{"id":18240,"date":"2020-02-24T01:36:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/?p=18240"},"modified":"2020-02-24T01:39:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:39:40","slug":"a-flamenco-round-table-in-jerez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/en\/bordonazo-new\/a-flamenco-round-table-in-jerez\/","title":{"rendered":"A flamenco round table in Jerez"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, February 19th, at the ExpoFlamenco Jerez Shop<\/a>, on 2 Corredera Street in Jerez, a round table about the Festival de Jerez<\/a>\u00a0was held, attended by the festivals\u2019 director, Isamay Benavente<\/strong>, the veteran cantaora<\/em> from Sanl\u00facar, Mar\u00eda Vargas<\/strong>, the local bailaora<\/em> Mar\u00eda del Mar Moreno<\/strong>, the guitarist Javier Patino<\/strong>, also from Jerez, and the journalists Estela Zatania, Fran Pereira<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Juan Garrido<\/strong>. It was a matter of discussing this event in its 24-year history, and I was pleased by how well everyone at the table seemed to get along, always giving positive opinions and highlighting the fact that the festival is now a well-establish event with a bright future.<\/p>\n

I bet that if we organized a round table in Seville about the Bienal, sparks would fly, because that festival is a different story. We\u2019d held one, probably, if the director agrees to come like Isamay did, willing to hear criticism, which I really doubt. In ExpoFlamenco<\/em> we want to go beyond information or opinions about flamenco. We want to organize round tables, have conferences and, if possible, one day hold a festival with the name of our website. A website with almost six years of history, run without any public or private subsidies, something that gives us great independence when it comes to voicing our opinions.<\/p>\n

Back to the festival, I admit that I was one of those who doubted that it would be successful, due to the peculiarities of Jerez. It wasn\u2019t easy for a festival focused on baile<\/em> to be welcomed in a city renowned for its cante<\/em>. Particularly with so much fusion of dance and flamenco. Yet, as everyone around the table agreed, the fact is that the festival has become well-established and it\u2019s now perhaps the best flamenco festival in the world, at least when it comes to the way it can be experienced.<\/p>\n

Today, the curtain rises and from ExpoFlamenco<\/em> we\u2019ll do everything possible so our readers all over the world are able to follow its shows with the perspectives of our contributors Juan Garrido<\/strong>,\u00a0Teresa de la Cruz <\/strong>y<\/strong>\u00a0Luis P\u00e9rez<\/strong>. We would like to have been able to provide a more extensive coverage, but we have our limitations.<\/p>\n

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