What you definitely have to see at the Dansa Metropolitana festival

BarcelonaMarch is dance month: for three weeks, 90 dance performances will be presented in 12 locations across the metropolitan area, featuring world premieres, international guests, and the best of the local scene. The festival kicks off on March 6 in Hospitalet de Llobregat with TheyA community dance project featuring 70 people dancing in Plaça de la Cultura (8 pm) will kick off the festival, which will conclude with a public celebration in Parc de la Ciutadella on Sunday, March 22nd at noon. The program includes 177 performances, 73 of which are free and 27 are for families.

The goal of Danza Metropolitana, which began in 2018, is to cultivate audiences and create performance spaces for dance. The festival coordinator, Giulia Poltronieri, states that the festival has served as a showcase and a focal point, "with a loyal audience that is growing and eagerly awaiting it," but the objective of creating a permanent performance circuit "is more challenging throughout the year: there is the will from institutional policy, but we see that it needs more time than we anticipated."

For now, what we have is a concentrated selection of dance that is extraordinary in the European sphere: Lali Ayguadé, Lorena Nogal, Las Impuxibles, El Esbord, Vero Cendoya, The Royal Ballet, Montserrat Colomé, Poyo Rojo, Fabio Krayze Januário and much more.

We highlight the 10 must-see shows from the avalanche of performances at the festival.

Heating It will be the full-blown explosion of flamenco innovator Rocío Molina, whom we have been following on our stages. Directed by Pablo Messiez and with the collaboration of Niño de Elche, she will show what it's like to prepare a show surrounded by... female singers.

One of the major international attractions of Danza Metropolitana is BirdyA large-scale production by the Taiwanese company Hung Dance explores freedom and its limits. Director Lai Hung-chung fuses tai chi, electronic music, traditional Chinese opera, and contemporary movement, creating a visually stunning and exciting blend that has earned him international acclaim.

For lovers of visual theatre, saying "sons of Castellucci" is enough to understand the dimension of the spectacle: this is the Rite of Spring (The sacredness of springThe piece, titled "The Death of the World," is a Kafkaesque work. Insects appear in a cave, like an ancient theater curtain, to depict metamorphosis, from life to death. The Italian company Dewy Dell, comprised of Agata Castellucci, Teodora Castellucci, Demetrio Castellucci, and Vito Matera, uses art history and the animal world to tell archetypal narratives in a contemporary style.

The Mercat de les Flors follows the career of Valencian choreographer Marina Mascarell, director of the Danish Dance Theatre, whose work is utterly original and full of political content. Now, with two contrasting choreographies: Bloody moonwhere it unleashes pleasure, excess, and transgression, and Mongrelwhich explores the dullness, conformity, and herd mentality of contemporary society. The Mercat also hosts another of the festival's key figures, Poliana Lima.

With young people in mind, ¡Sat! presents the updated folklore show by Inka Romaní, Fandango ReloadedThe Fandango de Ayora is a traditional partner dance that was abolished during the Franco regime in Spain, and now the choreographer is reviving it with a pop twist. Urban dance to create community.

Esplugues will showcase dance in unique spaces such as the Pou d'en Fèlix park (OtraDanza and Brodas Bros), the incredible Espai Corberó (Elvis Balboa), and a new addition: the restored and reopened Montsió Monastery. Here you will see A thread falls from my hand by Antonella de Ascenzi, a dance and puppet show that speaks about the threads of memory.

One of the creations that have a DO from the Mercat de les Flors is Fable, by Roser López Espinosa, a large format that has been produced under the umbrella of the Dance Promotion Plan and with the help of Temporada Alta. FableThe show, which deals with bonds and empathy, begins its tour now in Granollers and Cornellà.

Luna Cenere directs this little gem, a duo that explores the body as landscape, as architecture, as play, as symbol. Two nude dancers offer Shoes on a catalog of gestures ranging from ancestral forms to athletics and dance.

Toni Mira has been a leading figure in dance theatre for five decades. Tempo It's a great example of their dance approach, which connects with the audience's emotions, imagination, memory, and beauty. Sabadell is also brimming with other offerings. For example, La Vela del Estruch has reopened, and the city is hosting the Be Soul Fest urban culture festival, with three days of free urban dance open to all ages.

Manuel Liñán is one of the most popular figures in the flamenco avant-garde, a flamenco with a distinctive flavor. queer But classic. At the festival it's presented in a large format. Dead of love, a hymn to desire, religion and provocation.