El Festival FlamencOlee celebrates its second edition on the days December 11 and 12 at the Center for Cultural Initiatives of the University of Seville (CICUS) with some thirty outstanding writers, poets, creators, cultural journalists, managers, researchers, editors, fans and readers who will share a fortnight of free activities, such as round tables, workshops, storytelling, artistic interventions, recitals and exhibitions.
Thus, the CICUS (Calle Madre de Dios, 1) hosts a diverse and extensive program for these two days, both morning and afternoon, aimed at audiences of all ages and interests, exploring different aspects that mark the current state of literature and art. jondo.
Thus, the initiative – organized by the communication and cultural management agency Edere, with the support of Ministry of Culture and SportsThrough the General Directorate of Books, Comics and Reading, and in collaboration with CICUS, the event invites attendees to debate, reflect and enjoy, from a critical and cross-cutting perspective, issues such as the construction of artistic identity in flamenco writing and creation, the tree autofiction, the distortion produced by noise in what we see and/or read, the relationship with the body, improvisation as a creative impulse, the new channels of literary and flamenco prescription, or the economic dynamics in which both sectors move at the level of production or distribution.
All with the participation of writers and poets of the caliber of Manuel Vilas, Mar García Puig, Ángelo Néstore, José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, José María Gómez Valero, David Eloy Rodríguez, and Juan Naranjo. And artists flamencoArtists from all disciplines, such as Rocío Molina, Julio Ruiz, Antonio Molina 'El Choro', Lela Soto, and Andrés Hernández 'Pituquete'. Also featured are illustrators Álvaro García 'Seisdedos' and Claudia GR. Moneo, the editor Palmira Márquez and the manager and administrator Pablo Leira, the oral storytellers Nacho Terceño and María José Cortés, the musicians David Caro, Francisco Roca and Javier Prieto, the visual artist María JL Hierro and the Sevilla Slam Poetry collective, among other participants.
Specifically, on Thursday, December 11th FlamencOLee will open at 12 noon with the inauguration of Words to pellizcos, a exposure de typology by the visual artist from Huelva, Mary JL Iron, in which he pinches words, breaks them down and alters them to reflect on the noise that surrounds us and invites us to listen, as he does flamenco.
At 12:30 pm the flamenco dancer and choreographer Julio Ruiz (Touching a man, The family…) will carry out the performance site-specific To save a man, next to the guitarist David CaroIn this artistic intervention, the choreographer reflects, from the flamencoOn the human condition, sexuality, and gender, exploring the fragility of who we are. Because, as Roberto Juarroz wrote, and as resonates in the body: “What defines us is what crumbles within us.”
Next (13 p.m.), the artist himself will share with the poet Angelo Nestor the round table Pride-SOS, moderated by the cultural journalist of El País Mercedes L. Caballero, in which they will talk about the creative explosion that both disciplines are experiencing thanks to new voices of creators who break traditional gender roles, bring an LGBTQ+ perspective to their works, introduce previously taboo themes and work from activism.
Julio Ruiz is a flamenco dancer and choreographer of flamenco From Almería, known for his innovative language and multidisciplinary approach. He has won awards such as the It's out of place. and has received a scholarship from the Centre National de la Danse de Parisbeing the first artist flamenco in receiving this honor. Her work explores concepts such as identity and heritage.
Angelo Néstore is a Spanish-Italian poet, professor, and artist born in 1986 in Lecce, Italy. He works in poetry, translation, theater, and performance, and has lived in Málaga since 2007. He is recognized for his poetic work, which addresses themes such as gender identity and queer theory, and has been awarded important prizes such as the Hyperion Prize and Emilio Prados Prize.
The meeting will begin in the afternoon, at 18 p.m. Communal bodiescantes Rocío Molina (dancer and choreographer) and Mar García Puig (writer), moderated by the photographer and journalist Tamara PastoraIn this talk, they will both delve into how our body influences creation, how the body marks our artistic identity, what constraints/prejudices condition our artistic expression, and whether it is possible to practice a writing/flamenco carnal or how hormones affect creation.
National Dance Prize, Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts, Silver Lion for Dance at the Venice Biennale and Positano Dance Prize Léonide Massine, among others, Rocío Molina is one of the great innovators of dance internationallyRadically free, his work combines technical virtuosity, contemporary research, and conceptual risk. Unafraid to forge alliances with other disciplines and artists, his choreographies are unique theatrical events that draw on cultural ideas and forms ranging from film and literature to philosophy and painting. Among his most acclaimed works are Fall from the Sky, Guitar Trilogy, Bare Cry, Carnation or its most recent Heating.
Mar García Puig (Barcelona, 1977) holds a degree in English Philology and a master's degree in Linguistics. She is the author of the book History of vertebrates (La Magrana, 2023) winner of the Ciutat de Barcelona Prize, the No llegiu Prize, and the Vanity Fair Best New Author Award. An editor and translator by profession, she has contributed to publications such as El País, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, El Diario, and Público, and has a segment on the Catalunya Ràdio program "Les dones i els dies." She also leads workshops and gives lectures on the relationship between literature and madness.
To end the day, the writer, poet and flamenco scholar José María Velázquez-Gaztelu (co-writer of the legendary audiovisual series Rite and Geography of Cante and of the Dance and currently director of the space Our Flamenco at RNE and contributor to The Cultural), will share his relationship with both arts in FlamencoPoetry and lifeThis poetic narrative will also serve as a preamble to the Poetry Slam (20 hours) that presents Ignacio Perini, from the collective Seville Poetry Slam Poetry slams are oral poetry performances where poets recite their own work and the audience decides the winner. Participants can register at @sevilla.poetryslam.
Readers and fans will be the protagonists of the panel discussion that will take place on Friday, December 12th in the morning (12 noon) and is entitled Followers & Likes. In this discussion, the guitarist and creator of @buscadoresflamencos, Andrés Hernández 'Pituquete', and the literary translator, reading club coordinator and author, John OrangeThey will discuss their experiences in flamenco and literary promotion through social media and digital platforms with the writer and journalist.Salvador Gutiérrez Solís.
«The Festival FlamencoLee invites attendees to debate, reflect, and enjoy from a critical and cross-cutting perspective issues such as the construction of artistic identity in flamenco writing and creation, the boom in autofiction, the distortion that noise produces in what we see and/or read, the relationship with the body, improvisation as a creative impulse, the new channels of literary and flamenco prescription…»
In the afternoon, at 18 p.m., attendees will have the opportunity to learn about what is never seen in the debate entitled Those who read the fine print who star in Pablo Leira (producer, manager and distributor) flamenco in Global Serendipity) and Palmira Márquez (Dos Passos literary agent). Moderated by Miguel Angel Vargas (art historian, stage director and cultural manager) will offer an interesting debate on how literary and flamenco creation is projected, disseminated, marketed and managed, the particularities and sensibilities of both worlds and their current state of health.
Next up (19 pm) is the round table I've come to talk about myself Manuel Vilas (writer and poet), Marcos Vargas (dancer and choreographer) and Lela Soto (singer) and moderated by Paloma Jara (RTVA Andalucía journalist). Here, among other issues, they will discuss what it's like to create from the self, the boom in autofiction, and life as a source of inspiration.
Known for his extensive career in narrative and poetry, Vilas has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Nadal prize in 2023. Her narrative work begins Spain, which is followed by novels such as our air and storybooks like Seven hundred million rhinosHe is the author of the travel book America. His novel Ordesa (2018) was translated into more than twenty languages, chosen as book of the year by babelia, won the Femina Prize, awarded in France for the best foreign novel, and Le Monde He said that "reading Manuel Vilas is like walking through a magnificent place blindfolded." Joy (2019), translated into several languages, was a finalist for the Planeta Prize. In 2021 she published The kisses. His novel About Us She was awarded the Nadal Novel Prize in 2023, and in 2024 she published The best book in the worldCollaborate with El País, La VanguardiaRNE and Cadena SER.
Dancer and choreographer Marcos Vargas has developed much of his career in the company Vargas & Brûlé from which it proposes its own language from the flamenco and dance. They have been part of the most important national programs and have shown their creations in the world's leading theaters. Giraldillo for Innovation of the XV Biennial of Flamenco from Seville and awarded by the 2009 Stage Awards as best show by TI-ME-TA-BLE, or the inevitable timeIt also boasts accolades such as Best Dance Performance at the LORCA Awards for Libertine and The Celestial Bodies. For his last work, Origin, has also obtained Best Male Performer in the aforementioned awards.
Lela Soto is one of the most promising young voices on the scene. flamenco current. Heir to the legacy of the House of Los DeafnessHer father, Vicente Soto 'Sordera', and her mother, Luisa Heredia, a flamenco dancer, have transmitted to her from a young age the essence and love for the flamencoThis same year he released his first album, The fire that I carry inside, It is a clear statement of intent that looks to the future from the ground up.
Finally, as a grand finale to the events, the renowned flamenco dancer Antonio Molina 'The Thief', one of the most authentic on the current scene, accompanied by the musician Francisco RocaThey will offer an excerpt from the danced conference. Arza. Theory of spontaneity, a proposal curated by Rocío Molina based on a manual developed by Peter G. Romero, and based on an original idea by Matías Umpiérrez.
Workshops and storytelling
Beyond the free activities, CICUS will host the Friday December 12 Flamenco illustration workshops/masterclassesFlamenco in strokes', which will be taught by the Jerez native Claudia Gr. Moneo (10:00 a.m.) and Álvaro García 'Seisdedos' (12:30 pm) and each will last two hours.
The price for each one is 10 euros per person and it will be necessary to registration Registration is available through the website cicus.us.es. The maximum number of students will be 15 and it is open to all types of audiences.
Claudia GR Moneo (Jerez, 1994) has collaborated with media outlets such as La Voz del Sur and Pikara Magazine, among others, and worked in communications on various projects and festivals related to the flamenco and art and memory recovery associations and collectives. As an illustrator, she reflects on themes such as everyday life, feminism, Andalusia, the Roma community and our eldersThis also extends to his workshops and presentations. All delivered with humor, provocation, and a sense of imperfection.
For his part, as an illustrator six fingers It moves between the coordinates of the social criticism, popular culture, and surrealismHere, you will be invited to work on concepts. jondoIt goes beyond the musical. Álvaro García (Lorca, 1979) has extensively explored the themes of the musical genre. flamencounderstanding it as a sociocultural phenomenon that goes beyond its artistic manifestations. His project is the fruit of this concern. Flamencospellings, a creative investigation that uses illustration to open a reflection on the visual representations of flamenco.
Another recurring theme in his graphic work is the poetry of Federico García Lorca, approached from a critical perspective on Lorca's conceptions and their more routine representations. As an essayist, Seisdedos has written on diverse topics such as the transformations of the city of Granada under neoliberal influence; Lorca's imagery and its relationship to race; and the relationships between flamenco and graphic design, among others.
Likewise, with the aim of contributing to promotion of reading and generation of new audiences Two sessions will be held for the youngest children and teenagers. storytelling and two workshops in preschool, primary and secondary schools in different neighborhoods of Seville, which will be enjoyed by more than 300 schoolchildren.
In total, two workshops and two storytelling sessions will be held on the 11th and 12th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The storytelling session will take place at the El Castillo Mágico San Diego children's center. Commotion, Nacho Terceño (oral narrator) and Javier Prieto (musician).
I'll tell you in song This is the title of the storytelling session aimed at primary school students where the protagonists are the palos flamencos. Taught by Maria Jose CortesThe performance, by the collective 'Érase una vez… Bulería', will take place at the Sevilla Reggio Emilia Scholl International School.
Finally, the workshops will be held Verses&Oles David Eloy Rodríguez and José María Gómez ValeroAn initiative designed to introduce young people to the rich popular literary heritage that the region holds. jondo and will be encouraged, through educational sessions, to create their own verses and flamenco lyrics. These will take place at the IES Julio Verne (Pino Montano) on the 11th and at the IES Diamantino García Acosta (Cerro del Águila) on the 12th.
