Águeda
Saavedra

y compañía IN

Venero

DATE & TIME

Thurs. June 27 at 6:00pm

 

LOCATION

Rodey Theatre, UNM

Ticket Packages

Individual Tickets

$48, $63, $78, $93, $108

Venero

Synopsis

One of flamenco’s meteorically rising young stars, Águeda Saavedra brings the deeply personal Venero to U.S. stages for the first time.

“Venero is both principle and source, it is something that springs from a natural form driven by the need to exist, to survive, to be, to transit, or simply to be in the here and now, returning to what has already happened if necessary, or never looking back. A vision of a slow and thoughtful time that starts from an origin with different beginnings, which make paths that are recognized, resurfacing in a neat and orderly way, being aware at every moment of what is wanted, and others however are born from the impulse or inertia itself, without knowing where it will end and what is its purpose. With music as a source, and the body as the most loyal form of expression, remembering what happened, having a purpose, continuing to start many times leaving the body to express itself freely.”  – Águeda Saavedra

It is necessary to see her. I do not think that words are not enough to describe in its totality the addictive art of her dance. And as always, when I talk about dance, the first premise is beauty. With Águeda Saavedra it is guaranteed. – Teresa Fernández Herrera, Suma Flamenca.

Venero

Cast & Credits

Águeda Saavedra
Dance
Jesús Corbacho
Cante
Pepe de Pura
Cante
Juan Campallo
Guitar
José Manuel “El Oruco”
Palmas
Paco Vega
Percussion
 
 

Learn More About

ÁGUEDA SAAVEDRA

Águeda Saavedra begins her journey  at just 3 years old, but it is at 8 when she enters the “Conservatorio Profesional de Málaga” to pursue her studies in Spanish Dance and Flamenco, moving to Madrid at just 15 to finish them at the “Conservatorio Profesional Carmen Amaya” with the qualification of SOBRESALIENTE (outstanding).

It is then, after winning the “1st PRIZE OF TABLAO VILLARROSA,” that she begins to perform at the most prestigious tablaos in the Spanish Capital and throughout the country and takes her dance to numerous festivals.

In parallel, her professional career grows as a member of numerous companies, standing out in Daniel Doña and Manuel Liñán’s show “Rew”. She is also part of Manuel Liñan’s show “Nómada”.

In addition to the Pericet Company, Miguel Ángel Corbacho, and Elena Algado, she also participates in the shows “De Flamenca” and “Entrar al juego” by Marcos Flores, “Impetu’s” by Jesús Carmona, in the production “Duende” for the Lorca cycle in the Jardines del Generalife led by Manuel Liñán and Fuensanta “La Moneta”, and in the show “Simbiosis” by Adrián Santana, as a guest artist, which received great acceptance at the Festival de Jerez in 2019.

Soloist of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía under the direction of Úrsula López, awarded as a breakthrough artist for her performance in the show “Si,quiero” by the company Mercedes de Córdoba premiered at the Festival de Jerez 2022, awarded the Venencia Flamenca 2022, combining everything with her continuous training, her intervention as a soloist in tablaos, festivals, and with her work as a teacher worldwide, being invited by the University of Albuquerque for the 2018 course, guest teacher at the Superior Conservatory of Dance in Madrid, “María de Ávila”.

She premiered her first solo work at the Festival de Jerez in 2023, “Venero,” which has been in various festivals in the same year, receiving great acceptance from the public and critics.

Study with
Águeda Saavedra

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