Sat 13 Sep 08
5pm at Parc del Forum 55€ Buy tickets
Weekend Dance returns to unfold its electronic artillery. The most suggestive sides of the current electronics will have of new room in a placard for all the inclinations.
Artists
Fatboy Slim
Groove Armada Djs
Isis
Robyn
The Prodigy
Tue 16 & Wed 17 Sep 08
9pm at Mercat de les Flors (Lleida, 59) 22€ Buy tickets
Akram Khan cultivates the art of the encounter, in search of an identity that goes through all borders from a dance energetic and full of personal stories that become universal.
This work, carried out with the training of classical ballet of China, supposes a continuation of the eagerness for Khan to combine different traditional dances with the goal to create a new vocabulary and original in this field. In “bahok”, a word Bengali that means “carriers”, dancers coming from different cultures, traditions and origins (Chinese, Koreans, Indians, South Africans and Catalans) show the updated version of the tower of Babel.
Akram Khan is one of the most prestigious choreographers of the international scene and one of the more distinguished dancers of his generation, famous for his intercultural and interdisciplinary collaborations and to challenge the conventional ideas about the traditional forms of dance.
The National Ballet of China – NBC, headquartered in Beijing, was founded on December 31, 1959, and is the only national ballet troupe of the country. Master Peter Gushev from the former Soviet Union laid a solid foundation of classical ballet for the NBC.
NBC has produced Chinese ballets, Western ballets, modern ballets, as well as modern dances. Many NBC dancers have won gold, silver and bronze medals at various international ballet competitions. (Taken from www.mercatflors.org & www.wikipedia.org)
Fri 19, Sat 20 and Sun 21 Sep 08
The DTM, the German touring car championship, will be held at Circuit de Catalunya. The 2007 season will see the battle between the premium brands of Audi and Mercedes-Benz.
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At Circuits de Catalunya (Montmelo – Barcelona) How to get there
(Taken from www.circuitcat.com)
Thu 11 Sep 08
Marina Rossell is a Catalan singer that performs in Catalan and Spanish language.
She’s one of the most important singers in modern Catalan song. She has sung traditional and revolutionary classical Catalan songs, “habaneras” and her own compositions.
Rosell has collaborated with such diverse artists as: Georges Moustaki, Montserrat Caballé, Luis Eduardo Aute, Carlos Cano, Pedro Guerra or the flamenco guitarist Tomatito. She has made numerous tours by Europe, Latin America and the north of Africa. (Taken from www.portalatino.com & www.wikipedia.org).
Thu 11 Sep 08
The Arc de Triomf, gate of entry to the Ciutadella.
The first act passed by the Parliament when it was created in 1980 declared September 11th as the Catalan National Day in the following terms: “(…) In times of struggle, the Catalan people used to mark a special day, the eleventh of September, as the National Day of Catalonia. A special day which, while representing the painful memories of the loss of liberties, on the eleventh of September 1714, and an attitude of struggle and active resistance to oppression, also embodied the hope of total recovery of its nationhood.
Catalonians celebrate their National Day with concerts, demonstrations and parades throughout Barcelona and hanging red-and-yellow striped Catalonian flags from their balconies. In the “Parque de la Ciudadela”, organisations and political parties make floral offerings to the monuments of Rafael Casanova and Josep Moragues. After that several artistic performances are offered to the public. (Taken from www.gencat.net).
Wed 10, Fri 12, Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep 08
Pina Bausch is a german modern dance choreographer and a leading influence in the development of the Tanztheater style of dance. She is the artistic director and choreographer of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch company, based in Wuppertal in Germany. The company has a large repertoire of original pieces, and regularly tours throughout the world.
Her work is also known for infusing humor with sadness. Male-female interaction is a theme found throughout her work, which has been an inspiration for-and reached a wider audience through-the movie Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Her pieces are constructed of short units of dialogue and action, often of a surreal nature.
Pina Bausch was awarded in 2008 with the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt-am-Main.
Programme
Café Müller – Music: Henry Purcell
Spring’s Consagration – Music: Igor Stravinsky
- Coreography: Pina Bausch
(Taken from www.wikipedia.org, http://www.pinabausch.de/& )
Sat 30 Aug
5pm to 4am at Parc del Fòrum (Rambla Prim 2-4) 25-30€ Buy tickets
The public will be able to enjoy of a diverse styles variety: flamenco, reggae, ragga, hip hop, Brazilian and above all racially mixed music that unites all kinds of kinds; with its better national and international representatives.
Programme
5:00pm Reigbord
6:00pm D’Callaos
7:00pm Morodo
8:05pm Tiken Jah Fakoly
9:20pm Le Peuple de l’Herbe
10:35pm Asian Dub Foundation
23:55pm Amparanoia
01:15am Canteca de Macao
02:30am Zuco 103
& after La Banda del Surdo
& after Always Drinking Marching Band
(Taken from www.cruilladecultures.com)
Until Sun 31 Aug
This year, twelve streets are presented to the Streets Decorations Contest. During eight days, from Sunday to Saturday, there will be concerts, activities for the children, dances, sardanas, Havanan, foods, play, baths of foam and a long list of activities:
Mon 25 Aug: the prizes of the contest of decorations of the streets will be delivered and a dance of sardanas will be performed.
Tue 22 Aug: Haze-Colors flamenco-fusion group
Wed 27 Aug: In the morning there will be a great childlike festival and the spectacle of animation Pugeu to the furgo, of the company of animation Vatua l’ Pot. In the afternoon the action of the Correfoc Childlike of the Guspires of Sants and when the night with the Correfoc of the Festa arrive Major of Sants 2008 in charge of the Diables of Sants. In the afternoon, you will be able to enjoy a new action of Pig the Cèlio, the Mut i the Noi of Ferreries that will present its spectacle is Not pot viure!.
Thu 28 Aug: Dani Thin, urban singer-songwriter
Fri 29 Aug: Moroccan group Amarg Fusion of Mediterranean music
Sat 30 Aug: The park will become a trail of circus with the company Circ Pànic
Sun 31 Aug: from 12hrs The Diada will be celebrated Castellera
Sun 6 Sep the Municipal Band, under the direction of Savior Brotons, will offer a concert.
(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es)
The Botanical Garden of Barcelona collections contain representative samples of the plants that grow in the Mediterranean climate, a climate characterized by important seasonal variations, with hot, dry summers and mild winters, whilst rainfall is concentrated mainly in spring and summer.
The Mediterranean basin is not the only region in the world with a Mediterranean climate; indeed, there are several others, situated between latitude of 30º and 40º in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. These regions are: California, central Chile, southern South Africa and south and southwest Australia.
For more information see the Agenda
(Taken from www.jardibotanic.bcn.es)
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The Magic Fountain is one of the city’s most important landmarks. Carles Buigas was asked to design it for the International Exhibition of 1929. He had the innovative idea of giving the water movement and adding light, colour and sound.
He created the fountain as if it was a river at the foot of the Palau Nacional with raging waters racing down the mountain to reach the Magic Fountain before “dying” in the sea on Avinguda Maria Cristina.
Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain has a new show based on cinema music. The light and water of the fountain will “dance” to the rhythm of film soundtracks like ‘Chariots of Fire’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Jungle Book’
(Taken from http://w3.bcn.es & www.youtube.com).
image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace