Guest Performance / Dance

Israel Galván & Niño de Elche: “Mellizo Doble”

As part of Tanz im August
34th International Festival Berlin
presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer

A dancer in a dark green dress with raised right hand stands in front of a microphone on stage. Mostly obscured behind it is a guitar player.

Mellizo Doble © Cosimo Trimboli

Spanish dancer Israel Galván and musician Niño de Elche, two of flamenco’s biggest stars, meet again.

De Elche sings, Galván dances: with “Mellizo Doble” (which translates as “Twin Double”) the two virtuosos bring their energetic collaboration to a strippeddown stage. Their complex rhythms shapeshift from dynamic highs into mellow lows, scintillating the senses with new sounds and songs. Galván and de Elche craft a percussive physical concert that reinvents flamenco with passion and heart.

Cast

Israel Galván, Niño de ElcheCreation & performance
Israel GalvánChoreography & dance
Niño de ElcheMusic & vocals
Pedro León, Manu PrietoSound design
Benito Jiménez, Ruben CamachoLighting design
Pedro LeónTechnical direction
Balbi ParraStage management
Rosario GallardoManagement
Rial & EshelmanDistribution

Production: Israel Galván Company, in Collaboration with Teatro Conde Duque Madrid
Supported by: INAEM
With the friendly support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)
Organiser Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Tanz im August is a festival of HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by means of the Capital City Cultural Fund and by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa.
www.tanzimaugust.de