Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca to Return to The Joyce Theater With NI BIEN NI MAL, TODO LO CONTRARIO

Noche Flamenca, the renowned company founded and led by Artistic Director Martín Santangelo and Soledad Barrio will make a long-awaited return to the stage with ni bien ni mal, todo lo contrario (neither good nor bad, just the opposite), April 5-10 at The Joyce Theater. The production, featuring selections of past productions and new works, is Noche Flamenca's first New York City engagement since they performed at The Joyce in November/December 2019. (The homecoming of Noche's critically lauded, internationally toured Antígona, scheduled for March 19 - April 5, 2020, at La MaMa, was canceled due to the pandemic).

In ni bien ni mal, todo lo contrario, Barrio, recipient of the prestigious 2022 Vilcek Prize in Dance, and Noche Flamenca have devised a program that celebrates life and being together again while also reflecting the profound isolation of their two-year forced hiatus and its effect on their lives and relationships.

In the performances, Barrio will be joined by some of Spain's leading flamenco artists including the exceptional dancer from Jerez, Antonio Granjero; singers Manuel Gago and Carmina Cortes; musicians David Chupete, Salva de María, and Juan Jose Alba, and the powerful young dancers Marina Elana and Pablo Fraile.

The Noche Flamenca team also includes S. Benjamin Farrar (Resident Designer and Production Manager), Mitchell Dufanal (Company Manager), Sharon Levy (Executive Producer), and Dion Thompson (Stage Manager).

Performance Schedule and Tickets

Performances of ni bien ni mal, todo lo contrario take place:

Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30pm

Wednesday, April 6, at 7:30pm

Thursday, April 7, at 8pm

Friday, April 8, at 8pm

Saturday, April 9, at 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, April 10 , at 2pm

Tickets, $10 to $71, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling Joyce Charge at 212.242.0800. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue (at West 19th Street) in Manhattan.

About the Artists

Soledad Barrio (Choreographer & Principal Dancer). Born in Madrid, Soledad Barrio has appeared as a soloist with Manuela Vargas, Blanca del Rey, Luisillo, El Güito, Manolete, Cristóbal Reyes, and El Toleo, and with Ballet Español de Paco Romero, Festival Flamenco, and many other companies. She has performed throughout Europe, Japan, and North and South America with such artists as Alejandro Granados, El Torombo, Isabel Bayón, Jesús Torres, Miguel Pérez, Belén Fernández, Manolo Marín, Javier Barón, and Merche Esmeralda. Barrio co-founded Noche Flamenca with her husband, Martín Santangelo, and has performed worldwide since the mid-1990s as the company's principal dancer, including in the title role of the critically acclaimed Antigona. Barrio is a resident teaching artist at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Drama. She has won awards in over 15 countries for her excellence in dance, including a Bessie Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement, a 2015 Dance Magazine Exceptional Artist Award, and the 2022 Vilcek Prize in Dance.

Martín Santangelo (Artistic Director & Choreographer). A native New Yorker, Santangelo spent 18 years in Spain studying with flamenco greats Ciro, Paco Romero, El Güito, and Manolete, and performing throughout Europe, Japan, the Americas, and Australia. In the 1990s he appeared in Julie Taymor's Juan Darien at Lincoln Center, choreographed Romeo and Juliet at the Denver Theater Center, and, with Soledad Barrio, founded Noche Flamenca. Under Santangelo's direction, the company has performed annually in multiple venues in New York City and toured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, and Australia. His critically acclaimed 2014 production of Antígona, with Barrio in the title role, toured globally for five years and was nominated for Bessie and Drama Desk awards. He is currently working on an evening-length show based on the works of the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Santangelo has worked with Lee Breuer, Luis Valdez, and Jerzy Grotowski. His most fulfilling collaboration has been with his Soledad Barrio and his two daughters, Gabriela and Stella.

About Noche Flamenca

Under the direction of Martín Santangelo, the award-winning Noche Flamenca is one of the world's most successful touring companies. Formed in 1993 by Santangelo and his award-winning wife, Soledad Barrio, the company performs regularly in New York City and tours worldwide, including Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Egypt, and throughout Europe, North America, Australia, and Canada.

Hailed by critics everywhere for its transcendent and deeply emotional performances, Noche Flamenca is recognized as the most authentic flamenco touring company in the field today, expressing the rigorous, spell-binding aesthetic of flamenco that exceeds the highest artistic expectations. Santangelo has successfully brought to the stage the essence, purity, and integrity of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms. All aspects of flamenco-dance, song, and music-are interrelated and given equal weight creating a true communal spirit within the company: the very heart and soul of flamenco.

In support of its mission to educate and enlighten audiences about flamenco, in addition to its performance repertory, the company offers residency programs for people of all ages.

Noche Flamenca's achievements have been recognized with awards from the National Dance Project, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the MAP Fund, and the Lucille Lortel Award for Special Theatrical Experience, among others.