BOLíVAR INVICTUS / Amore en Libertad - Featuring David Morales and Xin Ying
"My very Lord, my genius, my Simon, my Love. Immense and merciless love. Just for the grace of meeting you, I would give my last breath, to give all of myself to you entirely. To embrace in a kiss...yours and mine... beyond time." - Manuela Sáenz
"You want to see me even with your eyes. I want to see you and adore you and touch you and touch you and feel you and taste you and unite you to me by any means." - Simón Bolívar
David Morales' delivers a follow up to his sold-out Carnegie Hall production of LORCA / Muerto de Amor with the NYC debut of a critically acclaimed flamenco musical, this time inspired by Simon Bolívar's passionate love affair with Manuela Saenz. BOLÍVAR INVICTUS / Amor en Libertad has been performed on stages throughout Spain and Latin America to thousands of dance and music enthusiasts. A collection of love letters between Simón Bolívar and Manuela Sáenz from the epistolary novel Las Más Hermosas Cartas de Amor de Manuela a Simón inspired Morales' vision for this musical, where flamenco, dance, music and song merge with Caribbean rhythms to conjure unbridled passion and artistry at its deepest levels. It is a fitting tribute to an essential chapter in the history of the Americas. Nestor Lacoren of Latin Culture Productions writes, "BOLÍVAR INVICTUS / Amor en Libertad is a Hamilton in the key of Flamenco and Caribbean Rhythms."
Alongside David Morales playing Símon Bolívar and Xin Ying (Principal Dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company) in the role of Manuela Sáenz, the musical features award-winning flamenco guitarists (including Salvador Andrades and Gaspar Rodriguez Roman), flamenco and modern dancers, percussionists, cantaores (flamenco singers, including Mario Robles and Delia Membrive Garcia) and a variety of special guest musicians. Following bravura performances at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo in Bogota, Teatro Teresa Carreño and Teatro Municipal de Caracas, Teatro Lara and Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid that have generated praise and excitement worldwide for this work, David "El Bolívar Flamenco" Morales and his company are proud to bring BOLÍVAR INVICTUS / Amor en Libertad to New York City at The Town Hall this November.
This program is supported by The Consulate General of Spain in New York
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Aside from David Morales playing Simon Bolívar, the musical features award winning flamenco guitarists, flamenco and modern dancers, percussionists, cantaores (flamenco singers) and a variety of special guest musicians. With performances at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo in Bogota, Teatro Teresa Carreño and Teatro Municipal de Caracas, Teatro Lara and Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, and continuing to generate praise and excitement worldwide, David Morales, "El Bolívar Flamenco," and his company will be New York premiering Bolívar Invictus at Town Hall NYC this November.
A collection of love letters between Simon Bolívar and Manuela Saenz from the epistolary novel "Las Más Hermosas Cartas de Amor de Manuela a Simón," continue to inspire Morales's vision for the musical. Flamenco, dance, music and song merge with Caribbean rhythms to conjure unbridled passion and artistry at its deepest levels. A fitting tribute to an essential chapter in the history of the Americas.
Excerpt from a Manuela Saenz letter to Simon Bolivar: "My very Lord, my genius, my Simon, my Love. Immense and merciless love. Just for the grace of meeting you, I would give my last breath, to give all of myself to you entirely. To embrace in a kiss...yours and mine... beyond time".
Excerpt from a Simon Bolivar letter to Manuela Saenz: "You want to see me even with your eyes. I want to see you and adore you and touch you and touch you and feel you and taste you and unite you to me by any means".
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Flamenco dancer and choreographer born in La Línea de la Concepción in 1971. Began dancing at age three and by age six was performing at local flamenco festivals. At his first performance he shared the stage with flamenco legends, Camarón de la Isla and Fosforito. To date, Morales has performed in over two dozen countries and at prestigious theaters such as Carnegie Hall, where his flamenco musical 'LORCA' sold out and received a long and enthusiastic standing ovation. With ten major productions under his belt and steeped in tradition, Morales continues to elevate the genre with his perpetual search for new and creative avenues of expression. Morales has received numerous awards in both Spain and Latin America and is actively producing and touring internationally with his company. He is also the first flamenco creator in the Metaverse, with a digital art collection that he distributes through the WISE.ART Entrusted NFT Marketplace.
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Bolivar Invictus / Amor en Libertad 2021
Looking South 2020
Love in Freedom 2017
Lorca madly in Love 2014
El Indiano. Roundtrip dances. 2008
Abraçado. 2005
Intimate. 2003
Smugglers. 2002
Tribute to Gabriel Baldrich. 2001
Sensation. 1998