Metamorphosis is the common thread for the 17th edition of the Milano Flamenco Festival; three national premières offering an in-depth reflection on the need for change, on ourselves and on others, in a reverse process that begins with the collective and ends where everything begins, with the individual. Three ambitious shows that, without neglecting the beauty, the richness and the deep roots of flamenco, re-examine the social and rebellious element of this art, which is also its essence and its origin.
The second performance in the Festival is Alter Ego. Patricia Guerrero and Alfonso Losa are more than just two. In this encounter of emotional mirroring, they also uncover their other selves; more sincere, distant, committed, uninhibited and exposed. They allow themselves to be transported by this hidden version of themselves that accompanies, protects and counters them. Patricia and Alfonso explore the aspects of others, uncovering the shifting of the shadow that is, and yet is not, themselves. Alter Ego is a shared challenge. A dance of impulse, surprise, questions, treasures, confusion, vapour, guts and horizons.