Flamenco’s new trends arrange to meet
at Festival Vaivenes 2008

Alcalá de Guadaíra Castle (Seville) will be the stage where Belén Maya, Javier Barón, Enrique Morente, El Trío and Rocío Molina perform, among others

Flamenco-world.com, June 2008

Vaivenes Flamencos 2008. Program

Festival Flamenco Joaquín el de la Paula 2008. Program

Joaquín el de la Paula Festival has gotten a rebellious neighbor. Just a few days after the traditional cante event celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, Festival Vaivenes Flamencos will premiere a showcase of heterodox flamenco. And it will be at the same setting; the emblematic castle in the Seville-area town of Alcalá de Guadaíra. From July 5th to 12th, this new festival is to offer eight shows lined up with the idea of “stage avant-garde”, which is the bill’s slogan.

Raúl Rodríguez, Son de la Frontera (Photo Daniel Muñoz)

The trends of today’s baile are to be displayed at Vaivenes Flamencos 2008 with ‘Dos voces para un baile’ by the Javier Barón Company; ‘La voz de su amo’ by the Belén Maya Company; and ‘Turquesa como el limón’ by Rocío Molina and Laura Rozalén.

There are three instrumental options: ‘Sin precedentes’ by the flamenco jazz trio consisting of Carles Benavent, Jorge Pardo and Tino di Geraldo; ‘Andando el tiempo’ by guitarist Gerardo Núñez; and ‘Cal’ by Son de la Frontera. There’s even fusion between flamenco and the circus; ‘Malgama’ by the Compañía Varuma Teatro.

The finishing touch will be provided by cantaor Enrique Morente and rock group Lagartija Nick, with one of the most groundbreaking projects in the last decade: ‘Omega’.

Festival Vaivenes Flamencos 2008 Castillo de Alcalá. Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville), July 5th to 12th, 2008 July 5th, 10:30 p.m. Javier Barón Company ‘Dos voces para un baile’ July 6th, 10:30 p.m. Belén Maya Company ‘La voz de su amo’ July 7th, 10:30 p.m. Trio Carles Benavent + Tino di Geraldo + Jorge Pardo ‘Sin precedentes’ Jorge Pardo (Photo Daniel Muñoz) July 8th, 8 p.m. Varuma Teatro ‘Malgama’ (flamenco circus) July 9th, 10:30 p.m. Son de la Frontera ‘Cal’ July 10th, 10:30 p.m. Gerardo Núñez ‘Andando el tiempo’ July 11th, 8:30 p.m. Rocío Molina Company ‘Turquesa como el limón’ Rocío Molina (Photo Daniel Muñoz) July 12th, 10:30 p.m. Enrique Morente + Lagartija Nick ‘Omega’ Enrique Morente (Photo Daniel Muñoz) 30th Joaquín el de la Paula Flamenco Festival Castle. Alcalá de Guadaíira (Seville), June 28th, 2008 (10:30 p.m.) On cante: José Mercé Arcángel La Susi Nano de Jerez Manuel Domínguez ‘El Castulo’ On guitar: Morao Miguel Ángel Cortés Niño Elías On baile: El Mistela David Pérez

More information: Special feature. Enrique Morente. ‘Omega’ in New York Interview with Belén Maya, bailaora (February 2005) Interview with Son de la Frontera, flamenco group (November 2006) Online agenda of flamenco festivals and concerts on the international circuit www.flamencofestival.info