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| Guanajuato hillscape behind , Japanese sun on both sides |
"A good speech must be like a bikini, short, showing much but leaving something to the imagination."
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| Waiting their turn |
Whoever made the exuberant video that followed the speakers knew what what to do. It was short, showing much, but, yes, leaving parts uncovered.
The program is so full the list that follows is almost like a Thanksgiving dinner described by the cranberries, but here goes:
The opener :Japanese taiko drummers
The closing: Ruben Blades (Panama by way of New York), known as the salsero intelectual.
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In classical music, two performances by the Arditti Quartet (USA), seven by the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder playing all the Beethoven sonatas
Three nights of folklorico-the National Folklore Ballet of Amalia Hernandez, the: Nuevo Leon Dance Troupe; and the OSUG ballet folklorico + at least one night of ballet (from Bulgaria)
A concert version of West Side Story (Amor sin barreras)
Jazz and world music as always at the Ex-Hacienda Gabriel de Barrera
Movies, pantomime, acrobats, world class marionette shows
Guanajuato's own Capella Guanajuatense and Zephyrus
Spotlight on Shakespeare: somewhere between half a dozen and a dozen offerings of his plays during this 450th year from his birth, including a local project involving young people from four Guanajuato communities (El Proyecto Ruelas) alredy rehearsing scenes to present
At the Alhondiga, an African woman playing the kora
I'll stop here although I have probably skipped the event (possibly from Mexico) that will propel you to the box office (taquilla) tomorrow when tickets for individual events go on sale.
The program is so full the list that follows is almost like a Thanksgiving dinner described by the cranberries, but here goes:
The opener :Japanese taiko drummers
The closing: Ruben Blades (Panama by way of New York), known as the salsero intelectual.
:
In classical music, two performances by the Arditti Quartet (USA), seven by the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder playing all the Beethoven sonatas
Three nights of folklorico-the National Folklore Ballet of Amalia Hernandez, the: Nuevo Leon Dance Troupe; and the OSUG ballet folklorico + at least one night of ballet (from Bulgaria)
A concert version of West Side Story (Amor sin barreras)
Jazz and world music as always at the Ex-Hacienda Gabriel de Barrera
Movies, pantomime, acrobats, world class marionette shows
Guanajuato's own Capella Guanajuatense and Zephyrus
Spotlight on Shakespeare: somewhere between half a dozen and a dozen offerings of his plays during this 450th year from his birth, including a local project involving young people from four Guanajuato communities (El Proyecto Ruelas) alredy rehearsing scenes to present
At the Alhondiga, an African woman playing the kora
I'll stop here although I have probably skipped the event (possibly from Mexico) that will propel you to the box office (taquilla) tomorrow when tickets for individual events go on sale.
Despite this horn of plenty, people talk about what is not being done this year."What? only the Entremeses tis year when Cervantes was Shakespeare's contemporary?" (my translation)
On the other hand: much baroque music and music on Shakespearean themes, literary programs honoring the centennial of the nationally beloved poet Efrain Huerta born in Silao, and art exhibits including Guatemalan textiles and photos by Rodrigo Moya from an archive that has been closed for thirty years; and at the train station every night of the Festival, hip hop, vallenato and other dance music for young people. I always marvel at how the FIC offers something for every age and taste.
Stay tuned for more on the nooks and crannies that make the Cervantino special.
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| A fraction of the audience pouring out of Teatro Juarez |
Stay tuned for more on the nooks and crannies that make the Cervantino special.
