Thursday, May 1, 2025  *  8 pm Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Dr., Irvine, California 92612 ONE NIGHT ONLY! Considered the most prominent flamenco dance company in the United States, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana will make its SPAC debut with the world premiere of QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Element), a new evening-length work set to an original score of live music. Choreographed by Patricia Guerrero, the new work explores the fifth element of the earth: ether, the essence that makes up the space around us. Hailed as a master of tradition who dares to deconstruct the art form, Guerrero draws on

FINAL WEEKEND, EXHIBIT ENDS: March 24, 2025 Norton Simon Museum 411 West Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, California Exhibited for the first time on the West Coast, Velázquez’s monumental image will be installed alongside an international group of artists whose works were collected by the Habsburg court. Paintings by Nicolas Poussin, Guido Reni and Peter Paul Rubens, all highlights from the Norton Simon Museum’s collections, evoke Mariana’s everyday access to remarkable works of art, and invite comparisons between Velázquez and the artists he knew and admired. Mariana: Portrait of a Queen by Velázquez will be exhibited alongside paintings by Jusepe de Ribera,