Duende Flamenco Festival 2024

Date: Thursday, November 14–Sunday, November 17, 2024

Celebrate 10 years of the Aga Khan Museum's most anticipated yearly festival from November 14 to 17. Explore the multi-disciplinary nature of flamenco and its continually evolving modes of expression through an exciting celebration of dance, music, and film.

More details coming soon!

The 10th annual Duende Flamenco Festival is guest curated by Carmen Romero, the artistic director and principal dancer of Toronto's Compañía Carmen Romero

Artistic Direction by Amirali Alibhai, Head of Performing Arts at the Aga Khan Museum. 

About Carmen Romero

Carmen Romero is an award-winning flamenco dance artist, performer, teacher, and producer. With a strong presence in the national and international dance scene, Romero has an unmatched talent for improvisation, choreography, and storytelling. Romero's mesmerizing ability to create transcendent experiences on stage has won her countless awards and nominations. Aside from coaching Latin pop star Shakira, she has received the Chalmers Award for the K.M. Hunter Emerging Artists Award, represented Canada at the 9th Annual Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco in Madrid, and performed as a soloist in the International Castanet festival in Girona, Spain.

The Museum’s Performing Arts programming is generously supported by the Nanji Family Foundation.