Àl’Espagnole is a scenic fantasy based in the artistic cross-fertilisation between Spain and France in Baroque times: this love-hate relationship, of seduction and rejection, adoption and transformation of the forms à l’espagnole — mostly through dances coming from America and soon assimilated in Spain — is our source of inspiration to offer a show in which contemporary dance, theater and baroque music go hand in hand, in an interdisciplinary dialogue.

Dancers and musicians who sing and recite in Spanish and French; canes hitting the ground with protoflamenco rhythms and flavours; small lights that reveal moments of mysterious poetry or make the most festive dances to glow; elegant patterns, designs and tones which connect us with a careful, modern aesthetics… an exciting experiment carried out by Compañía Antonio Ruz in cooperation with Accademia del Piacere, conducted by Fahmi Alqhai. Made by avant-garde artists, À l’Espagnole is a show of contrasts, of light and shadows, amusement, surprising and new. In one word: Baroque.