Festival de Jerez 2009 announces
its flamenco dancing course program
The thirteenth edition of the event, specialized
in Spanish and flamenco dancing, is to be held from February
27th to March 14th in Jerez (Cádiz, Spain)
Flamenco-world.com, July 2008
Festival
de Jerez 2009. Full course schedule
Once again, there will be nearly
one thousand students at Festival de Jerez. Specifically,
there are nine hundred places offered by the dance event
in its thirteenth edition. They are split up between a
total of 36 courses taught between February 27th and March
14th, 2009 in the Cádiz-area town of Jerez, by
instructors such as Blanca del Rey, Rocío
Molina, Marcos Flores, Isabel Bayón and Javier
Barón, among many others. Registration will open
on September 1st.
Isabel Bayón's
curse. 2008 Festival de Jerez (Photo Daniel Muñoz) |
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The 13th Festival de Jerez, which will
be held from February 27th to March 14th, 2009, confirms
that it will offer 36 courses of flamenco and Spanish
dancing, figures which equal the nine hundred places of
the previous edition. Registration will open on September
1st, 2008 and as usual, the organization expects the courses
to be nearly one hundred percent full.
With this new course program, Festival
de Jerez reaffirms its stakes on training, which is now
its trademark together with the extensive program of flamenco
and Spanish dancing shows. Its call will be answered by
students from over thirty countries worldwide, lured by
an educational offer which has its strengths in the variety
of styles and levels (from beginners to advanced) and
in the prestige of its maestros.
In this edition, repeating on the usual
faculty of maestros are bailaores Matilde
Coral, Angelita Gómez, Blanca del Rey, Javier
Latorre, Antonio el Pipa, Manolo Marín, Ángel
Muñoz, Inmaculada Aguilar, Isabel Bayón,
Merche Esmeralda, Javier Barón, Mercedes Ruiz,
María del Mar Moreno, Rafaela Carrasco, María
José Franco and Andrés Peña, among
others. And as a novelty, latest-generation instructors
such as Rocío Molina, Marcos Flores, Olga
Pericet and Leonor Leal will join them.
Depending on the levels, the length of
the courses runs from twelve to fifteen hours, with a
total of twenty-five places available per classroom. The
goal of the initiation courses is to teach basic knowledge
of baile and they are aimed at beginners. The elementary
level ones delve more deeply into learning the technique
of a specific style. The intermediate level aims to improve
the technique and choreography of a specific style, while
the advanced one – which requires accreditation
of the level - is devoted to choreography work and expression
of a style. Alegrías, bulerías, cantiñas,
tangos, soleá and siguiriyas are some of the flamenco
styles included in an offer which doesn’t forget
other styles like the farruca, rondeña, guajira
and martinete, among others. Moreover, handling of the
bata de cola is stressed – which, this year, even
appears at the elementary level - and other elements such
as the shawl and fan.
REGISTRATION
Registration will open on September 1st, 2008.
Interested parties should send the corresponding
form duly filled-out to Fundación
Teatro Villamarta, by means of normal
mail, fax or e-mail. Registration will be
carried out strictly on a first come, first
serve basis according to reception of applications.
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