Flamenco Festival USA 2009 kicks off with music by Dorantes and baile by the Antonio Gades Company

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Flamenco Festival USA 2009 kicks off with music by Dorantes and baile by the Antonio Gades Company. The festival’s ninth edition begins simultaneously at different locations around the United States on February 12th, 2009. At Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C., Lebrija-born pianist Dorantes and Huelva-born cantaor Arcángel will offer ‘Noche de Sevilla’ with bailaora Rosario Toledo as guest artist. At the same time, the concert is a promotional event for the Bienal de Flamenco, which will also be showcased the following night at the University of New York’s Skirball Theatre. Parallel to that, the Antonio Gades Company revives the mythical show ‘Carmen’ at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. From that date forward, baile cante and toque will tour New York, Washington D.C. and Miami, with five different shows which are, besides the aforementioned ones, Estrella Morente in concert, ‘La puerta abierta’ by Isabel Bayón and Los Farruco. The latter two are part of the ‘On Tour’ program, which takes four sole performances to Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Then from March 14th to 29th, the festival’s epicenter shifts to Sadler’s Wells in London, where shows are to be performed such as ‘Oro viejo’ by Rocío Molina, ‘Sevilla-Madrid-Sevilla’ by the Ballet Nacional de España, ‘Santo y seña’ by Eva Yerbabuena, ‘Carmen’ by the Antonio Gades Company, and repeating is ‘Mujeres’ by Merche Esmeralda, Belén Maya and Rocío Molina. With this lineup, the director of this multiple festival, Miguel Marín, assures that “flamenco is assured to be in the best theaters in the world”. Up to the past edition, the organization had already managed to register half a million spectators.

- Flamenco Festival New York 2009. Further information and program
- Flamenco Festival London 2009. Further information and program