07 Aug SER.RANA by Sonia Franco

FUNDarte and Miami-Dade County Auditorium in collaboration with Aventura Arts and Cultural Center present FL.Flamencos featuring SER.RANA by Sonia Franco produced by Spain Flamenco Arts (formerly Casa Patas) on November 2nd at 8:00 p.m &  November 3rd at 2:00 p.m. at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center as part of FL Flamenco series.

Educational Activities

Flamenco Masterclass with Spanish dancer and choreographer Sonia Franco on November 1st, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Westchester Cultural Arts Center.

About the show

SER.RANA is an omen.It is an experience that transforms movement and releases the desire to dance, like water that cannot be contained, like the flow of the river that you have inside you and does not cease, transforming your body through flamenco while you travel through impossible scenario…like the frogs that get lost outside their pond.

With original music created for this trip, flamenco is at the service of the movement and connects directly with the viewer through a minimalist aesthetic. Only music and dance reveal what lives in the body that, animated by life, resists the sordidity of the world.

Choreography and Dance direction: Sonia Libre

Guitar: Claudio Villanueva

Sing: Juan Debel

Flute: Lara Wong

Percussion: Ivan Mellen

About the artist

Sonia Franco Gutiérrez, dancer, choreographer and actress who has premiered dance shows around the world. He is part of Sara Baras’ CIA, in the show “Sombras” with a world tour: Flamenco Festival New York, Miami, London, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Melbourne, Japan, Hong Kong, Poland, Switzerland, Cervantino Festival of Mexico, Chile , Brazil, Argentina and Washington. In 2017 he worked on the film “The Man Who Wanted to Kill Don Quixote” directed by Terry Gilliam. In 2013 he joined María Pagés’ CIA with the world tour of the show “Yo Carmen” and “7 Golpes y un Camino” touring Montmarsall, Lyon, Moscow, Tokyo, Jerez Festival, Singapore and the Seville Biennial. In 2015 he joined Pedro Córdoba’s CIA to dance at the prestigious Japanese tablao “El Flamenco”. He collaborates with Carlos Chamorro’s CIA Malucos Danza with the show “SED” premiered at the Tel Aviv Flamenco Festival. Creator and performer of the piece “Ser.Rana” in the renowned Choreographic Competition of Spanish Dance and Flamenco in Madrid, receiving the “Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana New York” award that grants the opportunity to choreograph to the prestigious CIA Carlota Santana and enter the New York dance community. He also receives the Daniel Doña Artistic Residency Award and best original music from the Tetuán District Choreographic Contest. Currently he continues to teach workshops such as “The Words of the Body”, “The Pleasure of Acting” with Raúl Beatmac at the National Stage Training Conference in Cuenca and “Flamenco y Creación” in New York. She is also a choreographer for the Musical Impro theater and dance CIA, where she directs the choreography and works as an actress in the plays “Loser” and “Gente Natural” premiered at the Surge contemporary theater festival, she also stars in the play “El Sonido de mi Madness”, premiered in New York and with an upcoming tour in Asia.

What: SER.RANA by Sonia Franco

When: Saturday, November 2nd at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 3rd, at 2:00 p.m.

Where: Aventura Arts & Cultural Center (3385 NE 188th St, Aventura, FL 33180)

Prices: Assigned seating Level 1- $42, Level 2 – $47, Children 14 years and under- $35

Tickets: https://www.aventuracenter.org/

+ Information: (305)- 466-8002; (786)-348-0789 | www.FUNDarte.us

This performance is part of Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series, a program that consists of off-site performances at alternative venues with our community partners, ensuring that the magic of the performing arts continues to captivate audiences while MDCA is temporarily closed for renovations.

FL.Flamencos continues FUNDarte’s series dedicated to the Spanish-born genre, presenting a splendidly diverse range of performances, including the latest in traditional and radically contemporary flamenco forms performed by Spain’s most notable and risk-taking artists.

Financial and administrative support for this event is provided in part by Miami-Dade County Auditorium Away From Home Series; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Knight Foundation; Aventura Arts and Cultural Center; MiamiArtZine; Culture Shock; Cava Tablao and WLRN.