18/08/2010 Shows Music Singing Madrid

Farruquito is closing the flamenco season of the Veranos de la Villa 2010

Farruquito

The "taconeo" of Farruquito will resound next Saturday in the Sabatini Gardens and will close the last week of the flamenco cycle during the Veranos de la Villa 2010. Also present the guitar player Gerardo Nuñez and the singers José Menese, Arcangel and Mayte Martin.

The dancer from Seville, will close the season of this big event in Madrid, with his artistical offer "Puro", accompanied by 14 musicians, and offering a trip through the flamenco palos.

After his show in the Veranos de la Villa, Farruquito will be on stage on September 9. in the Auditorium of La Palma de Mallorca and on September 21. in the Maestranza of Sevilla Theater for the XV. Flamenco Bienal.

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01/07/2010 Bailaores Shows Madrid News

The dancer Rafael Amargo presents his new show "Princesas del Flamenco"

El bailaor granadino Rafael Amargo presenta hasta el 4 de julio en el Teatro Hägen Dazs-Calderón de Madrid su espectáculo 'Princesas del Flamenco'

Playbill Princesas Flamencas

The dancer from Granada, Rafael Amargo, presents his new show "Princesas del Flamenco", from July 4. at the Hägen Dazs-Calderón Theater in Madrid. He's dipping into the flamenco roots to show the talent of two dancers, Susana Lupianez, La Lupi, and Carmen RIvas, La Talegona. This evening, the profits of the show will go to the Isabel Genio Fundation, investigating the muscular dystrophy and some other rare diseases.According to Rafael Amargo declarations the show "Princesas del Flamenco" is a musical show without any dramatic art, it is a kind of smoothness, its aim is to show the talent and to offer an artistical alternative to both Andalusian dancers actively involved from his debut."They always gave their bodies and soul to the dance", explained Amargo.We need a strong female figure of the flamenco in Spain, said the dancer. There are a lot of male dancers accross the world.

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23/06/2010 Guitar Festivals Singing Madrid News

The "Veranos de la Villa" celebrate its 25. anniversary with the aim of "moving the culture closer to the citizens".

Paco de Lucía

On June 29. Paco de Lucia will initiate the festival on the Puerta del Angel stage, one of the main stage with the Sabatini Gardens. This event will be introduced by the mayor hiself, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon.
The festival bets on the theater, the zarzuela and the movies, but the main course is the music, with the shows of Diana Krall, Marianne Faithfull, ELvis Costello, Youssou N'Dour, Sinead O'Connor or the Portuguese singer Adriana Calcanhotto.
This festival is one of the identity sign of the city with an impressive musical offer, but also a lot of dance and theater. The Puerta del Angel stage, the Sabatini Gardens, the different streets and squares of the capital, but also some local and private theaters and live bars will offer some of the 150 shows during July and August.

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14/06/2010 Suma Flamenca Bailaores Festivals Shows Music Singing Madrid News

Enrique Morente and Antonio Canales two figures in the third week of Suma Flamenca 2010

Enrique Morente en la tercera semana de la Suma Flamenca 2010

Enrique Morente in Suma Flamenca 2010

The third week of the V. Edition of the Flamenco Festival of Madrid, Suma Flamenca 2010, will offer five shows (three singing shows and two dance shows). They will take place at the Canal Theaters, having some great artists like Enrique Morente, Pastora Galván and Joaquín Grillo, Juan Valderrama, Argentina and Antonio, Antonio Canales and Amador Rojas, according to the information provided by the festival's organisation. The third week of the festival will start tomorrow with the musical performance of the master Enrique Morente, who will offer a classical flamenco concert, at 8.30pm. That will be the prelude of the Flamenco Bienal of Sevilla. The show of Pastora Galván "Bailes" will be presented next Wednesday 16. On Thursday the festival will offer a recital titles "Maestros", where the voice and the guitare are fitting in with the piano and violins harmonic richness". On Friday 18. Argentino will sing by tangos, bulerias, soleas, alegrias, fandangos and rumbas accompanied by guitars, piano, trumpet, percussion, palmas, choirs and Manuel Parrila as guest star. The concert will take place on Friday 18. at 8.30pm. And the last show of this third week will be dedicated to the dance, when Antonio Canales will dance with his pupil Amador Rojas during "Alternativa". We will discover the experience of one of the greatest dancers and the youth of the new generation.

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08/06/2010 Suma Flamenca Flamencos Shows Music Singing Madrid News

Miguel Poveda, soon at the Suma Flamenca

Miguel Poveda

The Suma Flamenca Festival is going on with the recital of Miguel Poveda, a tribute to a deep encounter, dedicated to the Catalan singer 17 years ago, during the Festival de las Minas, for his 50. anniversary.The contemporary music, the Spanish music, the fado, the bolero, the flamenco, the tango, everything finds its place in this unmeasured voice, the voice of Miguel Poveda, the star of this Festival Suma Flamenco. During this festival we will also know emerging talents.

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