Antonio el Pipa to perform at the
Swiss National Exhibition

The dancer from Jerez is participating in an international Romany cultural festival

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The Swiss National Exhibition is making room for Romany culture at the interdisciplinary festival Expo.02. In representation of the Hispanic branch of this ethnic group, the dancer from Jerez, Antonio el Pipa, is performing at the Arteplage de Murten on Saturday, September 7, 2002. Eighty artists have been invited to this festival which is to be held through October 20 in various cities of the western region of Tres Lagos, including the Romanian, Russian and Hungarian groups of Romany musicians, Bare Droma, Kalman and Kalyi Hag.

Antonio el Pipa

Antonio el Pipa will perform in the Arteplage de Murten accompanied by the singing of his aunt Juana la del Pipa, Luis Moneo and Manuel Tañé, and the guitars of Pascual de Lorca and Juan Moneo. Along with his group, the dancer will leave his mark of Jerez-style dance in the lakeside building called "El instante y la eternidad" ['Eternity and the moment'] built by the French architect Jean Nouvel.

The series devoted to Romany culture is rounded out with the performance of the Hungarian groups Kalman Balogh which combines traditional sounds with jazz, and Kakyi Hag, a group with vocals, bass, percussion and dance, and the Russian group Bare Droma, seven-stringed guitar and voices, all sharing the stage with the dancer from Jerez whose group will close out the musical event.

Once in a generation, Switzerland organizes a national exposition. Expo.02 is the second festival of this kind to be celebrated in the country since 1964 when the first one took place in the city of Lausanne. The 2002 festival has a budget of one billion euros to be spread out over an ambitious program which includes, among other activities, concerts, theater, parades and conferences.

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