages 12 and above This production contains partial nudity
Cast & Production
Co-direction, Choreography, Musical Direction Rocío Molina
Co-direction, Dramaturgy, Stage Design and Lighting Carlos Marquerie
Music Eduardo Trassierra
Musical Composition José Ángel Carmona José Manuel Ramos “Oruco” Pablo Martín Jones
Sound Javier Álvarez
Costumes Cecilia Molano
A production by DANZA MOLINA S.L. / CHAILLOT – THÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE LA DANSE (PARIS)
CAST
Dance Rocío Molina
Guitar Eduardo Trassierra
Vocals and Electric Bass Kiko Peña
Hand-clapping and Percussion José Manuel Ramos “Oruco”
Drums, Percussion and Electronics Pablo Martín Jones
PLUS
PLUS Films: Impulso
Date: 8 Mar 2020(Sun) Time: 1:15pm Venue: K11 Art House, K11 Musea
