Barcelona Flamenco Ballet (BFB) address the ever-present myth of Carmen in their new project. This new recreation of Bizet’s work brings new elements from flamenco that were previously unknown. It goes beyond the traditional conception in which it has historically been categorised and adapts it to the reality of today’s contemporary society. The values for which Carmen is today a woman of our time and the adaptation of flamenco music and ballet with the distinctive stamp that characterises David Gutierrez, places the work in a new paradigm of the universal myth and flamenco of the 21st century.
Despite the time has passed, Carmen maintains her message of freedom and courage in the face of an unequal world where women still fight for their rights. Carmen is the prototype of a woman who faces a hostile and violent male world from which she does not survive, but leaves her example for posterity.
Carmen is pain, passion and a cry for freedom, feelings that flamenco art masterfully represents in its wildest and most primitive aspect. BFB tells the story written by Prosper Mérimée delving into the love affair between Carmen the gypsy and Escamillo the bullfighter. Here, too, the flamenco language is the best vehicle of artistic expression to exhibit emotions and is the perfect driving force to convey the passion of the protagonists.
The show mixes the most current flamenco singing with the original music. The symphony orchestra, the operatic singing and Bizet’s music mix their more traditional sonorities with innovative touches of jazz and flamenco singing. The choreographies fuse the universes of flamenco ballet with impressive footwork and fresh influences of modern and contemporary dance.
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet experiments in different stage formats with the aim of providing a quality show that can reach all types of audiences. It thus proposes collaboration with major symphony orchestras, choirs and soloists from all over the world and a more intimate format composed solely of the BFB cast.
The characters of Mérimée, Bizet’s music and BFB’s flamenco merge into a show open to the public today. Lovers of the opera, flamenco, dance, music, theatre and the performing arts in general will discover a new aesthetic bench mark in this Carmen, where the mix of cultures and sensibilities will open the doors to the art of the 21st century.
With Carmen, the Barcelona Flamenco Ballet, wants to pay tribute to Prosper Mérimée and his relationship with Spain and, particularly with Barcelona. He knew the city, spoke Catalan and even the Caló language of the Gypsies. For his ties to Barcelona, for his love of diversity and the mix of cultures, BFB feels indebted to the brilliant author Prosper Mérimée.
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet (BFB) address the ever-present myth of Carmen in their new project. This new recreation of Bizet’s work brings new elements from flamenco that were previously unknown. It goes beyond the traditional conception in which it has historically been categorised and adapts it to the reality of today’s contemporary society. The values for which Carmen is today a woman of our time and the adaptation of flamenco music and ballet with the distinctive stamp that characterises David Gutierrez, places the work in a new paradigm of the universal myth and flamenco of the 21st century.
Despite the time has passed, Carmen maintains her message of freedom and courage in the face of an unequal world where women still fight for their rights. Carmen is the prototype of a woman who faces a hostile and violent male world from which she does not survive, but leaves her example for posterity.
Carmen is pain, passion and a cry for freedom, feelings that flamenco art masterfully represents in its wildest and most primitive aspect. BFB tells the story written by Prosper Mérimée delving into the love affair between Carmen the gypsy and Escamillo the bullfighter. Here, too, the flamenco language is the best vehicle of artistic expression to exhibit emotions and is the perfect driving force to convey the passion of the protagonists.
The show mixes the most current flamenco singing with the original music. The symphony orchestra, the operatic singing and Bizet’s music mix their more traditional sonorities with innovative touches of jazz and flamenco singing. The choreographies fuse the universes of flamenco ballet with impressive footwork and fresh influences of modern and contemporary dance.
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet experimenta en diferentes formatos escénicos con el objetivo de brindar un espectáculo de calidad que pueda llegar a todo tipo de audiencias. Propone así la colaboración junto a grandes orquestas sinfónicas, coros y solistas de todo el mundo, así como un formato más íntimo compuesto únicamente por el elenco del BFB.
Los personajes de Mérimée, la música de Bizet y el flamenco de BFB se funden en un espectáculo abierto al público de hoy. Tanto los amantes de la ópera como del flamenco, de la danza, de la música, del teatro y de las artes escénicas en general, van a descubrir en esta Carmen un nuevo referente estético en donde la mezcla de culturas y sensibilidades le abrirá las puertas al arte del siglo XXI.
Con Carmen, Barcelona Flamenco Ballet quiere rendir homenaje a Prosper Mérimée y su relación con España y, particularmente con Barcelona. Conoció la Ciudad Condal, habló catalán e incluso la lengua caló de los gitanos. Por sus lazos con Barcelona, por su amor a la diversidad y a la mezcla de las culturas, BFB se siente en deuda con el brillante autor Prosper Mérimée.
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet (BFB) address the ever-present myth of Carmen in their new project. This new recreation of Bizet’s work brings new elements from flamenco that were previously unknown. It goes beyond the traditional conception in which it has historically been categorised and adapts it to the reality of today’s contemporary society. The values for which Carmen is today a woman of our time and the adaptation of flamenco music and ballet with the distinctive stamp that characterises David Gutierrez, places the work in a new paradigm of the universal myth and flamenco of the 21st century.
Despite the time has passed, Carmen maintains her message of freedom and courage in the face of an unequal world where women still fight for their rights. Carmen is the prototype of a woman who faces a hostile and violent male world from which she does not survive, but leaves her example for posterity.
Carmen is pain, passion and a cry for freedom, feelings that flamenco art masterfully represents in its wildest and most primitive aspect. BFB tells the story written by Prosper Mérimée delving into the love affair between Carmen the gypsy and Escamillo the bullfighter. Here, too, the flamenco language is the best vehicle of artistic expression to exhibit emotions and is the perfect driving force to convey the passion of the protagonists.
The show mixes the most current flamenco singing with the original music. The symphony orchestra, the operatic singing and Bizet’s music mix their more traditional sonorities with innovative touches of jazz and flamenco singing. The choreographies fuse the universes of flamenco ballet with impressive footwork and fresh influences of modern and contemporary dance.
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet experiments in different stage formats with the aim of providing a quality show that can reach all types of audiences. It thus proposes collaboration with major symphony orchestras, choirs and soloists from all over the world and a more intimate format composed solely of the BFB cast.
The characters of Mérimée, Bizet’s music and BFB’s flamenco merge into a show open to the public today. Lovers of the opera, flamenco, dance, music, theatre and the performing arts in general will discover a new aesthetic bench mark in this Carmen, where the mix of cultures and sensibilities will open the doors to the art of the 21st century.
With Carmen, the Barcelona Flamenco Ballet, wants to pay tribute to Prosper Mérimée and his relationship with Spain and, particularly with Barcelona. He knew the city, spoke Catalan and even the Caló language of the Gypsies. For his ties to Barcelona, for his love of diversity and the mix of cultures, BFB feels indebted to the brilliant author Prosper Mérimée.
Welcome to Barcelona Flamenco Ballet's new masterpiece where complexity, emotions and unexpected sensations meet. Intrigue, power, loyalty, pleasure and tragedy.
Ready to experience them? Silence. Welcome to LUXURIA.
"Luxuria" directed by the dancer and choreographer David Gutiérrez, presents his third work as a creator, after his previous successes "Flamenco Reborn" and "Storm of Love". With this new release, the choreographer bets for the own seal that characterizes him, in which risk proposals and innovation predominate, combining traditional and contemporary flamenco dance. If one thing is certain, it is that he will captivate the audience and leave them astonished and moved throughout the show.
Throughout his career, BFB is committed to spreading social messages. Luxuria aims to highlight the figure and position of women in dance today. The plot traps by its theme, highlighting the sensuality and scandal as a thread towards a critical view of the present. A story where you will probably feel identified by having been in the skin of one of its interpreters.
The protagonist, a male figure, confronts himself in a series of personal conflicts. personal conflicts. He attracts attention and is aware of the interest he arouses in many women. They desire him for what he has, not for what he is. However, he begins to live in a constant contradiction when he meets the love of his life. They connect just by looking at each other and he understands that loving her will not be easy because she is a woman of character, rebellious, strong and independent. She seems to fly when she dances. To share or to lose? Love or momentary pleasure? The protagonist's need to live in lust prevents his true feelings from coming to light. Only her hand can save him. Once again, doubts, pride and ambition ambition, and as a result, loneliness.
Welcome to Barcelona Flamenco Ballet's new masterpiece where complexity, emotions and unexpected sensations meet. Intrigue, power, loyalty, pleasure and tragedy.
Ready to experience them? Silence. Welcome to LUXURIA.
"Luxuria" directed by the dancer and choreographer David Gutiérrez, presents his third work as a creator, after his previous successes "Flamenco Reborn" and "Storm of Love". With this new release, the choreographer bets for the own seal that characterizes him, in which risk proposals and innovation predominate, combining traditional and contemporary flamenco dance. If one thing is certain, it is that he will captivate the audience and leave them astonished and moved throughout the show.
Throughout his career, BFB is committed to spreading social messages. Luxuria aims to highlight the figure and position of women in dance today. The plot traps by its theme, highlighting the sensuality and scandal as a thread towards a critical view of the present. A story where you will probably feel identified by having been in the skin of one of its interpreters.
The protagonist, a male figure, confronts himself in a series of personal conflicts. personal conflicts. He attracts attention and is aware of the interest he arouses in many women. They desire him for what he has, not for what he is. However, he begins to live in a constant contradiction when he meets the love of his life. They connect just by looking at each other and he understands that loving her will not be easy because she is a woman of character, rebellious, strong and independent. She seems to fly when she dances. To share or to lose? Love or momentary pleasure? The protagonist's need to live in lust prevents his true feelings from coming to light. Only her hand can save him. Once again, doubts, pride and ambition ambition, and as a result, loneliness.
Welcome to Barcelona Flamenco Ballet's new masterpiece where complexity, emotions and unexpected sensations meet. Intrigue, power, loyalty, pleasure and tragedy.
Ready to experience them? Silence. Welcome to LUXURIA.
"Luxuria" directed by the dancer and choreographer David Gutiérrez, presents his third work as a creator, after his previous successes "Flamenco Reborn" and "Storm of Love". With this new release, the choreographer bets for the own seal that characterizes him, in which risk proposals and innovation predominate, combining traditional and contemporary flamenco dance. If one thing is certain, it is that he will captivate the audience and leave them astonished and moved throughout the show.
Throughout his career, BFB is committed to spreading social messages. Luxuria aims to highlight the figure and position of women in dance today. The plot traps by its theme, highlighting the sensuality and scandal as a thread towards a critical view of the present. A story where you will probably feel identified by having been in the skin of one of its interpreters.
The protagonist, a male figure, confronts himself in a series of personal conflicts. personal conflicts. He attracts attention and is aware of the interest he arouses in many women. They desire him for what he has, not for what he is. However, he begins to live in a constant contradiction when he meets the love of his life. They connect just by looking at each other and he understands that loving her will not be easy because she is a woman of character, rebellious, strong and independent. She seems to fly when she dances. To share or to lose? Love or momentary pleasure? The protagonist's need to live in lust prevents his true feelings from coming to light. Only her hand can save him. Once again, doubts, pride and ambition ambition, and as a result, loneliness.
La lujuria es, por supuesto, un tema extraordinariamente fascinante y el Ballet Flamenco parece ser el medio más idóneo para retratarla, con su pasión, desesperación y tragedia inherentes. En este sendero, no podemos olvidar como seres humanos en sociedad, que relacionamos la idea de la lujuria con el concepto de un tipo de deseo sexual que es tan intenso que casi se desborda de la emoción. Precisamente, todos estos sentimientos se transmiten de manera profunda en los estados apasionados a través de los cuales los bailarines y músicos interpretan su arte en este ballet flamenco 'Luxurîa' (viene de la raíz latina). Es más, a lo largo del espectáculo sentimos como público que tal vez nos estamos entrometiendo en algunas de las sensaciones y estados mentales personales de los intérpretes, debido a la forma profundamente íntima en la que se transmite el estado de "lujuria". Tenemos acceso a la increíblemente amplia gama de afectos que la lujuria puede influenciar en una persona, incluida la soledad, la depresión e incluso la locura, en una lista que sería casi interminable.
La razón por la que 'Luxurîa' destaca en su formato de ballet flamenco es su estilo pionero: abiertamente moderno y evidentemente tradicional. Esta producción tiene la profundidad suficiente como para permitir que aflore todo un abanico diverso de emociones reaccionarias entre los asistentes. Además, la fascinante síntesis de los estilos musicales en este espectáculo de ballet flamenco, que oscila entre la música clásica, el jazz y el flamenco convencional, crean en el escenario un ambiente intrínsecamente bello, lírico y, a la par, trágico y lleno de conflictos. En general, este ballet flamenco debe ser muy tenido en cuenta por la intensidad de sus emociones, su estilo verdaderamente único, así como por el tratamiento de temas profundamente íntimos y universales a la vez. ¡Te animamos a descubrir 'Luxurîa'!
Lust is a fascinating subject and flamenco dance is the most suitable movement to portray it. Elegance and passion. Despair and tragedy. Intense sexual desire sometimes overrides feelings. In Luxuria emotion has an intimate way of transmitting itself, and gives access to loneliness, depression and madness.
LUXURIA stands out for its pioneering style of flamenco ballet, likewise, it mixes different musical styles, such as classical music, jazz and conventional flamenco; creating a unique staging with a beautiful, lyrical atmosphere and at the same time, tragic and full of conflicts. In short, a unique and unusual flamenco ballet show for the variety and intensity of the emotions it awakens, and for the way it addresses intimate and at the same time universal themes.
Your skin will stand on end. Come, relax and connect with the story.
Dare to discover LUXURIA!
Lust is a fascinating subject and flamenco dance is the most suitable movement to portray it. Elegance and passion. Despair and tragedy. Intense sexual desire sometimes overrides feelings. In Luxuria emotion has an intimate way of transmitting itself, and gives access to loneliness, depression and madness.
LUXURIA stands out for its pioneering style of flamenco ballet, likewise, it mixes different musical styles, such as classical music, jazz and conventional flamenco; creating a unique staging with a beautiful, lyrical atmosphere and at the same time, tragic and full of conflicts. In short, a unique and unusual flamenco ballet show for the variety and intensity of the emotions it awakens, and for the way it addresses intimate and at the same time universal themes.
Your skin will stand on end. Come, relax and connect with the story.

Dare to discover LUXURIA!
Lust is a fascinating subject and flamenco dance is the most suitable movement to portray it. Elegance and passion. Despair and tragedy. Intense sexual desire sometimes overrides feelings. In Luxuria emotion has an intimate way of transmitting itself, and gives access to loneliness, depression and madness.
LUXURIA stands out for its pioneering style of flamenco ballet, likewise, it mixes different musical styles, such as classical music, jazz and conventional flamenco; creating a unique staging with a beautiful, lyrical atmosphere and at the same time, tragic and full of conflicts. In short, a unique and unusual flamenco ballet show for the variety and intensity of the emotions it awakens, and for the way it addresses intimate and at the same time universal themes.
Your skin will stand on end. Come, relax and connect with the story.
Dare to discover LUXURIA!

Other shows on tour
Other shows on tour
Other shows on tour
Flamenco Reborn
TIEMPO NUEVO
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet fuses three dance styles with which we are all familiar – jazz, contemporary and, of course, flamenco – although the integration of the three results in a totally innovative onstage presence. Creating a tension so electric, the metallic tapping sounds of the dancers’ footwork endure in one’s ears, leaving us questioning: what does it mean to be ‘reborn’ in this production?
One interpretation of ‘reborn’ in Barcelona Flamenco Ballet is that of reconstruction. The dancers are constantly reconstructing the ambiances they produce onstage. They build up a movement, or a rhythm, with repetitive, vigorous motions – and then break it, instantly stopping, rupturing the established order, then beginning again, with a new movement, a new rhythm. In this way the rhythm itself is ‘reborn’ – constantly renewing the dynamics of the performance, keeping it fresh and alive. These transitions from the exuberant outpourings of passion to quiet moments of intimacy mean that the production is constantly in fluctuation, in a process of reinvention.
Flamenco Reborn
TIEMPO NUEVO
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet fuses three dance styles with which we are all familiar – jazz, contemporary and, of course, flamenco – although the integration of the three results in a totally innovative onstage presence. Creating a tension so electric, the metallic tapping sounds of the dancers’ footwork endure in one’s ears, leaving us questioning: what does it mean to be ‘reborn’ in this production?
One interpretation of ‘reborn’ in Barcelona Flamenco Ballet is that of reconstruction. The dancers are constantly reconstructing the ambiances they produce onstage. They build up a movement, or a rhythm, with repetitive, vigorous motions – and then break it, instantly stopping, rupturing the established order, then beginning again, with a new movement, a new rhythm. In this way the rhythm itself is ‘reborn’ – constantly renewing the dynamics of the performance, keeping it fresh and alive. These transitions from the exuberant outpourings of passion to quiet moments of intimacy mean that the production is constantly in fluctuation, in a process of reinvention.
Flamenco Reborn
TIEMPO NUEVO
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet fuses three dance styles with which we are all familiar – jazz, contemporary and, of course, flamenco – although the integration of the three results in a totally innovative onstage presence. Creating a tension so electric, the metallic tapping sounds of the dancers’ footwork endure in one’s ears, leaving us questioning: what does it mean to be ‘reborn’ in this production?
One interpretation of ‘reborn’ in Barcelona Flamenco Ballet is that of reconstruction. The dancers are constantly reconstructing the ambiances they produce onstage. They build up a movement, or a rhythm, with repetitive, vigorous motions – and then break it, instantly stopping, rupturing the established order, then beginning again, with a new movement, a new rhythm. In this way the rhythm itself is ‘reborn’ – constantly renewing the dynamics of the performance, keeping it fresh and alive. These transitions from the exuberant outpourings of passion to quiet moments of intimacy mean that the production is constantly in fluctuation, in a process of reinvention.
Storm
of love
We all hear opinions about love, they say that when you are young you confuse passion with love.
¿Does true love have an age?
This play is the love story of two young dancers madly in love, where the capricious destiny unites them in adolescence and that causes big problems in their relationship such as arguments, estrangement, cruelty, jealousy, toxicity, but at the same time a lot of passion, closeness, desire, a lot of love and a lot of personality when it comes to love. personality when it comes to love.
¿Are these two young people really in love with each other or is it an infatuation of age?
This is a story where a metaphor of love is expressed, with the strength, lack of control and the damage caused by the storm, it is not a definition of love as we would limit it if it is not finally a reflection of life....
¿Could it be that after the storm comes the calm?
Strom
of Love
We all hear opinions about love, they say that when you are young you confuse passion with love.
¿Does true love have an age?
This play is the love story of two young dancers madly in love, where the capricious destiny unites them in adolescence and that causes big problems in their relationship such as arguments, estrangement, cruelty, jealousy, toxicity, but at the same time a lot of passion, closeness, desire, a lot of love and a lot of personality when it comes to love.
¿Are these two young people really in love or is it just an infatuation of age?
This is a story where a metaphor of love is expressed, with the strength, lack of control and the damage caused by the storm, it is not a definition of love as we would limit it if it is not finally a reflection of life....
¿Could it be that after the storm comes the calm?
Storm Of Love
We all hear opinions about love, they say that when you are young you confuse passion with love.
¿Does true love have an age?
This play is the love story of two young dancers madly in love, where the capricious destiny unites them in adolescence and that causes big problems in their relationship such as arguments, estrangement, cruelty, jealousy, toxicity, but at the same time a lot of passion, closeness, desire, a lot of love and a lot of personality when it comes to love.
¿Are these two young people really in love or is it just an infatuation of age?
This is a story where a metaphor of love is expressed, with the force of passion, the lack of control and the damage caused by the storm, it is not a definition of love as we would limit it if it is not finally a reflection of life....
¿Could it be that after the storm comes the calm?
Tempo Flamenco
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE SEVILLA FLAMENCO ORCHESTRA
The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet and Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla bet on the union of these two prestigious organizations in order to work together towards a new common goal, which offers viewers a new cultural bet unique in the performing arts in the world. Within the framework of innovation and purity, the fusion of neoclassical, flamenco and contemporary dance, fuses together with classical and traditional music that discards the interpreters of the Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla, whose orchestra is the only existing flamenco orchestra on the planet.
Time is the duration of movement, changes and transformations of beings and phenomena. Time is the train of moments, it is the ship that drives the instants and opportunities. The physical magnitude that allows to order the sequence of events, establishing a past, a present and a future, being the dropper of our life.
Learning that time passes for all of us, that it is our worst enemy and at the same time it is our salvation, the show tries to explain how important it is to understand that we are here to live, to understand that in life we must appreciate the present, the now, because time is infinite but we are not.
Tempo Flamenco
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE SEVILLA FLAMENCO ORCHESTRA
The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet and Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla bet on the union of these two prestigious organizations in order to work together towards a new common goal, which offers viewers a new cultural bet unique in the performing arts in the world. Within the framework of innovation and purity, the fusion of neoclassical, flamenco and contemporary dance, fuses together with classical and traditional music that discards the interpreters of the Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla, whose orchestra is the only existing flamenco orchestra on the planet.
Time is the duration of movement, changes and transformations of beings and phenomena. Time is the train of moments, it is the ship that drives the instants and opportunities. The physical magnitude that allows to order the sequence of events, establishing a past, a present and a future, being the dropper of our life.
Learning that time passes for all of us, that it is our worst enemy and at the same time it is our salvation, the show tries to explain how important it is to understand that we are here to live, to understand that in life we must appreciate the present, the now, because time is infinite but we are not.
Tempo Flamenco
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THE SEVILLA FLAMENCO ORCHESTRA
The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet and Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla bet on the union of these two prestigious organizations in order to work together towards a new common goal, which offers viewers a new cultural bet unique in the performing arts in the world. Within the framework of innovation and purity, the fusion of neoclassical, flamenco and contemporary dance, fuses together with classical and traditional music that discards the interpreters of the Orquesta Flamenca de Sevilla, whose orchestra is the only existing flamenco orchestra on the planet.
Time is the duration of movement, changes and transformations of beings and phenomena. Time is the train of moments, it is the ship that drives the instants and opportunities. The physical magnitude that allows to order the sequence of events, establishing a past, a present and a future, being the dropper of our life.
Learning that time passes for all of us, that it is our worst enemy and at the same time it is our salvation, the show tries to explain how important it is to understand that we are here to live, to understand that in life we must appreciate the present, the now, because time is infinite but we are not.
