• Bienal Flamenco Madrid

JULIO RUIZ - La Familia

Julio Ruiz © Juan Carlos Toledo

Synopsis

LA FAMILIA is an innovative proposal by dancer and choreographer Julio Ruiz. From a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating writing, dance, performance, and flamenco, it explores family dynamics. The central figure of the work is the relationship between the three women of the creator’s family, whose interactions have marked its destiny and path. A space where the boundaries between the human and the animal blur. Through this family tale, he invites us to reflect on inheritance, the power of blood, and the emotional legacies that are transmitted from generation to generation.

The project is presented as a personal and artistic search by Julio Ruiz, in which he proposes a reflection on identity, gender, belonging, and relationship dynamics within the flamenco context, opening new possibilities for the genre through a renovating and transformative approach.

Cast and Crew

Original Concept, Direction, Texts, Choreography and Performer, Julio Ruiz

Co-Direction, Ernesto Artillo

Accompaniment, Macarena Regueiro

Guest Singer, Pepe de Pura

Musical Composition and Guitar, David de Ana

Additional Music, Álex Aller

Guest Music Collaborator, David Caro

Lyrics Adaptation, Cristo Heredia

Choreographic Collaboration, Inka Díaz

Writing Consultancy, Miguel Valentín

Lighting, Susana Romero “Suh-Güein”

Sound, Víctor Tomé

Wardrobe design, Ernesto Artillo

Wardrobe production, Carlota Caro

Photography, Juan Carlos Toledo

Distribution and production coordination, Cal Producciones

Co-produced by:

Centre National de la Danse de Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, Manoir de la Moissie and Centro Coreográfico Canal

Supported by:

IN-PROGRESS Residency programme, Flamenco Fest, Torrox Town Council, Alumbra Rural + Navel Centre for Contemporary Creation, Hinojos Town Council and Bésame Music Producciones

Theater - Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque

Calle del Conde Duque, 11

GETTING THERE

Underground: Ventura Rodríguez, Plaza de España, San Bernardo y Noviciado

Bus: 1, 2, 44, 74, 133 y 749