The event will take place in Tel Aviv between March 31st and April 3rd 2004

Flamenco-world.com, March 2004

Gerardo Núñez Trío and Carmen Cortés will join forces at the Días de Flamenco Festival, organized in Israel by the ADI Foundation and Instituto Cervantes. From March 31st to April 3rd 2004, the group will present their show 'El color de la armonía' to Tel Aviv audiences at the Haifa Auditorium and the Suzanne Delal Theater. The bailaora will offer a choreography masterclass, and this will be the launch pad for preparations of the following year's talent contest. Prizewinners from past editions will present a show at this year's festival entitled 'Ganadoras'.

	Carmen Cortés

Israel is preparing its annual date with flamenco. In this special edition, which commemorates the ADI Foundation's tenth anniversary, the Gerardo Núñez Trío and Carmen Cortés will be taking the flamenco arts to Tel Aviv, just as Rafael Campallo and María Pagés did at past editions of the festival. The band comprising guitarist Gerardo Núñez, contrabass player Pablo Martín, percussionist Cepillo, cantaor Rafael de Utrera and bailaora Carmen Cortés will perform 'El color de la armonía' (The color of harmony), an elegant flamenco music and dance production. The first performance will be on Wednesday March 31st at the Haifa Auditorium, followed by shows at the Suzanne Delal Theater from April 1st to 3rd.

As for the annual spotlight on young Israeli flamenco dancers, Carmen Cortés will give a choreography masterclass at the Bat Dor Studio, serving as an acid test for hopefuls wishing to participate in the next edition. The winners from last year's festival will give a fully-fledged performance of the show 'Ganadoras' - directed by Sharon Sagui and with music by Sason Levi and Yechiel Hason - on Saturday April 3rd at 1pm. With this special production, the festival celebrates the tenth anniversary of the ADI Foundation, the entity which runs the festival along with Spanish cultural organization Instituto Cervantes. This special production will feature dancers who were prizewinners in all previous editions of the festival, such as Keren Jacobi, Shelly Almog and Hagar Koren, along with the winner of the first edition, Carmel Natan.

ADI Foundation

The Días de Flamenco Festival is the brainchild of the ADI Foundation. This organization was set up in 1993 in memory of Adi Agmon, a young and passionate fan of dance and flamenco whose dream of traveling to Spain in order to study the flamenco arts was never fulfilled. But before cancer got the better of her she asked that a summer scholarship be set up for Israeli bailaores or bailaoras. Cristina Hoyos, the Cristina Heeren Foundation, Manolo Marín and other Spanish public institutions all worked to make this a dream come true. And with the passing of time, the idea began to grow into something bigger, with not only flamenco vocal and guitar scholarships, but also with a festival established, bringing companies such as those of Adrián Galia, Domingo Ortega and María Pagés to Tel Aviv in March of every year.

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