David Coria – Babel. Torre Viva
Contemporary flamenco with live music
6:45 p.m. | Introduction with Brigitta Luisa Merki
Venue
Theatersaal
Duration
approx. 75 min. without intermissionPrice
CHF 70 / 60 / 40Reduced-price from CHF 15
Passion | Variety | Utopia
After «Los Bailes Robados», Seville’s charismatic flamenco dancer and choreographer David Coria is returning to the Theater Casino Zug with his new production «Babel». His socio-politically engaged style has made him symbolic of the Flamenco avant garde and one of the most fascinating Spanish choreographers of modern times.
«Babel» is a veritable firework, with every movement and every note polished to the finest detail. The Tower of Babel is the basis of the evening’s production: an audacious building designed to reach to the very heavens, and which was punished with linguistic confusion and division – how current this seems, in today’s climate of global conflict…
Seven dancers from around the world, a singer and two musicians accompany Coria on the stage. What if the building of a symbolic tower today were to become an act of community? A reminder that we can all co-exist? The performance compacts and expands, acrobatic towers are built and then collapse, all of this running like wildfire throughout Coria’s choreography, while flamenco dance and music are transformed into a living Utopia.
Coria has won many domestic and international awards as a dancer and choreographer, and «Los Bailes Robados» won the 2024 Premio Talía from the Teatro Español de Madrid.
«Babel. Torre Viva» has been awarded the Giraldillo Award for Best Show at the 24th Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla 2026.
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Original Idea & Artistic Direction: David Coria
Performers on stage
Dance: David Coria, Federico Nuñez, Iván Orellana, Kotoha Setoguchi, Lucía la Bronce, Polina Sofia, Yardén Amir
Singing: David Lagos
Saxophones: Juan M. Jiménez
Electric Bass: Juanfe Pérez
Dramaturgy: Alberto Conejero
Choregraphy: David Coria and dancers (Federico Nuñez, Iván Orellana, Kotoha Setoguchi, Lucía la Bronce, Polina Sofia, Yardén Amir)
Choreographic collaboration: Rafaela Carrasco, Florencia Oz and Felipe Clivio
Musical Direction: David Lagos, David Coria
Original Music (recorded): Isidora O'Ryan, Pablo Peña and Juanfe Pérez
Voice-over: Akari Yamada
Music: David Lagos, Juan M. Jiménez, Juanfe Pérez und Isidora O’Ryan
External Vision: Luz Arcas
Costume design: Juan Berlanga
Styling: Alejandra Gradis
Lighting design: Clavija (Inés de la Iglesia und Carlos Carpintero)
Sound: Chipi Cacheda
Stage technician: Jorge «Limosnita»
Production: Compañía David Coria
Co-production: Agora, Cité internationale de la danse | Montpellier Danse + CCN Occitanie / Théâtre Molière → Sète, scène nationale archipel de Thau. ;Ayuntamiento de Móstoles – Teatro del Bosque
Artistic residencies: Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse / Montpellier Danse + CCN Occitanie ; In Progress Artistic Residency Programme - Flamenco Festival
With the support of Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales / Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Special thanks to: Ayuntamiento de Coria del Río
Agencia andaluza de instituciones culturales / / Ayuntamiento de Móstoles Teatro del bosque
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Contemporary flamenco with live music
