Flamenco Festival 2006.

What started out six years ago as the «Festival Flamenco USA»
has turned into a far-reaching annual event that represents a meeting
of Hispanic and Anglo cultures. This year, in addition to the ten urban
centers of the United as well as London, for the first time the most northern
part of the American continent will be able to warm up with the sounds
of the Festival Flamenco when Vancouver and Montreal receive the Nuevo
Ballet Español.

Over a hundred first-line performers figure on the bill of this event
which helps reopen the flamenco season each year. Focused as always on
dance, the program includes some of Spain’s most relevant names:
Antonio el Pipa, Sara Baras, Javier Barón, Rafael and Adela Campallo
o Merche Esmeralda among others, in addition to the Nuevo Ballet Español
with guest artists Lola Greco and Miguel Angel Berna.

One novel inclusion is the group Son de la Frontera which is rapidly
becoming known since their first recording released in 2004. With a delightful
blend of traditional flamenco, the exotic sound of the Cuban tres and
other elements, the group is sure to win over English-speaking audiences
on both sides of the Atlantic.

Flamenco guitar is brilliantly represented in the person of Vicente Amigo,
and for cante, Miguel Poveda and Esperanza Fernández are in charge
of transmitting the vocal element of flamenco to North American ears,
while Enrique Morente will perform at London’s venerable Sadler’s
Wells theater.

US and CANADA PROGRAM (by city)

19, 20 & 21 January
MIGUEL POVEDA con la colaboración
especial de GIOVANNI HIDALGO,
LINCOLN CENTER – THE ALLEN ROOM

3 February
Esperanza Fernández
SKIRBALL THEATER (NYU)

4 February
SON DE LA FRONTERA
SYMPHONY SPACE

11 February
VICENTE AMIGO
TOWN HALL

15 February
GALA DE ANDALUCÍA: MERCHE ESMERALDA,
MANOLO MARÍN, JAVIER BARÓN, SOLEDAD BARRIO, RAFAEL
CAMPALLO Y ADELA CAMPALLO.
CITY CENTER

16 February
NUEVO BALLET ESPAÑOL CON LOLA GRECO
Y MIGUEL ÁNGEL BERNA (ARTISTAS INVITADOS).
CITY CENTER

14, 17 & 18 February
BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCÍA
Dir: Cristina Hoyos 'Viaje al sur'
CITY CENTER

19 February
COMPAÑÍA ANTONIO EL PIPA,
CITY CENTER

4 February
NUEVO BALLET ESPAÑOL, (Lisner
Auditorium)

8 February
VICENTE AMIGO, (Lisner Auditorium)

11 & 12 February.
BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCÍA
Dir: Cristina Hoyos 'Viaje al sur'
(Lisner Auditorium).

17 February
GALA DE ANDALUCÍA: MERCHE ESMERALDA,
MANOLO MARÍN, JAVIER BARÓN, RAFAEL CAMPALLO Y ADELA
CAMPALLO, (Lisner Auditorium)

28 & 29 January
NUEVO BALLET ESPAÑOL. (Emerson
Majestic Theater)

12 February
VICENTE AMIGO. (Berklee Performance
Center)

5 February
ESPERANZA FERNÁNDEZ . (Northeastern
Illinois University)

7 February
VICENTE AMIGO. (Symphony Center)