05/10/2010 Dance Shows News

The opening of the "Dance Month" suposes the debut of Israel Galvan in a contemporary dance festival in Andalusia and the premiere of the artillery factory.

La inauguración del 'Mes de Danza' supone el debut de Israel Galván en una muestra de danza contemporánea en Andalucía y el estreno de la Fábrica de Artillería como espacio escénico.

Israel Galvan

The next 29 of october at 21pm the show of Israel Galvan marks the beginning of 23 days of contemporary dance. He will seize theatres, streets and places of the city and other unusual places. The artillery factory, declared good of Cultural interest, is without any doubt, one of this "unsual places"; for the first time in its large history,it will turn into a show place.Israel Galvan "solo", without music and without any kind of artifice, in the magnitude of the rooms of theartillery factory, is in charge to open this new edition of the "Dance Month", that will be dedicated this year to the dance and its relationship with technology. "Solo" of Israel Galvan, in which the dancer uses only his body, and silences to build his speech, is, teh starting point of this reflexion about the exceptional capacity of thecontemporary dance to incorporate technologies. A route that leads us from this "Solo" to proposals that sirve ofsensors, computers, several softwares and on-line interaction for these creative processes; machines are at the serviceof the creation and the dance is at the service of the machines to create pieces in live, in a play of inter relationshipand improvision with many possibilities.

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29/09/2010 La Bienal de Flamenco Shows News

Estrella Morente showes her charm from the Sacromonte around the Maestranza

Estrella Morente

The singer Estrella Morente has been applauded on Sunday night during the Flamenco Bienal of Seville for the premiere of the show "Estrella de Granada", accompanied by the Cuadro Gitano of the Sacromonte. The daughter of Enrique Morente, who conceived the show, got together on stage of the Maestranza Theater a team one hundred per cent of Granada. The showing of an audio-visual that recovers the period between the Second Republic and the Civil War, is a way to recall an historical event, the Contest of Cante Jondo in 1922. Recalling Antonio Chacón, Manolo de Huelva, Manuel Torres, Montoya and Pastora Pavón La Niña de los Peines, she began the show in a sensual way. She was wearing an elegant dress created by Victor y Lucchino (like the whole wardrobe) and she offered "Qué quieres de mi", her famous zambra.

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27/09/2010 La Bienal de Flamenco Guitar Seville News

"Tomatito" made enthusiastic the public of the sevillan Maestranza theatre with his show "Luz de guía"

Tomatito

The guitarist José Fernandez Torres "Tomatito" made enthusiastic the public of the sevillan Maestranza theatre with hisshow "Luz de guía (The eternal twinkle)", title dedicated to the singer Camaron de la Isla, of whom he has been the guitaristduring 20 years and with whom he started at 15 years old.
The guitarist did not play except at the begining of the concert, a "taranta" which ended up by "fandangos", accompaniedby a second guitar, two percussionists and the voice of three singers, like Simón Román and Juanito de Íllora."Tomatito" has been received by an ovation when he came to the sober stage, on which everything was black except theguitar and the shirt of the master. Just the lights seed to dye of a light blue the background of the stage when the guitarist and his accompanists launched into the liveliest palos and the most rhytmical compositions.

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21/09/2010 La Bienal de Flamenco Bailaores Seville News

Farruquito premiere "Sonerías" at the Biennial on 21 September at the

Farruquito

Fhe Biennial of Flamenco of Sevilla is, without any doubt, the most important Flamenco Festival in the world and one of the festivals with the greatest international impact, that is celebrated in our country. Farruquito, one of the key pieces of Flamenco, will take part in this new edition disclosing, the presentation of his new show, "Sonerías".
A new show written by the "bailaor", that in this occasion adds new elements in the choréographie (more people with the presence of four "bailaoras"), the scenographie and the argument, in a script of fusions and artistic sensibilities, always in the structure of the "Arte Flamenco", that characterized the past and present of the sevillian artist. Like in the beginning of Arte, with the "cantes" of "Ida y Vuelta", the Flamenco is reunited in la Habana with the rich musical culture of Cuba, almost as ours as our own folklore. It unites the elements of the XX century, like jazz, El Son, La Salsa or the Bolero.
Two passions united by the link of the orthodoxy of Flamenco that Juan Manuel Fernández always defends.

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16/09/2010 La Bienal de Flamenco Seville Shows Singing News

The Bienal de Sevilla is starting with a sublime Miguel Poveda and will end with the master Paco de Lucia.

Miguel Poveda

The singer Miguel Poveda opened the 16. edition of the Bienal Flamenco de Sevilla last night. Without doubt one of the most important and expected show of this festival is the one of the guitar player Paco de Lucia, who will close the fetical next Saturday October 9. We have an appointment at the Maestranza Theater, at 20h30. The Andalusian main city is right now the flamenco main city, with a programming with 56 shows. In front of the Real Maestranza Bullfighing Place, Poveda offered an extraordinary interpretation, accompanied by a lot of musicians.

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