Dias de Flamenco Festival – Espacio Potencial

'Espacio Potencial' (Potential Space) is flamenco work by choreographer and dancer Adva Yermiyahu – a Spanish-Israeli collaboration for 10 artists. ‘Potential Space’ is a term coined by psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, which refers to the liminal space that lies between reality and fantasy without having to choose between them. At the center of Espacio Potencial lies the basic elements of flamenco – song, guitar and dance – and a 7-meter-long pink traditional bata de cola dress. The encounter between the tradition of flamenco and influences from contemporary dance, installation and visual theater, transform the show into a 'potential space', that realizes a dialogue between contrasts – static and dynamic, intimate and public, tension and relaxation, individual and group, art and life. Original music by Cazas was composed for the work, and it expresses the traditional musical frame and song forms of flamenco, while simultaneously extracting them from their recognized context and rhythms. Espacio Potencial connects traditional and contemporary flamenco, dance and music, Spain and Israel, creating an innovative and surprising scenic world.

Artistic Direction, Choreography and Dance: Adva Yermiyahu
Original Music, Musical Direction and Guitar: Manuel Cazas (Spain)
Song: Jesus Corbacho (Spain) Song
Yehuda ‘Shuky’ Shveiky Bass
Bachi’ (Spain) Percussion
Javier Rabadan (Spain)
Guest Dancer and Choreography: Abel Harana
Guest Dancers and Artistic Collaborators: Yael Tuchfeld, Adi Movdat and Adi Akiva
Costume Design: Yeela Lugassi, Carmelilla Vestuario
Sound: Roy Stroud
Light Design: Matan Preminger
Acoustic Stage: Boris Lederman
Stage Manager: Liri Septon
Production and PR: Hila Gamily

Adva Yermiyahu Flamenco artist, dancer, teacher and choreographer, member of the Choreographers Association. Graduate of the School of Visual Theater and BA in Education from David Yellin College, Jerusalem. Winner of the 2011 Adi Agmon Foundation's National Flamenco Competition, the Jerusalem Foundation Award 2013, and the Minister of Culture Award for Young Dance Creators in 2019. Adva is a freelance artist who has lived between Spain and Israel since 2008, combining various artistic worlds such as traditional/contemporary flamenco, dance, performance and visual theater. Since 2016, she has been the artistic director of the National Flamenco Competition of the Adi Agmon Foundation and artistic director of Flamenco Fusion events, Ashdod 2018. Yermiyahu teaches and performs in Spain, Switzerland, Costa Rica, China and Israel, and collaborates with artists from various fields of art, flamenco dancers and leading musicians from Israel and abroad, such as: Manuel Cazas, Alicia Acuña, el 'Fyty', Ricardo Moreno, Diego Guerrero, Abel Harana Ashdod Andalusian Orchestra, Miriam Peretz, Mor Karbasi, Yehuda 'Shuky' Shveiky, Sharon Saguy.