2010 Córdoba Guitar Festival extends its offer of toque, cante and flamenco dancing courses

Maestros such as Manolo Sanlúcar, Calixto Sánchez, Javier Latorre and Matilde Coral, among others, teach classes from July 6th to 25th

Flamenco-world.com, April 2010

Flamenco courses. 2010 Córdoba Guitar Festival Further information, dates, prices and registration

The Córdoba Guitar Festival goes beyond guitar. And not just in the show schedule proposed by the city’s stages, but also in its training section. In the event’s thirtieth edition, which will take place from July 6th to 25th, 2010, the now prestigious seminar ‘Naturaleza y forma de la guitarra flamenca’ directed by Manolo Sanlúcar will be held once again, as well as the cante course by Calixto Sánchez. Moreover, the offer of baile courses is extended this year with a faculty consisting of Matilde Coral, Javier Latorre, Inmaculada Aguilar and Rocío Molina. The students are offered extra incentives like scholarships and tickets for the shows, as well as the option to audit the courses.

Manolo Sanlúcar (Photo Guitarracordoba.com)

“I’m going to give the people who study with me all the information I have so that they thoroughly understand that flamenco is an extraordinarily scholarly culture”. From that perspective, Manolo Sanlúcar once again directs the course ‘Naturaleza y forma de la guitarra flamenca’ (‘Nature and Form of Flamenco Guitar’), in which this year he teaches classes together with instructors José Antonio Rodríguez, Paco Serrano and Manolo Franco. For this course, which can also be audited, there are eight scholarships offered by the Agencia Andaluza para el Desarrollo del Flamenco and by the Cristina Heeren Foundation, in addition to the ones which Casa Árabe offers to students from Arab countries.

Javier Latorre, (Photo Latorredanza.org)

Baile is taught this year from very different perspectives. Veteran maestra Matilde Coral unravels the secrets of ‘Triana por tangos’, instructor Inmaculada Aguilar teaches the course ‘Coreografía de la caña con bata de cola y mantón’ (‘Choreography of the Caña with a Bata de Cola and Shawl’), instructor Javier Latorre focuses on ‘La interpretación de un personaje en el baile flamenco’ (‘Performance of a Character in Flamenco Dancing’) and young maestra Rocío Molina will lecture pupils on the ‘Carácter e interpretación sobre variaciones de distintos palos y estructura de coreografía de seguirilla’ (‘Character and Interpretation of Variations of Different Styles and Structure of Seguirilla Choreography’). Registration includes a ticket to baile shows at the Gran Teatro, which are ‘El duende y el reloj’ by the Javier Latorre Company and ‘Lluvia’ by Eva Yerbabuena.

2010 Córdoba Guitar Festival appears as a key date for the international guitar world. Besides flamenco guitar, which will materialize live with Paco Peña, Paco de Lucía and José Antonio Rodríguez, it promotes courses and performances by big international names in this instrument, among them, Leo Brouwer, Mark Knopfler and Johnny Winter.

Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba 2010 Córdoba (Spain), July 6th to 25th 2010 TUITION PROGRAM • FLAMENCO Flamenco courses. 2010 Córdoba Guitar Festival Further information, dates, prices and registration FLAMENCO GUITAR ‘Naturaleza y Forma de la Guitarra Flamenca’ Director del curso: Manolo Sanlúcar Profesorado: Manolo Sanlúcar, José Antonio Rodríguez, Paco Serrano, Manolo Franco Fechas: del 12 al 20 de julio Niveles: Inicial/Medio/Alto/Profesional José Antonio Rodríguez, 2010 Córdoba Guitar Festival instructor (Photo Guitarracordoba.com) FLAMENCO DANCE ‘The choreography of la caña with bata de cola and shaw’ Teacher: Inmaculada Aguilar Date: July, 6th to 9th Level: Intermediate/Advanced Inmaculada Aguilar (Photo Guitarracordoba.com) ‘The interpretation of a character in flamenco dancing’ Teacher: Javier Latorre Date: July 10th to 13th Level: Intermediate/Advanced ‘Triana por tangos’ Teacher: Matilde Coral Date: July 14th to 17th Level: Intermediate/Advanced ‘Character and interpretation on variations of different palos and structure of the seguirilla choreography’ Teacher: Rocío Molina Date: July 19th to 22nd Level: Intermediate/Advanced FLAMENCO SINGING ‘Vocal technique for flamenco singing’ Teacher: Calixto Sánchez Date: July 12th to 15th Level: Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Calixto Sánchez (Photo Guitarracordoba.com)

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