Jerez already seems to be getting ready to perfume itself, put on makeup, and dance. The posters for this year's edition are displayed on the lampposts of Calle Larga. Jerez Festival...a not insignificant number, as it is the thirtieth anniversary. The work is by Daniel Diosdado Another year, and it's been ten years in a row designing it. The bars, restaurants, especially the traditional taverns in the city center, and the shops selling flamenco dresses, flowers, or shawls decorate their windows to welcome thousands of visitors over two weeks. From 20 from February to March 7.
Friday will be the opening night, when the surrounding area of Villamarta Theatre It will seem like the great celebration of life, of reunions and rhythm. In the The Passage Tabanco Cultures will come together over a glass of bulk wine, in the Bar La Manzanilla The sounds of toasts with glasses of amontillado sherry will be heard, the queue to enter the coliseum will be filled with greetings, and students and teachers will shake hands once again. Inside will be Manuela Carpio imploring the Lord for the strength to dance: “Although I have put in many hours of work for this performance, I want to arrive on that day strong and more eager than ever,” he told this publication.
"I'm so excited. I've never been so ambitious, but opening the Festival in my hometown is something I couldn't have imagined. This is a celebration I want to have as if we were with family, because that's truly how I feel."
He will present his latest creation at 8:30 in the evening. Roots of the soul"With a squad that 'is not easy to unite everyone,'" he acknowledges. “I wanted to have my own people with me, the ones who make me feel happy on stage and who make me feel“I don’t like having artists in a show who don’t feel comfortable, quite the opposite. They arrive at rehearsals and I ask them how they are, if they feel good or not with what we’re doing. This is something I do, but they have to feel it the same way,” he says.
Familiar voices from their latest releases will be present, such as those of Enrique El Extremeño, Miguel Lavi and Tañéand also featuring honored guests such as La Macanita, José Valencia, Angelita Montoya, Anabel Valencia, El Tolo and El Barullo“This has never been seen together before, and I’m sure there will be some truly spectacular moments,” Manuela acknowledges. This time, she will also have a dance troupe made up of Saray García and Rocío Marín, from the Jerez school, and Susana Casas, “Sevillian elegance”, as well as flamenco dancers of the caliber of Diego de la Margara, Luisa la Regiles and Juanillorro Jr., “who is already becoming a little man.”
The guitars will be those of John Requena, “with that beautiful musicality that I need to dance” and that of José Gálvez, that “you can’t get more gypsy than that”, to the palmas and they will be in time with the beat Torombo, Oruco, Israel by Juanillorro and Iván de la Manuela“I’m so excited. I’ve never been so ambitious, but opening the Festival in my hometown is something I couldn’t have imagined a few years ago. This is a celebration I want to have as if we were with family, because that’s truly how I feel.” My aunt Angeles"I have to mention her in the dressing room, she's putting in so many hours to make everything a success," she says, her voice filled with emotion. She thanks everyone who supports her in this show, including IFI Jerez, responsible for its production.
