cultural programme FEBRuary 2015

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THEATREDRAMATISED READING

The Night, by José Luis Acosta By Spanish Theatre Company

SUN 1, 6:00pm

In EnglishWith the collaboration of the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes LondonMedia partner El IbéricoSouthwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BDTickets £10 Further information:http://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/events/the-night//

Members of a bourgeois family confront each other, with an unsettling and acid humour, as they react to their high living style coming to an end. One evening Eduardo appears and makes the announcement to Elena, his wife, that they are bankrupt. This comes as quite a shock to her, as it does to their daughter Blanca. Yet there is a greater shock to come. Nobody knows which card each of them will play at the end of the night – nothing will be the same when the morning comes.

José Luis Acosta is a director, and a screenwriter for cinema and television. He was elected the President of SGAE in 2013. Amongst the most outstanding series in which he has collaborated as a screenwriter are Los ladrones van a la oficina, Ana y los Siete, A las once en casa, Fuera de lugar, UCO and the television movie Barreiros, which obtained the Platinum Prize for Best Television Movie in the 45th edition of the Word Festival Houston (2012). He has directed two films, for which he also wrote the screenplays: Gimlet (1995), with Viggo Mortensen and Ángela Molina, and No dejaré que no me quieras (2002). Also, his short film Historia de un búho (2003),was nominated as a Goya Best Short and has won 35 national and international prizes.

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great hispanists series #5: ian gibsonIn conversation with Dr. Julio Crespo Mac Lennan

THU 5, 6:30pm

In Spanish with simultaneous translation into EnglishAuditorium Instituto Cervantes London Admission freeBooking essential: reservas.londres@cervantes.es | 0207 201 0752Further information: www.londres.cervantes.es

HISTORY, LITERATURE AND THOUGHT

Ian Gibson (Dublin in 1939) holds Spanish nationality since 1984. Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin(1960). D. Litt. (Doctor in Litteris), honoris causa, Trinity College, Dublin (1992). From 1962-1965 Assistant Lecturer in the Spanish Department of The Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. From 1968 to 1975 teaches at University of London. In 1975 gives up his university career in order to write full-time. In 1978 moves permanently to Spain with the proyect of writing Federico Garcia Lorca’s biography. Major publications include: La represión nacionalista de Granada en 1936 y la muerte de Federico García Lorca (Paris, Ruedo Ibérico, 1971); En busca de José Antonio (Barcelona, Planeta, 1980); Un irlandés en España (Barcelona, Planeta, 1981); La noche que mataron a Calvo Sotelo (Barcelona, Argos Vergara, 1982); Paracuellos, cómo fue (Barcelona, Argos Vergara, 1983); Federico García Lorca. I. De Fuente Vaqueros a Nueva York (Barcelona, Grijalbo, 1985); España (Barcelona, Ediciones B, 1993); Lorca-Dalí. El amor que no pudo ser (Barcelona, Plaza y Janés, 1999); Yo, Rubén Darío (Madrid, Aguilar, 2003); Cela, el hombre que quiso ganar (Madrid, Aguilar, 2003); Ligero de equipaje. La vida de Antonio Machado (Madrid, Aguilar, 2006) Cuatro poetas en guerra (Barcelona, Planeta, 2007); Lorca y el mundo gay (Barcelona, Planeta, 2009); La berlina de Prim (Barcelona, Planeta, 2012) o Luis Buñuel, la forja de un cineasta universal, 1900-1938 (Madrid, Aguilar, 2013).

Nature: a cultural artefact A project by Gloria Ceballos

THU 12 FEB – FRI 13 MAR

EXHIBITION OPENING WED 11, 6:30pm

MON – FRI 10:30am – 7:00pmSAT 10:30am – 3:30pmExhibition Room, Instituto Cervantes LondonAdmission freeFurther information:http://www.gloriaceballos.com

exhibition

Nature: a cultural artefact* represents Gloria Ceballos constant research about the human relationship with nature as the centre of her practice.As city inhabitants our experiences of nature are restricted to parks, gardens and other green areas within our cities: the “cultured nature”. We call green spaces a natural environment, when in reality they are human-controlled places.In our aim to control everything, nature is classified, organised, designed, and theorized. The “three natures” concept studied for many authors since Cicero and developed by Landscape theorist, John Dixon Hunt is the focus of Ceballos latest series of work presented in this solo exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes in London.

Nature: a cultural artefact* is the title of Gloria Ceballos thesispresented at the Royal College of Art, London in 2015.

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FLAMENCO FESTIVAL LONDON 2015 MON 16 FEB – SUN 1 MAR

Organised by Flamenco Festival and Sadler’s WellsWith the collaboration of Turismo Andaluz, Consejería de Turismo y Comercio, Junta de Andalucía; Instituto Andaluz de Flamenco,Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Junta de Andalucía; Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de EspañaWith the support of the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs,Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes LondonSadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1RFurther information:http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2015/flamenco-festival-london/

performing arts

The Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival is an annual two-week event that provides UK audiences a unique opportunity to sample authentic and contemporary Spanish Flamenco.The 2015 edition starts in mid-February and features seven shows from some of the biggest names of the flamenco world. The festival’s audience will be able to enjoy the following performances:

‘Gala Flamenca’ with Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, JesúsCarmona and Karime Amaya, 16 – 18.

‘Olor a tierra’ by Arcángel and Patricia Guerrero, 19.

‘Images: 20 years’ by Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, 20 and 21.

Concert by Gerardo Núñez and Carmen Cortés, 22.

‘¡Ay!’ by Eva Yerbabuena, 23 and 24.

‘Grito & Suite Sevilla’ by Ballet Nacional de España, 26 – 28.

‘Nómada’ by Compañía Manuel Liñán, 1 March.

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FLAMENCO FESTIVAL LONDON 2015:MOVEMENT & IMAGE By Olga Pericet and Paco Villalta

Workshop SUN 15 – THU 19, 11:00am – 2:00pm Presentation THU 19, 6.30pm

Co-produced by the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs,Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes LondonLilian Baylis Studio, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R Further information:http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2015/flamenco-festival-london/

performing arts WORKSHOP

Flamenco and Photography are the two artistic disciplines thatinspire and merge in this workshop imparted by Olga Pericet and Paco Villalta. Pericet, whose work spans from traditional flamenco to contemporary and classical dance, will direct the movement part, while contemporary dancer and photographer Paco Villalta will guide the students along the photographic aspect of the workshop. Movement and image lead this creative approach to flamenco, where students follow open guidelines and get inspired by pictures taken during the workshop. On the final day, the work that has beencreated along with the pictures that inspired it, will be presented to the audience in the Lilian Baylis Studio.

Class is limited to 25 students (professional or advanced students on contemporary or flamenco dance and actors with knowledge on the movement).

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THE TRANSLATION PRIZES 2014. SPANISH TRANSLATION AWARD PREMIO VALLE INCLÁN WED 25, 6:30pm

In English Organised by The Society of AuthorsWith the collaboration of Arts Council England & The Times Literary SupplementWith the support of the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs,Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes London Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EUFurther information and booking:www.societyofauthors.org/events/translation-prizes

literature andtranslation

This year the Translation awards will celebrate, in addition to the Premio Valle Inclán, the award of the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the Ghobash Banipal Prize, the Schlegel-Tieck Prize and the John Florio Prize. After the Translation Prizes presentations and readings, there will be a discussion on the art and pleasures of reading in translation by the novelist, critic and academic, Philip Hensher.

THEATREDRAMATISED READING

Eloisa is Under an Almond TreeBy Spanish Theatre Company

FRI 27, 7:30pm

In SpanishWith the collaboration of the Office of Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain in the UK and Instituto Cervantes LondonMedia partner El IbéricoCanada Water Culture Space, 21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7ARTickets £8 Further information:http://canadawaterculturespace.org.uk/events/eloisa-under-al-mond-tree-performed-spanish

This play narrates a number of unforeseen incidents in the lives of Fernando, his fiancé Mariana and their respective families. They become caught in the mystery of a disappearance, from years ago, of Eloisa, a woman with a suspicious physical resemblance to Mariana. The secrets and misunderstandings that occur in the play lead to other misunderstandings and to hilarious situations.

Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901-1952) was a Spanish writer and playwright. His works, related to the Theatre of the Absurd, moved away from traditional humour to a more intellectual, improbable and illogical one. This was a break with the naturalism that was dominant in the Spanish theatre of his time. Indeed, he was attacked by the majority of the critics then, since his humour woundeddelicate sensibilities and opened up a range of comic possibilities that were not always well understood. Besides, he ran into problems with censorship under the Franco regime.Nevertheless, the passing years have led to an increasing recognition of his works and they continue to be performed, many having had films based upon them.

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