The 2005 Jerez Festival courses are already over
50 percent full with 500 places filled

The 36 courses of the ninth edition have a capacity for 900 pupils

Flamenco-world.com, October 2004
Photos: Daniel Muñoz

Since registration began for the courses of the 2005 Jerez Festival a little over a month ago, five hundred places of the nine hundred available have been filled. The success of enrollment has been such that the courses of Mercedes Ruiz, Javier Latorre, Isabel Bayón, Javier Barón and Rafaela Carrasco are full; and just a few places remain in those to be taught by María del Mar Moreno, Antonio el Pipa and Rafael Campallo. In this ninth edition, which will take place from February 25th to March 9th, 2005, pupils can choose from among 36 different flamenco and Spanish dancing courses. In all, the festival offers twenty percent more places than the previous year, when 735 were covered by students coming from Japan, Germany and Taiwan, among many other countries.

Javier Barón

Blanca del Rey course

Two hundred students from all over the world formally enrolled in a course of the 2005 Jerez Festival the opening day of registration. One month later, five courses are now full and another four have just a few places left to be filled. In total, five hundred places have been covered of the 900 offered in this ninth edition by the flamenco and Spanish dancing festival of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz, Spain): two hundred thirty correspond to the first week and two hundred seventy to the second one.

During the first week of the 2005 Jerez Festival - from February 25th to March 2nd - scheduled to take place in the morning are the courses by Andrés Peña (tangos, beginners), Inmaculada Aguilar (soleá, elementary), Angelita Gómez (bulerías, intermediate), Matilde Coral (malagueña, intermediate), Antonio el Pipa (rondeña, intermediate), Javier Latorre (seguiriya, advanced). In the afternoon, classes will be taught by Juan Antonio Tejero (bulerías, introduction), María José Franco (alegrías, elementary), Isabel Bayón (jaleos extremeños, intermediate), Ana María López (bulerías, intermediate) and Blanca del Rey (alegrías, advanced). And in the evening, classes are scheduled by Mercedes Ruiz (bulerías, elementary), Javier Latorre (soleá, intermediate), Inmaculada Aguilar (caña, intermediate), Manolo Marín (alegrías, intermediate), Merche Esmeralda (taranto, advanced) and José Granero (petenera, advanced).

María del Mar Moreno

The second block of courses will be held from March 4th to the 9th with Irene Carrasco (bulerías, introduction), Victoria Eugenia (palillos seguiriya, elementary), Mercedes Ruiz (petenera, intermediate), Javier Barón (tangos, intermediate), Matilde Coral (dress with a train cantiñas, advanced) and Angelita Gómez (romances, advanced), in the morning. Teaching in the afternoon will be instructors Irene Carrasco (alegrías, beginners), Andrés Peña (seguiriyas, elementary), María José Franco (tangos, elementary), Javier Barón (farruca, intermediate), María del Mar Moreno (seguiriyas, intermediate) and Lola Greco (alegrías, advanced). The third shift, in the evening, corresponds to Juan Antonio Tejero (bulerías, elementary), Rafaela Carrasco (caña, intermediate), Manolete (martinetes, intermediate), Antonio el Pipa (bulerías, intermediate), Rafael Campallo (alegrías, intermediate) and Belén Maya (seguiriyas, advanced).

Further information and registration
www.festivaldejerez.es

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