María Pagés presents her undertaking to “dignify dance” on the Matadero in Madrid | Culture | EUROtoday

The dancer and choreographer María Pagés introduced this Thursday the Matadero Dance Center (CDM), situated in nave 11—which till the summer season of this 12 months relied on the Spanish Theater—of the Matadero Madrid cultural middle. An area devoted completely to bop in all its kinds: up to date, flamenco, city, Spanish and classical. “The objective is to dignify dance through excellence,” stated Pagés on the presentation of the brand new undertaking, wherein no house was given for questions from the press. “If London has the Sadler’s Wells and Paris has the Chaillot, Madrid today has its CDM and we are convinced that it will be a benchmark among the great European performing spaces,” the choreographer continued. A undertaking that, in accordance with its new director, goals to put Spain “at the center of global contemporaneity.”

Accompanying Pagés shall be his accomplice, the playwright El Arbi El Harti, as deputy director. Although no budgets had been reported within the presentation nor had been particulars of the contract and award given, sources from the City Council guarantee EL PAÍS that the inventive finances for the middle’s first 12 months of operation is 1,900,000 euros, and the wage of Payments of 85,000 euros per 12 months.

After a couple of performs of castanets on the brand new stage – with the stalls full -, the director defined the “seven axes” of the undertaking: nationwide and worldwide reveals, inventive and technical residencies, co-production of reveals, collaboration and inventive exchanges, coaching applications, house for reflection and consciousness, workshops and seminars. “We want to show that dance is much more than temporary presence on stage,” he stated.

In the primary season, of which solely half of the programming has been introduced, there shall be 66 reveals, by 48 nationwide and eight international corporations, of which six shall be absolute premieres and eight co-productions. A programming that, in accordance with Pagés, “places emphasis on Spain, without losing the international perspective and with special care for Spanish creators abroad.”

The season shall be inaugurated by the present Pineda, common romance in three footageby Patricia Guerrero with the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, on February 6, 2025. Daniel Abreu (with 4 totally different productions), IT Danza, David Coria, Lucía Lacarra, Eva Yerbabuena, Farruquito, Mal Pelo, Aracaladanza, Kukai Dantza, Rachid Ouramdane, Ana Morales and Andrés Marín or the Martha Graham Dance Company, which can have fun its centenary.

After Pagés’ phrases and the presentation of the programming, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, took the stage, recognizing “a debt” with dance, which he claims to “pay off” with the creation of the middle. “It is the City Council’s great cultural project,” stated Almeida.

The ship, beforehand devoted to the theater, has been renovated with a finances of greater than two million euros. The new middle now covers an space of ​​3,000 sq. meters, of which 1,200 correspond to the exhibition corridor, which has a most capability of 449 seats with the standard distribution, and with the potential of increasing it to 634 seats. In the remainder of the house there are dressing rooms, showers, bogs, a hair and make-up room and a tailor’s store, in accordance with the City Council’s press launch.