Holland has its brand-new Bienal de Flamenco…. then there’s the Flamenco Festival USA and London, the Geneva Festival, France’s Nimes Festival, or those of Italy, Japan…It’s been a long time since flamenco broke out of the backrooms and cafés, and today it’s as universal as Italian opera o Russian ballet. And Germany is not about to be left behind. In August, Spain’s northern neighbors will celebrate the twelfth Flamenco Festival of Berlin, an ambitious project which, like others of its kind, has a complete program to satisfy a wide range of tastes and generations, with dancers, singers and guitarists, from both Spain and Germany.
In the lovely summer garden which is the festival’s main venue, on August 10th, Dutch guitarist Tino van der Sman, who has been living and working in Seville for many years, opens the nine-day series.Other highlights include Olga Pericet, along with their partner Daniel Doña, will present their work “Chanta la Mui” on Thursday the 16th, and Saturday, August 18th, the festival closes with the show “Herencia” of Antonio Moya with the collaboration of Tomás de Perrate, Jairo Barrull and guest artists.
As in any festival of this nature, there is a complete program of courses offered by the same artists who are to perform, leading to an intense cultural exchange.
PROGRAM
Friday, August 10th, 7:30pm
Opening
Group of Tino van der Sman “Cartas a nadie“
Dance: Leonor Leal, Juan Carlos Cardoso; Cante: Sonia Miranda, Javier Rivera
Guitar: Tino van der Sman
Piano: Miko Langenhuysen
Tino van der Sman
Saturday, August 11th, 8:30pm
Group of Manuel Liñán Cia “1980“
The powerful elegance of flamenco dance
Sunday, August 12th
Family day with program on stage
Flamenco market in the Sommergarten
3:00pm “Berliner Flamencoafición“.
Flamenco teachers present their classes
La Moraima, Joëlle Guerrero, Miriam Jurés
Tuesday, August 14th, 7:30pm
Part 1: “Tiempos Nuevos“
with Ana Menjibar y Bella La Paloma
part 2: “Via láctea“
Flamenco dance and colours by and with Cornelia «La Minera»
Wednesday, August 15th, 7:30pm
Cante recital “Voices in flamenco”
Cante: Sonia Miranda, Fabiola Pérez, Javier Heredia
Guitar: Antonio Moya & Tino van der Sman
Dance: Leonor Leal
Thursday, August 16th, 8:00pm
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten
Part 1: Flamenco3
Ulrich Gottwald “El Rizos“ (guitar), Carmen Fernández (cante), dance: Elena Vicini
Part 2: Flamenco theatre
“Chanta la Mui” – “Shut up“
The dance of life in three acts
Olga Pericet, Daniel Doña, Marco Flores
Friday, August 17th, 7:30pm
Caponata Argamacho Trio y “Canito”
FLAMENCOenFusion
Ignacio G. Burgos (soprano saxophone); Rafael F. Viedma (viola); Mangu Díaz (e-bass);
Juan A. Suárez “Canito” (guitar)
Dance: Alegría Suárez
7:30pm
Workshop presentation
8:30pm
Antonio Moya presents: “Herencia”
Flamenco heirs of today
with Tomás de Perrate (cante), Jairo Barrull (dance) and guest artists
Jairo Barrull
The evening of august 16th will be held at the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, Berlin-Tiergarten.
All other performances on the Open Air-stage in the
