La Palma will once again become a hub for avant-garde arts with the second edition of the Isla Fiera festival, scheduled for 14 and 15 November in Los Llanos de Aridane. Under the theme Cuerpos en revolución (Bodies in revolution), the event will feature five artistic proposals that challenge conventional languages and advocate for the body as a space of freedom, experimentation, and transformation.
Isla Fiera aims to bring contemporary performing arts closer to the public through a programme that spans contemporary dance, theatre, performance, and sound experimentation. Various locations within the municipality will transform into stages for artistic works that question norms, explore diverse identities, and engage with tradition from contemporary perspectives.
The programme will kick off on Saturday, 14 November, at 12:00 in the Plaza de España with Mover montañas (Moving mountains) by Alberto Velasco, a contemporary dance piece that celebrates folklore as a living heritage through a non-normative body and queer identity, highlighting tradition, freedom, and collective expression.
At 19:30, the Museo Arqueológico Benahoarita will host Escarlet by Ángela Millano, an intimate and unsettling experience that delves into the strange and vulnerable through sounds, gestures, and transformations that navigate between the animal, human, and monstrous realms. Following this, at 20:30, the same venue will present Brutalismo. Una danza para concierto (Brutalism: A dance for concert) by Isabel do Diego, which combines Andalusian folklore, electronic experimentation, and a unique exploration of the boundaries between the human, animal, and spiritual.
On Sunday, 15 November, at 18:30 in the Terrero de Lucha, Phantom by Darío Bardam will take the stage, a piece that investigates the limits between movement and sound to create a third presence through rhythms, figures, and traces, akin to a séance of scenic spiritualism. The festival will conclude at 20:00 in the Casa del Conde in Llano de Argual with Angelical by María Jurado, a dance and performance piece that uses the figure of the angel to question contemporary ideals of perfection and perpetual positivity.
With this second edition, Isla Fiera reaffirms its commitment to contemporary performing arts, diverse languages, and artistic experimentation, inviting audiences in La Palma to discover new ways of understanding the body, identity, and performance. The festival is organised by Sodepal, in collaboration with the Ayuntamiento de Los Llanos de Aridane, and under the artistic direction of Patricia Figuero.
