Festival Internacional Cervantino
festival internacional cervantino fic popularly known el cervantino festival take place fall city guanajuato located central mexico festival originates mid th century short play miguel de cervantes called entremeses singular entremés performed city plaza festival expanded federal support include event add international flavor since fic grown become important international artistic cultural event mexico latin america one four major event type world member european festival association asian association theater festival addition government support also private sponsor telmex televisa microsoft city guanajuato festival take place historically large cultural scene relation size richness mine colonial time started tradition theater cultural venue satisfy desire middle upper class city tradition hosting musical theatrical dance event numerous theater also many small plaza bench enrique ruelas university guanajuato began put annual event called entremeses de miguel de cervantes saaevedra short play written author quixote play still part annual festival founded coloquio cervantino june september expand annual entremeses event ruelass effort came attention federal government actress dolores del río city guanajuato came across entremeses performed plaza san roque fascinated around time former president luis echeverría attended cultural festival europe interested something similar mexico echeverrías cousin del río relayed seen guanajuato federal government established foundation international cultural festival originally proposing acapulco however tradition entremeses main reason guanajuato eventually chosen meshing two idea produce modern event first time performance artist fourteen country including mexico reason year considered foundation event festival current form governmental effort edition attracting interest solely influence politician promoting cervantino greatest growth presidency josé lópez portillo effort wife carmen romano promoted abroad quickly gained attention noted artist berlin philharmonic director herbert von karajan offering appear cost initially city guanajuato difficulty hosting event due lack infrastructure elizabeth ii prince philip duke edinburgh attended event decree organizing committee set secretaría de educación pública state city guanajuato university guanajuato invite artist mexico abroad first invited committee mario moreno cantinflas dolores del río committee still charge today working consejo nacional para la cultura la artes el instituto nacional de bellas artes instituto de cultura de guanajuato juan carlos sofía spain attended guest honor initially city guanajuato host local artistic group participating event however effort soon made lobby inclusion especially universidad de guanajuato artist university part city state regularly appear since festival diminished somewhat size mostly reduced funding another issue arose festival become popular backpacker slept street caused problem local resident however remained important event attracting notable act journalist cover included lazar berman mercedes sosa new york philharmonic joan baez gilbert bécaud mario lavista guillermo velázquez los leone de la sierra de xichú national ballet canada nikolais dance theater bolshoi ballet sankai juku theater scena stu poland marionette theatre hungary city became world heritage site allowed city colonial late thcentury architecture including theatre restored festival featured act guitar trio amsterdam voice change vienna quintet guadalupe pineda krzysztof jakowicz krystyna borucinska kronos quartet madredeus open theater belgrade lindsay kemp company royal shakespeare company custom mexican state foreign country region “special guests” began invited region oceania along veracruz act featured year included hélène grimaud eugenio toussaint juan fornell los van van vienna symphony virtuoso enrique bunbury los tigres del norte panteón rococó meno fortas le doigts de la main city declared cervantino capital america prompted federal government issue commemorative silver coin however problem lack fund organizational issue brought event crisis structural financial change made rest decade festival able recuperate much former status attracting major artist around world however problem large crowd mostly young people drinking public remains problem especially local populace th edition festival dedicated mexico bicentennial independence centennial revolution three state chihuahua michoacán querétaro along three country argentina colombia chile special guest celebrated bicentennial year version artist country special emphasis traditional mexican music dance version brought together artist country genre classical folk music techno openair theatre exposition recent play work th century wellknown writer dedicated environment theme “the gift nature” special guest denmark finland sweden norway nayarit artist include oslo camerata geir henning braaten knut reiersrud mari boine dramatization il postino pablo neruda saint petersburg philharmonic orchestra focusing th century russian music especially tchaikovsky demug baroque ensemble exhibition oaxacan painter francisco toledo museo del pueblo event cost million peso set money coming conaculta rest state guanajuato university guanajuato city guanajuato performance opened taiko drumming group tokyo dagekidan performance attended japan prince fumihito akishino wife kiko festival presented online october due covid pandemic mexico event happen forty nine theatre plaza venue city satellite event plaza state city country festival city guanajuato take advantage numerous venue indoor outdoor include teatro juárez teatro principal teatro cervantes patio faculty industrial relation state auditorium plaza san roque esplanade alhondiga teatro de mina valenciana church exhacienda san gabriel de barrera addition seven museum space used exhibition photography event represents tourist economic windfall city brought million peso increase hotel occupancy alone total number visitor estimated ticket event sold addition event guanajuato proper another attendee related activity city seventeen state mexico named spanish writer miguel de cervantes festival special emphasis artistic creation spanish language original tradition performing writer “entremeses” play upheld university theater guanajuato international aspect create space discovery exchange ballet folklorico de mexico amalia hernández performed every year since beginning act booked part world wide variety classical music mexican folk dance chinese acrobat event attracts artist world year order present typical aspect culture country act include genre opera music dance theatre street spectacular visual art film literature along various academic event festival agreement mutek festival montreal aim presenting newer act audience mexico especially field electronic music presea fic instituted recognize work mexican foreign artist contribution culture prize symbolized statue designed vicente rojo awarded opening ceremony first awarded luis herrera de la fuente promote link culture technology festival microsoft méxico sponsor technology pavilion mesón de san antonio planned contain internet café large lounge chair wireless service mobile device microsoft sponsor set academic lecture whats new technology art game everyday life much festival set attract young people child university age cervantino program youth sponsor program age group well activity annual artistic creativity contest youth put collaboration edinburgh international festival anglo mexican foundation two activity contest photo taken cell phone another contest short electronic music piece launched internet winner received trip edinburgh international festival first largest international cultural event type world number performer academic activity scheduled young audience mind include rock electronic music concert dance theater event included german electronic music group moonbootica schlachthofbronx sponsored goethe institute rock musician sierra león finde el otro yo rubick theatre youth include vivarium studio performing l éffet de serge mauricio garcía lozano teatro farfullero presenting la pequeña habitación al final de la escalera circo aereo le objets volants finnishfrench group acrobat comedian circus performer event youth include dj frivolous dj kid koala canada german artist brandt brauer frick mix electronic acoustic sound university student get discount ticket selected act event bring together child mexican poet performance magic flute child french ensemble théâtre de bouffe du nord festival scheduled first art book fair focusing book visual theatrical art based program sponsored lucerne festival cervantino academy purpose train professional level instrumentalist classical contemporary music program sponsor individual student class workshop practice session concert including festival cervantino small ensemble well orchestra participant thirty selected audition program invited maestro mexico abroad including irvine arditti steve schick norio sato salvatore sciarrino program attracts student various country latin america including guatemala brazil cuba bolivia well mexico prior festival event show related artist scheduled perform upcoming festival shown festival television radio website channel called tv fic canal cervantino created channel cablevision broadcast archived footage past festival performance scheduled perform upcoming year microsoft sponsor festival web page well online radio station called radio fic offer online archive music video photographic work well various type informative material event related festival occur guanajuato event dance play concert presented live transmitted area country include national international act más allá de guanajuato beyond guanajuato program bring cervantino cultural event part country free public program sponsored event venue state federal district include school cultural center library correctional institution much activity made possible collaboration conaculta secretaría de educación pública ruelos project named founder entremeses cervantinos created pair artist disadvantaged community festival provides logistical support actor support staff local thirty participant event project based original entremeses cervantinos done enrique ruelos starting relied community participation produce play shakespeare modified local culture performance planned executed community high level crime family instability violence mostly state guanajuato also worked prison population ray charles rudolf nureyev arcade fire lila down armando manzanero paquito drivera ballet folklorico de mexico juan escoto ollin yoliztli prize official website