Oak Cliff’s Flamenco Fever dance troupe to explore Salvador Dali’s story of forbidden love
Oak Cliff nonprofit Flamenco Fever’s insightful Fusion Series will present Tres Artes: Pintura, Poesia y Pasion – The Painter and the Poet, a story of Forbidden Love on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at the Annette Strauss Square in the Dallas Arts District, located at 2403 Flora St, Dallas, TX 75201. Tickets are on sale at attpac.org.
As part of the 2024 season of Elevator Project at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the performance features internationally renowned musicians and dancers along with local artists taking the stage to tell the tragic love story of painter Salvador Dalí and martyred Spanish poet, playwright and flamenco aficionado, Federico Garcia Lorca. Featuring conceptual choreography, elegant costuming and incredible live music, the work delves deeply into the provocative history of Spain and the rise of Surrealism, the LGBTQ community and the Fascist Franconian Regime in the early 20th century. War scene pyrotechnics are provided by Fempyre.
Pintura, Poesia y Pasion combines four dynamic art forms – live music, dance, the visual art of Rolando Diaz and the recitation of Garcia Lorca’s poetry – into an unforgettable performance. In this sophisticated evening, Diaz will visually capture the vibrant essence of the flamenco arts on canvas by utilizing line and color, while exploring and capturing the parallels of political and social oppression throughout history.