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The Bienal de Flamenco takes over Seville, lighting up its streets with this art and passion. For almost 40 years, every September of even-numbered years, Seville dives deep into flamenco. From September 6th to 30th, there's a program featuring the most renowned artists singing, dancing, and playing, all here to delight you with their art. It's a city that fully embraces a deeply rooted feeling. Singers, dancers, and guitarists take to the stage for Sevillians, fans, and purists of this art. Seville is filled with the soulful cries and the strumming sound of the Spanish guitar, the rhythmic clapping of hands, and the tapping of heels with the zapateado. From the Lope de Vega Theater to the Real Maestranza Bullring, these artists command every stage.
Even though flamenco comes from southern Andalusia, it's been embraced as a heritage linked to Spanish culture. It's a musical genre with a rich aesthetic that gives it a unique personality, setting it apart from other music around the world. It's a blend of the cante (singing), the dance, and the musical accompaniment with guitar, footwork (zapateados), and handclaps (palmas). These are known as cante, baile, and toque. The costumes are super distinctive too, like the flamenco dress for women or the flamenco suit for men. And the heels? They're an artistic expression, part of the music, making it all one amazing whole.
At the biennale, you'll find the best flamenco music, with top flamenco singers performing their shows – some really innovative, others more traditional, keeping the cante jondo alive. For over twenty days, you can soak up this art as it takes over more than twelve spots across the city. Flamenco is an art you learn. It's passed down from generation to generation. Gypsies teach it to their kids at flamenco parties, at every family get-together. Because it speaks of feelings.
The best flamenco comes from Salvador Távora, founder of La Cuadra de Sevilla, who's here with his show 'Quejío,' a powerful cry against social injustice. Távora is well-known for bringing groundbreaking ideas to his performances. This time, it's all about his aesthetic vision and his political and social commitment. The 84-year-old Sevillian playwright reflects the oppression of the Andalusian working class through a production that focuses on singing and strong visuals, without any dramatic text.
Tía Juana la del Pipa, Remedios Amaya, and Juana Amaya will embody the amazing contribution of Romani women to cante jondo. Factoría Cultural will bring Polígono Sur to the biennale, and Antonio Amaya will be there alongside the dancer Farruquito.
If you want to experience it firsthand and learn or improve your dancing or guitar skills, Taller Flamenco offers workshops. Coming soon!
Single Room
1 week – 6 nights: 170€
2 weeks – 13 nights: 280€
3 weeks – 20 nights: 380€
4 weeks – 27 nights: 480€
Extra Week: 120 €
Extra Night: 25 €
Double Room
1 week – 6 nights: 250€
2 weeks – 13 nights: 380€
3 weeks – 20 nights: 530€
4 weeks – 27 nights: 680€
Extra Week: 170€
Extra Night: 35€
Carmen de Conde is a flamenco singer born in Catalonia and now living in Seville, coming from a family of musicians. Her artistic journey includes studying Fine Arts, attending the Taller de Músics in Barcelona, and even getting a scholarship at the Cristina Heeren Foundation. She's super busy professionally, singing in Seville's flamenco tablaos, performing with the Flamenco Orchestra of Seville, and taking part in shows all across Europe. Carmen also loves to teach! She balances her performing career by giving singing and rhythm courses for the Seville City Council, plus classes for dance and guitar. Here at Taller Flamenco, she teaches singing and rhythm, both in-person and online, sharing the real heart and soul of authentic flamenco with all her students.
