Presented by the theater of Nîmes, the festival aligns the meetings from Thursday 13 until 22 January.
Fourteen shows in ten days, conferences, screenings, exhibitions… A small selection in a program where everything is promising.
1. Rocío Molina in ouverture
She is not yet 40 years old and is part of the history of dance and the history of flamenco. Nîmes are lucky to have often seen Rocío Molina on stage, for the festival or during the season. An evening when she danced six months pregnant is still remembered … She is back for two evenings, at the opening of the festival.
Two years ago, the dancer embarked on a trilogy, in dialogue with the guitar. After a first success in 2020, she presents the second part At the Bottom Riela (the other of the One), with Eduardo Trassierra and Yerai Cortés. Not to miss !
2. A flamenco from elsewhere
Some evenings that will debate the purists. From this weekend, the dancer Yinka Esi Graves, born in London, living in Seville, daughter of Ghanaian and Jamaican parents, presents The Disappearing Act, a reflection on the representation of the bodies of black women.
With The Celestial Bodies, the Canadians Marco Vargas and Chloé Brûlé propose a new style of choreographic writing, through a series of fabulous landscapes, for a universal and electronic chessboard.
Originally from Chile, the O’Ryan twins, Florencia the dancer and Isadora the musician, revelations from the last Jerez festival, explore the theme of the double through Antipodes, an intimate and deep poetic dialogue.
3. Faces of the new flamenco
The flamenco scene is remarkably alive and young people have long since undertaken to sing it, to dance it in the present tense. María Marín draws on her roots, for folk and poetic music, presented acoustically and in private. Dancer María Moreno unites her traditional style with the contemporary staging of Rafael Villalobos, in More (no) More.
Everyone was very worried and eventually the artists will be there
Dancer Leonor Leal presents In workshops, creation around lifeless objects with the percussionist Antonio Moreno. Rocío Márquez, winner in 2020 of a Jazz Victory, pushes flamenco to its limits and the duo RomeroMartín evokes sexual liberation by mixing flamenco, poetry and electro music. Finally, Ana Morales presents Film, a stage in the creation of her next show where she wonders regarding the difference.
4. Don’t forget the classics
To be amazed, the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía is the unmissable event. About twenty artists on stage, to celebrate 100 years of the creation ofThe Butterfly Hex scored by Federico García Lorca when we have the information.
A century later, the mysteries, the eroticism, the irrepressible need to live remain intact. The ballet has already performed in Nîmes, as has the singer Inés Bacán, a friend of the festival who carries with her all the soul of the gypsies of Andalusia or the guitarist Dani de Moron, a goldsmith who will close the festival solo. with a white card.
By the stars, there was one who had never come to Nîmes, it is the singer Pedro El Granaíno. Great voice of Granada, the singer was awarded at the last biennial of Seville, he presents himself for the first time with Granaino Jondo, a show that is both intimate and classic.
Meetings, exhibitions and screenings
The festival is not limited to shows. During ten days, the meetings are very numerous, in particular at the bar of the Bernadette-Lafont theater where the fairground philosopher Alain Guyard presents a session around duende and dance entitled “How to give the body its grace?” (Tuesday 18, 12:30 p.m.).
It is also possible to meet artists during intimate moments (Pedro El Granaíno, Friday 14; Álvaro Romero Thursday 20; Dani de Moron, Friday 21; Rocío Márquez, Saturday 22).
Carré d’art presents the work of photographer Colita, a witness for 50 years of the flamenco scene since meeting Carmen Amaya in 1962.
Another appointment, Monday 17, at 7 p.m. at the Semaphore, Nueve Sevillas by Pedro G. Romero and Gonzalo García-Pelayo, meeting with nine figures from the capital of Andalusia, punctuated by performances by Israel Galván, Niño de Elche, Rocío Molina or Silvia Pérez Cruz.
Practical information
Date :
Jan 13 to Jan 22
