Mencey Loco

Aday Morales

• Performance

Mencey Loco is a solo dance work inspired by La Cantata del Mencey Loco by Los Sabandeños — an album banned under Franco’s regime for its pro-independence message. The piece resurrects the final revolt of the Guanches, the Indigenous people of the Canary Islands, against Spanish colonization. Through explosive hip hop and krump, it connects these historical struggles to today’s realities: over-tourism, cultural erasure, and the resilience of island identity. At once intimate and political, Mencey Loco is a cry for remembrance and a declaration of survival.