From February 24th to March 11th, the eleventh edition of the Festival will be held with its most multicultural program yet.
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The series will take place in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami and Boston with 33 shows in all, and will be presented in seven new venues with a diverse program that aims to capture new audiences. Flamenco Festival is in its eleventh year in the United States, making it a cultural point of encounter. This year, the program is doing a complete about-face in its concept, adapting its contents to a new kind of festival in which, above all, multiculturalism reigns with young up-to-date performers.  Compared to earlier editions, this one has a wide range of artistic visions. The program of the 11th edition is made up of a series of artists who share the common bond of Spanish culture, but who also have developed a divergent style and a different way of understanding flamenco, whether music or dance. Jazz and flamenco with Niño Josele and Doug Wamble, modern dance and flamenco with Olga Pericet, popular and flamenco music with Rafaela Carrasco, tap and flamenco with Jason Samuel and Juan de Juan, lyrical singing and flamenco by La Shica, Cuban and flamenco music with Pitingo, khatak and flamenco with Prashant Shah and Nelida Tirdao, Sephardic music and flamenco with Leilah, rumba and flamenco with Muchachito Bombo Infierno, urban flamenco music by Canteca de Macao, Spanish and flamenco guitar with José María Gallardo, classical music with Rosa Torres and Pardo with Rocío Márquez, Latino music and flamenco with Carlota Santana and as a contrast to all this mixing, the pure gypsy flamenco of Manuela Carrasco and Carmen Cortés. Flamenco Festival is sponsored by the Instituto Andaluz de Flamenco of the Andalusian Cultural Council of the Junta de Andalusia, and the Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y Musicales (INAEM) of the Cultural Ministry, and has the support of the Instituto Cervantes of New York. Spanish dance, music and art in New York The NY City Center will again host the dance shows, devoted this year to the women of flamenco. The dance program opens with the Gala Flamenca with the participation of Carmen Cortés, Rafaela Carrasco and Olga Pericet. The show “Vamos al Tiroteo” of Rafaela Carrasco, based on the popular songs of Lorca, will bring a contemporary vision of the poet’s musical work. The most traditional dancing will be represented by Manuela Carrasco, and Olga Pericet will bring her most recent work, “Rosa, Metal, Ceniza”, which combines flamenco and modern dance. Lincoln Center continues to collaborate for the music productions, with a coproduction that supports the goal of becoming a point of encounter between flamenco performers and New York artists, presenting the world premiere of “Jazz Meets Flamenco”, a joint project of Niño Josele and New York guitarist Doug Wamble. In the same vein, a new collaboration has been initiated with the Museum of Art and Design, interested in joining traditional and contemporary initiatives with various Spanish and New York artists, among them Juan de Juan who will work with the well-known tap dancer Jason Samuel Smith. Another encounter is the show “Dejando Huellas” by New Yorker Leilah Broukhim, of Sephardic origin, which will unite flamenco and Sephardic music. One new undertaking is the collaboration with 92Y, an established New York cultural institution, who will present a poetry recital of Lorca along with the “Canciones Populares” interpreted by Gema Caballero. Another novelty this year is the series of concerts “Más Allá del Flamenco”, which in collaboration with alternative New York venues, such as the Poison Rouge and the well-known music club SOBS and Manhattan Center, will present artists like La Shica, Pitingo, Canteca de Macao and Muchachito Bombo Infierno. The Cerventes Institute will host the encounter between classical and flamenco music with concerts by pianist Rosa Torres-Pardo accompanied by flamenco singer Rocío Márquez, and the recital by guitarist José María Gallardo del Rey. There will also be a more experimental collaboration with guitarist Ricardo Moreno and New York musicians. Flamenco in the schools of New York An educational program will be held under the auspices of the New York City Board of Education to bring flamenco to 20 schools in the city for children between the ages of 8 and 12. They will be taught the basic concepts of the art of flamenco and Andalusian culture in general. The program reaches its climax with a performance at New York City Center to be attended by 2000 children who will see Rafaela Carrasco’s show “Vamos al Tiroteo”. Courses and conferences In collaboration with the New York Instituto Cervantes, a program of guitar and dance courses, as well as conferences and encounters with artists and other activities will be staged in order to bring flamenco to the New York community. At the same time, the Flamenco Festival with be held in Miami, Boston and Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK PROGRAM BY VENUE Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Allen Room NY City Center
Compañía Manuela Carrasco
Compañía Olga Pericet Compañía Rafaela Carrasco
BEYOND FLAMENCO
92nd st Y Palabra and Música: Canciones populares de Lorca Mad Museum
Le Poisson Rouge Manhattan Center Sob´s Club Canteca de Macao OTHER EVENTS Instituto Cervantes Ricardo Moreno Rosa Torres-Pardo with Rocío Márquez The Americas Society Tablao Alegrías CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Free flamenco classes in the lobby of the NY City Center Master Class with Juan de Juan Master Class with Carmen Cortés Presentation of the Cátedra de la Guitarra Española by José María Gallardo del Rey Diálogos Flamencos Transatlantic Flamenco Influences PROGRAM FOR OTHER CITIES WASHINGTON D.C.
GW´s Lisner Auditorium Compañía Olga Pericet Compañía Manuela Carrasco Compañía Rafaela Carrasco
MIAMI Adrienne Arsht Center BOSTON Emerson Majestic Theater, Boston Compañía Olga Pericet
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