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Centro Danza Matadero

The welcoming home of dance in Madrid

Centro Danza Matadero – CDM is the welcoming home of dance in Madrid. The vitality of this organic, open, diverse, inclusive and cross-disciplinary cultural project stems from the city’s deep-rooted traditions in Spanish dance, and from the universality that serves as its core inspiration.  

With a dialectic that harmoniously combines the I and the We, the centre and the periphery, the neighbourhood and the world, Centro Danza Matadero – CDM interacts with its surroundings and draws nourishment from its cultural heritage and innovations, proactively responding to all aesthetic trends and languages. 

Centro Danza Matadero – CDM seeks to contribute to the fusion of Madrid and Dance in the same cultural sphere. It strives for Matadero Madrid to be identified with Dance, linking its cultural activities with the choreutic centres and involving the citizenry in its development, both as a creative asset and as a subject of creation.  

At the heart of our uniqueness and universal potential lies a Madridness that all of us at Centro Danza Matadero – CDM wish to transform into ethical and aesthetic values. We aim to do this by bringing together a municipal cultural policy, a history, a setting, a space, and a convergent and syncretic artistic vision and programme. Dance at Matadero Madrid fosters creators who, on one hand, pay heed to professionals dedicated to the noble and necessary task of creating beauty and meaning, and, on the other, consider the needs of the diverse groups that make up our society.

Main areas of activity

  • Artistic programme revolving around dance.
  • Artistic dance residencies.
  • Co-productions to create national and international shows.
  • Artistic cooperation, collaboration and exchange with like-minded national and international theatres, companies and choreographic centres.
  • Training through workshops and masterclasses in the arts of dance (performance, choreography, stage direction, etc.).
  • Popularisation of dance and its relationship with science, health, education, sport, the elderly, disability, urban planning, multiculturalism...
  • Accessible to all audiences, with workshops and seminars aimed at bringing dance closer to children, young people, women, the elderly, people with different abilities, family audiences, etc. 

More information at: www.centrodanzamatadero.es

Activities