The 2025/2026 season begins
After the summer holidays, the headquarters of the Company resumes its daily activities with preparatory classes and rehearsals for the works it will present in the new season, most of which are premieres by acclaimed choreographers such as William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Johan Inger, Luz Arcas, and Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo (Kor’sia), but there are also some classic works recovered after their premiere by the Company years ago, such as Serenade, Paquita Grand pas Classique, and Raymonda Divertimento.
In this way, the National Dance Company, led by Muriel Romero, moves towards achieving a cross-cutting project that embraces different styles, featuring choreographers of renowned international and national prestige as well as emerging young talents, with this new season in which 16 productions will be presented, 9 of which are premieres and 3 are absolute premieres. The CND will showcase this ambitious proposal on national and international tours, including a tour to the People’s Republic of China where it will visit the cities of Shanghai and Beijing.
September, appointments in Segovia and Pamplona
The first date of the season is September 13 at 8:00 PM at the Alcázar of Segovia during the Escena Patrimonio festival, which takes place in the framework of the “La Noche del Patrimonio” (The Night of Heritage). The CND will present a program composed of ‘We Say Truths That Seem Lies,’ premiered in the Musas room of the Museo del Prado during the Ellas Crean festival, along with excerpts from three singular proposals that exemplify the emerging choreographic talent within the Company and that were presented last July at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid: Essence (by Francesca Sari), The Threshold of Bodies (by Niccolò Balossini), and Exhibition No. 1 on Stage (by Emma Cámara and Roberto Lua).
Two weeks later, on September 25 at 7:00 PM, the Company will pay tribute to Marius Petipa at the Museum University of Navarra with two iconic pieces characterized by the technical rigor, academicism, and elegance that define the work of the great French master: Paquita Grand Pas Classique and Raymonda Divertimento.
Tour to the People’s Republic of China in October with the ballet Don Quixote
In October, we will be at the impressive stages of the Shanghai International Dance Center and the Tianqiao Theater in Beijing with five performances of the version of the ballet Don Quixote created by José Carlos Martínez for the company in 2015, when he was the Artistic Director of the CND.
Premiere of the program NumEros at the Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid
Returning from the People’s Republic of China, the Company will prepare for the presentation at the Teatro de la Zarzuela of the program NumEros, a dialogue with the choreographic tradition through the creators George Balanchine, Jacopo Godani, and William Forsythe, which will be on stage between December 11 and 21, featuring Serenade and the premieres Echoes from a Restless Soul and Playlist (Track 1, 2). The musical interpretation of Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48 by P. I. Tchaikovsky will be performed by the Orchestra of the Community of Madrid, conducted by Manuel Coves, with the piano of Gustavo Díaz Jerez, who will perform Le Gibet and Ondine, from the triptych Gaspard de la Nuit, composed by M. Ravel.
NumEros in the theaters of Valladolid, Valencia, Granada, and Santander
Between January 30 and February 1, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., the Calderón Theater in Valladolid will host the NumEros program, and the Palau de les Arts will host the same triple program on the weekend of March 28 (7:00 p.m.) and 29 (6:00 p.m.) of 2026, accompanied by the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana. In June and August 2026, the CND will take the NumEros program to the international festivals in Granada (Teatro del Generalife) and Santander (Palacio de festivales de Cantabria).
March: Premiere of the ROM (Range Of Motion) program at the Teatros del Canal Madrid
In the Sala Roja of the Teatros del Canal, between March 12, 13, 14 (8:00 PM) and 15 (6:30 PM), 2026, the Company will premiere two new works that make up the ROM (Range of Motion) program, a program that proposes a journey into the memory of movement that begins with the abstract, algorithmic language of William Forsythe in The Second Detail and ends with the expressionist and dramaturgical heritage of Muda by Johan Inger.
#INCUBATIO Circumambulatio in April at the Teatro Campoamor Oviedo
On April 25, the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo will host a performance of #INCUBATIO Circumambulatio, conceived by Muriel Romero unfolds before the spectator a highly impactful visual and sound universe, where dance intertwines with artificial intelligence and cutting-edge interactive technology.
In May, premiere of creations by Luz Arcas and Kors’ia at Centro Danza Matadero Madrid
New creations by Luz Arcas and Kor’sia, created for and performed by the Company, will be showcased from May 21 to May 31 at Centro Danza Matadero.
Tribute to Morton Feldman at the International Festival of Music and Dance in Granada
On June 28, as part of the upcoming edition of the International Festival of Music and Dance in Granada, the José Guerrero Center will host the CND’s tribute to the American composer Morton Feldman on his centenary.
The social project of the National Dance Company, WE ARE CND, continues to progress by meeting objectives and addressing new projects
The first project of the season will be the upcoming call for the tenth edition of Creation Residencies, which will open on September 15. A new edition of the Open Studio workshops, aimed at different audiences interested in the discipline of dance, is also planned, in which our dancers and the dance teachers and repetiteurs of the Company, among others, will collaborate, coordinated by the area of educational and sociocultural activities. The project La CND in the University will also receive new impetus, and there will be new editions of the Creators Project and the mentorship projects and Mornings with the CND.