Maria Pagés

The Chief Executive of Culture, Paulino Plata, has presented this Tuesday in Seville the planning of the XXIII edition of the "Arte Flamenco" Mont-de-Marsan Festival, that will be held in this french city, from the 4th to the 9th of july, and in which artists like Israel Galván, Rocío Molina, Agujetas, María Pagés, Milagros Mengíbar, o Arcángel will be participating.

In the act, Plata has been accompanied by the Delegate of Culture of "Conseil Général" of Las Landas, Jean-Louis Pedeuboy, and also by the artistic directors of the Festival, François Boidron and Sandrine Rabassa. The Director has pointed out that thank you to Mont-de-Marsan "the Flamenco gets into you, and this for Andalucía is a very important fact, because we want to spread the horizons of the "jondo"art.

The Festival will held between the 4th and the 9th of july and through its stages will pass the first figures of the purest flamenco. That's why, in the Françoise Miterrand space, with a capacity of 2.500 people, we will be able to see María Pagés with her show "Mirada", made to celebrate the 20 years of the dancer and choreographer from Seville.

Paquera de Jerez

Programme on Canal Sur TV on Monday January 10. at 10.30 pm. The TV programme will be a tribute to the Paquera de Jerez, with the intervention of the sisters Mendez and Jesus Mendez. Argentina, Tomas de Perrate, Mariana Cornejo, Joaquin Grilo and Lya and Makarines will also be present, as Lola Montoya, unforgettable member of the mythical duet Lole and Manuel, idol of a whole generation, will be one of the great actor of the first programme of the year 2011 produced and copresented by Jesus Quintero and Fran Rivera next January 10. on Canal Sur TV at 10.30pm. Lole will delight the viewers with themes like "Todo es de color" and "Tu presencia". El Lebrijano and Pastora Soler will sing "Anunciacion de la Pascua", a theme of religious influences.

Farruco Family

Broadcasted in Canal Sur TV on monday the 13th december at 22:30. Farruquito, Farruco and El Carpera form one of the most important sagas of "bailaores". Miguel Poveda, Lole and José Mercé will show their prodigious faculties and the artis from Jerez
will sing even in latin the "Salve Regina".

Duets of Falete with Niña Pastori, of Argentina with Pepe Roca and of Júnior with the "Hermanas Bautistas". Salvadora Fernández will remember the visit of Michelle Obama to a flamenca cave of the Sacromonte.
Juan Andrés Maya, Antonio el Pipa and David Palomar will act too.

Programme broadcasted on Canal Sur TV, on Monday, December 13. at 10.30pm, Farruquito, Farruco and the Carpeta are one of the most important dancers saga. Miguel Poveda, Lole and José Mercé will demonstrate, once again, their abilities and the artist from Jerez will sing in latin the "Salve Regina".Some great duets: Falete with the Niña Pastori, Argentina with Pepe Roca and Junior with the Bautista Sisters. Salvadora Fernandez will remember the visit of Michelle Obama to her flamenco cave in Sacromonte. Juan Andrés Maya, Antonio el Pipa and David Palomar will also be there. The flamenco is an art linked to some important families. "El sol, la sal, el son" produced by Jesus Quintero and presented by Fran Rivera, will focus on the Farruco dynasty next Monday, December 13, on the channel Canal Sur TV, at 10.30pm and will offer some great flamenco shows. Farruquito, Farruco and the Carpeta will show their know-how and will demonstrate why they are considerated the number one in dance.

Paco Sánchez, with the camera and Poveda.

In the framework of the International Festival of Las Minas, that reaches this edition the half century of life, several trains of long way that links up Cartagena city (close to La Union, where the competition is developed) with Valencia and Barcelona will show a selection of 60 pictures, portraits, performances and flamenco atmospheres, under the title “A train of famous artists” that could be contemplated by more than 75.000 travellers during this month, according to Renfe estimations.

The pictures- big format, in black and white and colours- composed a trajectory by “legendary figures” that came to the Festival in these 50 years of life. Moreover, there is a review to Paco Sanchez work, Prized of Plastic Arts 2010 of the Cátedra de Flamencología of Jerez, radio professional, linked to the jondo world from 1975.

En medio de un día de polémica en el que Santiago Herrero, presidente de la Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía (CEA) se ha tenido que retractar de las declaraciones en las que proponía recortes presupuestarios para la Agencia Andaluza del Flamenco y en la que el consejero de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, Paulino Plata, ha dejado claro que el presupuesto destinado a esta entidad no se verá mermado por la crisis, la cultura ha sabido obviar los conflictos y el flamenco ha dado un paso al frente con la inauguración de la Cátedra Juanito Valderrama.

Se trata de una coincidencia ya que el acto de inauguración llevaba tiempo programado, pero, de hecho, ha quedado patente que mientras las circunstancias económicas llevan a enredos de réplicas y contrarréplicas, el Flamenco con mayúsculas sigue su camino imparable en el mundo académico donde cuenta cada día con mayor protagonismo al tratarse de una expresión de arte popular y un signo de identidad de la idiosincrasia Andaluza y Española.