On its 25th anniversary, the Nimes Festival pays tribute to Paco de Lucía, the greatest guitarist in the history of flamenco.
January 11th to 25th flamenco returns to the French city of Nimes, to the Teatro Bernadette Lafont, formerly Theatre de Nimes, kicking off the 2015 festival calendar with a tribute to Paco de Lucía and a great artistic program, as is customary.
Israel Galván is back, this time with FLA.CO.MEN, and Rocío Molina with Bosque Ardora, both artists with their most recent shows; both artists have been associated with the Festival since their respective beginnings. Also in dance, Belén Maya presents Los Invitados, and Joaquín Grilo is bringing Cositas Mías, two of the most celebrated works of 2014. Also noteworthy is the presence of one of the most interesting young dancers, David Coria, whose show is titled Espiral.
Flamenco singing is always important at the Festival de Nimes, and in this edition we can enjoy El Pele, Segundo Falcón, Mayte Martin, El Lebrijano and Miguel Ortega, in addition to the fine women singers in shows like Flamencos de Extremadura, not to mention Los Pañeros in their show De Algeciras Vengo, as well we Familias Gitanas, Sorderita and others…
Flamenco guitar will be present with two great stars, Manolo Franco and Rafael Rodríguez. And always in our minds, Paco de Lucía, honored in this edition and the focus of several lectures, those of Juan José Téllez, Faustino Núñez, José Manuel Gamboa and José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, photo exhibits and the screening of La Búsqueda at the Semaphore Cinema.
Twenty-five years of a Flamenco Festival that is always an important focal point for this art-form.
PROGRAM
David Coria – Espiral
Sunday 11 January 2015 at 5:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont. School session Monday 12th.
Dance David Coria y Ana Morales (guest artist)
Guitar Jesús Guerrero
Cante David Sanchez “El Galli” and Matías López “El Mati”
Percussion Daniel Súarez
Israel Galván – FLA.CO.MEN
Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Director, choreography and dance Israel Galván
Musicians
David Lagos, Tomás de Perrate, Eloisa Cantón, Caracafé and Proyecto Lorca (Juan Jiménez Alba, Antonio Moreno)
Artistic director and sevillanas choreography Pedro G. Romero
Staging and alegrías choreography Patricia Caballero
Lighting design Rubén Camacho
Sound Pedro León
Tehcnical director Pablo Pujol
Segundo Falcón
Friday 16 January 2015 at 6:00 pm. Instituto Emmanuel d’Alzon.
Cante Segundo Falcón
Guitar Manolo Franco
Homenaje a Paco de Lucía – Lo aprendí en la calle
Friday 16 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
By José María Velázquez-Gaztelu – presentation and director
Niño Josele – Guitar
Patrice Thibaud / Fran Espinosa – Franito
Friday 16 and Saturday 17 January 2015 at 10:30 pm. Odéon.
Staging Patrice Thibaud and Jean-Marc Bihour
Fran Espinosa, Cédric Diot and Patrice Thibaud
Rafael Rodríguez / Manolo Franco
Saturday 17 January 2015 at 5:00 pm. Instituto Emmanuel d’Alzon.
Cante Manolo Franco
Guitar Rafael Rodríguez
El Pele
Saturday 17 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Cante El Pele
Guitar Manuel Silveria
Percussion José Moreno
Belén Maya – Los Invitados
Sunday 18 January 2015 at 7:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Dance Belén Maya and Patricia Guerrero (guest artist)
Cante David Lagos, Tomás de Perrate, José Anillo (guest artists) and Gema Caballero
Guitars Javier Patino and Rafael Rodríguez
Palmas Laura González and Marina Valiente
Actor Javier Centeno
Mayte Martín – Por los muertos del cante
Tuesday 20 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Cante Mayte Martín
Guitar José Luis Montón y Juan Ramón Caro
Percussion Chico Fargas
Flamencas de Extremadura – Por derecho
Tuesday 20 January 2015 at 10:30 pm. Odéon.
Cante Celia Romero and Raquel Cantero
Dance Zaira Santos, cante Inma Rivero
Guitars Francis Pinto and Ramón Amador
Palmas rhythm Pilar García y Miriam Cantero
Joaquín Grilo – Cositas mías
Wednesday 21 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Dance Joaquín Grilo
Piano David Peña «Dorantes», guest artist
Cante Remedios Amaya, guest artist and 2 Makarines
Guitar Juan Requena
Percussion Ané Carrasco
Palmas Carlos Grilo and Diego Montoya
Violin Faical Kourrich
El Lebrijano
Thursday 22 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Cante Juan Peña “El Lebrijano”
Guitar Pedro María Peña
Voice and ud Mohamed Amine Talassaine
Qanun Youssef El Mezghildi
Violin Alexis Máxima Lefebre
Percussion Agustín Henke Santamaria
Miguel Ortega
Friday 23 January 2015 at 6:00 pm. Instituto Emmanuel d’Alzon.
Cante Miguel Ortega
Guitar Manuel Herrera
Familias Gitanas
Friday 23 January 2015 at 8:00 pm. Paloma.
First part
Cante Cristo Cortés, Juan Cortés, Emilio Cortés and Jesús de la Manuela
Guitar Anton Fernández and Antonio Cortés
Second part
Cante Tony Fernandez, Juan Gomez (El de la Alpujarra)
Guitar Pepe Fernandez and Manuel Gomez
Cajón and palmas Juan Luis Fernandez
Third part
Cante Paco Santiago, Juanito Santiago, José Santiago «de la negreta» and Bastian Santiago
Guitar José Boleco and Luis Gómez
Cante and cajón Pedro el Misto
Artistic collaboration Pepe Linares
Sorderita
Saturday 24 January 2015 at 5:00 pm. Instituto Emmanuel d’Alzon.
Cante y Guitar Sorderita
Compás Isidoro Fernández
Rocío Molina – Bosque Ardora
Saturday 24 January 2015 at 8:00 pm, Sunday 25 at 7:00 pm. Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Director and choreography Rocío Molina
Artistic director and script Rocío Molina y Mateo Feijoo
Music director Rosario Guerrero
Dance Rocío Molina, Eduardo Guerrero and David Coria
Guitar Eduardo Trassierra
Cante José Ángel Carmona
Palmas and compás José Manuel Ramos « Oruco »
Percussion Pablo Martín Jones
Trombone José Vicente Ortega Sierra « Cuco » y Agustín Orozco
Original composition for guitar and trombone arrangements
Eduardo Trassierra
Mandato trombone composition David Dorantes
Lighting design Carlos Marquerie
Poems Maite Dono – Photos Rafael Gavalle
Wardrobe Jousep Ahumada
Los Pañeros y Antonio Moya – De Algeciras vengo
Saturday 24 January 2015 at 10:30 pm. Odéon.
Cante and Dance José and Perico «Los Pañeros»
Guitar Antonio Moya
Compás Gonzalo Montaño Peña
Idea and artistic director Tere Peña
Lectures
Paco de Lucía, mas allá de Paco de Lucía
Juan José Téllez
Friday 16 January 2015 at 12:30 pm in the bar of the Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Toros, Flamenco y Olé ! (Acto IV)
Jacques Durand and Jacques Maigne
Saturday 17 January 2015 at 12:30 pm. Conference room of the Carré d’Art.
Lebrija, el cante de la tierra
Gonzalo Montaño Peña
Thursday 22 January 2015 at 12:30 pm in the bar of the Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Las castañuelas en la época de Carmen Amaya
José de la Vega
Guest artists Rosalía Mulero and José Luis Landry
Friday 23 January 2015 at12:30 pm in the bar of the Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Paco de Lucía, 50 años de la mejor música española
Faustino Nuñez and José Manuel Gamboa
Saturday 24 January 2015 at 12:30 pm in the bar of the Teatro Bernadette Lafont.
Exhibits
Un itinéraire en Flamenco – René Robert – Carré d’Art (Foster wall)
16 place de la Maison Carrée – Thursday 15 to Sunday 25 January 2015.
Memoria de Paco – en el Novotel Atria
5 boulevard de Prague – Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 January 2015.
Film
Paco de Lucía : la búsqueda
By Curro Sánchez
95’, Original version subtitled in English
Sunday 18 January 2015 at 11:00 am, with the director's presence.
Cine Le Sémaphore. 25, rue Porte de France. Tickets on sale from 8 January 2015 : 4,70 €.
And Monday 19 January at 8:00 pm, Friday 23 January at 16h : Sémaphore prices.
Corre Gitano
A film by Tony Gatlif
Sunday 11 January 2015 at 11:00 am, with the director's presence.
Cine Le Sémaphore. 25, rue Porte de France. Tickets on sale from 1 January 2015: 4,70€.
And Monday 12 January at 6:30 pm, Tuesday 13 January at 2:00 pm: Sémaphore prices.
With Mario Maya, Carmen Cortes, Manuel Cortes, Manuel de Paula
Music and choreography Mario Maya / Lyrics Paco Suarez /Length 80 mins. – 35mm color
Workshop
Photographic workshop with Jean-Louis Duzert – From Monday 19 to Friday 23 January 2015.
