Eva Yerbabuena opens
Flamenco Festival USA 2008 in Los Angeles
The Granada-born bailaora kicks off a
tour which will take ‘Santo y seña’
to cities such as Boston, Washington D.C., Montreal and
Paris
Flamenco-world.com, February 2008
Flamenco
Festival 2008. Schedule for the United States and London
Flamenco
Festival USA 2008 is already underway. The first quejíos,
heel tapping and strumming took place in Los Angeles where,
within the program ‘On Tour’, Eva
Yerbabuena has inaugurated the eighth edition of the
U.S. festival. The two performances of the show ‘Santo
y seña’ on February 6th and 7th at UCLA’s
Royce Hall are the start of a new international tour for
the Granada-born bailaora and choreographer, whose company
celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Eva Yerbabuena (Photo Daniel
Muñoz)
Boston’s Emerson Majestic Theater,
Washington’s Lisner Auditorium and New York’s
City Center are some of the stages where Eva Yerbabuena’s
Flamenco Ballet will present her latest show, ‘Santo
y Seña’, from February 6th to 17th, 2008.
The Granada-born artist kicks off the eighth edition of
Flamenco Festival USA within the traveling program ‘On
Tour’.
Following the performances in the United
States, the company will move on to Montreal’s Maissoneuve
Theater. Moreover, in the Canadian city, Eva Yerbabuena
will be a part of the presidency of the 9th Montreal en
Lumière Festival, together with great international
stage names such as José Carreras, Bárbara
Hendricks, Robert Wilson and the recently deceased Maurice
Bèjart. And for the artist it is “a great
honor and important international recognition for the
continuous work which we have done with the company over
these ten years”.
Then in April, Eva Yerbabuena once again
inaugurates. Flamenco
Festival Paris 2008 will also kick off with ‘Santo
y seña’, a show which will be on the bill
at the Théâtre National de Chaillot from
April 9th to 14th. The following month, she will close
the first edition of Flamenco
Festival in Brussels (Belgium) on May 25th at the
Palais de Beaux Arts. The company is now closing its agenda
for the following months, with a view to touring Latin
American countries such as Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
Moreover, she is getting a special show ready to celebrate
the ten years of the company, which in this decade has
performed shows like ‘Eva’, ‘5 mujeres
5’ and ‘La voz del silencio’, among
others, on stages all over the world.
Eva Yerbabuena. ‘Santo y seña’
Tour
United States, Canada, France & Belgium, February
to May 2008
Eva Yerbabuena (Photo Daniel
Muñoz)
February 6th and 7th
Los Angeles (United States)
Royce Hall, UCLA
February 9th and 10th
Boston (United States)
Emerson Majestic Theater
February 14th and 15th
Washington (United States)
Lisner Auditorium
February 16th and 17th
New York (United States)
City Center
February 20th
Montreal (Canada)
Maissoneuve Theater
April 9th to 14th
Paris (France)
Théâtre Chaillot
May 25th
Brussels (Belgium)
Palais des Beaux Arts
