Yoko Komatsubara

Yoko Komatsubara, a veteran dancer, choreographer and flamenco of several schools in Japan that will perform her new show, "Flamenco Passion" in 16 Japanese cities in collaboration with the "Instituto Andaluz del Flamenco", stated: "Flamenco is almost our art in Japan. "

With over two hundred students of flamenco dance, distributed in twelve academies in Japan, with headquarters in Tokyo,  Komatsubara is in  charge of the direction and choreography, in collaboration with Currillo de Bormujos, of "Passion of flamenco," which will run between September the 20th and October the 14th.

The director says her ambition is that flamenco is better known around the world and even more deeply in Japan, which calls for annual competition among its students and scholarship winners to stay in "sevillanas" academies, working in this She also collaborates in this flamenco promotion with the Min-on Japanese Foundation, a state entity dedicated to establishing cultural links between different cultures.

Joaquin Cortes in Calé

"Dedicated to the light of my eyes: My Mother".
Joaquin Cortes will go over his career on the stage of the Häagen-Dazs Theater in Madrid from May 5. to 20.Joaquin Cortes is proposing a trip all along his personal feelings. The title of the show is "Calé" (means Gipsy in his language), Cortes is going over his career and essence, giving expression to his influences and experiences. In Calé, Joaquin Cortes is picking up the main parts of his six shows presented all around the world all along his career: Cibayi, Mi Soledad, Pasión Gitana, Soul, Live and Amor y Odio. Cortes is proposing a retrospectivo where he's showing his soul and feelings through the dance.

Flamenco Flamenco by Carlos Saura

"Flamenco, Flamenco" by Carlso SauraOn November 19. the new movie "Flamenco, Flamenco" by Carlos Saura will open, a trip with the participation of the masters Paco de Lucía, Manolo Sanlucar or José Merce, accompanying new talents like Estrella Morente, Sara Baras, Miguel Poveda, Israel Galvan, Eva Yerbabuena, Farruquito ou Niña Pastori, a sort of introduction or alternative maintaining the flame of flamenco."Flamenco, Flamenco" is the reflect of the unique and very personal way of Carlos Saura when he is directing movies. He is sharing with us this art.