Seville organizes the best marathon in Spain

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. In this article some insights into Seville and the annual marathon.

Starting and finishing at the Olympic Stadium, the Seville Marathon was established in 1985 and annually attracts an increasing number of athletes, spectators and volunteers. The gruelling 26-mile (42km) route passes many of the city's most famous sights which makes it a beautiful running route for the athletes.

The course is flat and fast, with start and finish line is located in the Olympic Stadium, on La Cartuja Island. The route takes runners though the City Streets crossing the mighty Guadalquivir River on four separate points. Most of the course is on the south bank of the river sending runners weaving their way around the historic centre of the city.

Apart from a spectacular cultural-historic running route, the marathon "Ciudad de Sevilla" has obtained the best score in the national ranking carried out by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation each year. Seville, with a score of 1243.20, ahead of the marathon cities like Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Malaga in 2011. This raking is determined by different concepts such as organizational capacity, number of participants, attention to runners, fitness level of the competition and quality of the participating athletes.

The city of Seville cares and works hard each year to have a full agenda of fun runs, half marathons and a marathon that stands out for its route and because of an organization and an affection that has received this national recognition.

By 2012, the marathon "Ciudad de Sevilla" meets the XXVIII edition, and expects to surpass the record number of participants from previous years. Seville is guaranteed a fairly level circuit, very broad avenues and all necessary facilities for the runners enjoy a unique experience.

The Seville Marathon, in true Andalusian party style is preceded with two days of events beginning with the runner's fair and a traditional pasta lunch at Palenque the day before the race.

Date: 19 February 2012
Start Time: 9:30

Apart from the marathon there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Auriga Crown Car Hire has an office in the city of Seville and at Seville Airport, if you're looking to rent a vehicle please contact us or check AurigaCrown´s website for more information on car rentals and prices.

Contemporary Ballet of San Martin Theatre in Seville

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After three decades as a stable company, the Contemporary Ballet of San Martin´s Theatre in Buenos Aires, has become a benchmark of current Latin American dance, which brings an added maturity and international excellence ratification.

The company was founded in 1977, its first director was the dancer and choreographer Ana Maria Stekelman who led the company as the Contemporary Dance Group of the General San Martin Teatro until 1988. Today, the Ballet, which toured extensively and collaborated with leading international choreographers, is undergoing a period of great splendour.

With choreography by Artistic Director Wainrot Mauritius, who has been permanent Guest Choreographer from the great Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium)-for which he created and soared eleven shows- international collaborator under the direction of Maurice Béjart and artistic director of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (Canada), the Contemporary Ballet of San Martin´s Theatre in Buenos Aires, composed of a stable body of about 30 dancers, presents on November 26th and 27th 2011 "The 8 Seasons", which premiered in Antwerp by the Royal Ballet of Flanders in 2001, a cyclical atmospheric trip to the natural rhythm of life, according to the famous musical version Antonio Vivaldi created and then recreated in turn, by the great Argentine composer Astor Piazzola.

Location: Teatro de la Maestranza

Paseo de Cristóbal Colón, 22
Sevilla
Tel. 954 223 344

Apart from this amazing performance, there is of course plenty more to see in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check our website for more information on car rentals and prices.

Dates: November 26th an 27th 2011
Ticket prices:  from 21-35 EUR

Artefactum in concert in Seville

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Artefactum was created in 1995 with the intention to retrieve and disseminate the musical repertoire of the Middle Ages, since Artefactum has become one of the most representative groups within the panorama of medieval music.

They know that neither boredom nor the quasi-liturgical solemnity involved in the concerts are characteristic of medieval music, and that no bard or minstrel ever used a tuxedo, but they intent to return the freshness and spontaneity of the compositions to the medieval repertoire, without abandoning the rigour or the conquests of modern musicological research.

Artefactum is formed by Blasco Mariví Soprano / Sara Rosique Soprano / Francisco Orozco song and lute / Vicente Gavira song / Ignacio Gil flute, shawm, bagpipes / Vicente Parrilla flute / José Manuel Vaquero Organetto and hurdy-gurdy / Juan Manuel Rubio Violin, hurdy-gurdy and Gothic harp / Álvaro Garrido Percussion

On December 16th Artefactum presents Cita con las Musicas ¨Appointment with Music¨ in Seville:

Date: Friday 16/12/2011

Place: Centro Cultural Cajasol-Sala Joaquín Turina, Seville

Laraña 4, 41003 Old city centre (Seville)

Time: 21:00

Tickets: 15€

Presale: Red Ticketmaster (http://www.ticketmaster.es/, 902 15 00 25, Fnac and Shops like Carrefour, Urende and associated shops), presale prices: From 10 to 15 €

Apart from the concert there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check AurigaCrown´s website for more information on car rentals and prices.

Dance performance Quiet at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. In this article some insights into the dance performance Quiet held during the Month of the Dance in Seville.

Arkady Zaides (1979) is a Russian choreographer who has been living in Israel since 1990, with his show Quiet he will open the eighteenth edition of the Month of the Dance organized by Trans-Forma Cultural Production.

Arkadi received the Rosenblum award in 2010, awarded for encouraging excellence in arts. Now the choreographer will be presenting his show Quiet in the city of Seville on November 2nd and 3rd, 2011. With this piece of work he wants to create areas of reflection that rises above the violence that is growing every day in many communities in Israel.

The four characters of the show, embody the different positions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that will unfold in both compassion and aggression, longing and confusion, and finally finding peace.

Quiet is a piece of work that promotes open and honest communication, in which the controversial feelings are explored with great courage. Through this dance performance the viewer will get to understand what it means to live under continuous stress.

Do not miss Quiet at the Teatro de la Maestranza, presented by the Russian choreographer Arkadi Zaides.

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Address: Teatro de la Maestranza, Plaza de Cristóbal Colon 22 (Centro)
Sala: Manuel Garcia. Seville.
Time: 20:30.
Genre: Contemporary dance.
Ticket prices: € 13
Date: November 2nd and 3rd.
Sale: Generaltickets   www.generaltickets.com
Author: Arkadi Zaides
Director: Arkadi Zaides
Company: Cia. Arkadi Zaides (Israel).

Apart from the performance there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check our website for more information on car rentals and prices.

Seville festival Month of the Dance 2011

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. In this article some insights into Seville and the Month of the Dance.

During the months of October and November the city of Seville celebrates the Month of the Dance, this festival dedicated to performing arts and has about 20 different scenarios all over the city.

During the Festival visitors can enjoy dance performances in theatres, as well as in other various scenic areas: universities, museums, monuments, plazas, streets, unique and unusual places, both public and private. Over 20 companies and artists from 12 countries will take part in the program this year that be addressed to the theme ¨dance and technology¨. 

Names such as the Israeli Arkady Zaide, Elías Aguirre and Manuel Rodriguez, Asier Zabaleta and Teresa Navarrete, outline the 18th edition of this dance platform that is alive in the South of Spain.

The Month of Dance in Seville is already a reference for the dancing scene of the country. With it, the audience for dance, the scenes and choreographer have perfected their career and trajectory.  Thanks to the festival dance of small and medium format is being portrayed, which was already done inside as well as outside the country, making this meeting an X-ray of actual dance.

To view the programme, take a look at: http://www.mesdedanza.es/programacion_lista_01.php

Festival Month of the Dance 2011 information:

Web: http://www.mesdedanza.es
Start: 28/10/2011
End: 11/20/2011
Time: 21:00 pm

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XVIII FESTIVAL OF THE NATIONS 2011 SEVILLE

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Sevilla is transformed once again, into a mosaic of cultures thanks to the Festival of the Nations, a meeting between different cultures, as well as a demonstration of solidarity with the third world. The festival just started, on September 16th and will last until November 1st.

The event, as every year, is held in the Prado de San Sebastian and transforms its gardens into a fantastic outdoor stage, where you can enjoy all kinds of colourful and multicultural performances and which brings together cultural and artistic expressions of more than fifty nations from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Dining tents, exotic choreography, oriental dance, bachata competitions, Brasilian carnivals, magicians, puppets and clowns take over  in the capital of Seville for a month. Join this festival of culture where everything is possible and every hour you can enjoy a refreshing performance!

Sunday´s mornings start with activities for children and during the afternoons we can join dance and choreography classes and enjoy dance performances: from oriental dancing to hip hop, flamenco and salsa; and see many famous musicals like Mary Poppins, Chicago, Bollywood, Grease, The Mask, tribute to Michael Jackson, tribute to ABBAHigh School, Flower Power, Singing in the rain, Holywoord Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Elvis, and much more. Further there are other shows, comedians, music, a Latino Talent night, musical groups, fashion shows, ending on November 1st with the Carnaval of the Nations, Brasil art and musicians of the festival.

Schedule
• Monday to Wednesday: 11.00 to 14.00h 17.00h to 23.00h.
• Thursday: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 00.00h.
• Fridays, Saturdays and eve of Public Holidays: 00.00h 17.00h 15.00h 11.00.
• Sundays: 11:00 a.m. to 23.00

Price

The event is admission free!

Enjoy this festival until November 1st 2011. Auriga Crown Car Hire has an office in the city of Seville, if you're looking to rent a vehicle please contact us and do not miss this event.

Second International Competition and Guitar Festival in Seville

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. In this article some insights into Seville and the International Guitar Competition.

The second International Guitar Competition in Seville will be held from October 24th to 28th 2011, apart from a competition, this festival will also include, master classes and concerts.

According to organizers, this festival is created with a vocation to support young musicians. Open to all those guitar players of any nationality born after October 12, 1976.  Compositor Antón García Abril mentions that an interpretation contest, supporting young musicians, should always be received with joy, but in addition, as this project aims to spread the guitar music of Spanish composers, we should applaud the initiative of the guitarist Francisco Bernier, who with his vision of the importance of guitar worldwide, designed the first model project that will be a great support for performers and a great medium for disseminating the works of Spanish composers.

The jury for the contest is composed of personalities from the music world such as Michaela Pittaluga (Italy), president of the International Guitar Competition ¨Michele Pittaluga¨ from Alessandria. Oscar Ghiglia (Italy), soloist and professor of the Guitar Musik-Akademie der Stadt de Basilea (Switzerland). María Esther Guzmán (Spain) International Concerts. Lazhar Cherouana (France) 1 First Prize winner International Guitar Competition of Seville "Spanish Composers". Francisco Bernier (Spain), soloist and professor of the Conservatory of Music in Seville.  Graham Wade (England) musicologist and founder of the EGTA.

The contest presents prizes cash prizes (between 500 and 1.000 euros), guitars, recording of albums and concert tours. The master classes will be taught by Oscar Ghiglia (Italy), Alberto Ponce (Spain) Marcin Dylla (Poland) and Elena Papandreou (Greece). The classes will have a maximum number of active students, who will receive 50 minutes of class of each teacher.

Active students will receive 2 classes of 2 teachers, but can assist to all as listeners. They can also participate in the Contest. Students indicate the teachers of their choice on the Entry Form. The Organization will try to accommodate the requests in order of registration.

The deadline for entries is October 17th, 2011. The organization shall confirm all admitted candidates through publication on the website of the contest as well as personally.

The festival will also include conferences: GRAHAM WADE (Inglaterra): “Joaquín Rodrigo: a life for guitar”; JULIO GIMENO (España): “12 Estudios de Heitor Villalobos”; MICAELA PITTALUGA (Italia): “Historia del Concurso de Guitarra de Alessandria”; and JOSÉ L. RUIZ DEL PUERTO (España): “La modernidad en la guitarra española”.

And a series of concerts by LAZHAR CHEROUANA (France); MARCIN DYLLA (Poland) and  FRANCISCO BERNIER (Spain); OSCAR GHIGLIA (Italia) and ELENA PAPANDREOU (Greece); JOSÉ L. RUIZ DEL PUERTO (Spain) + Mª ESTHER GUZMÁN (Spain) and  on October 28th a concert given by the finalists of the contest and the award ceremonies.

Apart from the festival there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check AurigaCrown´s website for more information on car rentals and prices.

European Film Festival Seville

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Seville showcases the latest releases in European cinema at the VII edition of its high-profile annual Film Festival ¨Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo¨. The festival has grown both in number of spectators as well as in media coverage and the main protagonist this year will be Russia. Celebrated this year from November 4th to 12th.

The Festival's artistic director, Javier Martin-Dominguez, announced that Russia will be the object of a comprehensive retrospective that will go from the beginning of Soviet cinema to the latest offers. It features works from the new generation of directors and pays tribute to classics such as Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov. They include fiction and documentary, and a selection of short films. The choice of country coincides with the dual year celebration of Russia in Spain and Spain in Russia, inaugurated recently by the Royal family during their visit to St. Petersburg. The Festival´s objective is to promote a greater understanding between the Russian and Spanish film industries to promote cooperation and co-productions between the two countries. Russia has signed an agreement to integrate with the European co-production fund EURIMAGES, that collaborates in each edition of the Festival of Seville and finances a selection of the works. The Festival will feature the collaboration of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Russian Embassy in Spain, its consulate in Seville and other institutions.

Martin-Dominguez also announced that as a result of the work by the international consolidation of the Festival, Seville will be the only Spanish event involved in the Eye on Film Project, an initiative supported by the European programme Media Mundus which aims to support the visibility of new European productions in the international arena and attract talented new directors from outside the continent. Others that participate in the project, together with the European Film Festival of Seville, are the Festivals of Edinburgh, Tallinn, Montreal, Paris, Israel and Rio de Janeiro.

Enjoy this festival from November 4th to 12th 2011. Auriga Crown Car Hire has an office in the city of Seville, if you're looking to rent a vehicle please contact us and do not miss this event. For more information on car rental, fleet and prices you can also visit AurigaCrown´s website.

 

The International Festival of Theatre and Performing Arts in Seville fest, is preparing for its sixth edition in 2011

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. In this article some insights into Seville and the International Festival of Theatre and Performing Arts in Seville ¨feSt¨.

The city of Seville invites performers from across the world to entertain audiences at its annual Sevilla feSt. The dance, music, circus and theatre spectacles take place at different theatres and halls, such as La Fundición and the Teatro Alameda.

The call for submission of projects for 2011 feSt has been closed. The avalanche of proposals received so far, and the presence of members of scenarios Seville throughout the past year and present in national and international festivals where they have been enjoying lots of entertainment of all kinds, made the organizers decide so.

FeSt is a partnership initiative Sevilla Scenarios, bringing together the theatres and halls of the city (The Foundry, the unforgettable, Sala Zero Theatre, live Endanza, space, Sala El Cachorro, Teatro Salvador Tavora, TNT Research Center, Room Fli), together with some of the most representative tissue theatrical Seville (Wind-LaTeatral South Noletia).

FeSt  is a synthesis, a synthesis of theatre genres, dance, dance theatre, clown, musical theatre, circus and performances on the street, a synthesis of space, all halls and private theatres of the city, a synthesis of sensibilities, a public summary of a synthesis of sponsors and partners ...

FeSt will take place in October 2011. Apart from the festival there is of course much more to enjoy in the beautiful city of Seville and surroundings. Nature reserves, cultural visits to nearby cities as Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, amusements parks and beaches are all within each reach with your rental car. Please check our website for more information on car rentals and prices.

Cirque du Soleil with "Corteo" in Seville

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The famous Cirque du Soleil is back in Seville with "Corteo" for the month of September and October. Held at Charco de la Pava (Triana) from September 7th till October 16th 2011.

Cirque du Soleil is a company from Quebec and is recognized worldwide for its high quality artistic productions. Since its inception in 1984, Cirque du Soleil has constantly sought to seduce the imagination, stimulate the senses and appeal to the emotions of viewers around the world.

In 1984, there were 73 people working for Cirque du Soleil. Today, the company has about 5.000 employees around the world, including about 1.300 artists. Only in the international headquarters in Montreal they have 2.000 employees working and the employees are a mix of 50 different nationalities and speak 25 different languages. Since 1984 more than 100 million spectators have attended Cirque du Soleil performances. Already about 15 million people saw a Cirque du Soleil performance in 2011.

This year’s performance held in Seville is called Corteo, "cortege" in Italian, a joyful, festive procession from the imagination of a clown. The show combines the passion of the actors with the elegance and power of the acrobats to plunge viewers into a mysterious world of theatre, somewhere between heaven and earth, mixing fun, comedy and spontaneity.

The clown represents his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere, while some guardian angels are watching in silence. Through a mixture of large and small, the ridiculous and tragic, the magic of perfection and charm of imperfection, the show highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the clown and his wisdom and sensitivity to illustrate that portion of humanity that resides within us all. The music, lyrical and playful turn, carries Corteo through a timeless celebration in which illusion teases reality.

A true spectacle, starting September 7th at the Charco de la Pava in Seville. Price start at €35 for adults and €24,50 for children from 2-12 years old. Tickets will be going quickly and can be purchased through El Corte Ingles among other places.

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The Imperial Ice Stars at Lope de Vega Theatre in Seville!

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The Imperial Ice Stars presents the fascinating Swan Lake on ice with the extraordinary music of Tchaikovsky. This classical performance has delighted many youngsters and adults in the past and still does so today.

The Imperial Ice Stars has created this fantastic representation which has got outstanding reviews, filling theatres to the crest. The show has visited Australia and New Zealand, and in Spain you can see them in the city of Seville from October 4 to 12 at the Teatro Lope de Vega.

The Company has introduced true ice rinks on the stage to provide ideal skating surface for the artists. In order to set this up, a system with two cooling machines, more than 15 kilometres of cooling pipes and over 2.200 litres of water are needed to create 14 tons of ice. The show features 25 world competition-winning skaters, that won more than 200 medals in competitions.

The stars on ice present the story of two wonderful fairy tales: The Swan Lake with the unique music of Tchaikovsky and Cinderella with music by Tim Duncan and Edward Barnwell, composed exclusively for this performance. Two classics with many years of history, but the stars have managed to fascinate everyone who has seen it.

The director and choreographer Tony Mercer is considered the number one worldwide, and he has brought together a top-notch artistic team, including double Olympic gold winner in figure skating Evgeny Platov and four-time gold medallist Alexei Nemov. This assembly makes the performance unique, a truly sensational theatrical and unique presentation, great for all ages.

The performance is produced by James Cundall and Tony Mercer, and tells the story of Prince Siegfried, incited by his mother to choose a wife at a party organized for the occasion. The melancholic Siegfried decides to go out hunting with friends before he has to make the inevitable decision. In a hidden lake they discover a group of girls turned into swans that regain their original form at night. In this lake the swan queen, Odette, bewitched by the magician Rothbart, who arrives just before Siegfried breaks the spell.

Enjoy this unique piece every day from 20:30 to 22:00 from Tuesday October 4th until Wednesday October 12th 2011, tickets cost between 22 € and 52 €.

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