Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco Presents Transitar por un Mundo sin Tiempo (Passage through a Timeless World) at Herbst Theatre

Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, the Bay Area’s oldest flamenco dance company (having been founded in 1966), brings audiences an explosive music and dance experience in its 57th home season production, Transitar por un Mundo sin Tiempo (Passage through a Timeless World).

In the company’s joyous return after three years of the pandemic, Artistic Director, Carola Zertuche, fuses flamenco with live electronic music, trumpet, violin, and electric guitar. All of the musical compositions have been written expressly for this show. World-renowned Spanish guitarist, Juani De La Isla, will lead the musical journey. De La Isla is a highly respected flamenco guitarist from the island of San Fernando near the port city of Cádiz, in Andalusia in southwestern Spain. Renowned Spanish musician Diego Amador, Hijo will be bringing his vocal and piano stylings to the ensemble. Amador hails from a long line of Gypsy flamenco artists who have expanded their reach into rock, jazz, and other forms of world music, launching the world-famous flamenco band Pata Negra. Adrian Santana, a flamenco dancer from Malaga, will join Zertuche on stage. This will be Santana’s debut with the company and his first time performing in San Francisco. Santana comes from a family of flamenco artists, including his uncle, Pepito Vargas, a well-known dancer who passed down his knowledge to his nephew. Making his debut with the company is California-based electronic musician (Carola’s 19 year old nephew), Pascual Martinez. Dancers Marina Elana and 18 year old Ysabella Yturralde will also participate in this production

This show is inspired by a trip Zertuche took to Jordan in 2021, during a time of many Covid restrictions. She says “visiting the Wadi Rum Desert, especially, was one of the most incredible experiences of my life: peaceful energy surrounded me like an inexplicable force. I felt the sensation —with the light, the endless red sand, the stars clear in the night sky — that time had ceased to exist, that everything was perfect, that anything could happen. Flamenco, to me, also has that inexplicable energy, and I’d like the audience to feel those same emotions, even if just for the hour and 15 minutes of the show.”