And tomorrow …

The Teatro Villamarta hosts another premiere. Bailador Miguel Ángel Berna, dancer Úrsula López and bailaor Rafael Campallo present ‘Flamenco se escribe con jota’. The production is based on the idea of establishing a natural dialogue between the ‘jondo’ art and this folk expression which is the jota aragonesa. The stars affirmed at a press conference that they have pursued “the first encounter” between two disciplines whose connecting links date back over 200 years. Miguel Ángel Berna calls for “flamenco to give us a hand”. And the thing is that, in his opinion, “flamenco has adapted to society, while the jota has ended up as a museum piece”. Each artist contributes his or her own personality, although between the extreme esthetics of Berna and Campallo, Úrsula López appears: “I act as a connecting point between the two, between two styles really attached to earth”. To be present on stage is the flamenco guitar of Jesús Torres and Javier Patino, the Spanish guitar of Guillermo Gimeno, cantaores Juan José Amador and Miguel Rosendo, jota cantadora Lorena Palacios, the mandolin of Alberto Artigas and the percussion of Josué Barres.

Another of the day’s main events will be the premiere of ‘Pastora’, the new work by Sevillian bailaora Pastora Galván at the Sala Compañía. Following ‘La francesa’, the young artist now presents a much more up-close small-scale show devoid of any kind of trickery. She will be surrounded by La Tobala and David Lagos on cante, Ramón Amador on toque and Bobote on percussion. In her new show, she bends over backwards in straight flamenco in the shape of taranta, soleá de Triana, seguiriya and alegrías, among other styles, but “it’ll all be linked up”. In the evening, in the ‘Palace Concerts’ Series, the recitals by guitarist Laura González and cantaora Marga de Jerez will take place. In the case of the Cordoba-born artist, she has broad teaching experience and in recitals. On the other hand, the Jerez-born artist has become the lead cantaora of the Antonio Márquez Company.