Jury 2020
Жюри XIX Международного фестиваля фламенко ¡Viva España! 2020
Susanne Zellinger
Susanne Zellinger (Linz, 1958) studied Spanish and French philology in Graz. Her special interest focused soon on Spanish culture, especially the culture of gypsies and flamenco. During the years of her teaching activity, she taught seminars throughout Austria on the themes "Gypsies and Flamenco", "Spanish Cinema", "Spanish Writers of the 20th Century" and so on. She studied flamenco dance with the most renowned dancers and choreographers in Spain teaching also flamenco dance in Austria.
She lived 4 years in Seville and she was the owner of the famous bar "Alfalfa 10" at Alfalfa Square.
After returning to Austria she worked as a cultural journalist for the OÖN - Upper Austria's leading newspaper: mainly she wrote cultural reviews on contemporary dance and Jochen Ulrich ballet. She wrote as an flamenco expert for the most important German dance magazine "tanz" and for many years she was editor-in-chief of the only German-language flamenco magazine ANDA. In her flamenco blog www.flamenco- divino.at she informs about the current events happening in the world of flamenco. In 2020 she published her first yearbook of flamenco and Spanish culture "Flamenco divino".
She lectures at international dance festivals, most recently at the Dutch Flamenco Biennale and at the Flamencof in Düsseldorf on a variety of topics such as "The Contemporary Flamenco Dance". She curated last season's flamenco cycle at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, she acted as a consultant at the Linzer Posthof, and organized photographic exhibitions at the tanzhaus nrw. In the course of her journalistic activity, every year she visits the most important flamenco festivals in Europe and does interviews with the artists. She is also regularly invited to make public presentations and debates after the performances.
As assistant director of Sibylle Tiessen, she shot the documentary "Flamenco - Gesichter eines Tanzes" for Swiss television in 2017.
As artistic director she directed the Kultur.Park.Traun Flamenco Festival in 2019.
Paula Comitre
Born in Seville on October 15, 1994. She began her dance studies at the age of three and at the age of 8 she entered the Professional Dance Conservatory of Seville "Antonio Ruiz Soler". In 2012 she obtained the graduation title specialized in Flamenco Dance. That same year she became part of the Andalusian Dance Centre (CAD).
In 2013 she formed part of the corps de ballet of the ANDALUSIAN BALLET FLAMENCO for three years under the direction of Rafaela Carrasco, with whom she toured the main national and international festivals and theaters with the shows: “En la memoria del Cante”, “Imágenes” (awarded with the Giraldillo to the Best show at the XVIII Flamenco Biennial in Seville) and “Tierra- Lorca Cancionero Popular” (the Giraldillo to the Best Corps de ballet at the XVIX Flamenco Biennial in Seville).
In May 2015, she received the second prize of the XVI Andalusian Young Flamenco Contest organized by the Seville Provincial Federation of Flamenco Entities.
She worked in different tablaos in Madrid such as Casa Patas, Tablao Las Carboneras, Teatro Flamenco Madrid, Tablao Villa Rosa and Corral de la Pacheca until she joined the Tablao Flamenco Los Gallos in Seville in 2017 as a regular dancer, where she is until now.
Currently she is part of the David Coria Company where she dances in the show “El Encuentro” and she forms part of the Rafaela Carrasco company where she dances in the show “Nacida Sombra” awarded with the Critics' Prize at the XXII Festival de Jerez in 2018.
In August 2019 she is a finalist in the Concurso Internacional de Cante de las Minas; and recently she participated in the show "Fandango" by David Coria, co-produced by the National Theatre of Chaillot in Paris, which premiered past January.
She successfully premiered her first solo show “Cámara Abierta” at the XXIV Festival in Jerez, obtaining special recognition from critics with the Revelation Artist Award. In March 2020 she worked at the Tablao Flamenco Garlochí in Tokyo.
Miguel Betegón
Miguel Betegón (born in Madrid in 1950), and as he likes to present himself, he is a loyal flamenco fan who did not immediately realize his true vocation. Although as a child, he never stopped listening to the great singers on vinyl records of the family collection, only when he reached middle age, in the 80s, when he moved to Luxembourg as an employee of the European institutions, he did become interested in this cultural phenomenon, organizing concerts of flamenco artists in his free time.
In 2006 he founded the Flamenco Festival in Luxembourg (Flamenco Festival d'Esch-sur-Alzette), and from then until now Miguel Bretón is part of the Festival's organizing committee and its faithful director. In 2010 he returned to Madrid, receiving the opportunity to deepen more in the flamenco world: he has been visiting flamenco events throughout the country of Spain and abroad. He attends the major international festivals and, of course, he continues to develop the Flamenco Festival in Luxembourg.
Javier Gómez
Su carrera se desarrolla en la guitarra de acompañamiento, tanto a baile como cante, con la que ha recorrido escenarios de España, Francia, Japón, Italia, Portugal, Belgica, Lituania, Rusia, Canadá, Jamaica, Inglaterra, Alemania y Holanda. Destacando la participación en el Flamenco Festival Berlín 06, 1ª Bienal de Holanda, 2ème Triennale de Flamenco en Saint-Andre-lez-Lille, Gala Antares 2007 en el Lope de Vega de Sevilla, artista invitado en el 50 Aniversario de Christian Dior (jardines de Versalles). Ha trabajado en los tablaos sevillanos Casa de la Guitarra, Museo del baile flamenco y Auditorio Alvarez Quintero.
También destaca su labor cómo pedagogo, siendo profesor de la Fundación Cristina Heeren desde 2005 al 2012, realiza Master Class en el Conservatorio de Música de Vilnius, Lituania en 2011. Cursos en AKDT Neufchateau en 2014 y 2015. Master class durante en Festival de Guitarra “Joaquin Rodrigo”de Quartell 2016 y 2017
çDurante 2009 colabora con la Orquesta Chekara de Tetuán en el espectáculo: “La Chekara y los jóvenes flamencos”, y en 2010 entra a formar parte de la compañía de Miguel Vargas “rhythms with soul”, con la que actúo en el Fringe Festival de Edimburgo y Lope de Vega (Sevilla) en el marco de la Bienal 2010, y la compañía de José Galán y Danza Mobile, estrenado en la PreBienal 2010 con “cierra los ojos y mírame” en el Teatro Alameda.
En 2012 vuelve a actuar en la Bienal de Sevilla con la Cia. Jose Galán y el espectáculo “En mis cabales” repitiéndolo en el Festival de Jerez 2013 y Nimes 2014. También realizan dos espectaculos más, “Socularna” presentado en 2013 en el Teatro Central de Sevilla y “El duende de los sentidos” espectáculo flamenco-infantil presentado en el teatro Cajasol de Sevilla en 2013, circuito Abecedaria 2014 y Festival de Mont de Marsan 2014 .En 2012 hace su primera presentación“Javier Gómez y grupo” en el 1er Festival Flamenco de Montreal.
En 2016 actua en la obra “Constante” junto a Vanesa Aibar, Juan Carlos Lerida y Niño de Elche, presentada en Moscú y San Petersburgo (2017)
Ha realizado la grabación del cd del libro: "Memoria de la Guitarra Flamenca. Alberto Vélez" Ed. Acordes Concert. y grabaciones televisivas en el programa “Flamencos” de Manuel Curao en Canal Sur, acompañando a Rocío Márquez, Inma del Río y Yasaray Rodríguez, así como colaboraciones en los discos de Edu Hidalgo y David Hornillo.