Flamenco dancer Salomé Ramírez has won the Revelation Artist Award and guitarists Marcos de Silvia and Alejandro Hurtado have won the Guitar with Soul Award and the Best Musical Performance Award, respectively, at the thirtieth edition of the Jerez FestivalThese three awards were given by specialized critics through voting for their outstanding performance in the contest, held between February 20 and March 7.
Salome Ramirez has got the Breakthrough Artist Award, awarded by the Cajasol Foundation, for his show Palo cortao, which premiered on March 3rd at Sala Compañía. The Jerez native was accompanied by cante de Jose del Calli y Manuel Pajares and the guitar of Manolin Garcia, with Miguel Ángel Heredia as a guest artist as well cante.
With Palo cortao, Salomé Ramirez translates the winemaking process to her artistic journey so that, when fate takes a turn, a discovery is ultimately revealed. This metaphor was the source of inspiration for a performance where life and art are conceived “as a journey of reinvention.”
The last winner of Union's defiance It evokes the memories that have shaped her dance. A journey that didn't forget the sounds of her neighborhood, her time in flamenco venues, and the difficult quest involved in forging her own identity. In any case, the message she tries to convey is that everyone carries within them a “palo "Cortado," something that has gone awry or been modified from the initial plans. However, as with wine, there is no defeat in this unforeseen change; rather, one grows when one learns to reinvent oneself.
"With Palo In "Cortao," Salomé Ramirez translates the winemaking process of this type of wine into her artistic journey so that, when fate takes a turn, a discovery is ultimately revealed. This metaphor was the source of inspiration for a performance where life and art are conceived as a journey of reinvention.
The list of award winners at the XXX Jerez Festival also includes the touch of the young Jerez native Silvia's Frames, Guitar with Soul Award that grants the José Ignacio Franco Flamenco Guitar Academy. Critics highlighted, on this occasion, the guitarist's performance on March 6 at the Villamarta Theater, as a prominent member of the show. nameless color de Joseph Maya. A performance in which the Madrid-born flamenco dancer aims to materialize the emotions that arise from the work of Swiss painter Mark Rothko, creator of abstract expressionism. In addition to Marcos de Silvia, the musical accompaniment for this production featured percussion by Iván Fernández, the cello of Batio Hangonyi, as well as the flamenco singers Delia Membrive, José del Calli y Gabriel de la Tomasa.
For his part, the guitarist Alejandro Hurtado has risen with the Best Musical Performance Award thanks to her performance on the show's soundtrack Maidens [permanent revelry] de Estevez/Cloths and Company, which premiered at the Villamarta Theatre on February 24.
Under the main idea of focusing on the musical work of Ramon Montoya –father of the modern touch and with clear influences on later generations of guitarists–, Maidens [permanent revelry] It extends its gaze to an era of a flamenco relegated to the private areas of wealthy fans. An atmosphere of a certain marginality from which the artists of that period knew how to draw the best from themselves.
The title comes from a poem by García Lorca, included in its Poem of the cante jondowhere the “six maidens” are the guitar strings. But this is not the only literary reference. The aforementioned choreographic duo also draws inspiration from other texts by authors such as Manuel Benítez Carrasco, Antonio Machado, and the apocryphal works of Juan de Mairena. Ramón Montoya's pieces were performed by guitarist Alejandro Hurtado, the only musician on stage in a company of seven dancers.
