Flamenco comes to Real to stay | Culture

Flamenco comes to Real to stay | Culture


The ballroom of Isabel II, the same one that in the middle of the XIX century lodged its lordships for a decade while the Congress was being built, will become, from November 28, the great showcase of flamenco in the Royal Theatre. The institution, devoted to lyric, ballet and classical music, has occasionally offered flamenco shows; but now it is the first time to plan a cycle, with 18 actions that will last until July 2019, and which is born with a vocation for continuity.

"This is a pioneering initiative that allows to present flamenco, declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity, with the category and quality it deserves. In addition to joining the products of Spain brand and in a very special space that I feel mine, because it was the headquarters of the National Ballet of Spain when I was in the company ", commented on Tuesday the dancer from Seville Antonio Canales, "a young veteran of 56 years", as it was defined, who sponsors the cycle, entitled Real Flamenco and produced by Aurelio Solana.

"From the Real we bet on the creation of new audiences, the theater wants to defend the Spanish cultural heritage in the best possible way and that is why we have scheduled a full season that will be offered, for the moment, two alternate Wednesdays a month. the cycle grows in successive years and that's why we offer it in the ballroom, which until two years ago was a restaurant and is one of the largest stage spaces of the theater, very versatile and with capacity for 200 spectators sitting at tables ", explained Ignacio García Belenguer, general director of the Teatro Real. The shows include a tasting of Spain brand products before the performances that will be about 60 minutes. Once finished, the spectators will be able to meet and chat with the artists.

From the left, Aurelio Solana, Ignacio García-Belenguer and Antonio Canales, at the Teatro Real.
From the left, Aurelio Solana, Ignacio García-Belenguer and Antonio Canales, at the Teatro Real.

The bailaor Amador Rojas offered on Tuesday the presentation of the cycle a preview of Poseidon and man, that will premiere on November 28, an allegory of human suffering in which it will feature the voices of Triana Heredia and José Amador. They will also be premieres Las Minas Flamenco Tour, the singer and guitarist Ricardo Fernández del Moral; My password, of guitarist Manuel de la Luz with bailaor Antonio Molina The Choro as a guest artist; Singing is prohibited of the bailaora Leonor Leal and the cantaor Jeromo Segura, and With a certain elf, in which the flutist Óscar de Manuel translates flamenco sounds into symphonic language.

"In 75% of the shows, the first figure is a bailaor or dancer, because it is what most reaches the general public, but there is everything, you do not have to be an amateur to enjoy flamenco. emotions to any lover of art, "says Solana, who has counted on the artistic advice of dancer and choreographer Ángel Rojas to create this program that also features the dancers Úrsula López, Carmen La Talegona and Joselito Maya, Yolanda Osuna, Eduardo Guerrero, Gem Moneo and José Carmona Rapico, among others. Saltpeter, the installation of Antonio Canales inspired by the sea, will close on July 17 this cycle that has arrived at the Teatro Real to stay.

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