Photo © Daniel Pérez

The Unscalable Alps, In Search of Currito

The intense and radically personal flamenco of María del Mar Suárez, aka La Chachi, respects tradition while drawing on the raw energy of krump and flirting with trance. Accompanied by a female singer and two flamenco musicians who loop the same piece with escalating intensity, La Chachi lights up the stage with unruly energy, offering her body to dance as others do to medicine in order to experience love, longing, certainty, attraction, the infernal, and metamorphosis. She reinvents her performance every night: a danced, punk prayer dedicated to the burning desire to see a loved one again—and to conquer the insurmountable, transcending the vertigo of the peaks.

Dance María del Mar Suárez, La Chachi
Location Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, Salle 17, Le Pavillon
Dates
Friday, October 2 | 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 3 | 6:30 PM
Sunday, October 4 | 4:30 PM
Address Av. Emile-Henri-Jaques-Dalcroze 5, 1007 Lausanne

* Exclusive Flamenco Nómada offer: 1 complimentary ticket for 1 ticket purchased at CHF 30.-

Photo © Daniel Pérez
Photo © Daniel Pérez
Photo © Daniel Pérez
Photo © Daniel Pérez

  • Actress and flamenco dancer graduated in both disciplines in her native Málaga, María del Mar Suárez (“La Chachi”) explores the intersection of traditional flamenco, physical theatre, new dramaturgies, and contemporary dance. Since 2008, she has developed a bold, distinctive stage language.

    In 2017, she premiered her first full-length solo work, La gramática de los mamíferos, winning three PAD Awards and the Lorca Award for Best Female Performer in Contemporary Dance. Her second creation, La Espera. Flamenco-rave-convento (2019), was awarded the Ateneo Award for Best Dance Show. Premiered at the Madrid Autumn Festival, her third piece, Los inescalables Alpes, buscando a Currito, won the 2022 Godot Award for Best Dance Show. Her latest research continues with Taranto Aleatorio (2022) and Las Alegrías (Aleatorias) (2025).