Encuentro Triunfante

Guitarist Hernán Reinaudo plays an original composition based on the rhythms of triunfo (which means triumph in Spanish), a genre of folklore that was born during the battles of independence against Spain. Today the dance is no longer practiced, but the triunfo continues to live as a musical tradition. Dancer Ricardo Andrés Biagorria draws on his expertise in malambo and other folklore dances to play with and reinvent the rhythms of triunfo through unconventional gestures. Set in a small room decorated with symbols of the previous century, this twenty-first century encounter validates the interdependence of historical tradition and contemporary innovation.