Compania Paula Comitre

"Is everything we see real? Or is our world only populated by appearances? As the subtitle suggests, this allegorical duet questions "the limit and its maps". The choreographer Paula Comitre, a rising star in flamenco, performs it herself alongside Lorena Nogal, who has worked with the IT Dansa company and Marcos Mauro's La Veronal collective. The contrast between these two personalities - the first luminous, ardent, the second with sharp precision - and the power of their respective movements electrify a stage design under constant tension. Like the sheet that covers the bodies of the two dancers as a preamble, authentic flamenco vibrates here in contemporary garb, supported by the playing of guitarist Juan Campallo, the singing of Tomas de Perrate and the efficient drumming of Rafael Heredia. The age-old codes of the dance, from the crackling of the feet to the subtle inflections of the hands, melt into the passionate flow that carries the artists united by the same generous passion to the final tableau. This vital impulse takes us on a musical and dance journey to the heart of Andalusia and to other inspiring Latin, Greek and Cuban cultures. Going beyond the limits, to better redraw the maps.


Paula Comitre
After studying at the Seville Conservatory, the dancer and choreographer, born in 1994, joined the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia until 2016. She then went on to perform for choreographers Rafaela Carrasco and David Coria, dancing in the pieces Nacida Sombra, El Encuentro and Fandango! In 2020, she was named Revelation of the Jerez and Seville festivals for her first piece, the solo Camara Abierta. In 2021, she created Cuerpo Nombrados at the Madrid Flamenco Festival, and in 2022 Alegorias at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris.

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