Sonia Franco presents Ser.Rana - Flamenco trio & dancer from Spain!

Ser.Rana is a foreteller. It is an experience that transforms the art of movement and sets dance free. It is like a body of water which cannot be contained, like an unceasing continuous flow of a river that is inside you and transforms your body through flamenco while you traverse impossible scenarios, which, akin to frogs, lose themselves when they are outside their pond. The original music, composed for this flamenco journey, together with the minimalist esthetic of dance, creates a close connection between artist and audience. Music and dance uncover that which lives inside us, and energized by life itself, will lead us to withstand the misery of the world.

Sonia Franco is a multifaceted artist. She is the creator and choreographer of “Ser.Rana” and is its principal interpreter. She is the winner of the 2º Prize obtained at the Choreography Competition in Madirid 2024 for her dance composition “Mujer de Rojo sobre fondo Gris”. She was a recipient of the Flamenco Vivo Carlotta Santana Prize in 2018 (New York), and was the winner of the 2019 Daniel Doña Award at the Certamen de Danza Española y Flamenco (Madrid), where she also received a Special Jury Mention. Additionally, she is the winner of the Best Original Music Prize (Premio a la Mejor Música Original) obtained at the Choreography Competition in Tetuan for her dance composition “Una chica general. Monólogos de una bailaora”, which was selected by the General Society of Authors to be shown at theaters throughout Madrid. In 2018, She had an acting role In the film “The Man who Killed Don Quixote”, directed by Terry Gilliam.

Ms. Franco is additionally a member of the Coribante Drama Company which is staging the play “Clytemnestra” at the Teatro Clásico de Mérida (Spain) as well as at other theaters, and is a cast member of the Zarzuela “Pan y toros”, directed by Juan Echanove. Ms. Franco also performed with the Vandalus Company at the International Dance Festival in New York (UNFIX) and at a host of other similar venues. She starred in “Flamenco paraíso”, an original project, which premiered in New York in 2023. At present, Ms. Franco is performing in “Jaleos jondos” a production choreographed by José Maldonado which received several honors at the Javier Limón Latino Grammy Awards.

Ms. Franco has performed and toured as a soloist alongside the vocalist Gala and with the flamenco pianist Pablo Rubén Maldonado, who is the recipient of the National Music Prize. he choreographed and acted in “Loser” and “Gente natural”, two works that were 􀃞 rst shown at the Festival de Teatro Contemporáneo in Madrid. She also starred in and choreographed “El sonido de mi locura” (“The Sound of my Madness”) which premiered at the Barrio Art Space New ork. Also worthy of mention is her participation in the Sara Baras, María Pagés, Pedro Córdoba and Malucos Danza Flamenco Dance Companies.