Three young dancers compete for 5,000 euros in Andújar

Three young dancers between 18 and 35 years old will take the stage at the Teatro Principal de Andújar on Friday, November 13, at 20:00 to compete in the grand final of the III Concurso Nacional de Baile Flamenco Joven 'Ciudad de Andújar'. The event will distribute 5,000 euros in three prizes and coincides with the commemoration of International Flamenco Day. The finalists are Inmaculada Carmona Jiménez, from Puente Genil (Córdoba); Fran Calvo Pardo, from Granada; and Andrea Morales Pérez, from Marbella (Málaga). All three have come through four semifinals in which 16 contestants from different parts of Spain took part, such as Granada, Jaén, Sevilla, Córdoba, Málaga, Madrid and Barcelona, as well as a contestant from Estonia living in Madrid. The jury will be made up of Pilar Algaba, director of her own dance academy; Tania Alcalá, director of the Academia de Baile Tania Alcalá; and Antonio García Cuenca. Diego Llori Trujillo will participate in support of the jury and the councillor for Culture, Azucena Cepedello, will serve as president. Entry is open to the public, according to the Ayuntamiento de Andújar, which organizes the competition through the Área de Cultura with the collaboration of the Peña Flamenca Los Romeros. The president of the peña, Antonio Gómez, has stated that the previous phases have left a positive balance due to the artistic level of the participants.

The competition reaches its third edition with a prize fund of 5,000 euros distributed in three prizes. The councillor for Culture has stressed that the final is held to coincide with International Flamenco Day and has thanked the Peña Flamenca Los Romeros for its involvement in the organization. Those who wish to attend the final can go to the Teatro Principal de Andújar on Friday, November 13, at 20:00.