ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 29 -- The 22nd Annual Festival
Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque comes to Albuquerque, New Mexico,
June 6-15. This festival is the largest in North America, and the Festival
Flamenco de Jerez, Spain, has recognized it as one of the largest festivals
outside of Spain. The festival is an international treasure prompting
Albuquerque to be described as the Sevilla of North America by the Journal
of Flamenco Artistry in London.
Popular Flamenco Artists
The 22nd annual festival will be a world-class event as top flamenco
artists from all over the world flock to Albuquerque to share their
artistry and tradition with students from around the world. Performances
will take place at the University of New Mexico's Rodey Theater, the
National Hispanic Cultural Center and the Lensic in Santa Fe.
"The festival brings international attention to Albuquerque with
visitors and participants from all over the world," said Dale Lockett,
President/CEO of the Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau. "This
world-class event showcases the diverse and unique cultural arts that are
evident throughout Albuquerque."
The event will demonstrate flamenco artistry from various artists
including Antonio Canales, Rocio Molina, Albuquerque's Yjastros: "The
American Flamenco Repertory Company" and many more. The festival also
includes the VI Concurso Nacional de Flamenco, a competition of
pre-professional and professional flamenco dancers who will present their
choreographies, musical numbers or vocals to a panel of judges comprised of
top flamenco artists.
The Festival Flamenco is unique in that it offers participants -- young
and old -- the opportunity to study all aspects of flamenco in workshop
classes June 7-14. Workshop participants can experience the beauty of
flamenco's dance technique and repertory as well as its guitar, cante,
palmas and cajon.
"Every year is exciting for the festival -- for about 10 days -- the
city is just buzzing with flamenco artists and aficionados from all over
the country and the world," said Eva Encinias Sandoval, director of the
National Institute of Flamenco in Albuquerque. "It is a great, intense
immersion into an amazing art form that really puts Albuquerque and New
Mexico on the map."
Visit http://www.nationalinstituteofflamenco.org or call 505-242-7600
for information on the festival. For information on visiting Albuquerque,
go to http://www.itsatrip.org.
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