Flamenco Festival USA 07

Photo: Víctor L. Gómez

The
spinal column of the festival is Paco
de Lucía who will take his music to Montreal, Toronto, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Washington, D.C., New York, New
Jersey and Chicago. Estrella
Morente will present her show on February 3rd in New York, and Rafafela
Carrasco has recitals in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.

A sampling of the best dancing from the recent Bienal de Flamenco de
Sevilla will be presented in one single show with Joaquín Grilo,
Isabel Bayón, Fuensanta la Moneta, Manuel Liñán,
Olga Pericet and Marco Flores in Washington, D.C. y New York, and
Sara Baras is scheduled to take her company to Washington, New York,
Los Angeles and San Francisco. New York will also have the pleasure of
receiving Gerardo
Núñez with Carmen Cortés, Córdoba singer
El Pele
and Málaga en Flamenco with Rocío Bazán, and a verdiales
group will give the rustic touch.

On February 28th, coinciding with the Day of Andalucía, at Sadler’s
Wells in London, “La Puerta Abierta”, produced by the Agencia
Andaluza del Flamenco will be presented with dancer Isabel Bayón.
On March 1st the same London stage will showcase Gerardo Núñez
and Carmen Cortés, March 2nd, “Mujeres de Lorca” by
the Carmen Cortés company, in addition to a concert featuring the
trio made up of José Luís Montón, Selene Muñoz
y María Berasarte. Pianist Dorante closes out the series on March
3rd, followed the same days, several hours later, by Antonio Alvarez “Pitingo”
with his “flamenco soul music”.

PROGRAM OF U.S. PERFORMANCES

29 january
Paco de Lucía
Massey Hall, Toronto, Canadá

31 january/ 1 February
Paco de Lucía
Zellerbach Hall, San Francisco

3 February
Estrella Morente
Town Hall, New York

4 February
Paco de Lucía
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

6 February
Paco de Lucía
Knight Concert Hall, Miami, Florida

8 February
Paco de Lucía
Orpheum Theater, Boston

9 February
Paco de Lucía
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

9 – 11 February
Compañía Rafaela Carrasco
Emerson Majestic Theater, Boston

10 February
Paco de Lucía
Carnegie Hall / Isaac Stern Auditorium, New York

11 February
Paco de Lucía
Prudential Hall, Newark, New Jersey

13 February
Paco de Lucía
Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois

13 February
Gala Bienal de Sevilla: Joaquín
Grilo, Isabel Bayón, Fuensanta la Moneta, Manuel Liñán,
Olga Pericet, Marco Flores
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

14 y 15 de frebrero
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

15 February
Compañía Rafaela Carrasco
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase, New York

15 February
Gala Bienal de Sevilla: Joaquín
Grilo, Isabel Bayón, Fuensanta la Moneta, Manuel Liñán,
Olga Pericet, Marco Flores
New York City Center

16 February
Rafaela Carrasco Company
New York City Center

17 February
Rafaela Carrasco Company
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

17 & 18 February
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
New York City Center

21 y 22 February
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
Royce Hall (UCLA), Los Angeles

22 February
Gerardo Núñez Quintet with Carmen Cortés
Skirball Theater (New York University)

23 February
El Pele
Skirball Theater (New York University)

24 February
Málaga en Flamenco: Rocío Bazán and panda
de verdiales.
Skirball Theater (New York University)

24 y 25 February
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
Zellerbach Hall, San Francisco