Teatre Arniches in Alicante Closes 'Abril en Danza' with Double Valencian Performance

The festival concludes on May 2nd with the show 'Valencianas', featuring companies La Socia Danza and Cos Contant Dansa.

Generic image of a dancer on a theater stage, with dramatic lighting.
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Generic image of a dancer on a theater stage, with dramatic lighting.

The Teatre Arniches in Alicante will host the closing of the 'Abril en Danza 2026' festival on May 2nd, promoted by the Institut Valencià de Cultura, featuring prominent Valencian companies.

The closing session arrives with the show Valencianas, a double-bill program featuring La Socia Danza and Cos Contant Dansa. This event offers an approach to two distinct scenic languages, united by contemporary creation and a focus on the body as a space for expression.
The first piece is Sostenidor, by La Socia Danza, with dancer and creator Alicia Reig. The work establishes a dialogue between contemporary dance and flamenco, with live music and singing by Antonio Prats and Raúl Micó. The proposal plays with the meaning of 'sostenidor' (bra/supporter), understood both as that which supports and as a reference to the garment itself, presenting women as an essential figure in sustaining life.
The second part of the program is Hiraeth, by Cos Contant Dansa. The work explores nostalgia through an intimate and visceral physical language, with Sebastián Rowinsky and Isabel Álvarez as performers. In this piece, bodies trace an emotional journey where absence becomes the engine of movement, thus completing a closing focused on Valencian creation and the diversity of languages within contemporary dance.