Teatro de la Zarzuela revives the magnetism and audacity of Antonia Mercé with a meticulous recreation of her historic Parisian repertoire. 💃✨

Compañía de Antonio Najarro presents this production with artistic direction and choreography by Antonio Najarro, 2023 Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and former director of the Ballet Nacional de España. The staging features musical direction by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra, stage direction by Carolina África, costume design by Yaiza Pinillos, projections by Emilio Valenzuela, lighting by Nicolás Fischtel, and live music by violinist Thomas Potiron and guitarist Sohta Nakabayashi.

💃 Les ballets espagnols de «La Argentina»

📅 11 December 2026, 12 December 2026, 13 December 2026

🕐 11 and 12 December 7:30 pm; 13 December 6:00 pm

📍 Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid

🎟️ From €25

📖 The avant-garde legacy of Antonia Mercé

The show revives the artistic heritage of Antonia Mercé, La Argentina, a key innovator of 20th-century Spanish dance, revisiting the repertoire she presented in Paris in 1929 with her Ballets Espagnols, blending Spanish dance tradition with avant-garde artistic currents.

The production recalls two core pieces premiered that year: Juerga, by Julián Bautista, and Triana, by Isaac Albéniz, alongside other historical choreographies that highlight an open conception of dance in dialogue with contemporary music and visual arts.

🏛️ A major performing arts alliance

This work is a co-production of Teatro de la Zarzuela, Fundación Juan March, Palau de les Arts de Valencia, Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, Auditorio de Tenerife, and the International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada, with the collaboration of the Ballet Nacional de España.

Through this collaborative project, the stage rediscovers the artistic power and international reach of an indispensable Spanish dance pioneer.

✨ An exceptional opportunity to celebrate the living heritage of Spanish dance in Madrid.