03/05/2010 Flamencos News

Over 5,000 Signatures for the Flamenco as World Heritage Campaign

The Web site www.flamencopatrimoniodelahumanidad.es has up to now registered a total of 5,000 online signatures, with an average of 50 votes per day. This site was implemented last February 28th as part of the 'Flamenco soy' campaign initiated in January to support flamenco's candidacy to be named Intangible Cultural World Heritage by UNESCO.
According to these same sources, the signatures come from 40 countries, "mainly Spain, France and the US," although votes have arrived from the majority of Latin American countries (most notably Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela and Colombia) and the rest of Europe, including countries such as Germany, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands and Hungary. Additionally, votes have been cast from Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Algeria, China and Japan.
The contents of this Web site have been translated into English, French and Japanese, and through the Website, people can personally sign the candidacy and follow all of the information that is generated throughout the campaign, which will last through the last trimester of 2010, at which time the UNESCO Assembly will make its decision...

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30/04/2010 Dance Shows Madrid News

The Ballet Folklórico de Madrid Journeys Along Spain's Coasts in Litus

At over four thousand kilometers in length, the Spanish “LITUS” (coastline) is bathed by two seas and an ocean. As though the water possessed the country’s very culture, the land that it bathes is permeated by its emotion and life.

The Mediterranean Sea, with its warmth and ancestral culture, provides soft and melodious rhythms full of style and charged with symbolism. This journey along the coastline begins along the Mediterranean coast. From Catalonia to Valencia, passing through the Balearic Islands, we can see how the Mediterranean’s soft waves cradle with rhythmic dances that make one float in a calm se of notes and steps.

Upon approaching the Atlantic Ocean, the rhythms become accentuated along the Andalusian coast. That Mediterranean cadence intermingles with the turmoil and joy of the ocean, creating a vivid and colorful staging.

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29/04/2010 Shows Music Madrid News

Gypsies Sing to God in Madrid

The Tito Losada Company presents Misa Flamenca, a production of a mystical nature that fuses art and religion. A performance in which Tito Losada's guitar, the deep vocalizations of the singers and the precision of the of the dancers, guitarists and percussionists, officiate the most important rite of the Catholic Church: mass.

On a vast, sacred stage, in a combination of lamentation and joy the flamencos sing to God in a setting lit by candles lit in front of a wooden cross, with aromas of incense and a voice that chants with fervor and solemnity...

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28/04/2010 Classes Formación Jerez News

Understanding Flamenco: Summer Course in Jerez

After last year's fruitful experience, the radio program Los Caminos del Cante (Onda Jerez Radio-EMA Satelite), in colaboration with the Jerez City Hall (through the Education and Youth Delegations) convenes its second stage 'Conocer el Flamenco' (Getting to know flamenco).

This course is directed to anyone interested in participating, and it's objective is to explain the key factors of this art, so that students can distinguish between the different styles of flamenco using such elements as rhythm, literary structure and musical scales...

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27/04/2010 Jerez Seville Ferias

2010 Andalusian Feria Dates

Each year, the arrival of the Feria de Abril in Seville marks the beginning of the Andalusian feria season (Spring and Summer). Last Sunday, the Feria de Abril closed with a spectacular fireworks show, but there are still a lot of ferias to enjoy in 2010...

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