Tourism in Madrid: Alcalá, the dance capital
The most populous city in the Henares corridor was already known as the Madrid Region’s capital of classical theatre, and also hosts one of the region’s most popular cinema festivals.
In the field of entertainment, the world of dance had been somewhat neglected, but this lack will now be addressed with the launch of prograMADanza’07.
The days chosen for the presentation of over twelve works by companies from the region are 20-23 September. It would not be amiss to point out that the Ministry for Culture and Tourism of the Madrid Region boasts an outstanding range of local companies, such as Antonio Márquez, Ibérica de Danza, Larrumbe Danza, María Pagés and Nuevo Ballet Español.
PrograMADanza’07 is intended as a platform to publicise and promote the Madrid Region’s current choreographic capabilities in small and medium format. The aim of this initiative is to serve as a point of encounter between Spanish and international festival directors, programmers and specialised cultural organisations and this region’s current choreographic production.
Two traditional settings will accommodate these stagings and get them off on the right foot. These are the Corral de Comedias courtyard theatre and the Salón Cervantes Theatre, which will once again open their doors to dance, as they will certainly do for at least a few days every two years in playing host to this biennial event presenting the choreography of Madrid.
The Madrid Region thus joins such countries as the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Germany in opening up new avenues to promote, showcase and publicise the country’s choreographic production.
There are currently eleven performing arts platforms in Spain, and dance represents only a small part of them. There is only one that is similar to prograMADanza’07, in Catalonia, although the latter’s scope is national.
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Source: Turismomadrid.com