BEMAC Presents: Strike a Chord

5 November 2026

Compañía Pepa Molina presents Strike a Chord, a contemporary Flamenco work in which guitarist Marc Van Doornum and the ensemble Las Flamenkas meet in live exchange. Directed by Pepa Molina, the performance asks how an inherited art form is reshaped when a new generation of dancers makes it their own.

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Strike a Chord is a contemporary Flamenco work built on a live conversation between guitar and body. The guitar does not simply accompany the dancers; it provokes and answers them. Through rhythm, footwork and palmas, the performers move through moments of tension and connection that open onto questions of belonging and authorship.

Directed and choreographed by Pepa Molina, who also performs and plays Palmas, the work brings composer and guitarist Marc Van Doornum together with Las Flamenkas, a culturally diverse ensemble of dancers: Eliza Cooper, Emilia Hanna, Amari Leiva Urzúa, Anna Rocías Balboa and Sophia Marotta-Fujiwara. Lighting design is by Frankie Clarke.

Flamenco grew from the meeting of Romani, Andalusian, Moorish, Jewish and working-class cultures, and migration has shaped it from the very start. Strike a Chord is part of LIMINAL WORLD, BEMAC’s 2026 season, within the Artistic Hybridity thread. The performance runs for about one hour with no interval.

Dates & times

Thursday, November 05, 20267:00PM

Important information

Suitable for all ages

Duration approximately 1 hour and no interval.

For wheelchair and accessible seating or ticketing enquiries please email or call us to arrange on
(07) 3013 6666.

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BEMAC

Courageous in creativity. Determined in diversity. Enablers in change. Queensland’s leading multicultural arts producer, presenter and development organisation, BEMAC was established in 1987 to bring a new generation of diverse artists into the spotlight. We champion artists often missed by institutional radars, with programming that examines multiculturalism, migration and identity, using the arts to challenge entrenched ideas. We work toward a gender-balanced industry free from discrimination and barriers to participation.

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