Ad libitum is for Andrés Marín to dance to the beat of his own will, at full rein, from a total freedom, an overwhelming improvisation. And, above all, from a total availability to the moment, to the place, to the other, whether found on stage or among the audience. The choreographer lets his body speak, which has so much to say and imposes itself on him, breaking the shackles of reason. To heed the demands of that body and bring it into dialogue with the inherited and assimilated sediments that are the foundation of a patiently accumulated flamenco knowledge. Andrés Marín has learned to unlearn and has understood what Antonio Machado said when he wrote "Traveler, there is no path, the path is made by walking." It is what he proposes in this solo: to build before us a path through which he invites us to penetrate the depth of the seguiriya or the rhythm of the bulería and offers us his dance as an act of freedom
ANDRÉS MARÍN
National Dance Prize 2022
Giraldillo for Dance 2020
Andrés Marín is one of the most singular flamenco dancers in the current flamenco panorama. His productions have focused on flamenco tradition and specifically on classical cantes, but not from a conventional perspective, but rather through a highly personal style and an aesthetic of absolute contemporaneity. Choreographic, artistic and musical director of his own company, his creations reflect the expressive freedom of a profound artistic research. From there is born a poetics rich in suggestive images, at the service of his commitment to art and to himself. At present he stands as one of the great renovators of the genre.
Andrés Marín was born in Seville in 1969. Son of flamenco artists, he has lived art since childhood, both through dance in his father's school and through cante, of which he is a great enthusiast and deep connoisseur. If there is a trait that defines his trajectory, it would be that of independence and non-affiliation to any company or school beyond paternal teaching. An unclassifiable autodidact, he began his professional career in 1992 as a soloist and choreographer for various shows and events until founding his own company in 2002.
In all of Andrés Marín's works, experimentation and risk reign, elements that the artist considers essential for flamenco art to remain alive: Beyond Time (2002), Asymmetries (2004), The Dawn of the Last Day (2006), Avant-Garde Jonda (2006), The Sky of Your Mouth (2008), The Passion as One Sees It (2010), Op.24 (2011), Marrow (2012), Ad Libitum (2014), Yatra (2015), Blank Canvas (2015), D.Quixote (2017), The Perfect Vigil (2020) and Ecstasy Ravel (2021). His creations have been welcomed by the main European circuits, both of the flamenco genre and contemporary dance, among which are the Maison de la Danse in Lyon, the Teatros del Canal in Madrid, the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, Sadler's Wells in London, the Flamenco Biennial in Seville, Montpellier Danse, the Musée National Picasso-Paris, the Opera of Lille, the Lucent DansTheater in The Hague, the National Opera of Latvia, the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, the MC2: Grenoble, Festival de Danse de Cannes, the Biennial of Flamenco Art in Paris, the Festival de Nîmes, the Festival de Jerez, Flamenco Comes from the South, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the ¡Mira! Festival or the Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona.
A restless artist, always in search of new ways to immerse flamenco tradition in uncharted waters, Andrés Marín has collaborated with artists from various disciplines throughout his career in the conviction that flamenco can dialogue without complexes with other arts:
Pilar Albarracín, visual artist. Video action "I Will Dance on Your Grave" (2004) Blanca Li, choreographer. "Poet in New York" (2007-2008) Nominated for the Max Awards as Best Male Dance Performance for his role as Lorca. Llorenç Barber, experimental composer (bells). "The Sky of Your Mouth" (2008-2011) Bartabas, director of the equestrian and musical theater Zíngaro. "Golgotha" (2013-2016) Kader Attou, hip-hop dancer and director of the National Choreographic Center of La Rochelle (CCN) "Encounters" (2014) and "Yatra" (2015-2018) Ensemble Divana, musicians from Rajasthan. World Sacred Spirit Festival 2016, Jodpur (India) Laurent Berger, playwright and contemporary theater director. "D.Quixote" (2017-2019) Marie-Agnés Gillot, Étoile dancer. Christian Rizzo, choreographer, audiovisual artist. "Magma" (2019-2021) José Miguel Pereñíguez, visual artist. "The Perfect Vigil" (2020) Jon Maya, Basque dantzari. "Yarin" (2022)
The artist combines his choreographic and artistic activity with the direction of Andrés Marín Flamenco Abierto, a production office and dance studio of his own based in Seville.
The April in Dance Festival has had the "MACA EN VIVO" program since 2023. Expanded programming carried out from the direction of April in Dance in collaboration with MACA and the Museum Consortium.
