Festival de Jerez 2009 begins
its countdown with an official presentation in Madrid
The program is to be held from February 27th to March 14th
in Jerez (Cádiz, Spain)
S.C. Madrid, January 28th, 2009
Just a few days before Eva Yerbabuena
draws open the curtain at the Teatro Villamarta with the
premiere of ‘Lluvia’, Festival
de Jerez 2009 presents itself officially in Madrid.
Accompanied by the public institutions which collaborate
in its budget and by some of the artists in the lineup,
it held a presentation for the first time in the Spanish
capital. And for the occasion, it chose one of the city’s
cultural temples, the outstanding Teatro de la Zarzuela.
There, the new director, Isamay Benavente, had the chance
to announce that her goal is “to extend the offer
of the festival”, whose program she says has “unintentionally
turned out very feminine”.
Jerez revs up its engines. And the thing
is that it is less than a month away from kicking off the
thirteenth edition of its flamenco festival. There will
be nearly sixty shows scheduled at different venues in the
city, from the Teatro Villamarta to Bodega de Los Apóstoles,
with Sala Compañía and the Palacio de Villavicencio
in between. An offer of stage performances which is completed
by the training offer. Once again, a success: all of the
950 places convened this year for 38 baile courses have
already been taken up.
Festival de Jerez 2009 presented itself
with these credentials in a hall of the Teatro de la Zarzuela
in Madrid. And it was accompanied by some of the artists
starring in this edition: Eva
Yerbabuena premiering ‘Lluvia’, Javier Barón
presenting ‘Dos voces para un baile’, Carmen
Cortés proposing ‘Mujeres de Lorca’ and
Rocío Molina bringing her new ‘Oro viejo’.
Besides bailaores, the act was also attended
by two of the guitarists on the bill: Gerardo
Núñez and Juan Antonio Suárez ‘Cano’.
And the thing is that, as described by Isamay Benavente,
who premieres as the festival’s director, taking over
for Francisco López, “this edition is especially
dedicated to guitarists, both men and women, since a series
is dedicated to the latter at the Palacio de Villavicencio”.
And these are just a few of the incentives to attend a festival
where, as in no other, “a real encounter comes about
between artists and spectators”.
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