Carlos Carvento
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Carlos Carvento (b. 1995),[1] known simply as Carvento or La Carvento, is a Spanish dancer, classical and contemporary dance choreographer, and drag artist.[2] His artistic aesthetic and activism are based on reclaiming Andalusian popular traditions and reappropriating symbols like the *copla*, *flamenco*, or *romerías* for his political militancy within the LGBTIQ+ movement.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2019, he was at the center of a controversy after the social media platform Instagram censored one of his posts in which he appeared wearing a mantilla, in a video walking through the Great Mosque of Granada while asserting the right of "queers" to live Holy Week just like anyone else.[3][4][5][6]
In June 2022, he served as the opening speaker of the LGBT pride of Córdoba, reading a manifesto alongside various LGBT associations of the city and performing that same day.[7] That same year, he premiered his project Maricón de España: valuing the queer movement, which began as a final degree project in 2018 at the Madrid Higher Conservatory of Dance.[3]
As a writer, he contributed to the book Flores para Lola: a queer and feminist look at the diva, by Carlos Barea, published in 2023 by the publisher Dos Bigotes. The work analyzes the history of the copla and transformism in Spain from a feminist and queer lens. Carvento wrote the essay Las otras Lola, focusing on the history of transformist impersonators of Lola Flores.[8]
He is part of the Andalusian drag collective Las Niñas,[9] founded in 2018 and which includes or has included prominent artists of the Spanish scene such as Rosario Molina, La Sussi, Belial, Pakita, and Samantha Hudson. In 2021, Las Niñas, in collaboration with the Lolailo collective, brought the aesthetics of the copla diva and Andalusian folklore to Madrid with a performance at the Museo Reina Sofía.[3]
In 2025, Carvento appeared alongside Roberto Aragón as a guest on the podcast Sabor a Queer, hosted by David Velduque, in an episode dedicated to the *copla* and its history with the LGBT community.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Carlos identifies as a non-binary person.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pride in Andalusian". Portal de Andalucía. 2021-06-20. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Carvento, dancer, activist, and drag: "For me it's meaningful that my message appears in an academic context"". Lanza Digital. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d Cortázar Meléndez, Rosa (2024-12-17). "La Carvento and the reinvention of Andalusian folklore through drag and cultural Andalusianism". Re-visiones. 14: 69–80. doi:10.5209/revi.97902. ISSN 2173-0040. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Carvento dons a mantilla outfit 3 years after the censorship". Córdoba Buenas Noticias. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "He walks with his "drag mantilla" during Córdoba's Holy Week for queer rights". Shangay. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ Alba, Alfonso. "Carvento's Good Friday 'performance': mantilla reimagined". Cordópolis (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-09-15. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Carvento, 'town crier' of Córdoba's Gay Pride". Córdoba Buenas Noticias. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Copla and transformism, with Carlos Barea and Carlos Carvento" (audio). RTVE. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Carvento, dancer, activist, and drag: "For me it's meaningful that my message appears in an academic context"". Lanza Digital. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "COPLA with CARVENTO and ROBERTO ARAGÓN 🪭🔥🥀 SABOR A QUEER 3x27" (video). YouTube. 2025-05-22. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Carvento, dancer, activist, and drag: "For me it's meaningful that my message appears in an academic context"". Lanza Digital. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 19 June 2025.