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Accompanied by the Brazilian cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and violinist Judy Kang appeared on the stage of the Auditorium and Convention Center The Batel, the Japanese pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto.
It was on 16 November 2011. The date was left open for use, it would be inaugurated months later by Queen Sofia, the auditorium of Cartagena.
Five years have passed since the exquisite melody Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Sakamoto inaugurated a building designed by the architectural firm Selgascano, which has become a symbol of modern architecture in the city, award in the Spanish Biennale of Architecture Urbanism and 2013, and a cultural reference for the Region of Murcia;
for which they have already spent more than four performances and more than 250 thousand spectators.
Cartagena will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his audience with a photographic exhibition, which includes the highlights of the center, a gastronomic one day open and Classics gala dance, Tuesday, November 15, free with the National Company Dance directed by José Carlos Martínez Cartagena.
The artistic journey has been long.
They have passed through El Batel over these five years more than 430 shows.
Ballet, cinema, circus, concert, symphonic cycles, dance, humor, magic, music, opera, theater, zarzuela ... there has been no gender who did not have their space throughout these years of operation, and which has trained large music as Patti Smith, Sergio Dalma, Michael Nyman, Dani Martin, Pat Metheny, Estrella Morente, Miguel Poveda, Chick Corea, Ana Belen, Raphael ... Great scene as Lola Herrera, El Brujo, Angela Molina, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba ... Shows like the Hole, Mayumana ... Much humor with Faemino Tired, Carlos Latre, Los Morancos, Moncho Borrajo ... and created in August the festival summers El Batel, an event in its own right in the summer of the region.
It also hosts major festivals of the city such as the Sea of ​​Music, Cartagena Jazz Festival or International Film Festival of Cartagena.
Its programming has had from the beginning a strong commitment to family shows, with the mission to entertain and create new viewers.
Throughout these five years they have been dozens of children's shows that have passed through the halls of the center as musicals The Wizard of Oz or The Sleeping Beauty, or the recent Aihua Cirque des Sens.
In these five years they have sold around 250,000 tickets, with the inhabitants of the Region of Murcia its main audience, but taking spectators arrived from Las Palmas, Huesca, Alava, Madrid, Barcelona and so on to complete the fifty provinces of Spain.
From the beginning in the audience a loyalty program in what is called the community of Friends of El Batel, which has more than 11 thousand people interested directly all activities performed in the center was created.
In addition to shows, in El Batel there have been exhibitions of young illustrators like John Brown, the city established artists as Fernando Saenz Elorrieta or international painters such as the Chilean José Pedro Godoy.
Also workshops as taught by Mayumana body expression, illustrations for children given by Katarzyna Rogowicz or master class soundtracks by Roque Banos.
For all this, the audience will celebrate five years since culturally invigorating the city.
The main event will be the fifth anniversary gala offered the soloists of the National Dance Company directed by José Carlos Martínez Cartagena.
For the gala Martinez has selected an eclectic program with classical and contemporary choreography that allow us to discover the refined technique of bailares, fourteen of them will be in Cartagena, while the public to enjoy.
Among the soloists will present Murcia Maria Muñoz who participate in two parts.
The gala will be free.
On Saturday November 12 may be withdrawn two invitations per person at the box office auditorium.
The first part of the program of the gala will start with the Suite No. 2 OP 17. III: Romance choreography by Uwe Scholz and music by Sergei Rachmaninov, whose premiere by the Zurich Ballet was in 1987 at the Theatre Opera Zurich (Switzerland).
The National Dance Company incorporated it into his repertoire last year.
This piece, written largely classical movement, will give way to "Diana and Actaeon" Step two, belonging to the ballet La Esmeralda, choreographed by Agrippina Vogonova.
The first part will conclude with Don Quixote Suite which includes several excerpts from the II and IV act.
The choreography is of José Carlos Martinez, inspired versions of Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorski.
The Ballet Don Quixote of Marius Petipa was, along with Swan Lake, one of the most popular ballets in Russia, where it was created in 1869 on a score by Ludwig Minkus.
The libretto is based on an episode of the second volume of Cervantes' Don Quixote (Chapter XXI, "Where Camacho weddings and other events are gladly continue ..."), and the action focuses on the tumultuous love affairs of Quiteria and Basilio.
The second part of the gala will begin with the Privateer.
Although the score of the work belongs to Adolphe Adam, the Pas de deux will be done in Cartagena, was added in 1899 by Marius Petipa, with music by Riccardo Drigo.
In tribute to Maya Plisetskaya, who led the CND from 1987 to 1990, it will be staged Swan created by Igor Yebra and Raymonda choreographed Divertimento of José Carlos Martinez on the original by Marius Petipa and the version of Rudolf Nureyev.
Then there is second part will feature Chiaroscuro, a contemporary piece choreographed by Altea Nunez and Hector Gonzalez and music of Philip Glass.
The celebration of five years of contribution to the cultural life Batel of Cartagena and the Region will be completed with a gastronomic kitchen with 4 hands.
From 14 to 17 November the restaurant chef Eszencia (located in the same auditorium) Pablo Martinez cook accompanied by another four great chefs along these days.
On November 14 Maria Gomez Martinez cook with chef restaurant Magoga, 15 with Sergio Martinez de Keki Taperia, with Pablo González 16 Finca Buenavista and 17 with Cristian Palacio de Bodegas Barahonda.
The menu price each day will be 55 euros, and since seating is limited reservations can be made at 968 523 959.
In addition there will be an open day with guided tours on Sunday 13 November.
The visits will make them small groups, so you have to reserve a place on the phone 968123827. There will be four shifts, at 10, 11, 12 and 13 hours.
In addition to seeing the audience may visit a sample that you want to show through photographs and numerous posters from 3 to 16 November, the highlights lived in the center.
Source: Agencias
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