quinto elemento
tablao tour
Flamenco Vivo is back on tour – starting this March! Flamenco Vivo returns with QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), an evening-length work choreographed by Patricia Guerrero with an original score by Francis Gomez. The production explores the fifth element of the earth: ether, the essence that makes up the space around us. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form, Guerrero draws on her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco but pushes past the restriction of its rules. In doing so, she seeks to extract the essence of flamenco itself, its invisible fifth element, and make it tangible to audiences.
Flamenco Vivo’s Tablao Flamenco is back for a 2025-26 season – starting this October! Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana showcases the pride and power of flamenco in Tablao Flamenco, featuring an international cast of dancers and musicians. Named after the wooden floor used by a bailaor/a (dancer), tablaos are intimate venues that harness the highly improvisational and virtuosic nature of flamenco. Originally known as cafés cantantes (which became popular during the midnineteenth century in Spain), tablaos are still among the most popular places to see flamenco today. Tablao performances offer audiences a rare opportunity to feel the artists’ emotions up close and experience the dynamic interplay between the dancers, guitarist and singer come alive. The energy is explosive as artists are inspired by one another and the freedom to take risks and embrace spontaneity.
about quinto elemento
This is an excerpt from an interview with choreographer Patricia Guerrero during her residency at the Royal Conservatory of Dance Mariemma where she set a 15-minute work in progress of Quinto Elemento on their advanced students. Guerrero will be expanding this work in progress to an evening length commission set on Flamenco Vivo’s full Company
QUINTO ELEMENTO was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
about tablao
In Andalucía the cool nights sizzle and crackle with energy from its famous tablaos. These café-style venues showcase flamenco at its most raw, creative, and authentic – where performers create by instinct and improvisation – showcase unbelievable technique – and create living art through the interplay between dancers, musicians, and audience.
tour contact
Contact us for tour and booking information:
For bookings please contact Cathy Pruzan via pruzandancearts.com or directly at cpruzan@aol.com.