Abstract
This article aims to update generally assumed readings on Spanish bailaor Israel Galván regarding solitude (Didi-Huberman) and silence (Frayssinet Savy) by interrogating his show La fiesta (2017). La fiesta contributes to a revaluation of his solo career as a flamenco dancer and deliberately proposes a non-normative flamenco universe that searches for alternative modes of dancing. Moved by notions such as failure, forgetfulness, and stupidity (Halberstam) I will demonstrate how celebratory spaces and times such as the one evoked by Galván facilitate actions and movements outside of the limits normativity im-poses.
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