Four intense days full of shows and parallel activities.
The organization of the 1st Encuentro Flamenco en Escena scheduled to take place in Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz) June 19th to 22nd, has just put together its definitive program which is as follows:
Thursday, 19th INAUGURAL SHOW: El Gitanito Ezquizofrénico (Flamenco Multidisciplinar)
(Javier Barón, José Valencia, Javier Patino, Luís Lara, David Pielfort)
10:15 pm. Espacio Santa María
La Flamenkita
Show: “La flamenquita, la niña que perdió el compás”
(Children’s flamenco theater – Cádiz)
9:00pm. Espacio San Pedro
Turdetania Teatro
Show: “El duende no tiene nombre de mujer”
(Biography of La Niña de los Peines – Sevilla)
11:30pm. Espacio San Pedro
Marco Flores, Olga Pericet y Daniel Doña
Show: “Chanta la mui”
(Contemporary flamenco dance – Arcos de La Frontera)
12:30 midnight Espacio Santa María
Friday 20th
José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, Juan José Amador, Mª Paz Lucena, Pepe Maya and Segundo Falcón (Conference: “El flamenco. Música de la vida”)
(Madrid – Andalucía)
9:00pm. Espacio San Pedro
Búho y Maravillas
Show: “Los Músicos de Brenes”
(Puppets and flamenco – Sevilla)
10:30pm. Espacio Santa María
Rosario Toledo, David Palomar y José Torres (PREMIERE)
Show: “Del primer paso”
(Varied show – Cádiz)
10:30pm. Espacio San Pedro
Marcos Vargas y Chloé Brúle
Show: “Cuando uno quiere y el otro no”
(Flamenco and modern dance – Sevilla/Canadá)
12 midnight. Espacio San Pedro
Tomás de Perrate and his group
Show: “Perraterías”
(Flamenco Abierto de la Baja Andalucía – Utrera)
12:30 midnight. Espacio Santa María
Flamenco Small Band (Diego Guerrero, Dan Ben Lior, El Pirata, Sergio Gómez, Alex Oliveira, La Nitra, El Pipote, Pablo Báez) Show: “Octeto”
(Jazz Flamenco – Granada)
02.00 horas. Espacio Santa María
Saturday 21st Choni Compañía Flamenca
Show: “Tejidos al tiempo”
(Flamenco and contemporary dance – Sevilla)
9:30pm. Espacio Santa María
Compañía De Puntillas
Show: “La botella vacía”
(Flamenco and contemporary dance – Sevilla)
Cibayi. Charo Cruz (PREMIERE)
Show: “8 Códigos”
(Flamenco Retro – Cádiz)
12.15 midnight Espacio Santa María
Sunday 22nd Albadulake
Show: “Majaretas”
(Flamenco and circus – Cáceres)
10:00pm. Espacio Santa María
Carrete y su Cuadro
Show: “El Carrete”
(Flamenco Dancer – Málaga)
11:15pm. Espacio San Pedro
Los Rumbers
Show: Dj´s Session
(Sevilla – Cádiz)
12:15 midnight
Noteworthy parallel activities
– Instalación Flamenca Exterior
Téllez de Menese
– Painting exhibit
Antonio Valentín
– Conferences
“Claves de la música flamenca”, by Faustino Núñez presented by José María Castaño.
“De las gañanías a la escena”, by Antonio Murciano.
– Record presentation
“Nueva Frontera del Cante de Jerez 2008”, by Gonzalo López and Alfredo Benítez.
There are three venues, taking adantage of the monumental setting of the town of Arcos de la Frontera, and different formats depending on the characteristics of each production: Santa María (large), San Pedro (medium-size) and the last alternative (small) to carry out several parallel activities. The program was designed for all audiences, allowing room for a wide variety of shows to exhibit the wide range of offerings that reflect the full gamutof theater arts, avant-garde and contemporary formulas, related to flamenco.
