CARMEN

Start:	Oct 24, '06 8:00p
Location:	Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)

The Aida Gomez Flamenco Company's provocative
restaging of Georges Bizet's Carmen is expected
to dazzle Manila's discriminating dance
connoisseurs and enthusiasts.

The multi-awarded Gomez became the youngest
artistic director of Spanish National Ballet in 1981.
a year earlier, she had been honored with the Max
Scenic Art Prize for the best female dancer as the
lead in her production of Falla's "El Sombrero de
Tres Picos," the inaugural show of Madrid's Teatro
Real.

In 2001, Gomez founded her own company and
staged its debut performance of "Salome," under
the brilliant film director Carlos Saura. She was
awarded the prestigious National Dance Award in
2004.

In Carmen, Gomez combines flamenco and
Spanish classical dance in a performance that
always enthralls audiences.

For tickets and inquiries, please call the CCP Box
Office at tel. no. 832-3704, Instituto Cervantes at
tel. no. 526-1482 to 85 or Ticketworld at National
Bookstore branches or Tower Records at tel. no.
891-9999. Students of Instituto Cervantes are
entitled to discounts. Visit the CCP Website:
www.culturalcenter. gov.ph