Now in its 49th year, Theatre Flamenco presents the return of Spanish flamenco superstar Andres Marin in the North American premiere of Ad Libitum: Or how I freed myself from my chains. Choreographed and directed by Marin, Ad Libitum features Theatre Flamenco Artistic Director Carola Zertuche and frequent Theatre Flamenco guest dancer Cristina Hall. Featured musical guests from Spain include singer Jose Valencia, guitarist Salvador Gutierrez and percusionist Daniel Suarez. Ad Libitum is a tour de force of contemporary flamenco performed by several of the most significant living practitioners of the art.
He's been called "the greatest flamenco dancer of his generation" (L'Express), the "Picasso of Flamenco" and "the original flamenco freedom fighter" (Dutch Flamenco Biennial): Andres Marin is an artist whose reputation is currently soaring across Europe after a bumpy start in his home country of Spain. "Marin's story is one of early professional rejection in Spain," explains Zertuche. "As a young dancer in Seville, he was considered irreverent, a radical, too avant-garde. It was only after he began to travel in France and throughout Northern Europe, where he received a very warm reception, that his compatriots in Spain began to reappraise him with new eyes." Today Marin can boast two Giraldillo prizes from the Seville Bienal de Flamenco, and in one year the title of "Best Male Dancer" (Diario de Sevilla).
Fans of flamenco will have a chance to meet Marin and all of the artists in Ad Libitum at a post-performance tapas and dance party on Saturday, November 21. The event, catered by San Francisco's popular Lolo restaurant, will take place at the Firehouse at Fort Mason. Admission is $50.
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