El Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla (Fibes) receives again the "most important" exhibition of the flamenco fashion, el Salon Internacional de Moda Flamenca (Simof).
The most flamenco anti-capitalist group of the world, FLO6x8, has done one of their peculiar robberies to the rhythm of zapateo again.
This month, they open the School of Arte Flamenco in La Únion. It is a school of the Foundation Cante de las Minas where they offer reglar classes of cante, baile, guitar and percussion, with special effect in the field of the cantes mineros and cantes de Levante.
Flamenco Festival Caja Madrid, which people always look forward to, will be more emotional than ever this year. This year it is dedicated to the memory of the master Enrique Morente, who shined in the festival last year.
"He was a genius". An unanimous cry from the culture, and especially from the flamenco universe, is suitable to say goodbye to the cantaor from Granada Enrique Morente, 67 years old, who has passed away in Madrid.
Andalucía is now celebrating that the flamenco has been chosen as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The bailaora Angelita Gómez has been awarded one of the Demófilo prizes for her dedication to pass on the bases of the baile of Jerez with honesty and excellence.
The director of the XVI Bienal de Flamenco in Sevilla has given the prizes, called Giraldillos, to Pansequito in the cante category and to Isabel Bayón in the baile category. Also, the prize has been given to Moraíto for his "mastery". Paco de Lucía has received the prize of honor and Miguel Poveda has won the special prize of the judge.
The analysis of the Bienal de Flamenco by the critic Manuel Bohórquez for the newspaper El Correo de Andalucía can be summarized in a success of audience and "short of emotions". He described the festival like this in its headline.
The European Film Festival will be celebrated in Sevilla from the 5th to the 13th of November. They have programmed the latest and eagerly awaited film of Carlos Saura. Flamenco, Flamenco is a film in which Saura wants to show the evolution of the cantes, bailes and music of this beautiful art.
