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A parade plagued by fantastic characters who recreate mythological passages will travel tomorrow Tuesday August 2 at 10 pm the promenade of Santiago de la Ribera to announce the start of the 48th International Festival of Theater, Music and Dance of San Javier a day later, with a Program that includes 15 shows until August 24.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Javier Celdrán, Mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo and the director of the Festival David Martinez offered today in Murcia the last details of an edition that begins with all the sold tickets and with four of the Shows about to hang the complete poster.
Javier Celdrán stressed "the commitment and commitment of the City of San Javier with Culture" which he said as "an essential element to generate Tourism".
Celdrán noted the growth of the Festival in its 48th edition "with a forecast of growth of 20% and of about 20,000 spectators" for a Festival that placed between "the great contests of scenic arts of Spain."
The mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo said that "the cultural machine is still going on in San Javier" and after the Jazz Festival in July that reached 18,000 spectators in the auditorium and about 25,000, counting the four free concerts abroad, Comes the Theater, Music and Dance that has raised a great expectation and as the Jazz will also go out "to bring the culture closer to the neighbors," in addition to maintaining popular prices with tickets between 14 and 16 euros .
Programming
The councilman of Culture and director of the Festival David Martínez recalled the programming that after the parade-show "Metamorphosis" that can be seen tomorrow on the seafront of Santiago de la Ribera, will start with a double project of Theater of the City and Theater of The Abbey on 3 and 4 August with "Tenderness" and "Dream" respectively.
Alfredo Sanzól and Andrés Lima direct the two works the result of a previous investigation work on the comedy based on the works of Shakespeare.
On Sunday, August 6, "Troyanas" will arrive one of the spectacles that have aroused more attention among the public with Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, who will receive the Prize of the Festival after the representation directed by Carmen Portacceli in which from the work of Euripides Pays homage to the role of women in a war context.
The local group, heir to the amateur training that gave rise to the festival 48 years ago, will premiere "Where there are grievances no jealousy", by Zorrilla led by Jose Antonio Navas, Wednesday 9 August.
The dance will arrive on Friday the 11th with "the best contemporary dance company of the moment", the Tao Dance Theater, which comes through an agreement with the Sagunto Festival, which will be the only two performances in Spain of this prestigious training That does not name its choreographies in order not to condition the public.
Pitingo with his latest work "Soulería y Más" opens the musical section on Saturday August 12.
The family theater will be present with "Cinderella" on Sunday 13. The Plaza de España of San Javier will fill with the eighties atmosphere that gives off "Odisea" the free show that can be seen on Monday 14. Another of the strong dishes of the festival "Caligula "By Albert Camus, directed by Mario Gas and starring Pablo Derqui will arrive on Tuesday, August 15.
On Thursday 17 will be the turn of another of the works about to hang the complete poster, "The bald singer" with a luxury cast led by Adriana Ozores and Fernando Tejero.
The theatrical program includes the return to San Javier of Els Joglars with "Zenit, the reality to its measure", a work in which they put their critical eye on the news of the mass media.
The music will return a day later with the concert "Mediterranean" that joins Noa and Pasión Vega.
On Tuesday the 22nd will receive the Max 2016 Award for the revelation show "Danzad Malditos", inspired by Sidney Pollack's film, which depicts a real dance marathon that will win the longest lasting couple dancing, as a metaphorical tribute to the losers .
The finishing touch will be "La comedia de las mentiras", which will arrive just released, which is another of the proposals most demanded by the public starring Pepón Nieto and María Barranco, directed by Pep Anton and Sergi Pomermayer.
All works will start at 22:30 except "Cinderella" and the two street shows will start at 22:00.
The tickets are on sale at www.festivalessanjavier.com and at the Festival Office, located in the basement of the Town Hall of San Javier, in Plaza de España.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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