Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana has commissioned flamenco dancer-choreographer Patricia Guerrero to create QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), a new work set to an original score of live music by Francis Gómez. Guerrero will develop a full-length production for Flamenco Vivo’s Company exploring the fifth element of the earth: ether, that which we do not see yet is ever-present. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form (The New Yorker), Guerrero draws on her deep knowledge of flamenco but ventures beyond its aesthetic bounds. In this work, she embraces chaos and fragmentation through choreography to deconstruct flamenco’s expressive movement language. In doing so, she extracts the essence of flamenco itself and makes it tangible to audiences. QUINTO ELEMENTO will be developed during residencies in Seville, Spain, Durham, NC, and Saratoga, NY in Feb-Mar ‘25, presented to U.S. audiences in a 12-city tour (Mar-May ‘25), and will be available for continued touring in Spring 2026. 

Caretakers of the Land/Land Acknowledgement: Munsee Lenape

Estimated Artist Fee: Single performance with engagement activity - $19,000; Weekly residency - $41,000