Antonio Molina “El Choro”
Compañía
IN SITU
FEATURED SPONSORS
New Mexico Gas Company
The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce Convention & Tourism
DATE & TIME
Mon. June 22nd, 8:00pm
LOCATION
Rodey Theatre, UNM
About
IN SITU
Here and now. In this place, at this moment. From my own perspective, my lived experience, my history.
IN SITU is El Choro’s flamenco, one that remembers its origins while remaining fully present in time: a flamenco that understands repose and understands movement, which holds both sobriety and raw nerve. The contemporary and the most pure walk hand in hand. We are contemporary because we have grown in these times; we are part of this history.
To be pure is to be honest with oneself. Purity in flamenco is not a question of era — it is a question of speaking truth through the body. And the body is always contemporary, because the body, above all, understands time. We dance as we have learned, in the history we inhabit.
IN SITU: from where I conceive flamenco, the contemporary and the avant-garde, and the rooted, timeless world.
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Es un virtuoso del ritmo. (He is a virtuoso of rhythm.)
Juan Vergillos
Diario de Sevilla
Cast & Credits
Antonio Molina “El Choro”
Dance
Juan de la María
Cante
Johnny Reyes
Cante
Juan Campallo
Guitar
Francisco Roca
Flute & harmonica
Pablo Leira, SERENDIPIA Global
Representation
Photo: Remedios Málvarez
About
Antonio Molina
“El Choro”
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Antonio Molina Redondo, known professionally as “El Choro,” was born in Huelva (1985) and began dancing in a family lineage of flamenco. He learned foundational compás and baile from his father. He expanded his training with teachers including Manolo Marín and Javier Cruz, later continuing at Sevilla’s Fundación Cristina Heeren de Arte Flamenco. In 1999 he won the II Certamen de Baile Flamenco Joven de Huelva, a turning point that took him to Sevilla and into a professional network of major creators.
Across the 2000s and 2010s he worked with influential companies and artists, including Israel Galván (Galvánicas), Eva Yerbabuena, Javier Barón, and Rafael Campallo, and appeared in leading flamenco contexts such as the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla and the Festival de Jerez. Critics and presenters often emphasize his rhythmic authority—dance that operates as percussion while retaining lyrical control and architectural phrasing.
As a maker, El Choro premiered Aviso: bayles de jitanos, (2016), receiving Revelation/Emerging Artist recognition at the Festival de Jerez. Subsequent stage works include Gelem (2018, directed by Manuel Liñán) and #SiDiosKiere (2022). In 2025 he received the Premio Lorca for Best Male Performer (Danza Española/Flamenco) for Prender, un acto de combustión. Alongside larger productions, he maintains recital formats like IN SITU, foregrounding improvisation, musical listening, and the immediacy of flamenco performance.
Photo: Courtesy Fundación Cajasol