EL FINAL DE ESTE ESTADO DE COSAS, REDUX

Fear Put to Death
Invincible conqueror of an independent and assertive Spanish dance identity, the incredibly talented Israel Galván continues with his bold explorations of the still virgin territory of flamenco. Extracting its very substance and magnifying its movements in dazzling bursts and suspensions, he injects the gist into energetic arabesques, light-footed tarentellas, butoh poses. He remains ever genuine, always true to what he embodies.

After making a splash at the FTA with Arena (2007), this time round he is accompanied by 11 musicians who play flamenco, heavy metal and contemporary music in a variation on the them of the Apocalypse in El final de este estado de cosas, redux. From the Whore of Babylon to the Israeli-Lebanese war by way of confrontations with his own demons, this is a wild, furious dance created to stave off fear and destroy the end to the way things are, as indicated by the title. After this exorcism, nothing will be as it was before, neither flamenco nor this brilliant dancer-choreographer nor the audience.