Flashmob in Seville

In addition, it becomes the absolute protagonist of the Andalusian capital with the celebration of the Bienal de Flamenco. And you can see it. Its streets are filled with tourists and foreigners who organize their agenda around the visit of the most emblematic buildings of the city: the baroque chapel of the Palacio de San Telmo; the cloister, refectory and upper bedroom of the Santa Clara Convent; the Triana Hotel; the Royal Alcazar; the theaters of the Maestranza, Lope de Vega, Central and Alameda; and the streets themselves. Because the flamenco stages are extrapolated to the public so that no one stops enjoying it and it is as popular as possible.

The genius of the late Enrique Morente was the star of the opening gala of this 18th edition of the Biennial, which kicked off at the Maestranza theater on September 12. With this show, 24 days of flamenco begin in the city, with a total of 67 shows and 75 performances scheduled in the official program, until next October 5. Then, in addition, there is the unofficial one, the one organized by other institutions related to the world of flamenco, such as the Cristina Hoyos Flamenco Dance Museum, which inaugurated on September 11 a macro collective exhibition of national and international authors who create under the influence of this art and in which the work of the Hebrew painter, Ilan Itach, stands out.

The magic of the Biennial is not only in its protagonists, who are many and important, but also in the spaces that house their proposals. The now deceased Paco de Lucía and Enrique Morente have returned to the city to be honored. The guitarist from Cádiz through an exhibition of photographs and manuscripts in the lower bedroom of the Santa Clara Convent; an international symposium at the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones (from September 22 to 27) and a public tribute in which hundreds of guitarists from all over the world played their songs in the central plaza of San Francisco. Morente was the protagonist of the opening day, which was attended by his three children, Estrella Morente, Soleá Morente and Enrique Morente Carbonell, who were accompanied by Carmen Linares, El Pele, Arcángel, Juan José Amador, Javier Latorre, Israel Galván , Silvia Pérez Cruz, El Pájaro and Tomás de Perrate, among other artists who reviewed their legacy during a four-hour show.

Seville's Bienal de Flamenco will also feature two other galas: the closing gala, also at the Teatro de la Maestranza, called El cante sescrito con L, around the figure of Juan Peña El Lebrijano, as well as the winners of the IV Andalusian Contest of Young Flamencos of the Andalusian Youth Institute.