51º Edición Cante de las Mina

 The Union "Ciudad minera y flamenca". That's the way The Union greets its visitors when they get to the frontier of the municipal territory. And since tuesday, the 2nd of August till the next 13th, a longer period than before, its streets, its people, its Public Market, will take in, in the miner mountain the best
flamenco of this country, in the 51st edition of the Cante Festival of "Cante de las Minas".

On the second of august, the first activities will take place, always free, of the cultural agenda prepared by the Town Hall. The "Cante de las Minas" museum, located in the "Casa de Piñón",  will be open to the public and will inagurate the "II Jornadas Gatronómicas Flamencas", and a photographic exhibition about the "Inolvidables del Flamenco". All this to heat motors until the official start of the Festival, on the 4th.

With the opening speech of Carlos Herrera, the first performances of this 2011 will be held by the winners of the competition of last year: Miguel Ortega, (Lámpara Miner), Francisco Moncayo (Bordón Minero), Jesús Fernández (Desplante) and Abdón Alcara (Filón).
The entry to the Public Market the first day will be free.
One lighted the carbides in the Cante Cathedral, the Flamenco will flow amongst the village easily.

Arcangel y Quinter

 The "cantaor"of Huelva will offer us, on thursday and friday the 16th and 17th of june, in the Quintero Théater of Seville, his new show, "a journey of the tradition to the transgression", in which he will perform some of the themes that belong to his new album, "Quijote of the dreams, smell of land".
"Smell of the land"is the name of his new show that makes reference to"that smell of the wet land so characteristic in Andalucia, and that reminds him of his childhood", according to the organisation, after the presentation this friday in the Quintero Théater of the andalousian capital.
As a big flamenco artist, Arcángel is sourrounded by the best company. For this show he will be performing with a team of artists like Miguel Ángel Cortés and Daniel Méndez to the guitar and Agustín Diassera in charge of the percussion

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.

Farruquito

The dancer from Sevilla Juan Manuel Fernandez Montoya "Farruquito" (1982) is back on stage next September with "Baile flamenco", he will travel through Japan, China, USA, France and Holland with this new show.

Now with "Baile flamenco", which première will be on September 12. at the Compaq Theater in Gran Via, the grandson of the mythical "Farruco" will present his new work.