Hispanic Theater and Hispanic culture meetup of DC

Witness the world premiere of this piece by Compañía Flamenca Irene Lozano. Created, choreographed, and performed by Spanish artist Irene Lozano, Las mujeres que habitan en mí is a soulful journey through the women Irene has been-and couldn't be.

The performance is a dialogue between lived experience and dreams, between the tradition of flamenco and the artist’s personal voice, where dance becomes a mirror of identities, emotions, and memories. The show pays is a tribute to the feminine essence in all its forms --from mothers to lovers to daughters to fighters to creators.

Lozano is accompanied on stage by singers José Cortés and José Díaz "Cachito," guitarist José Manuel Alconchel, and percussionist Diego "El Negro" Álvarez.

PERFORMANCES: November 21 and 22 at 8 pm.

TICKETS: Regular tickets are $50 Premium Center, $45 Orchestra Standard, $35 Orchestra Value, and $25 Balcony Value; $35 Seniors (65+), Military, and Groups (10+); $25 25 and Under; Noche de GALA: Chosen ticket price + $5 (per person). GET TICKETS

XXI Fuego Flamenco Festival is made possible with generous support from Lynne Horning, the Mellon Foundation, the Cafritz Foundation, the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, The Paul Angell Foundation, and the National Latinx Theater Initiative. The performance of Las mujeres que habitan en mí is made possible with support from the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, and Spain Arts & Culture.

Witness the world premiere of this piece by Compañía Flamenca Irene Lozano. Created, choreographed, and performed by Spanish artist Irene Lozano, Las mujeres que habitan en mí is a soulful journey through the women Irene has been-and couldn't be.

The performance is a dialogue between lived experience and dreams, between the tradition of flamenco and the artist’s personal voice, where dance becomes a mirror of identities, emotions, and memories. The show pays is a tribute to the feminine essence in all its forms --from mothers to lovers to daughters to fighters to creators.

Lozano is accompanied on stage by singers José Cortés and José Díaz "Cachito," guitarist José Manuel Alconchel, and percussionist Diego "El Negro" Álvarez.

PERFORMANCES: November 21 and 22 at 8 pm.

TICKETS: Regular tickets are $50 Premium Center, $45 Orchestra Standard, $35 Orchestra Value, and $25 Balcony Value; $35 Seniors (65+), Military, and Groups (10+); $25 25 and Under; Noche de GALA: Chosen ticket price + $5 (per person). GET TICKETS

XXI Fuego Flamenco Festival is made possible with generous support from Lynne Horning, the Mellon Foundation, the Cafritz Foundation, the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, The Paul Angell Foundation, and the National Latinx Theater Initiative. The performance of Las mujeres que habitan en mí is made possible with support from the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC, and Spain Arts & Culture.

OASIS (Tamara Uribe and Felipe Morgado, Chile, 2024, 80 min., in Spanish with English subtitles) - DOCUMENTARY
DC Premiere
Recommended for ages 13+
Talk-back with director Tamara Uribe
Reception courtesy of the Embassy of Chile to the U.S.

“Chile is known as South America’s blooming oasis, at once marked by neo-liberalism and high economic growth, but also by poverty, social inequality and the legacy of the Pinochet military dictatorship. In October 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, proposed fare increases for public transport led to protests in the capital, which spread like wildfire across most of the country and grew into a varied movement for constitutional and economic reform. Over a period of three years, extending to the failure of the Constitutional Convention in 2022 and the political backlash that followed, Tamara Uribe and Felipe Morgado capture the events and their topography in sequences presented without commentary, giving the activist forces a face without siding against any of the protagonists: whether Indigenous, feminist, militant, anarchist or conservative, they find a place for everyone in this formally daring portrait of the era, which functions at the same time as a snapshot. Anyone who joins this journey through a society in the process of awakening will be rewarded with insights into democratic processes, mass protests and their socio-political dynamics.” —Berlin Film Festival

“Chile es conocido con el naciente de Suramérica, marcado por el neoliberalismo y un gran crecimiento económico, pero también por la pobreza, la inequidad social y el legado de la dictadura militar de Pinochet. En octubre de 2019, poco antes de la pandemia por COVID-19, los aumentos propuestos a la tarifa de transporte público generaron protestas en la capital, que se expandieron a gran parte del país, y dieron origen a un movimiento que pedía reforma constitucional y económica. Durante tres años, hasta el fracaso de la Convención Constitucional de 2022 y la retaliación política que siguió, Tamara Uribe y Felipe Morgado captaron los eventos en secuencias sin opinar, dándole a los activistas voz, sin tomar posición contra alguno de los protagonistas. Los pueblos indígenas, feministas, militantes, anarquistas o conservadores tienen un lugar en este retador retrato de una época, que sirve también como resumen. Todo el que se una a este viaje a través de una sociedad en un proceso de despertar será premiado con conocimiento sobre procesos democráticos, protestas masivas y sus dinámicas socio-políticas”. – Festival de Cine de Berlín

GET $10 TICKETS HERE, general admission.

GALA Film Fest: Latin American Innovation is curated by Carlos A. Gutiérrez, the Co-founder and Executive Director of Cinema Tropical in New York City.

LAS COSAS INDEFINIDAS / UNDEFINED THINGS (María Aparicio, Argentina, 2023, 83 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) – DRAMA
DC Premiere
Recommended for ages 13+
Reception courtesy of the Embassy of Argentina to the U.S.

The third feature by Argentine filmmaker María Aparicio, winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Latin American Film, Undefined Things is a delicate meditation on cinema, memory, and mourning. Eva, a 50-year-old film editor—portrayed with quiet grace by Eva Bianco— is working with her young assistant, Rami, on a documentary about people living with blindness, while grappling with the recent death of Juan, a filmmaker friend whose films she once edited. As loneliness and doubt begin to settle into her daily life, Eva starts to question her relationship to cinema and the meaning of her craft. With a subtle and introspective narrative, the film explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary and the persistence of images as traces of the past.

El tercer largometraje de la cineasta argentina María Aparicio, ganadora del Premio Cinema Tropical a Mejor Filme Latinoamericano, Las cosas indefinidas es una delicada meditación sobre el cine, la memoria y el duelo. Eva, una editora cinematográfica de 50 años, interpretada con gracia por Eva Bianco, trabaja con su asistente Rami en un documental sobre cómo viven las personas ciegas, al tiempo que enfrenta la reciente muerte de Juan, un amigo cineasta cuyos filmes ella solía editar. Mientras la soledad y la duda hacen mella en su vida diaria, Eva comienza a cuestionar su relación con el cine y el significado de su arte. Mediante una narrativa sutil e introspectiva, la película explora los límites entre la ficción y el documental, y la persistencia de las imágenes como rastros del pasado.

GET $10 TICKETS HERE, general admission.

GALA Film Fest: Latin American Innovation is curated by Carlos A. Gutiérrez, the Co-founder and Executive Director of Cinema Tropical in New York City.