The Minister of Culture and Sports of the Andalusian Government, Patricia of the Well, has announced the “ambitious and extensive extraordinary program of activities” that will be developed throughout the month of November in the eight Andalusian provinces to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the inclusion of the Flamenco on the Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCOAn anniversary that "more than a commemoration represents an opportunity to reaffirm Andalusia's commitment to its most universal art, by projecting a dynamic and open view on the flamenco as an identity, cultural and economic engine of Andalusia,” said Del Pozo.
Shows, meetings, forums, exhibitions, and outreach activities are part of a program that "with more than 170 activities, represents an example of institutional collaboration, with the participation of more than forty cultural entities," the regional minister emphasized. These include six universities, eight museums and contemporary creation centers, and eight provincial federations of cultural organizations. peñaflamenco shows, three public theatres and fifteen municipal entities. In total, the participation of More than 400 artists, including established figures and emerging talents.
The libraries and archives managed by the Ministry of Culture have also joined the event by programming a series of activities related to the flamenco, among which there will be lectures on characters, treaties and publications of the universe jondo, in addition to an exhibition of original documents that allow us to delve deeper into the roots of this art.
Among the milestones of this programming "designed to celebrate the achievements and disseminate the flamenco in different sectors of society,” Del Pozo wanted to highlight “the innovative project Flamenco Exposed, to be celebrated on November 16, Day of the Flamenco, which will merge the tangible heritage of our museums with the intangible heritage of the flamencoEight museums and contemporary creation centers from all Andalusian provinces will host simultaneous performances by artists at 12 noon. flamencowho will perform a piece created for the occasion and the space that hosts it.
The presentation of this program was attended by, among others, Maria Moreno, Aurora Vargas, Rosario La Tremendita, Rocio Marquez, La Piñona, Hugo Perez, Juan Alfonso Romero, Manu Fernandez, Juan Tomas de la Molia, Maria Marin, Raul Montesinos, Rafael Campallo, Manuel del Monte, Anabel Valencia, Manuela Vargas, Manuel Castulo, Torombo, David Fernandez, Ana Cayetana, Luis Ortega, Manuela Carrasco Hija, Juanelo, Inma La Carbonera, Emilio Molina, Israel Galvan, Patricio Hidalgo, Rafael Iglesias, as well as representatives of the Peña Flamenca Albaida, from the Calixto Sánchez Flamenco Tertulia, from the Peña Flamenca Pablo de Olavide, and the Alalá Foundation.
Strategic Plan of the Flamenco
In parallel to the development of this commemorative program of activities, as Del Pozo has advanced, the Ministry of Culture and Sport continues working on the Strategic Plan of the Flamenco, a text that will be sent to the rest of the ministries involved and that will be put up for public consultation in October, advancing the participatory process that is its backbone."
The governing document for the organization of resources and actions for the promotion, dissemination, study and research of flamenco, which is expected to be approved by the Governing Council of the Andalusian Regional Government before the end of the year, is, in the words of the minister, "the result of an unprecedented participatory process, as it incorporates the recommendations of all the sector's stakeholders involved—more than 230—who met in all provinces to understand and gather their demands."
The program of activities will start at the beginning of November with the Andalusia cycle-Flamenco in the three public theaters managed by the Ministry of Culture – Central in Seville, Alhambra in Granada and Cánovas in Málaga – totaling around thirty stage proposals.
Pineda, from the Ballet Flamenco Andalusia (BFA), will start the program at the Teatro Central in Seville on November 5 and 6, followed by two performances of Blessed Land On the 7th and 8th. After the public company, there will be a presentation Magnificat, Maria Moreno, on November 13th. On the 14th, a recital of Aurora Vargas y Lin Cortes will do the same on the 15th. The Jerezanos Mercedes Ruiz y Santiago Lara They arrive at this space on the 20th with Dual, followed, on the 21st, by The Golden Age de Israel Galvan y Maria Terremoto, that shows Manifesto On the 22nd. In the last week of November, the programming is led by Juan Thomas de la Molia to Vertebrating, on the 27th, Rosario the Tremendita the 28th with Transit y Yerai Cortes will bring his Choral Guitar on November 29th and 30th.
The Central Theatre will also host the Final Gala of the Andalusian Circuit of Young Performers On the 16th, coinciding with the Day of the FlamencoThis same gala will be presented at the National Music Auditorium, included in the programming of flamenco which is held every year by the National Center for Musical Diffusion on December 12.
In Granada, the programming begins on the 7th with Creaviva, Raphael Carrasco. Also in the Nasrid capital will be María Terremoto, with Manifesto, on the 8th and the Ballet Flamenco of Andalusia will offer three performances of Blessed Land On November 14th, 15th, and 15th, one of them included in the Educational Centers Cycle and aimed at school audiences. Lin Cortés and La Tremendita will perform at the Alhambra on the 21st and 22nd, respectively, and will close the program. Olga Pericet, with The matter y Rocio Marquez, with Vertical Anthem, on the 28th and 29st.
This year, the Cánovas Theatre in Málaga hosts the program, which begins on November 7th. Dani de Moron y Carte Blanche. will follow They say that to sing, Pedro the Granaíno on the 8th. I dance, therefore I am, Mercedes of Cordoba, the 14th and again, two new functions of Blessed Land, from the Ballet Flamenco of Andalusia, on the 21st and 22nd. A double program, starring Cancanilla of Malaga y Ana Pastrana They focus on the programming for November 28th, and the cycle will close it Agueda Saavedra on the 29th with revolt).
Day of Flamenco
This year the Day of the Flamenco, on November 16, will have a celebration with the proposal Flamenco Exposed, a program that proposes eight simultaneous interventions in eight exhibition spaces managed by the Ministry of Culture. Sara jiménez at the Andalusian Center of Photography (Almería). Ana Morales at the Provincial Museum of Cádiz. The Coming in C3A (Cordoba). Gero Domínguez at the Provincial Museum of Huelva. vanessa aibar at the Provincial Museum of Jaén. Leonor Leal at the Archaeological Museum of Granada. david coria in the Malaga Museum. And Andres Marin At the Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art, the dancers will be the protagonists of this action.
Again this year, to commemorate 16N, the IV Gala of the Day of the Flamenco in Andalusia, which will take place on November 14 in El Ejido and will feature Niño Josele, Rocío Garrido and María Ángeles Fernández.
In this line, the performance action has also been programmed From the workshop to the stage, an 'action painting' that fuses live painting Emilio Fornieles with art flamenco de La Chachi, María Marín or La LupiThe result of these encounters will be the creation of a live work executed as 'speed painting' and which favors an unexpected and improvised communication on stage between painting and art. jondo.
Flamenco and education
Among the different actions aimed at educational centers, the month of November is celebrated III International Congress on Education and Flamenco, which will be held in Huelva, within the framework of which the awards of the new edition of will be presented Flamenco in the classroom, which recognize the most outstanding initiatives in the promotion of art jondo at school. These are complemented by educational activities from the Ballet Flamenco of Andalusia in Seville, Granada and Malaga, aimed at schoolchildren and families.
Collaboration with Andalusian universities strengthens the link between flamenco, research, and contemporary creation. Thus, the University of Jaén will feature concerts by Rocío Márquez and Gabriela Giménez, as well as a film series, as part of UJA-FLAMENCA; La Madraza, a subsidiary of the University of Granada, is organizing a new edition of Root Laboratories, with meetings with Rafaela Carrasco, Rosario La Tremendita, and Rocío Márquez, among others. For its part, the Pablo de Olavide University will present "The Impurities of the flamenco' with workshops, colloquia and premieres, while the sound project 'EGO' by Agustín Diassera will take place together with the Menéndez Pelayo International University (Seville). For its part, the Chair of FlamencoThe University of Córdoba's Science Center will host the presentation of Alejandro Hurtado's album and hold educational activities in Puente Genil and Lucena.
The associative fabric of the flamenco adds 87 performances to the program of activities in as many peñaflamenco s within the Andalusian Circuit of Peñas Flamencos, promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Sport. Also aimed at this sector, the Forum 'Future Strategies for the Peña'Flamencas de Andalucía', on November 28 and 29 in Algeciras, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Andalusian Confederation of Peñas Flamencos.
El Flamenco, World Heritage
In November 2010, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO recognized the flamenco as Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Since then, the Andalusian Regional Government has strengthened its commitment to the protection and promotion of flamenco, a fact that crystallized in the approval of the Law of Flamenco, the first regional regulation in Spain dedicated exclusively to the preservation, dissemination, and transmission of this legacy. ♦
