LEONOR LEAL

This performance is the result of a dialogue between Leonor Leal and retired flamenco dancers, aiming to bring to light the work and handwritten notes that many women in flamenco used to perfect their craft. Leonor weaves a genealogy between these women’s bodies and her own, and uses this to speak about flamenco as a means of engaging with the world. Like a personal diary, the artist is accompanied on stage by images of some of the dancers she recognises as her teachers.

Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Leonor Leal performed with companies including Antonio “El Pipa”, Andrés Marín and Javier Barón, as well as the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, before embarking on a solo career that has earned her widespread acclaim. She has performed at the Seville and Holland Biennials, as well as at festivals in Jerez, Düsseldorf, Esch-sur-Alzette, Nîmes, Mont-de-Marsan, Toulouse, London and New York.

We saw her perform Loxa at Mercat in February 2022.

Original, research and dance Leonor Leal / Collaboration to the direction María Muñoz (Mal Pelo) / Accompaniment Leo Castro i Carmen Mori / Musical creation Canito (guitar), Antonio Moreno ( percusion), Javier Rivera (cante) / Sound space and sound treatment Fanny Thollot / Comments and support in different documentation phases Pedro G. Romero i Victoria Pérez Royo / Scarves design Raúl Guridi / Light design Carmen Mori / Sound Manu Meñaca / Styling Ana Nieto / Production Leonor Leal and Isabel Jiménez
With the collaboration Mercat de les Flors, Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales and L’Animal a l’Esquena