The event is to be held January 22nd to 27th in the city in southern France

Flamenco-world.com, December 2006

‘Vieux maîtres et danseurs de feu’ (‘Old Maestros and Fired-up Dancers’). That’s the slogan heading up the bill of the 2007 Nîmes Flamenco Festival, which is to be held January 22nd to 27th, 2007, with the performance by Enrique Morente as the main event.

Fuensanta La Moneta (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

On the one hand, coming to Nîmes are cante veterans of the likes of Fosforito, the latest winner of Cante’s Llave de Oro (Golden Key) Award, Jerez-born Fernando de la Morena and Cancanilla de Marbella. And on the other hand, the new generation of bailaores will be amply represented.

Heating up the festival’s stages, Odéon and Théâtre, will be Granada-born Fuensanta la Moneta, Pepe Torres - member of the group Son de la Frontera-, Andrés Marín with the show premiered in the past edition of Seville’s Bienal ‘El alba del último día’, Jerez-born Mercedes Ruiz and Granada-born Manuel Liñán.

French artists like Antonio Negro and Juan de la Alpujarra are also to perform at the event. Besides courses and lectures, the festival will also have a special activity at the Hôtel Atria; a late-night show by La Tropa Santiaguera, the new generation of party artists from the Jerez neighborhood of Santiago.

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