2010 Mont de Marsan Flamenco Festival changes its image and
moves its headquarters to the Café Cantante
Rafael Amargo inaugurates the bill with ‘La difícil
sencillez’ on July 5th • Moraíto, Arcángel,
Juana Amaya and Andrés Marín perform during
the week
Flamenco-world.com, May 2010
A change in image and in concept.
The 2010 Mont de Marsan Flamenco Festival not only dons
a new bill design, but also moves its center of attention.
The Café Cantante (Singing Café), located
at the indoor market, will be the headquarters of this twenty-second
edition, with the idea of making every citizen take part
in the festival. Most of the performances are concentrated
at this venue where the public and the festive ambience
are first and foremost, twin bills of cante and baile with
proposals for all tastes: from Angelita Vargas to Arcángel,
from Moraíto to Andrés Marín, from
Paco Jarana to Juana Amaya… Another novelty is the
OFF Festival, which gets the city’s bars involved
late night in bringing flamenco to the young crowd. Now
then, the inauguration, as always, will be a large-scale
show at the Espace François Mitterrand, with ‘La
difícil sencillez’ by Rafael Amargo.
More participative and more current. Thus
will be the 2010 Mont de Marsan Flamenco Festival, which
holds its twenty-second edition in the capital of the French
region of The Landes from July 5th to 9th. The program opens
at the Espace François Mitterrand with Rafael
Amargo’s show ‘La difícil sencillez’,
based on ‘Teoría del duende’ by Federico
García Lorca. And it will be the only time the auditorium
opens during this edition, yielding all the spotlight to
the Café Cantante at the Place St. Roch and to other
downtown venues, including the Esplanade du Midou for the
street shows by Felipe Mato and El Torombo, the Théâtre
Municipal for the children’s show ‘Flamenco
Land’ by Laura Vital, the Bodega de la Place de la
Mairie for free shows by local artists and bars for the
OFF Festival.
The first evening at the Café Cantante,
on Tuesday, July 6th, is shared by the recitals ‘En
el Bar Iberia’ by Segundo Falcón and Paco Jarana,
and ‘Amaya’ by bailaora Juana Amaya. On stage
the following night will be first, Jairo Barrull and his
guest artist Angelita Vargas with ‘Dos ramas’,
and second, cantaor Arcángel with ‘Puro y jondo’.
And on Thursday, July 8th, a twin bill of contrasts with
‘Al son de Moraíto’ by Moraíto
Chico and La Macanita, and ‘Vanguardia jonda’
by ground-breaking bailaor Andrés Marín. On
the last night, the proposal is a dinner-show with the recital
‘Flamenco ecológico’ by Belén
López and Gabriel de la Tomasa. Then the grand finale
is to be held on the banks of the river, at the Berges de
la Midouze, with performances by José Valencia and
Eugenio Iglesias, among others.
In the complementary activities
section, the festival strengthens its training offer with
baile, guitar, box drum, compás and clapping courses
organized by Taller
Flamenco. It also stresses visual arts with the photo
exhibit ‘Prohibido el cante’ at the Musée
Despiau Wlérick and by welcoming Swiss photographer
Peter Knapp as a resident during the festival, whose work
will be exhibited in the following edition. In fact, the
festival’s bill has been created by the National Superior
School of Decorative Arts of France, which held a project
contest among its students in which Amélie Fontaine,
author of the poster, was chosen.
Festival
Flamenco Mont de Marsan 2010
Mont de Marsan (France), July 5th to 9th, 2010
Monday,
July 5th
‘Calle Sierpes’,
Felipe Mato Company
Street show (free). Esplanade du Midou, 6.30pm
‘La difícil
sencillez’
Rafael
Amargo Company
Espace François Mitterrand, 9.00pm
‘Vivencias’,
Al Golpe Company
Bodega (free). Place de la Mairie, 9.30pm and
10.45pm
Tuesday,
July 6th
‘El aire
de Sevilla’, Torombo
Street show (free). Esplanade du Midou, 6.30pm
1st part. ‘En
el Bar Iberia’, Segundo Falcón
& Paco Jarana
2nd part. ‘Amaya’, Juana
Amaya Company
Café Cantante, 7.30pm
‘Mujeres
en cuadro’, Luisa Company
Bodega (free). Place de la Mairie, 9.30pm and
10.45pm
Wednesday,
July 7th
Children’s
show. ‘Flamenco Land’, Laura Vital
Théâtre Municipal, 11.00am and
4.30pm
‘Calle Sierpes’,
Felipe Mato Company
Street show (free). Esplanade du Midou, 6.30pm
1st part. ‘Dos
ramas’, Jairo Barrull and Angelita Vargas
(guest artist)
2nd part. ‘Puro y jondo’, Arcángel
Café Cantante, 7.30pm
Juan el Flaco
Company
Bodega (free). Place de la Mairie, 9.30pm and
10.45pm
Thursday,
July 8th
‘El aire
de Sevilla’, Torombo
Street show (free). Esplanade du Midou, 6.30pm
1st part. ‘Al
son de Moraíto’, Moraíto
Chico and La
Macanita (guest artist)
2nd part. ‘Vanguardia jonda’, Andrés
Marín Company
Café Cantante, 7.30pm
‘Madre e
hija’, Soleá Company
Bodega (free). Place de la Mairie, 9.30pm and
10.45pm
Friday,
July 9th
‘Flamenco
ecológico’, Belén
López & Gabriel de la Tomasa
Dinner-show. Café Cantante, 7.30pm
‘Fin de
Fiesta’, Gilles Coulon & Mat Jacob/
José Valencia & Eugenio Iglesias
Berges de la Midouze, 11.30pm
‘Noche
blanca’
Bodega (gratuito). Place de la Mairie, 9.15pm
and 10.30pm
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