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Luz & Mannion Dance doesn't play to a flamenco stereotype, but instead investigates the potential of this powerful art form, paying homage to tradition whilst stretching its boundaries and generating diverse and unique voices for flamenco. Our ongoing conversation between British and Spanish cultures is at the heart of our work.
We understand flamenco as an energetic and poetic language; a tool for self expression that embraces the individual as well as the collective. We are passionate about sharing the joy we experience in this artform and are constantly exploring new approaches to how we watch, listen to and dance flamenco.
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Company
Bio
Luz & Mannion Dance (formerly Dotdotdot Dance) toured the UK with their award-winning production No Frills in 2014, also presenting the work at Flamencos y Mestizos Festival, Madrid. They later curated a Wild Card Evening for the Lilian Baylis Studio in 2016 and performed original work at Sadler's Wells and The Lowry in Sampled Festival 2017 and at the Sadler’s Wells Takeover of the National Theatre River Stage in 2018. This led to the creation of In Body, a multi-disciplinary triple bill that has toured with Dancenet Sweden and around the UK. In 2021 they performed in Dancin Nation, Sadler's Wells' digital dance festival for BBC iPlayer as well as presenting work on Buzón de Baile, RTVE/Radio3 the Spanish TV platform. They premiered their new show Blue Ghost in the UK in Spring 2023. Luz & Mannion Dance is currently running a new project called Re Red, investigating the role of fairy tales in the collective experience of women. They also curate Mixtape evenings of short dance works.
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Co-Artistic Directors
The company was co-founded in 2014 by flamenco dancers Magdalena Mannion, Noemí Luz, and Yinka Esi Graves and has been co-directed by Magdalena and Noemí since 2017. As well as directing the company they also choreograph, produce, perform and teach. They are committed to a sincere and profound investigation into the art form both choreographically and pedagogically.
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Luz & Mannion launched their Education & Creative Development Programme (ECDP) in 2020. The programme presents different ways to engage with flamenco and dance, and includes online masterclasses with international artists and sensory experiences for SEN schools.
NoemíLuz
www.noemiluzartist.com
Noemí Luz works within traditional, contemporary and experimental flamenco. She trained classically at Elmhurst Ballet School and Central School of Ballet (UK) and studied with mentor Yolanda Heredia in Seville, Spain. She also has an HNC Diploma in Fine Arts from Kensington and Chelsea College.
Noemí has performed at many traditional flamenco venues in Spain including Tablao Arenal, La Casa de la Guitarra, Peña la Perla de Cadiz, Peña Niño del Alfalfa and Café Zyriab as well as appearing on CanalSur TV, RTVE and the BBC.
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Noemí’s choreographic works include The Ugly Truth, Into Being and Life, Melvin, is a fish, and has performed them on stages such as Sadler's Wells Takeover of the National Theatre River Stage, Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Coetani Festival for Experimental Flamenco (Athens) & PAUL Studios Collective (Berlin). Noemí has also choreographed for feminist audiovisual artists María Royo y Emma Alcalá.
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Noemí has taught extensive workshops at institutions such as the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza (Seville), Trinity College of Music, The Drama Centre and The Royal College of Music (London).
MagdalenaMannion
www.magdalenamannion.com
Magdalena holds a degree in Pedagogy of Dance, specializing in flamenco from CSDMA, Madrid & a masters in Flamencology from ESMUC, Barcelona. She trained in flamenco for 5 years at Amor de Dios, Madrid and one year at Merce Cunningham Studio, New York. She holds an HE Diploma in Contemporary Dance from NSCD, Leeds.
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Between 2013-2020 Magdalena was a regular soloist at some of Madrid’s top tablaos, including Corral de la Morería, Café de Chinitas and Casa Patas. She has worked for companies such as Compañía Rafaela Carrasco, Compañía Miguel Angel Espino, Riverdance, Compañía Adriana Bilbao, Sanchez & Rigg and Eric Longa Company. She was also choreographer, dancer and movement director for Keynote Opera (Brontë 2023) and worked as assistant to choreographer Francisco Hidalgo on House of Flamenka, Peacock Theatre (2023).
She has performed at festivals such as Suma Flamenca Madrid, Festival de Jerez, International Flamenco Festival Morocco, Bienal de Sevilla & Festival Fiesta la Bulería Jerez, under the direction of Manuel Liñán.
She has collaborated with Kathak dancer Lokeshwari Dasgupta and presented her work ‘Jane’ at Resolution Festival, The Place in 2025. Magdalena is currently undertaking a Sadler’s Wells choreographic mentorship with Mythili Prakash.