Javier Barón and Juana
Amaya head up
the 2007 Alburquerque Flamenco Festival
The twenty-first edition of the U.S. event
is to be held from June 8th to 16th
S.C./ Flamenco-world.com, May 2007
Complete program
The 2007 Alburquerque Flamenco
Festival takes different looks at flamenco dancing. ‘Notas
al pie’ by Javier Barón, the latest show
by Compañía Juana
Amaya and ‘Noche flamenca’ by Soledad
Barrio and Alejandro Granados are a few of the performances
scheduled from June 8th to 16th, 2007 at the University
of New Mexico’s Rodey Theater. The festival, organized
by The National Institute of Flamenco, is the granddaddy
of all those held in the United States.
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Isabel Bayón
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Yjastros, The American Flamenco Repertory
Company, inaugurates the twenty-first edition of the Alburquerque
Flamenco Festival 2007 on Friday, June 8th at the Albuquerque
Journal Theatre National Hispanic Cultural Center. The
company performs new choreographies by Juana
Amaya, Alejandro Granados, Yolanda Heredia, La Tati
and Israel Galván. The next day at the University
of Mexico’s Rodey Theater, Compañía
Juana Amaya performs its latest show. The bailaora from
Morón (Seville) is accompanied by Nazaret Reyes,
Jairo Barrull, Augustín el Bola and Enrique el
Extremeño, among other artists.
The festival continues on Sunday, June
10th with the gala ‘Flamenco Granada’, taken
care of by Iván Vargas, Vero la India and José
Fernández. Bailaora Soledad Barrio, bailaores Alfonso
Losa and Alejandro
Granados, Miguel Pérez, José Anillo
and Manuel Gago gather on Monday the 11th in the show
‘Noche flamenca’. The following night, the
Rodey Theater’s stage goes to Javier
Barón, who performs his show ‘Notas al
pie’ with bailaora Isabel Bayón as guest
artist.
Grand finale and courses
The end of the festival is announced
with ‘Fiesta Flamenca’, scheduled for Wednesday,
June 13th at Santa Fe’s Lensic Theatre, with the
participation of Juana Amaya, Javier Barón, Vero
la India, Iván Vargas and Yjastros. This celebration
is repeated on the 15th and 16th at the Albuquerque Journal
Theater. The icing on the cake will be provided by the
sixth edition of the Concurso Nacional de Flamenco (National
Flamenco Contest) on Thursday, June 14th at the Rodey
Theater. Parallel to the schedule of performances, a varied
related program is held with flamenco courses by maestros
such as Javier Barón, Isabel Bayón, Juana
Amaya and Adela Campallo, among others.
21st Alburquerque
Flamenco Festival 2007
Alburquerque (New Mexico, United States),
June 8th to 16th, 2007
Friday, June 8th
Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory
Company
Albuquerque Journal Theatre National Hispanic
Cultural Center (8:00 pm)
Saturday, June 9th
Compañía Juana
Amaya
Rodey Theater UNM Campus (8:00 pm)
Juana Amaya (Photo
Daniel Muñoz)
Sunday, June 10th
Flamenco Granada
Rodey Theater UNM Campus (8:00 pm)
Monday, June 11th
Noche Flamenca
Rodey Theater UNM Campus (8:00 pm)
Tuesday, June 12th
Compañía Javier
Barón (with Isabel
Bayón)
Rodey Theater UNM Campus (8:00 pm)
Javier Barón
(Photo Daniel Muñoz)
Wednesday, June 13th
Fiesta Flamenca Santa Fe
Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe (8:00 pm)
Thursday, June 14th
VI Concurso Nacional de Flamenco
Rodey Theater UNM Campus (8:00 pm)
Friday the 15th and
Saturday the 16th
Fiesta Flamenca Alburquerque
Albuquerque Journal Theatre National Hispanic
Cultural Center (8:00 pm)
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