El Ballet Flamenco Andalusia inaugurates the 29th edition of the Jerez Festival with Pineda. Popular romance in three pictures. The event, one of the benchmarks for flamenco dance, begins on Friday 21 and runs until March 8. The public company of the Ministry of Culture and Sport directed by the choreographer Patricia guerrero She continues the tour of her first project as a director after having starred in eight sold-out performances a few days ago at the Matadero Dance Centre (Madrid).
Pineda. Popular romance in three pictures It is a proposal that addresses the universal nature of Mariana Pineda, highlighting his struggle for freedom and love through a fusion of the dramatic poetics of Federico Garcia Lorca with contemporary flamenco aesthetics. With dramaturgy of Alberto ConejeroThe work is “very contemporary, very Andalusian and very flamenco”, and its creative development has been supported by “a team of great professional and human quality, a generation of creators who combine youth and creative artistic maturity”, according to Guerrero.
The text is inspired by the work of Federico García Lorca and has had the musical direction of Dani de Moron y Agustin Diassera. In the performance at the Villamarta Theatre, the company will have the special collaboration of Alfonso Losa, as well as the Female Choir of the Cultural Association 'Cruz de mayo Albaicín'. On stage, the dancers Edward Loyal, Ballet's master repetiteur, and The cast of the film is a tribute to the late actor Alvaro Aguilera, who is also the director of the film.. Along with them, the singers Amparo Lagares y Manuel de Gines accompanied by the guitars of Jesus Rodriguez y Jose Luis Medina, and David Chupete to percussion.
«I knew that at some point in my career I would create a show inspired by the work of Federico García Lorca. First, because I am from Granada, because I grew up in the warmth of the shows that have been performed at the Generalife Auditorium. I feel happy and excited that this moment has come now with the Ballet Flamenco from Andalusia" (Patricia Guerrero)
Mariana Pineda and Patricia Guerrero
Pineda. Popular romance in three pictures It premiered in August in the cycle Lorca and Granada in the Generalife Gardens. “I knew that at some point in my career I would create a show inspired by the work of Federico García Lorca. First, because I am from Granada, because I grew up in the warmth of the shows that have been performed at the Generalife Auditorium and I feel happy and excited that this moment has arrived now with the Ballet Flamenco from Andalusia,” said the Ballet’s artistic director.
Guerrero chose this “Granadan and universal” character because “she identifies with other previous characters that I have tackled throughout my creative career: strong, fighting women, with ambition to achieve what they want. And her story is perfect for creating a ballet piece with a plot for the Ballet Flamenco from Andalusia”.
For the staging, the work has had the lighting design of Juan Gomez Cornejo, the “traditional but avant-garde at the same time” wardrobe is designed by the Granada designer Paul TreeWhile Laura Ordaz y Bengoa Vazquez have been in charge of the scenography. In addition to Patricia Guerrero, other choreographic creators have been Eduardo Leal and Alfonso Losa and, for the scene of the battle of Albaicín, the artistic direction has trusted in The Coming, a duo composed of Albert Hernandez e Irene TenaThe musical arrangements for the classical trio are signed by Manuel BustoWhile Rafael Pipio has been the designer of the sound space.
In addition to Madrid, Pineda It was shown in January at the Nîmes Festival. In 2024 it was shown at the Festival Flamenco On Fire in Pamplona (29/08), the Biennial of Flamenco from Seville (Teatro de la Maestranza, 23/09), the Málaga Dance Cycle (Teatro Cervantes, 15/10), the Infanta Leonor Theatre in Jaén (23/10) and the Gran Teatro de Córdoba (2/11).
