Flamenco on Fire is a cultural event that serves as a creative engine and showcase for the different aesthetics that coexist in flamenco. A universal and cultured art. With that idea and with the purpose of reviving the name and work of the Navarrese musician Agustín Castellón Campos “Sabicas”, Flamenco On Fire was born in 2014, an event that is now well-established in the summer calendar of the north of the country. Each year, renowned artists and emerging figures perform in Navarre to celebrate the vitality of this genre that is in continual evolution.

Theme of the 11^th edition

After questioning what flamenco is in 2021, highlighting the lyrical poetry in 2022, and the guitar in 2023, this time the dance will take centre stage through the concept of “planta-tacón”, which are executions of heelwork characteristic of flamenco dance. This opens another pathway that leads to the profound essence of flamenco: the dance. Following the lyrics and the guitar, it is the movement and expressiveness that govern: the dance commands.

The concept behind THE Flamenco on Fire poster

The conceptual poster that has been chosen for the 2024 edition aims to recover the historical graphic heritage of flamenco. It is based on an original postcard from the early 20th century. Without altering its content, we have given this postcard a creative design which aims to show movement, expressiveness, and contemporaneity. The dance and the theme of this edition, “planta-tacón,” coexist with psychedelic textures that bring a woman to life through movement. One cycle closes, but another door opens showing us what the future holds through this principle of heritage recovery. Whether this principle is material or immaterial, it will continue being explored in the next three editions of Flamenco on Fire.The original postcard, to which we referred and which has served as the basis for the conceptual poster for 2024, belongs to the prestigious Carlos Martín Ballester Collection, which, in a totally altruistic way, has given this image to Flamenco on Fire so that, under our criteria and responsibility, we can design the poster for this edition. Our most sincere thank you to the director of this Collection: Carlos Martín Ballester.

GREAT CONCERTS

The ‘Great Concerts’ cycle gathers every year the greatest figures of flamenco - both well-established and emerging artists - as well as Flamenco on Fire’s own productions. This year, the concert cycle and the 11th edition will start on August 23rd in the town of Viana, featuring the artist Jesús Méndez, from Jerez, at the Ruins of San Pedro (9 PM), together with the dancer Antonio Molina “El Choro” as a guest artist. On Saturday, August 24th, at the Gaztambide Theater in Tudela, it will be the turn of the dancer José Maya (9 PM). The cycle will also travel to Pamplona/Iruña and stop at the Baluarte Auditorium with four proposals: The Flamenco Ballet of Andalusia on August 29th at 8:30 PM. Israel Fernández performing a singing recital on August 30th at 9:30 PM.

A new production of Flamenco on Fire, the second part of the one offered in 2023, Alzapúa II, on August 31st at 9:30 PM, featuring the guitars of Josemi Carmona, Diego del Morao, Ricardo Moreno, and Dani de Morón, a unique encounter; this year, the encounter will also include guest artists such as the dancer Farruquito, and the singers Lela Soto and Delia Membrive. The cycle will be closed by Manuela Carrasco, the dancer from Triana, with a flourish, on September 1st at 8:30 PM - this performance coinciding in time with her farewell tour -. She will be joined by guest artists as Remedios Amaya and Anabel Valencia, and a special collaboration from Manuela Carrasco hija.