Nélida Tirado
Dime Quién Soy (Tell Me Who I Am)
December 13–22, 2024
4pm and 7pm
In Dime Quién Soy, flamenco artist Nélida Tirado embarks on a journey in celebration of her authentic self. This all-ages dance performance fuses flamenco, bomba y plena, and salsa with original live music by Gonzalo Grau to embrace the complexities of personal identity.
- December 13: Diasporico Night, co-hosted with NuevaYorkinos, La Nueva Link and Nuyorico Art Club
Celebrate the opening night of Dime Quién Soy with our friends at NuevaYorkinos, La Nueva Link, and Nuyorico Art Club. Come early and enjoy a complimentary pre-show drink in the Playhouse lobby beginning at 6:30pm.
- December 14: Community Matinee & Parranda
From 3:30-4pm, join us outside of Abrons Arts Center for a parranda—the Puerto Rican tradition of Christmas caroling. Hosted with Daso El Afro Caribeño of Piragua Art Space, Cultura Pa’lante, and Loisaida Inc. Use the code COMMUNITY24 at checkout to claim a free ticket, while supplies last!
- December 21: Family Matinee
From 2:30-3:30pm, get creative with hands-on art activities and have your holiday portrait taken at our pop-up photo studio–all included in the price of your ticket.
Group Rates available. Please email Justin Faircloth, Visitor Experience Manager, [email protected] for more information.
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About the Artist
Nelida Tirado hailed “magnificent and utterly compelling” (NY Times) began her formal training at Ballet Hispanico at the age of six. Barely out of her teens, she was invited to tour the U.S. with Jose Molina Bailes Españoles and work as a soloist in Flamenco Vivo, Noche Flamenca, Compañia Maria Pagés and Compañia Antonio El Pipa, performing at prestigious flamenco festivals and television through Europe and Asia. She has performed in “Carmen” with the MET, WMI’s “Gypsy Caravan 1”, and featured in Riverdance” on Broadway and touring companies. Ms. Tirado was recipient of the 2007 and 2010 BRIO Award, and opened with her company Summer 2010 for Buena Vista Social Club for the Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. Some highlights include HarlemStage E-Moves, “Amores Quebrados” at the Repertorio Español, “Dance Under the Influence” 2011 & 2012 and the 2016 premiere of her solo show "Dime Quien Soy" at Joe's Pub in the Flamenco Festival NY. She was recipient of the 2017 Rosario Dawson Muse Fellow through BAAD!, seen in the film adaptation of “In The Heights”, featured in “Dancing with the Stars” and chosen as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”. Her solo show “Dime Quien Soy” has been presented at the Albuquerque Flamenco Festival 35, Queens Theater and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Summer 2022.
Funding
Dime Quién Soy has been generously supported by BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance/Rosario Dawson Muse Fellow, CDI Dance Initiative, the Jacob's Pillow Lab 2021 and the 2022 Bronx Dance Fund from the Bronx Council on the Arts.