COLECTIVO LA LATINA

In November a new venue was opened in the heart of the most traditional neighbourhood of Madrid, La Latina, in Calle Luciente 7. It is a multicultural space promoted by private and local initiative that offers people the opportunity to attend exhibitions, workshops, concerts, performances or literary presentations. It is the Colectivo La Latina and has arisen from the commitment of various neighbours, some anonymous and others well known in artistic circles, who decided to join forces and set up a project of social and cultural enrichment in a neighbourhood that was crying out for such a venture.

The Colectivo La Latina is joining Suma Flamenca 2011 with a flamenco show specially designed for a children’s audience, El Bosque Embrujado, from the Comparte Company, directed by Manuela Romero, actress, dancer and teacher, who has devoted her life to showing the importance of the flamenco world. With El Bosque Embrujado, she takes another step in tackling the challenge of getting a young audience to understand the nature and versatility of arte jondo.

El Bosque Embrujado is a musical comedy in four acts conceived for children aged between 4 and 11, with an educational workshop in the course of the show. Its aim is to introduce children to the world of flamenco through a story whose content is adapted to the learning process of the youngest children. It is a story of princes and princesses that teaches values such as the commitment of love, the vindication of friendship and the meaning of freedom.