Rocío Molina leaves her mark on the Cervantes Theater: "I'm not going to stop warming up just in case one day I don't want to start again"

As flamboyant as usual. That's how the dancer from Málaga, Rocío Molina, presented her new show, 'Calentamiento', this noon at the Teatro Cervantes. The National Dance Award winner is launching a new production in her province after presenting it in Madrid last November. The choreographer reaches her peak with a warming-up process that started when she was seven years old and will kick off the fifth cycle of 'Flamenco lo serás tú' on April 15th.

The creation of 'Calentamiento' is nothing but a necessity to explore for Molina. "A work that never ends, starting from solitude and is heart-wrenching," she clarified. The dancer once again explores the art of movement with a performance that compares the struggle between a tired body and a mind that refuses to stop. The director also begins a metaphor for death to which she asks to return tomorrow. "I won’t stop warming up just in case one day I don’t want to start again," she explained.

Rocío Molina needs to be seen with a kneeler. That’s what Juan Antonio Vigar, the director of Teatro Cervantes, commented. Vigar thanked the dancer from Málaga for starting the fifth edition of a cycle that "speaks of flamenco." "Flamenco is a philosophy, a way of thinking and feeling of a people and their historical tradition," he added, referring to the famous quote by the composer from Cádiz, Manolo Sanlucar.

The new premiere by the dancer from Málaga brings the old vice of text. The choreographer dances with poetry and embraces humor while taking ownership of the word, that of Pablo Messiez. The Argentine author and director becomes responsible for the script and co-direction of Molina's montage. "The text is not far from me because Messiez has been taking notes for two years about my reality," she shared with this newspaper.

Flowers for Molina

References to choreographer María Pagés and the musical direction of Niño de Elche accompany the warming up of the dancer from Málaga, who does not stop tapping her feet during the 120 minutes of her new ode to art. Rocío Molina does not want the party to end, the critics recognize the "transcendental nature" of the work and the audience applauds it. If you go to see her, carry a red flower in your pocket, or so she has assured for Diario SUR: "I ask for a lot, but a red flower always helps."

The choreographer returns to Málaga with the show that brought the famous Pedro Almodóvar to his knees last November 15 at the Centro de Danza Matadero. The director from La Mancha was captivated by the scenic fascination that Molina usually brings, as was the dance star Mikhail Baryshnikov in 2010 after witnessing 'Oro viejo' at the New York City Center. "Such shows of affection make me blush and I embrace them with the same admiration as the colleagues who offer them," she told this newspaper.

The new work of the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts aims to share with her city a project of "vertigo." The footwork table she premiered 35 years ago will join "other methods" with which she wants to surpass her previous proposals. Juan Carlos Barroso, territorial manager in Andalusia, Ceuta, and Melilla of the "la Caixa" Foundation, and Kike Sánchez, Business Area Director of CaixaBank in Málaga, also attended the Rossini room. Both praised Molina for her stance on art, the greatest tool of "transformation" to build a society, they agreed.

Flamenco Dates

Martín's work will start a cycle that will also see Pedro 'el Granaíno' with 'Dicen que para cantar'. The singer's debut album refers to the bulería composed by Farruquito for the show of La Farruca, Tribute to the greats. El Granaíno will unfold, in his debut album, the memory of his origins in the presentation next April 16. The 17th will be the day for Israel Fernández, who returns to the Teatro Cervantes with 'De oro y marfil', a show that revisits classical pieces and his own ways of interpreting. Likewise, the piano stands as the central piece of a work that transcends traditional limits and combines strings and choirs.

The fifth cycle of 'Flamenco lo serás tú' celebrates a double proposal for April 18. The Interactive Music Museum Málaga (MIMMA) will host the singing and playing of Antonio Agujetas Chico, one of the great voices of current flamenco. The son of Dolores Agujetas will precede the proposal of Antonio Fernández Montoya 'Farru' at the Teatro Cervantes, that same afternoon, which will deal with the versatility of flamenco. 'Musicland' promises to unite the great classics of various genres, as defended by president Vigar.

Lela Soto will open the last day of the flamenco cycle on Sunday the 19th. The musician will offer an intimate recital in which she will review her most significant songs. The final date will have its own name: Mayte Martín. The flamenco artist will conclude the cycle with 'In illo tempore', the double album that collects the last 25 years of creation. The Barcelona native returns to music after the legendary 'Querencia', which burst onto the scene in 2000. In this new show and double album, the singer compiles the maturation of her singing, in a classical and an innovative facet.