Compagnia Rocio Molina, Caida del Cielo © Simone Fratini

Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) – Cancelled

Compañía Rocío Molina (Spain)

Co-presented with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs & in partnership with Vancouver International Flamenco Festival.

The enfant terrible of Flamenco, Rocío Molina brings her masterwork Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) to Vancouver. Channeling multiple incarnations – fetishistic matador, bloodied avenging angel – Molina crushes expectations, reinventing classical form with anarchic punk energy.

Since bursting onto the international stage, Molina has revolutionized Flamenco and galvanized audiences. A fearless performer, she conjures images that recall both the natural world and the ruffled beauty of the human body. In Fallen from Heaven, Molina’s mastery of contrast is on full display. Accompanied by four male musicians, she moves in thunder and stillness, powered by avant-garde theatricality, peerless technique, and a gonzo sense of humour. Molina summons the deepest stuff of life — blood and earth, ferocity and fragility — demanding audiences bear witness to her acts of radical creation.

DanceHouse is pleased to partner with VIFF to present a screening of Impulso, a documentary featuring Rocío Molina in advance of the performance. This will also include a Speaking of Dance Conversation after the screening.

SFU Woodward's 10th Anniversary    Flamenco Festival

 

 

 

Top image: Compañia Rocío Molina, Caída del Cielo © Simone Fratini

April 1-4, 2020 | 8pm
April 5, 2020 | 2pm

SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

(149 W Hastings)

Runtime

Running time: 90 minutes

Pre Show Chat

Speaking of Dance Post-Show Talk will be hosted on Thursday, April 2, 2020 after the performance.

Host: Rosario Ancer (Vancouver International Flamenco Festival). Guest: Rocío Molina.

Post Show Social
Other Activities

“Flamenco has always proposed a fierce and proud femininity, but as embodied by Molina in Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo), it becomes a feminist scream, an elemental cri de coeur…It stops you dead, as the best art should.”

The Guardian

“Ms. Molina is one of the greatest flamenco dancers I have seen, but to say that is not enough.”

The New York Times

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