About ¡VIVA!

¡VIVA! is a song to the freedom of movement, where gender roles, in a codified world like flamenco, are broken with joy and enjoyment, creating new terrains that, although unexplored, are not distant.

A generous and seductive performer of dizzying power, Manuel Liñán has long been praised for the showmanship and sincerity with which he breaks the rules of flamenco. ¡VIVA! features male dancers clad in traditionally female costumes, exposing the many identity expressions alive within every humanbody.

A transformation that does not always imply a way of masking, but rather a nudity, a revelation. In a celebratory key, Liñán proposes the plurality of flamenco dance, through both its different forms and their singularity. And he does it with six bailaores-bailarines, who will be in charge of exploring and diving in to this fascinating universe of flamenco queer

About Manuel Liñán

Winner of the 2017 Spanish National Dance Award, Dancer/Choreographer/Director Manuel Liñan was born in Granada and studied with the legendary Manolete and Mario Maya. He was invited on numerous occasions to choreograph shows by the National Ballet of Spain, the New Spanish Ballet, and the companies of Rafaela Carrasco and Teresa Nieto, and went on to collaborate with Daniel Doña in the show REW.

In 2008, Manuel began his solo career, premiering with Tauro. Later he continued with Mundo y Aparte and Sinergia, shows that gave him the opportunity to perform at such prestigious festivals as the Jerez Festival, where he received the 2012 New Artist Award for Dance. The following year he was awarded the Max Award for Performing Arts as the Best Male Dancer and the Flamenco Hoy Critics Choice Award for Best Dancer.

In 2014, he premiered Nómada at the Jerez Festival, displaying his gifts as an extraordinary dancer and choreographer, and later performed the show at the world’s leading festivals.

In 2016, he presented Reversible at major international festivals, including the Nîmes Festival, the Flamenco Biënnale Nederland and the Flamenco Festival of London, as well as won the Critics Choice Award at the Jerez Festival.

In 2021, he premiered his new work, Pie de Hierro and he continues to tour this work with great success nationally and internationally

Artistic Team & Credits

Direction, Choreographic Direction & Dance Manuel Liñán
Scene Advisor Alberto Velasco
Dancers Manuel Liñán, Manuel Betanzos, Jonatán Miro, Miguel Heredia, Daniel Ramos and Yoel Vargas
Music Francisco Vinuesa, Victor Guadiana y Kike Terron
Musical Advisors David Carpio y Antonio Campos
Guitar Francisco Vinuesa
Cante David Carpio y Antonio Campos
Violín Victor Pitarch Pronk “Guadiana”
Percussion Kike Terrón
Light Design Gloria Montesinos A.a.i
Sound Design Enrique Cabañas
Stage Manager Octavio Romero
Tour Manager Ines Garcia
Costume Design Yaiza Pinillos
Shoes Arte Fyl
Characterization & Hairdressing Mauro Gastón
Photography MarcosGpunto
Text Adaptation of “Juego y teoría del duende” by Federico García Lorca
Executive Producer, Management & Distribution Ana Carrasco, PEINETA PRODUCCIONES