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o many stereotypes come to mind when thinking of the Latin scene in general. Hot brunettes, tequila, mariachis, sexy dancers parading at carnivals dressed in sequins and feathers, paella, warm evenings, vibrant music & dancing like there's no tomorrow (until the sun reminds us that there is). At Plan Latino we want to highlight the arrival in London this month of artists that go beyond geographical borders — and stereotypes. Ok, a hot brunette will come to London to play a gig. Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez will be co-headlining the closing night of the British Summer Festival on Hyde Park. However, there's much more to Latin music. Maria Gadú, a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist, who has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy Award, hits the UK showing why she is the next big thing on the Brazilian music scene. Her sweet-but-husky voice and melodic tunes have captivated the attention of both lusophone and world music fans globally. Muito legal! Gil Cerezo, frontman of Mexican band Kinky will play a solo DJ set at the opening ceremony of London MexFest, and will also be jamming with traditional band Mono Blanco to offer a crossover of electrónica with son jarocho. Carlos Santana will remind us that gifted Mexican guitar players not only play rancheras and Koggi DJ will play a number of tunes that deserve to be listened to outside Mexican borders.
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London MexFest will bring to the capital some of the most relevant independent films made in Mexico during the last few years, such as the directorial debut of acclaimed actor Diego Luna (Y tu mamá también, Milk, The Terminal, Frida), and a number of award-winning films. Short films, documentaries and cinema al fresco will be part of this festival from 11th-14th July. Foreigners either love or hate Mexico, but hardly anyone leaves indifferent. We will have the opportunity to see a number of foreign artists' perception of Mexico.
A fascinating exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940) will show us the work of a group of artists (both Mexican and foreign) that thrived during the three decades that followed the Mexican revolution. Marking 30 years since surrealist Spanish director Luis Buñuel’s death in Mexico, the BFI Southbank will host a screening of Los Olvidados, a remorselessly unsentimental chronicle of a group of juvenile delinquents in the slums of Mexico City. Besides, up & coming filmmakers such as Belarusian director Makinov (who has directed two documentaries on Huichol shamanism) and American directors David Riker and Tom Gustafson will show us their particular view of today's Mexico on their latest work. The man who revolutionised the world of food, that put the word 'deconstructivism' on menus and created the best restaurant in the world, Catalan chef Ferran Adrià will be the subject of the first-ever exhibition dedicated to a chef and his restaurant. This exhibition hit record-breaking numbers in Barcelona where it was shown last year, and arrives this month at Somerset House. Although he proved that there is more to food than paella and tortilla de patatas, unfortunately there won't be anything to taste. Don't panic, though! Just a stroll away from the exhibition, the Waterloo Quarter Food Festival will alleviate our salivating palates — and our thirst. Tequila tasting paired with Mexican food, salsa dancing al fresco with live band (and mojitos!) and Spanish ham & wine tastings are just some to the options happening at the festival during the whole month. And lots more! Talks by groundbreaking Mexican architects will be held at the Royal Academy of Arts as part of the MexFest. Cirque du Soleil lands this month at the O2 Arena. Pitbull will keep fans jumping at O2 Brixton Academy. Keep reading and make the best of the summer in London with a Latin flavour! GaBrIeLa nIeTo
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Armando Pérez, better known as Pitbull, is a Latin rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Miami native Pitbull will be bringing the party to the UK as part of his massive Global Warming world tour this summer. Pitbull is a globally successful musician, performer, business entrepreneur, fashion icon and actor whose career sales exceed 5 million albums and 40 million singles worldwide. Pitbull has had #1 hits in more than 15 countries and his videos have been viewed more than 3 billion times. Not to mention he’s sold out concerts in the USA, Latin America, Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe.
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Pitbull learned the power of words from a young age. His parents were first-generation Cuban immigrants, and his father taught him to recite the words of Cuban poet and independence leader José Martí in the bars in Miami’s Little Havana. After his parents split, Pit had a complicated relationship with his father, who made a significant amount of money in the streets, but found that money that comes quick, leaves quicker. His mother also struggled to make ends meet, and Pit shuttled from one run-down home to another, even spending time with a foster family in rural Roswell, Georgia. Inspired by Nas and The Notorious B.I.G., Pit began rapping in high school after his mother kicked him out for dealing drugs. He managed to graduate and began to focus on his career, hanging out in clubs and performing wherever he could. Pit caught a break when Lil Jon invited him to appear on his 2002 album Kings of Crunk, and capitalized on the opportunity by following it up with several well-received mixtapes.
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Pitbull’s new single from his criticallyacclaimed album Global Warming is another worldwide smash “Feel This Moment” featuring Christina Aguilera. The song is the third Top 10 hit from Global Warming which also includes his global smash “Don’t Stop The Party” and “Back In Time,” the chart-topping anthem from the action-adventure-comedy Men In Black 3. Rolling Stone Magazine said “his global hustle can’t be stopped” and the Los Angeles Times called him “America’s savviest party starter “ but to complement his global success as a recording artist, Pitbull will be featured in the 20th Century Fox Animated movie EPIC as Bufo which hits theatres May 24th. Pitbull is also a burgeoning business entrepreneur with his own line of premium, low-calorie vodka, Voli, an equity partner in
the iconic food franchise that shares his Miami roots, The New Miami Subs Grill, RockDoc, a revolutionary portable speaker line and a partnership with Sheets, the dissolvable energy strip. These entrepreneurial ventures are the latest for Pitbull, who has inked major sponsorship deals with blue-chip brands like Bud Light, Dr Pepper, Pepsi (Latin America) and Kodak. Onstage, Pit truly brings this highly personalized combination of styles to life by harnessing the raw energy of his live band. The interplay between the singer and the musicians creates a festive, spontaneous atmosphere that would be impossible to duplicate if Pit performed backed only by a DJ spinning tracks. “When the congas are pounding and the bass is thumping behind me, nothing can touch me. It feels like I’m riding a bolt of lighting.”
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Text: Jhonny Rodríguez Source & Photos: Courtesy of Cirque Du Soleil ALEGRíA iS A CLASSiC CiRqUE DU SOLEiL PRODUCTiON ThAT hAS RECEivED iNTERNATiONAL ACCLAiM AND WOWED OvER 10 MiLLiON PEOPLE WORLDWiDE SiNCE iT PREMiERED iN 1994 iN MONTREAL. AfTER 15 yEARS PERfORMiNG UNDER ThE BiG TOP, ALEGRíA EMBARKED ON A NEW JOURNEy iN MAy 2009 AND iS NOW PRESENTED iN ARENAS ThROUGhOUT ThE WORLD.
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A SPANiSh WORD fOR ELATiON, JOy AND JUBiLATiON, ALEGRíA fEATURES AN iNTERNATiONAL CAST Of 55 PERfORMERS AND MUSiCiANS fROM 15 COUNTRiES. ALEGRíA hAS A BAROqUE AND OPERATiC STyLE WiTh fLAMBOyANT COSTUMES, ORiGiNAL MUSiC PERfORMED LivE AND AN ELABORATE SET ThAT SERvES TO ENhANCE ThE ASTONiShiNG SPECTACLE Of AThLETiCiSM AND ARTiSTRy. ThE RESULT iS AN iMPRESSivE Mix Of SKiLL, STRENGTh AND SPEED COMBiNED WiTh ELEGANT, ALMOST EThEREAL PERfORMANCES.
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he 2½ hour spectacle (with intermission) showcases breathtaking acrobatics including the dramatically sensuous Synchro Trapeze and the highenergy Aerial High Bars where daring aerialists fly to catchers swinging more than 40 feet above the stage. Imagine two agile performers who bring alive the Mongolian art of contortion and artists manipulating flaming knives around their bodies in the rhythmic and dangerous Fire-Knife Dance. The vibrancy of youth is alive in fast-paced Power Track, a brilliant display of synchronized choreography and tumbling on a trampoline system that is magically revealed under the stage floor. In Russian Bars, artists fly through the air with spectacular somersaults and midair twists, landing on 4-inch wide bars perched on the sturdy shoulders of the catchers.
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ALEGRíA iS MORE ThAN A ShOW... iT iS AN ExCiTiNG AND UNiqUE ExPERiENCE ThAT WiLL CAPTivATE ALL AGES.
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ené Dupéré composer and arranger, played a key role in shaping the artistic universe of Cirque du Soleil during its first ten years. His music for the shows Nouvelle Expérience, We Reinvent the Circus, Saltimbanco, Mystère and Alegría reverberated – and continue to reverberate – well beyond the big top. In 1994-95, the albums Alegría and Mystère spent several weeks at the top of the Billboard charts in the world music category. In 1995 and again in 2004 the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal paid homage to the music of René Dupéré and Cirque du Soleil. A master of hybrid musical styles, René composed some of the music for the ceremonies commemorating the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. The following year he created the music for the world tour of Holiday on Ice, the Amsterdambased ice ballet troupe. He has also written music for several television series and films. René Dupéré’s talents have earned him a number of awards and distinctions. He is a twotime recipient of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) Hagood Hardy award. He is also known for “Ismya Vova,” composed for an Air Canada ad campaign, which won a Golden Award in 1998 at the New York Publicity festival for Best Original Music. Laval University awarded him an honorary doctorate for his contribution to popular music in Quebec.
The lively and emoTional musical score moves beTween jazz, pop, Tango and klezmer. The band evokes The sound of Traveling minsTrels by using acousTic insTrumenTs, including an accordion, as well as
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The gravelly and genuine voice of The sTreeT. buT in counTerpoinT The synThesizer arrangemenTs also reflecT The change ThaT is imminenT. The alegría soundTrack is The besT-selling cirque du soleil albumTo daTe.
In 1998, René formed his own record company, Netza, and released his third album with the label in October 2002. In 2004 he returned to Cirque du Soleil for the first time since the creation of Alegría in 1994, to compose the music and create arrangements for the show KÀ.
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about the album • The best selling Cirque Du Soleil album to date. • Platinum in Canada and over 500,000 copies sold worldwide • Nominated for a Grammy in 1995 and spent 65 weeks on Billboard’s.
The arena show Premiering in Halifax on May 27, 2009, the arena version of Alegría started a new threeyear North American tour (2009-2011), followed by a tour of Europe (2011-2013).
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Roberto Fonseca in concert
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His most recent album, Yo, is bold and daring. African rhythms interplay effortlessly with contemporary beats as pulsating Caribbean percussion dovetails with Roberto’s sublime work on piano and keyboard. Roberto is at the forefront of the Afro-Cuban music scene and his live performances are joyfully exciting affairs. Dates
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music though he also brings the lyricism of Herbie Hancock and the drive of McCoy Tyner to his music as well as an unparalleled gift for melody. Soulful and beguiling, his music transcends artificial definitions such as jazz or Latin but is a vibrant, wondrous contemporary reinvention of the venerable traditions of both musics.
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Santana have announced details of their first UK shows in three years and will be coming to Birmingham, Manchester and London this July!
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elivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge of his guitar, the sound of Carlos Santana is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades from Santana’s earliest days as a ground breaking Afro Latin blues rock fusion outfit in San Francisco, Carlos has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries. Long before the category now known as “world music” was named, Santana’s ever evolving sound was always ahead of its time in its universal appeal, and today registers as ideally in sync with the 21st century’s pan-cultural landscape. And, with a dedication to humanitarian outreach and social activism that parallels his lifelong relationship with music, Carlos Santana is as much an exemplary world citizen as a global music icon.
The arc of Santana’s performing and recording career is complemented by a lifelong devotion to social activism and humanitarian causes.
He has sold in excess of 90 million records worldwide, performed to over 100 million people globally and having 10 GRAMMY Awards under his belt, including a recordtying nine for a single project, 1999’s Supernatural, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”.
Santana is now well into their fourth decade of recording and performing their own fusion of Rock, Jazz, Latin and Blues. Among many other honours, Carlos Santana has received Billboard Latin Music Awards’ 2009 Lifetime Achievement honour, and has been cited by Rolling Stone as number 20 on the magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”. With the release of 2010’s ‘Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time’, Santana joined the Rolling Stones as one of only two music acts in Billboard history to score at least one Top Ten album in each decade from the 1960s onwards. Santana’s last album, Shape Shifter (2012) was the first for his new label, Starfaith Records and debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200. The 13-song set is an instrumental tour de force long awaited by fans, only one song features vocals, by Santana’s lead vocalists Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay. Santana is virtually unique, being one of the only bands to have sustained their success on the charts and on the road as a sold-out stadium attraction. These dates will embrace the full spectrum of Carlos Santana’s longevity, creativity, and soulful musical conscience. The Milagro Foundation, originally established by Carlos Santana and his family in 1998, has granted more than five million dollars to non profit programs supporting underserved children and youth in the areas of arts, education and health. Milagro means “miracle,” and the image of children as divine miracles of light and hope that are gifts to our lives is the inspiration behind its name. JULY 2013 | PL A N LATIN O
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ThREE LaTIn amerIcan CiNEASTES BRiNG ThE BEST Of ThE fiLM ThiS SUMMER: OSCAR NOMiNEE GUILLermo deL Toro; SWEDiSh WiTh ChiLEAN ORiGiN jorGe danIeL eSPInoSa; AND COLOMBiAN ACTRESS, GOLDEN GLOBE NOMiNEE, SofIa VerGara.
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PacIfIc rIm [3d] 12th July 2013
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Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans) and del Toro.
Director of Photography Guillermo Navarro Country
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Idris elba, charlie hunnam rinko Kikuchi
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he Mexican Guillermo Del Toro (Oscar nominee Pan’s Labyrinth) brings to the big screen this Sci-fi film starred by Charlie Hunnam (TV’s Sons of Anarchy), Idris Elba (Thor), Rinko Kikuchi (The Brothers’ Bloom), Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses) and Ron Perlman (The Hellboy films). When legions of monstrous creatures known as Kiju start rising from the sea, a war is developed. It will take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for year on end. Only the Jaegers, massive robots controlled by two pilots connected to a neural bridge, can destroy the Giant Kiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes, a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and
an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against mounting apocalypse. In words of Del Toro, "This is my most unmodest film, this has everything. The scale is enormous and I'm just a big kid having fun." Guillermo del Toro, was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, earned a place as one of Time magazine's 50 Young Leaders for the New Millennium before he made his third film. This year is working in his new film Pinocchio, planned to be released in 2014. Pacific Rim will be in the cinemas worldwide from 12 July 2013.
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Sofia vergara is one of the live actors to appear in this comedy.
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raja Gosnell
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jordan Kerner
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he second instalment of the trilogy of the Smurfs is coming and in 3D. The Colombian actress Sofia Vergara is one of the live actors to appear in this comedy film produced by Sony pictures. Better known for her role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the globe award comedy Modern Family, Sofia plays the part of Odile Anjelou in this film directed by Raja Gosnel. New cast includes Christina Ricci and J.B. Smoove as members of the Naughties, and Brendan Gleeson as Patrick Winslow's stepfather. The third film is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2015. This is Jonathan Winters' final film after his death on April 11, 2013.
Gargamel creates Hackus and Vexy, a couple of evil Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties, to harness the magical Smurf essence. When he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants and that only Smurfette can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and takes her to Paris, France where the Naughties teach her to become one of them. There, with the help of the Smurf essence, Gargamel hopes to use the Eiffel Tower as an energygenerating antenna to finally return home. [2] It is up to Papa Smurf, Brainy, Gutsy, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to New York and seek help from Patrick and Grace Winslow and their son, Blue.
neil Patrick harris as Patrick "Pat" Winslow; jayma mays as Grace Winslow; Sofía Vergara as odile anjelou; Brendan Gleeson as Victor doyle, Patrick's stepfather; nancy O'Dell as herself, a television interviewer.
voice actors
jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf; Katy Perry as Smurfette; fred armisen as Brainy Smurf; alan cumming as Gutsy Smurf; anton yelchin as clumsy Smurf; George Lopez as Grouchy Smurf; John Oliver as Vanity Smurf; christina ricci as Vexy, a smart and mischievous Smurf-like "Naughty"; J. B. Smoove as hackus, a funny and physical, Smurf-like "naughty”; mario Lopez as Social Smurf; jimmy Kimmel as Passive Aggressive Smurf; Kevin Lee as Party Planner Smurf
eaSy money II 19th July 2013 Original title
Snabba cash II
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daniel espinosa (The boxer, Babylon
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ollowing the success of Easy Money in 2010, Jorge Daniel Espinosa, Swedish film director of Chilean origin, co-wrote and directed the second part of this movie (2012) that tells the history of a lower-class business student JW (Joel Kinnaman) who falls in love with a sexy heiress while living a double life associating with Stockholm's wealthy elite. To keep up the façade of his lifestyle, he is tempted into a world of crime. Jorge is a fugitive on the run
from both the police and Serbian mafia. He hopes that brokering a massive cocaine deal will allow him to escape for good. Mafia enforcer Mrado (Dragomir Mrsic) is on the hunt for Jorge, but his efforts are complicated when he is unexpectedly saddled with caring for his young daughter. As JW's journey ventures deeper into the dark world of organized crime, the fate of all three men becomes entangled and ends with a dramatic struggle for life and death.
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daniel espinosa (collaborating writer),
jens Lapidus (based on novel) Stars:
joel Kinnamman, matias Varela, dragomir mrsic
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T R E C N O iN C Text: GABRIELA NIEto Photos: Courtesy of Hyde Park Festival Put your dancing shoes on and get ready to have some fun on 14th July when Lionel Richie and Jennifer Lopez will each deliver a set full of hits on the closing night of a 10-day extravaganza.
concept in outdoor music events. It’s great to have such truly amazing artists join the line up and be part of the new format and new look music event in Hyde Park. This closing party will certainly be one to remember!"
The party will kick off on the main stage with British girl group STOOSHE and continues with the return of ELIZA DOOLITTLE. Prior to Jennifer and Lionel taking the stage, there will be a performance from outstanding Daft Punk collaborator, NILE RODGERS who will be fronting his seminal dance outfit, CHIC.
From Monday to Thursday, the entire Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park site, except the main stage, will give visitors the chance to get involved with smaller, more intimate events offering film, music, literature, sport. Across Hyde Park, there will be 3 themed zones, each with its own specially designed installations and entertainment, high quality restaurants, bespoke salons, pubs, cocktail bars, cafes, bistros and independent food stalls. Events include salsa dancing, a Caribbean carnival and Spanish paella!
James Russell, Head of Events, The Royal Parks said: “This is a new era for music events in Hyde Park. The Royal Parks is really proud to be hosting Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park - a new
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Hyde Park Transport Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner
How much? £59.50 - £299 plus booking fee
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Friday 12th July 7.30pm Winner of the best film award at the Guadalajara Film Festival and Best Hispanic Filmmaker at the Nashville Film Festival, Mariachi Gringo makes its UK debut in Canary Wharf telling the story of a small-town guy stuck in a dead end life who runs away to Mexico to become a mariachi singer.
Saturday 13th July 7.30pm Berated by those around him, a monk (played by Jack Black) follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler) with hilarious consequences.
MEXFEST ON SCREEN Arrive early to get the best views! CANARY WHARF
MexFest on Screen is a free event and tickets are not required. Seating isn’t provided, just show up with a rug and a taste for adventure, ready to indulge in some top quality cinema and snacks.
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July will see the return to the capital of this young Mexican cultural festival with four days of film, architecture, music and contemporary art. Plan Latino has prepared a selection of events that shouldn’t be missed during the second edition of this vibrant festival, which offers a fresh perspective on today’s Mexico and knocksdown a number of stereotypes.
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Not to be missed!
Lilia (Martha Higareda) makes masa in her family’s restaurant in MARIACHI GRINGO. Director: Tom Gustafson. Photo courtesy of Sin Sentido Films / SPEAKproductions.
Celebrating the best of contemporary Mexican culture, London MexFest's mission is to provide a platform for both established and up & coming artists, by creating a space to exhibit the best of the country’s art and ideas to the masses. Ranging from exhibitions to mainstream outdoor cinema, the festival is a celebration of the unique and inspirational contemporary work by highly talented Mexican artists. “London MexFest comes from the realisation that there wasn’t an event that showcased Mexican contemporary art outside the country.
This cross-disciplinary festival is the result of a bilateral cooperation between Mexico and the UK to promote creative industries”, said Miranda Romero, Artistic Director of London MexFest during an insightful conversation with Plan Latino. “For example, traditional Mexican music, such as mariachis, are already well-know across the world. We needed to provide a platform to promote bands such as Mono Blanco who offer a more modern approach to son jarocho, the most representative music and dance from Veracruz.”
Over the course of the fourday event, there’ll be film screenings, electronic music and art exhibitions at Rich Mix in Shoreditch, a one-off evening of live music from Grupo Mono Blanco & Gil Cerezo at the Victoria and Albert Museum, free outdoor film screenings at Canary Wharf paired with Wahaca’s street food, as well as a series of talks on architecture by three of the most influential names in Mexico at The Royal Academy of Arts. Get ready to be amazed by these gifted artists and have the time of your life. No one can party like the Mexicans!
Marking 30 years since the death of surrealist Spanish film director Luis Buñuel, BFI Southbank will be holding a very special screening of his 1950 masterpiece Los Olvidados, a remorselssly unsentimental account of a group of impoverished juvenile deliquents in the slums of Mexico City. Q&A with Jorge Sánchez, director of the Mexican Film Institute after the film.
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Sunday 14th July, 4pm
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BFI Southbank Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XT Transport: Waterloo
Prices
£11.00, £8.50 concs, plus booking fee
www.bfi.org.uk Cinema screenings at Canary Wharf
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Film Julio César Chávez
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Dir. Diego Luna A documentary about Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez, from his beginnings as a pugilist to his days of glory and the bitter end of his career. The film also shows the historical moment in Mexico when Chávez was World Champion.
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Dir. Sebastian Hofmann Alberto is decomposing and can no longer hide it, so he decides to withdraw from the world. Before yielding to his living death, Alberto forms an unusual friendship with Silvia, the manager of the gym where he works as a guard.
Come Out And Play [Juego de Niños] 2011 Dir. Makinov
Beth and Francis go on holiday to a remote island before the birth of their child. They soon discover that the island is abandoned, and the only inhabitants are mysterious children. A day in paradise quickly turns into a struggle for survival.
After Lucía
[Después De Lucía] 2012 Dir. Michel Franco
Six months after the death of his wife, utterly depressed Roberto and his teenage daughter Alejandra set off for a fresh start in Mexico City. In her new school, she is a victim of humiliation and physical abuse, but tolerates the bullying in silence to avoid more pain for her father. Winner of “Un Certain Regarde” at Cannes Festival.
The Girl [La Niña] 2012 Dir. David Riker
A single mother, struggling with the loss of her son to social services, feel trapped in the quicksand of her southern Texas life. When her path collides with a young girl from Mexico, she is pulled into a life changing journey, forcing her to confront the cycle of her past.
The Mayor [El Alcalde] 2012
Dir. Emiliano Altuna, Carlos F. Rossini, Diego E. Osorno The polemical mayor of the wealthiest and safest municipality in Latin America presents himself as an active ruler, who is capable of cleaning his municipality of the presence of drug cartels — without questioning the methods he uses to achieve this. The Mayor describes the wild times of a country marked by violence and the complete discredit of the ruling class.
Being Café Tacvba [Seguir Siendo] 2010 Dir. Ernesto Contreras, José Manuel Craviotto
A rock band travelling the world on planes and buses. In hotels and dressing rooms we discover the creative process that brings them together, their friendship, frustrations and their desire to remain a rock band. They are the most important rock band in Mexico, and the film shows them celebrating 20 years of being Café Tacvba.
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Grupo Mono Blanco folk tradition. Mexican newspaper La Jornada reports: “Watching and listening to Grupo Mono Blanco is akin to experiencing past, present, and future simultaneously.” The band will take over the John Madejski Garden at the V&A accompanied by a bespoke Mexican menu and carefully crafted cocktails.
Gil Cerezo
Gil Cerezo is the frontman and main lyricist of highly acclaimed Latin-electronic band Kinky. Plan Latino had the pleasure to engage with Gil in an insightful conversation about the current status of the music scene in Mexico. “Electronic across the country is now more vibrant than ever, with DJs, producers and artists from all breeds, working together. The result is a rich crossover between electronic and happy punk, incorporating traditional sounds from different regions.” Gil calls this fusion “a tropicalisation of genres.” Having toured with De La Soul, Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, and performed at Coachella, Cerezo will be playing two DJ sets in London— one at the MexFest opening party and again at the V&A in a jam with Mono Blanco & Koggi DJ. What to expect from his set? “A combination of genres, which has characterised Kinky’s approach to music. I will be playing new Mexican bands that disserved to be listened outside of our borders, but always in a very festive way. The upbeat, dancing and laughter are a very important part of my sets.”
Opening night party, Thursday 11th July, 9:30pm to 2.00am Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Transport: Shoreditch High Street (Overground)
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Friday 12th July, 6.00pm to 9.30pm Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Transport: South Kensington
Koggi DJ
Grupo Mono Blanco stand as leaders in the current revival movement of son jarocho, traditional folk music from Veracruz. Since 1977, the group has toured extensively throughout Asia, Europe, Central America, Africa, USA and Canada. Grupo Mono Blanco features a unique sound firmly rooted in an old, extensive
Erich Martino [A.K.A. Koggi Dj] has been a key part of the emerging clubbing and electronic music scene in Mexico during the 90's and 00's. He produced different radio shows, worked as a VJ for MTV Latino, and designed a considerable number of the most iconic flyers of an era. As a musician and producer Koggi has released music under the alias of Mongolia, and with the band Réplica (released globally by Noiselab and International Deejay Gigolos). Living in Europe for the last 5 years Koggi have keep himself busy as a designer for Nokia but still finds the time to play in venues like the ICA and Village Undergound in London, The Spring Festival in Graz Austria and different clubs of Helsinki and London. His DJ set at the V&A will include music of his own and a selection of vibrant tracks from Mexico and Latin America. Koggi DJ will be playing on Friday 12th July at the V&A (address as above)
Photograph by Eduardo Lizalde
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Architecture Not to be missed!
A roundtable discussion and two lectures will be held at the Royal Academy of Arts, hosted by three of the most relevant architects that have given Mexico a facelift.
Víctor Legorreta
Talk! Partner in Legorreta + Legorreta, a firm that has ticked plenty of boxes and created the colorful (now iconic) Camino Real hotels, headquarters of the likes of Televisa TV station, Telmex, BBVA bank, The National Bank, an IBM factory, El Papalote children’s museum, The Labyrinth Museum of Arts and Sciences, Smith, Kline & French laboratory, some of the most prestigious universities, shopping centres, the renovation of the zoo, and a number of idyllic, jaw-dropping houses & hotels. His approach to challenging terrains by adapting the constructions and maximising space, light and views, is perhaps one of the key factors of his international success.
HBKU, Student Center, Doha, Qatar, 2011 - Photograph by Yona Schley
Miquel Adrià
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Catalan born, Miquel Adrià relocated to Mexico Facing almost 20 years ago and has since been a the Future: key figure in today’s architecture across Latin Art and America. In a time where architectural critique Architecture didn’t exist in Mexico, he launched projects of in modern cultural diffusion (first a magazine, then a tender, Mexico and finally a congress) to provoke, propose and As a leading debate new and different ideas. architect and critic from Mexico, Adrià is currently the editor of Arquine, one of Miquel Adrià the most important contemporary architecture will discuss the magazines in Latin America, and has written current state of more than 30 books on the topic. Passionate architecture in Mexico offering a about academics, he founded a post-graduate fascinating insight degree, Master Arquine, in collaboration with into this dynamic, two of the most prestigious universities in Mexico complex and often contradictory and Spain — Universidad Iberoamericana and architectural Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. scene. Some of his most representative buildings are Roundtable Videoteca Nacional Educativa (with Michel discussion Rojkind and Isaac Broid), Casa Fuentes (winner Friday, of the Cemex Best House Prize 2001 with Michel 12th July Rojkind and Isaac Broid) and the exquisite 6:30pm remodeling of Hotel de Cortés from the 17th Century — one of the first hotels in The Americas and a jewel of Mexican baroque. He was also the curator of the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012. Adrià is currently involved in several urban public spaces for Mexico City’s Government.
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All lectures will be held at
Royal Academy of Arts,
The Reynolds Room Burlington House, London W1J 0BD Picadilly Circus, Green Park Transport: www.royalacademy.org.uk
He has lectured Legorreta + at universities Legorreta: and congresses in Challenges the United States, of a Mexican Latin America Global Firm and recently the Lecture will be Middle East. He introduced by Richard Rogers has also served Sunday, on several juries, 14th July including the 3:00pm Design Award FREE of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Víctor Legorreta has projects all over the world (Qatar, El Salvador, UK, Spain, Greece, USA, Costa Rica, Egypt, Japan and South Korea amongst others).
Michel Rojkind Talk!
Overstimulation Saturday, 13th July 3:00pm FREE Falcon Headquarters, Mexico City, 2004 - Photograph by Guido Torres
Nestlé Chocolate Museum, Toluca, Mexico, 2007 - Photograph by Paul Rivera
One of the most celebrated Mexican architects nowadays, vanguardist Michel Rojkind has accumulated a number of awards and labels. Named as one of the ‘Country’s Treasured Architects’ by the Mexican Civil Registry, featured by ProMexico Magazine as one of the ‘50 Mexican Names in the Global Creative Scene’, listed by Los Angeles Times amongst the ‘Faces to Watch in 2010’ and named by Wallpaper magazine as one of the ‘150 Movers, Shakers and Makers
That Have Rocked the World in the Last 15 Years’, Michel Rojkind needs little introduction. His work (pictured) speaks for himself. “Having assimilated that our profession is under constant fluctuation due to economical, political and social factors, we are prepared to take risks and look for unconventional ways to provide urban strategies that go beyond what it’s expected of them or were supposed to be. “
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Art Los Treemores
Pablo Delgado
Shoreditch, an urban intervention with mixed sounds from Mexico City.
«The concept of the exhibition is that of borrowing something, pulling out of context and placing into an alien one. The idea is to abstract and distort a place, or the natural sound in it, causing contradiction by becoming artificial.» Pablo Delgado London-based Mexican street artist Pablo Delgado emerged in 2011 and is already one of London’s best-known street artists. You have to look down if you don’t want to miss his work, though. He started pasting little doors across the walls of East London, as if promising an Alice in Wonderland adventure. He then moved on to create miniature scenes, creating visual illusions in a bizarre parallel universe
of cut & pasted figures. His style is peculiarly known for the distinctive black shadows that he casts on the pavement in black paint. These shadows give his pieces a life-like quality and make them pop off the wall. The scenes themselves appear fantastical, chaotic and seemingly unrelated at first. However, upon closer inspection and examination each contains their own narratives and
stories. A top-hatted man walking a giraffe with a strap, an elegantly dressed woman next to urinals, and a hippopotamus being brought water by a smart waiter are some of the scenes depicted by this restless artist. But perhaps his most famous characters are the tiny prostitutes. This interdisciplinary artist has prepared a sound installation that will bring the noise of Mexico to the streets.
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Rich Mix, Main Space Bar
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From Thursday 11th July to Sunday 14th July
Manuela de Laborde Video art piece with live music
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10:00am to 10:00pm FREE
Life on Mars? Daniel Guzmán Handmade paper, 2013
Daniel Guzmán is well known for his drawings, installations and video. His graphic work uses a recurrent combination of image and text, and consistently pays tribute to authors from the Beat generation, such as
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«This piece for the London MexFest is a continuation of some of my previous work. Taking as starting point the traditional garlands made of paper pennants that are hung in both private and public spaces to embellish a wide range of festivities all around Mexico, I made a special design (preserving the traditional process by partnering with a master craftsman specialised in this kind of work) to signal both the time and space of the London MexFest, drawing an imaginary line linking Mexico with London, in order to ‘frame’ in a simple and elegant way some of the festival’s activities.» Daniel Guzmán
Rich Mix, Venue 1
When? Sunday 14th July
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5:00pm FREE Video and light-installation artist Manuela de Laborde, who has also relocated to London, has created a modest piece using the footage that documented one of her sculptures. Looking at the natural cycle of day and night, the performance will conclude with an artificial and graphic sunrise made out of El Wire, an innovative light technology using optic fiber.
«Everyone owns creative and private licence to their own nights. What one lives each night carries one’s essence in form of dreams, silence, privacy and sensuality.» Manuela de Laborde
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA Transport: Shoreditch High Street (Overground)
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WAHACA PRESENTS
Sustainable Restaurant Group of the Year 2012 & 2013
London’s Best Mexican ZAGAT
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Catch M on Scre exFest en the Wah and Street K aca itc Canary hen at 12th & 1 Wharf 3th July
Where doeS IT come from? TEqUiLA iS A DiSTiLLED SPiRiT PRODUCED fROM ThE hEART Of A PLANT KNOWN AS “AGAvE AzUL” OR BLUE AGAvE.
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OvER 200 TyPES Of AGAvES CAN BE fOUND iN MExiCO, AND SiMiLAR ALCOhOLiC BEvERAGES ARE PRODUCED fROM ThOSE AGAvES iN DivERSE PLACES. TEqUiLA iS MADE ExCLUSivELy fROM BLUE AGAvE.
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Text: Gerard Rovira Source: Consejo Regulador del tequila
s there a better drink to pair with the London MexFest and the Mexican art exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Freud Museum this month?
is from the town of Tequila — yes, it’s a town! Some of the most traditional factories are in this charming villa and offer guided tours (tasting included!).
Tequila is a distilled spirit produced from the heart of a plant known as “agave azul” or blue agave. The heart resembles a giant pineapple and it is also known as “mezcal” (which can be confusing because there is a drink with the same name, although produced with other types of agave). The word ‘mezcal’ comes from nahuatl and literally means “House of the Moon”, referrring to the marrow, essence, center and core.
The blue agave is native from Mexico but tequila is a product of the meeting of two worlds. Experts say that it wasn’t until the middle of the 16th century that some desperate, ‘thirsty’ Spaniard began to distill mezcal in the region of Tequila. Blue agave grew abundantly in the county and had tremendous value in the course of daily life. The leaves of the plant were used to build roofs, wind strong rope and paper. The dried fleshy leaves were used as fuel, its ashes as soap, bleach or detergent and its sap
Tequila can only be produced in five regions of Mexico to be called ‘tequila’, and undoubtedly, the most famous
was used to heal wounds. In fact, the least used part of the plant was the heart. It is likely that the
Sustainable Restaurant Group of the Year 2012 & 2013
Don’t miss the Spaniards noticed that the native tequila tasting people chewed the heart (and at Wahaca London’s Best thus recognised the heart’s high Waterloo on Mexican4th July & the sugar content) and may then have ZAGAT opening of thought to distill it. London MexFest
Today the residues don’t go to waste either. Fiber is used to make ropes, the pulp to make biscuits and the heart sap to produce a mouth-watering agave syrup as an alternative for honey.
on 11th July to savour this Mexican drink!
Over 200 types of agaves can be found in Mexico, and similar alcoholic beverages are produced from those agaves in diverse places. Tequila is made exclusively from blue agave. If any other type of agave is used, then the spirits are given the generic name of mezcal and take their name from the town in where they are made. JULY 2013 | PL A N LATIN O
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José Chávez Morado, Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo), 1939 oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm collection of phoenix art museum, gift of Dr. & mrs. loyal Davis photo collection of phoenix art museum, gift of Dr. and mrs. loyal Davis © Dacs 2012
Text: GABRIELA NIEto Photos: Courtesy of the Royal Academy of Arts How do you plan an exhibition on Mexican post-revolutionary art where the most talked-about artists painted murals? Curious, I went to the Royal Academy of Arts and found one of London’s best exhibitions this year. Spread through four distinctive rooms, this exhibition works like magic if you understand the context of Mexican politics during this period.
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Following the fraudulent elections of 1910, revolution broke out to overthrow the corrupt regime of President Porfirio Díaz who had been in power for decades. The Mexican Revolution lasted ten years. Photographers like Manuel Ramos and Walter H. Horne documented (often very graphically) the bloodshed and the displacement of people. American troops stationed along the border were hungry for these images and willing to pay for them — which wasn’t overlooked
during these difficult times. Thanks to the advances in technology, these photographs were turned into postcards for those who could stomach them. Images featured in the exhibition include destroyed buildings like ‘El Heraldo’ newspaper office and wealthy homes; people fleeing from areas of conflict with little more than the clothes on their back (literally); individual executions, and even the graphic depiction of dead Pancho Villa hanging from a truck.
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couldn’t complete but was later released in the late 70s using footage that he never got to see after Stalin forced him back to Russia. The film was called 'Que viva México.' A 25-yearold Henri Cartier-Bresson found himself deeply interested in the street life, ordinary people, prostitutes and the dispossessed. Established American photographer Paul Strand found some calm in his life after a particularly tough divorce, producing images that evoke loneliness and solitude. Having fled Nazi Germany after the forced closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, adventurer Bauhaus artists Josef and Anni Albers, relocated to the USA; two years later, they made the first of thirteen trips to Mexico. The curation of his work on this exhibition cannot be more exquisite. Josef Albers abstract paintings become absolutely fascinating after looking at the miniature photos from the Monte Albán archeological site taken by the couple, when documenting their study of light and form.
From 1921, the government employed artists to promote its reforms, by decorating public buildings with murals (one of the most famous being at the National Palace) that incorporated political and nationalist imagery. Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco are the most well-known names of this group — Los Tres Grandes. The promise of work (specifically paid work) attracted interest abroad, and soon artists, writers and photographers went to experience Mexico at first hand. American photographers (and lovers) Edward Weston and Tina Modotti opened the doors to a new approach in photography in Mexico by moving away from the
Gossip Chisme Did you Know?
Los Tres Grandes were not a united collective and were divided by political views and egos.
picturesque to a new visual language playing with light and composition. Whilst Weston was more focused on the form, Modotti couldn’t ignore the reality surrounding her — this can be illustrated by the stills from both artists whilst at the same circus show. By the late 1920’s there were fewer government-sponsored public art projects in Mexico. This period saw the emergence of a new wave of photographers led by Agustín Jiménez and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Foreign photographers and filmmakers visited too. Russian film director Serguei Einsestein lived in Mexico for two years working on a film that he
When Orozco’s reputation as an artist increased, Rivera didn’t like that people were talking about both on the same bracket. Ruthlessly determined to keep his position as the greatest artist in Mexico, Rivera encouraged an influential journalist friend to write an article attacking the work of Orozco. Students were encouraged to destroy Orozco’s murals by scratching the walls and throwing things at them.
Marxist revolutionary theorist and Soviet politician, Leon Trotsky had been granted political asylum in Mexico (thanks to Diego Rivera’s lobbying) after being expelled from the Communist Party and deported from the Soviet Union. Rivera and his wife — and fellow painter — Frida Khalo welcomed Trotsky and his wife Natalia into their home. The Russian returned the favour by having an affair with Diego’s wife. Frida was seeking revenge after Rivera slept with her sister.
In the late 30´s, founder of surrealism French writer & poet André Breton, accepted a cultural commission from the French government to travel to Mexico, and he couldn’t have found a more surreal place. A place where the representation of the dead (and death in general) is a classic subject — often more like a celebration than a wake. It is not hard to understand how ‘The Dead Girl” (a painting by Juan Soriano of a deceased child dressed in her best clothes, laid out before the burial) impressed Breton’s European eyes. Brilliantly curated by Adrian Locke, Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 takes us into a journey of political turbulence and social distress, and reveals Mexico as a place of vibrant cultural exchanges that made a significant, although frequently overlooked, contribution to the development of modern art.
Siqueiros, a Stalinist and member of the Mexican Communist Party, spent a considerable amount of time getting in & out of jail due to his political activity. He led an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Trotsky, under Stalin's instructions.
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, the two most powerful revolutionary leaders, had also little in common. Although both disliked president Venustiano Carranza, unity didn’t exist. Neither man was interested in being president or in joining forces with the other. However, they were more popular than the president and were seen as a threat. Both were eventually ambushed and killed (Zapata in 1919 and Villa in 1923).
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nearly a century later, in an era dominated by drug cartel crimes, this exhibition at times becomes a bitter reminder of the difficulties mexico goes through today and feels more relevant than ever.
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Mexican Church and El Paseo by Edward Burra are exhibited together for the first time. The British artist fell ill with dysentery and had to leave Mexico after one month. All his work was painted from memory after he returned to Europe. Without the support of sketches or photos, Burra nailed the look & feel of Mexico — to this day.
1. edward Burra El Paseo, c. 1938 watercolour on paper, 133.3 x 111.8 cm private collection photo private collection / © estate of the artist, c/o lefevre fine art ltd
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2. francisco Goitia Zacatecan Landscape with Hanging Men II (Paisaje de Zacatecas con ahorcados II), c. 1914 oil on canvas, 194 x 109.7 cm approx
Nearly a century later, Francisco Goitia’s Zacatecan Landscape with Hanged Men II, although portraying decaying corpses in the desert during the revolution, makes it impossible not to recall the vengeful assassinations amongst drug cartel gangs, where dead bodies of rival members are left hanging from bridges and other public spaces for everyone to see — much to the horror of locals.
museo nacional de arte, instituto nacional de bellas artes y literatura photo © D.r. museo nacional de arte/instituto nacional de bellas artes y literatura, 2013 3. antonio ruiz Summer (El verano), 1937 oil on wood, 28.5 x 34.7 cm acervo patrimonialde la secretaría de Hacienda y crédito público, mexico city © archivo antonio ruiz 4. Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910–1940 Catalogue cover Detail of painting by José Chávez Morado, Carnaval en Huejotzingo (Carnival in Huejotzingo), 1939 oil on canvas, 71.1 x 96.5 cm collection of phoenix art museum, gift of Dr. & mrs. loyal Davis photo collection of phoenix art museum, gift of Dr. and mrs. loyal Davis © Dacs 2012
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First Fatality on the Day of the Presidential Elections, photograph by Robert Capa, where a juvenile crowd seem more interested in the camera than the dead body of a fellow protester.
Gladiators by Philip Guston, where children are depicted with their faces hidden, in an animated mockbattle in the street, armed with bits of discarded timber and trashcan lids on a game that appears to be to unmask one’s opponent. It feels joyful and chaotic, just like Mexico.
A tiny self portrait by Frida Khalo. Let’s face it, although a miniature, she couldn’t be missed in this exhibition.
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Bicycle Race (Carrera de cintas en Texcoco) and Summer (El Verano) by Antonio Ruiz are worth studying for a while. What appears to be a lighthearted message of the clash between modern and traditional Mexico, soon becomes a criticism of the failure of the revolution to resolve some of the issues confronting Mexico at that time, such as addressing economic
inequality or the integration of the indigenous population — issues that are still relevant today. The absurdity of peasants looking in a window display of the latest beachwear designed for seaside resorts in Summer (El Verano) is both witty and unsettling, but sadly not an infrequent image of today’s opulent fashion Avenida Masaryk in Mexico City. The catalogue! Illustrated with over 150 striking images (some of them first-ever published together), curator Adrian Locke’s incisive text explores the artistic documentation of the dramatic changes wrought by the revolution, the government’s role in employing artists to promote its reforms, the emergence of a native modernism and the remarkable contribution of European and American artists and intellectuals, including Eisenstein, Trotsky and André Breton, to Mexico’s cultural renaissance. Smoothly written, Locke urges you to devour every page, almost addictively. It has everything to become a reference publication on Mexican art from this period. Worth every penny.
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exican artist Damián Ortega was invited to visit the Gashaka region in Nigeria: one of the last remaining wildernesses in West Africa, where the rarest subspecies of chimpanzees survives and where the Gashaka Primate Project has its base. By taking an artist to the wilderness, bridges and boundaries between art and science are instinctively created. This exhibition explores these divisions and their transgressions through the work of Ortega. Unlike a dissecting and objectifying scientist, an artist will be able to contextualize the sensitivities of our natural and cultural side in a more nuanced, private and subjectified way – thus honoring Freud’s idea that our psyche is at the heart of our existence. Ortega is well known for his practice, that ranges from sculptures, installations, videos, photographs and actions inspired by a wide range of mundane objects, from golf balls and pick-axes to bricks, rubbish bins and even tortillas, all subjected to what has been described as Ortega’s characteristically “mischievous process of transformation and dysfunction.” ends 1 september 2013 freud museum, 20 maresfield Gardens, london nw3 5sX
where? Royal Academy of Arts The Sackler Wing of Galleries, Burlington House, London W1J 0BD Transport: Piccadilly Circus, Green Park
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6th July–29th September 2013 Opening Hours: Saturday – Thursday:10am–6pm Friday: 10am–10pm
£11, Concessions £6-£10, plus booking fee
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www.royalacademy.org.uk
finchley road £6, £4.50, £3.00 concs wednesday - sunday 12:00m - 5:00pm
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his wonderful initiative is all about the celebration of food and drink (yay!) and is orchestrated by Waterloo Quarter BID, a business-led organisation committed to improving the area of Waterloo. Unlike many other food festivals it doesn’t take part in a marquee or one specific location, but on the street and within individual bars, restaurants and shops. And it runs for a whole month (double yay!).
Cocktails, tequila tastings, two-for-ones, cooking demonstrations and street food extravaganzas will keep us busy, forgetting London’s lack of summer and within budget, as most of the activities are free or at a reduced price. Printing tokens from their website, downloading their app or getting a hold on the Gastro Passport, grant you freebies pretty much the entire month. It couldn’t be easier... and at Plan Latino we couldn’t be happier to see the increasing Latin-flavoured activities on offer!
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cUBana LaTIn STreeT ParTy
Monday 15 July + Monday 22 July
Thursday 4 July
Sample Latin-inspired food, delicious fresh fruit smoothies and Cubana’s legendary Mojito cocktail at this free event.
Join Cubana for an authentic Cuban street party with Latin-inspired street-food, authentic Mojitos and a live band from Cuba.
cUBana 48 Lower Marsh, SE1 7RG
Emma Cons Gardens, opposite the Old vic, Waterloo Road
6.15-7Pm Reserve a place by emailing info@cubana.co.uk
12-2Pm & 5-7Pm free.
visit www.wearewaterloo.co.uk for more information.
SPanISh ham eXPerIence
Wednesday 10 July + Thursday 18 July Learn everything about Spanish hams from the Spanish ham Master Jose Sol, and taste three Spanish hams & three Spanish wines.
h10 WaTerLoo hoTeL 284-302 Waterloo Rd, SE1 8Rq
6Pm, £20 Call 020 8928 4062 to book or email h10.london.waterloo@h10hotels.com quoting ‘Spanish ham’
TeQUILa TaSTInG & dInner
Thursday 4 July Taste award-winning tequila with Olmeca Alto’s brand ambassador, followed by a selection of Wahaca’s Mexican street food and cocktails.
Wahaca
119 Waterloo Road, SE1 8UL
6.30Pm, £20 Email ola@wahaca.co.uk to reserve a place
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ollowing a sell-out tour with Caetano Veloso, Maria Gadú performs in London as part of her 2013 European tour. Twice nominated for a Latin-Grammy award, Maria Gadú hits the UK showing why she is the next big thing on the Brazilian music scene and has captivated the attention of lusophone and world music fans. Maria Gadú will have classy samba singer, Karina as her supporting act.
o2 She started playing music as a child, SHEPHERD'S BuSH EMPIRE after having learned the basics of reading Shepherd's Bush Green, W12 8TT Sun 07 July 2013 Door Time: 7:00 PM Show Time: 8:30pm www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
musical notation, seven years later she began to record songs on cassette tapes. Her real musical training begins at the age of thirteen, when she began to give concerts in the bars of Sao Paulo, playing music by Adoniran Barbosa, Marisa Monte and Chico Buarque.
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At the age of twenty she began to sing on television and she signed a recording contract, and released her first album, with Rio Slap. Since her debut, Maria has captured the attention of the public and critics alike, being nominated twice for the Latin Grammy. Her career began to take off after arousing the attention of other prominent music personalities, such as Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, and João Donato, to name but just a few. She recorded a CD and DVD with Caetano Veloso and has been firmly establishing herself as one of the biggest artists in the Brazilian music scene of late. Considered the new music revelation of 2009, Maria has set out on a path of no return, in the best sense, and is spearheading a new generation of singer/songwriters of come out of an ever-exuberant Brazil. In this show, Maria and her band play songs from her new CD, while including hits from earlier in her career.
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Legendary guitarist, composer, dramatist and producer Paco Pe単a presents his work Quimeras, directed by Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly. Exploring the lure of travel and the dream of a better life, Quimeras tells the story of a group of migrants who have come to Spain from Africa in search of work. 42
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DANCE
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Text: JOSE L. DIAZ Photos: Courtesy Saddler's Wells
he borders are open wounds that heal on stage. The genetic cross strengthens the species and also beautifies it, so that Darwin’s evolutionary theory adapts the field of music when mating between two or more instruments results in a melodic orgy, from the hollows of home tools and other materials. Paco Peña, whose Flamenco Dance Company is one of the most respected in Spain, has spent years traveling and creating open scenarios to other musical cultures. He will be in London with four dancers, three guitarists, two singers, a percussionist, and six African musicians to present their show Quimeras. This time the show will bring an African stamp, from countries like Senegal or Guinea. In two hours and a half, the Quimeras’ members are able
to summarize in front of the audience. A journey of thousands of miles which will try to revive the output of one or several people who hope better beyond borders, creating situations along the way that reflect the positives and negatives of their dreams, the reality of their lives and interconnections with people who are beyond their worlds. A great show with Paco puts music to the problem of migration, which is today the common denominator of many people around the planet. Throughout his 40 years of career, Paco Peña has offered performances presenting flamenco in its most orthodox, with globally recognized works, but sometimes has approached other musical cultures, obtaining results that expand the possibilities of flamenco. "In previous shows we married Latin America. When you travel you discover a lot of sounds and new ways of expression. In Venezuela we
fell in love with Joropo, the waltz, the counterpoint and what they call musical challenge; that was the origin of our show “Flamenco sin Fronteras (Flamenco without frontiers)”. On other trips we have been attracted to mandolins and harps, for example”, says Paco via telephone, during a break of his rehearsals in Cordoba, Spain, his hometown. In this case, Quimeras shows the complex problems of immigration and part of the experience of Paco Peña to live in Andalucia, as this is an open door to Europe for many African immigrants. One of the meanings of the word Quimera is "that what is proposed to the imagination as possible or real, without being so." This is the reason that in the new show combines flamenco with the force of expression and movement of African music.
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carlos will be returning to tHe lonDon coliseum for a limiteD run of five performances in JulY anD august 2013. He will be performing classical selection, a new sHow presenting HigHligHts of His career.
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Acosta will be joined on stage by some of his favourite dance partners and stars of The Royal Ballet including principal dancers Marianela Nuñez and Nehemiah Kish, first soloist Ricardo Cervera, soloists Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood and first artist Meaghan Grace Hinkis. The evening will also include an extract from George Balanchine’s ballet about the Greek god Apollo and an extract from one of Frederick Ashton’s last works,
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St. Martin’s Lane, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N From 30th July to 4th August 2013
the playful, romantic, and elegant Rhapsody, as well as fellow Cuban choreographer and dancer with RAMBERT, Miguel Altunaga’s 2009 solo Memoria. The evening’s programme is accompanied by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Paul Murphy. MacMillan’s Gloria and Requiem will be accompanied by The Pegasus Choir. Carlos has performed as Guest Principal Artist with all the leading ballet companies around the world. He joined The Royal Ballet under the direction of Anthony Dowell in 1998 before changing his title to Principal Guest Artist in 2003. He remains in the company today.
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This summer, Somerset House will host a major retrospective exhibition on a global icon of gastronomy, Ferran Adrià, and the restaurant he built to become the world’s best, elBulli. A lot has been said and written about it. Very few had the privilege experiencing it. elBulli was open only a few months a year during the summer, serving 8,000 covers per season, for which they received over 2 million reservation enquiries.
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The Art of Food
Ferran Adrià put the word
‘deconstructivism’ on a menu, and experimented with changing the textures to the basic ingredients of traditional dishes. And it worked like magic. In total, the elBulli team invented 1,846 dishes and in doing so, they led the culinary revolution which has inspired and influenced a generation of chefs including Heston Blumenthal, René Redzepi, Joan Roca, Andoni Aduriz, Massimo Bottura and Grant Achatz. Under Ferran Adrià’s leadership and creative direction, elBulli was voted the world’s best restaurant five times by Restaurant magazine.
El Bulli closed its doors to the public
two years ago, following the decision to transform the restaurant into a foundation that, from 2015, will pursue two principal projects. The first project will convert elBulli into an experiential centre, which will allow visitors to imagine and be inspired by the elBulli ethos, and will safeguard its legacy. The second project is Bullipedia, a creative archive that will categorise the body of knowledge of culinary history and make a new coding to give structure to the DNA of cooking.
The exhibition comes to London after having achieved record-breaking visitor figures over its 12-month run last year in Barcelona. elBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food is the world’s first exhibition dedicated to a chef and his restaurant. The retrospective will showcase the art of cuisine and cuisine as art by taking a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary laboratory and kitchen of the internationally renowned restaurant. Handwritten notes and hand-drawn sketches will be on display, together with plasticine models (which were made for every single dish served as a means for quality control of colour, portion size and position on the plate); original tasting menus, cutlery laid on the tables, original restaurant reviews and other press clippings. The only downside to this exhibition is that it will leave us unfortunate fans salivating again over his dishes, without the chance to taste them. Ferran Adrià with the elBulli team © Maribel Ruíz de Erenchun
Ferran Adrià at Somerset House © Sam Mellish
The Seeds, 2006 © Francesc Guillamet
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INFORMATION Dates
5th July-29th September 2013
Opening HOurs
10am–6pm, Daily. Late night openings on Thursdays until 9pm.
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Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, Strand, London,WC2R 1LA
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Temple, Embankment Charing Cross, Waterloo
www.somersethouse.org.uk The Soup, 2004 © Francesc Guillamet
Did you know?
The elBulli team in the kitchen © Maribel Ruíz de Erenchun
Ferran Adrià at Somerset House © Sam Mellish
elBulli was named after the original owner’ french bulldogs, a breed colloquially known as ‘bulli’. however, not one dish looked like dog’s dinner.
The Thaw, 2005 © Francesc Guillamet
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CARTAGENA
iTS WiDE CULTURAL, hiSTORiCAL AND EvENTfUL OffER MAKES CARTAGENA COLOMBiA ONE Of ThE STAR CiTiES iN ThE LATiN AMERiCAN TOURiSTiC SECTOR. 48
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7 Cartagena is a fantastic city that guards the secrets of history in its walls, balconies, buildings and narrow cobbled streets.
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he magic of Cartagena lies in its massive fortifications, the warmth of the people, the richness of the architecture and the infinite range of cultural expression of a doughty and valiant people. The city is full of romance, and there is the setting for many a tale of times past in every street and square, and along the walls that bound it, waiting for the sunset to evoke past struggles. On a sunny day vibrates with color along the facades of the buildings and the sea breeze refreshes the visitor on his way along the narrow streets of the old city. As night falls, Cartagena is warm, bathed in its own light, coming to life, transformed / Photo: Carlos Sueskún. The monuments are there: sober, ancient monasteries, churches, battlements and the remains of bloody battles: a testimony
to the invincible men and women who brought freedom to the “heroic city”.
beaches, wonderful food and a wide offer of hotels and tourist infrastructure.
Night falls, and is bathed in a light of its own, coming to life and transforming itself. It is a unique atmosphere that captivates the visitor and takes him back to times past and forgotten, in a horse and carriage.
Walk the streets, look at the Spanish colonial buildings – the Palace of the Inquisition, the Clock-Tower and the Castle of San Felipe de Barajas; enjoy the soft, warm breezes as you pass through the squares and plazas.
From the walls there is a beautiful view of the sea. Then, euphoria grows and the tireless fiesta dances on until the first rays of the sun sweep away the mysteries of the night. Yes, this is Cartagena. A city that tells its own past, its fascinating history and its rebirth in every age.
A favorite destination Declared part of the UNESCO World Heritage in 1984, Cartagena
encapsulates all the charm of Spanish colonial architecture, the republic period and today, the attractions of intense nightlife, cultural festivals, exotic scenery, superb
Eating out is another form of entertainment in Cartagena, with countless choices of new and exotic flavors in local and international styles. The choice of accommodation is very wide too. There are traditional hotels and exclusive boutique hotels offering unique experiences of detail and personal service. Cartagena offers all the enchantment of its history and the legacy of those who made it great and turned it into one of Colombia’s most important tourist destinations.
InformaTIon Rafael Nuñez international Airport is receiving many international flights to Cartagena. Cartagena is 1000 km north of Bogotá, about an hour by air. Most international flights arrive in El Dorado, Bogota before connecting on to Rafael Núñez in Cartagena. you can get to Bogotá from London flying with Avianca, national airline of Colombia, via Madrid.
did you know?
The Downtown area of Cartagena has varied architecture, mainly a colonial style, but republican and Italian style buildings, such as the Cathedral's bell tower, can be seen.
This marvelous cultural destination also offers exotic scenery and amazing beaches nearby, for the visitor to commune with nature and enjoy the tranquility of a day in the sun by the sea.
The Bocagrande, Big Mouth, area contains the bulk of the city's tourist facilities, such as hotels, shops, restaurants, nightclubs and art galleries.
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139-143 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2rs 0207 229 4734 www.taqueria.co.uk
Taqueria opened in June 2005 and has established itself as a proven concept delivering authentic Mexican food in a casual cafĂŠ environment modelled on the taquerias of Mexico city. The offer is based on real tacos which have fresh pure corn tortillas as a base on which various toppings are placed. In addition to a core menu of classic authentic tacos, there are a choice of breakfast and lunch plate specials including various egg dishes, chilaquiles and enchiladas, side orders, antojitos and drinks including Margaritas, beers and aguas frescas. Taqueria also has a take away offer and a home catering service where customers can order by the kilo to make up tacos for parties at home.
TAQUERIA
TAQUERIA NOW Taqueria is a casual dining experience, open to all, fun, informal and original. It has succeeded because it is genuine, affordable and delivers quality. The Westbourne grove site has just 52 seats and a small bar area. It is at capacity on peak demand periods with long queues forming on weekends and some weekdays. The menu can be accessed at different levels allowing customers to eat light, quick, to share or to graze. The lunch plate specials offer a really affordable quick lunch or satisfying brunch at weekends; the drinks list is crowned by excellent Margaritas, a signature of Taqueria, opening up to the drinker's market. JULY 2013 | PL A N LATIN O
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TOur ArOuND SCOTLAND 2013
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uNA CErVEZA POr FAVOr! Visit Scotland with us this August bank holidayfor only ÂŁ299 and have the perfect oportunity to practice your spoken Spanish travelling with native Spanish speakers. The price includes transport, food, accommodation and entrances to the main places to visit. This weekender coincides with The Edinburgh Festival, so you will see Scotland at its best! Please call us for more info.
Leaving: Friday 23rd Agust 2013 (11:50pm) Coming back: Bank holiday Monday 26th August 2013 info: 020 8826 9767 - 075 9591 8515 www.viajerosreinounido.com
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soHo Originally founded in Havana in the early 20th century, El Floridita was a place where history was made. Today it is Cuba’s most famous and internationally renowned cocktail bar. The Floridita bar boasts the most extensive selection of rums in Europe, leading to the creation of the monthly Rare Rum Club. 100 Wardour street, london W1f 0Tn 020 7314 4000 • www.floriditalondon.com
CamDEn ToWn Located in the heart of Camden Town, Made In Brasil aims to bring the best of Brasilian and Latino culture, food, drink and music to London. The vibrant interior of Made In Brasil captures the spirit of a Brasilian beach party with natural warm colours, typical décor, unfinished driftwood tables, chairs and floor to ceiling shuttered windows at the back with Copacabana Beach Bar on the ground floor that is perfect for private hire. 12 Inverness Street, Camden Town, London NW1 7HJ 020 7482 0777 • www. made-in-brasil.co.uk
la PErla bar
CUbana
CovEnT GarDEn La Perla Bar is located in the heart of the West End, just two blocks from Trafalgar Square. The dining room has a large skylight and fantasy mural of La Perla’s mermaid. A display kitchen offers Classic Mexican Dishes and Char - grills. Premium tequilas and rums, are the house speciality.
WaTErloo Cubana, are famous for the freshly-prepared Latin American food, fresh tropical cocktails and smoothies - and late-night live Cuban music!. They’ve also got a refreshing selection of fine wines and beers - including Cerveza Cristal and Bucanero from Cuba, Estrella Galicia from Spain and Pilsner Urquell on draft
28 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7JS 020 7240 7400 • www..cafepacifico-laperla.com
48 Lower Marshall, Waterloo, London SE1 7RG. 020 7928 8778 • www.cubana.co.uk
bar salsa
GUanabara
lEICEsTEr sQUarE Salsa is a South American bar/restaurant. Our food menu is a delicious selection of Latin infused dishes with something to suit everyone and our cocktail menu has a fantastic selection of classic and specialty cocktails. It is available for private hire everyday of the week and we can arrange food, drink and entertainment packages specific to your party needs including DJs and bands. 96 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG. 020 7379 3277 • www. bar-salsa.com
CovEnT GarDEn Guanabara is Europe’s largest Brazilian Late Night Venue. Open 7 nights a week with DJ’s, Live Acts and lots and lots of dancing and drinks. Guanabara is proud to source exotic fruits for its cocktails direct from sustainable eco-farms in the Amazon region. Provides a great flavour of Brazil. It also serves up the signature cocktail of Brazil - the caipirinha. 42-44 Hanway Street, London W1T 1UT 020 7636 0359• www.bradleysspanishbar.co.uk
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Plan latino will helP you find the Perfect restaurant that suits your eyes, ears and Palate.
ay caramba
tierra Peru
camden town Ay Caramba is surely the place to check out to satisfy your craving for spicy Mexican Specialities! Using quality ingredients and the best local produce, Ay Caramba brings to London the rich and vibrant taste of Mexican cuisine. Enjoy the famous Streetfood Burritos transformed into a proper mouth-watering dish, Crispy Nachos, Delicious Fajitas, flavour-filled Tacos, and a lot more! 14-16 camden high street, london, nw1 0Jh 020 7383 7245 • www. elsantafereño.com
essex road Delicious and exotic flavours of Peru. ... A restaurant in the heart of Islington serving authentic Peruvian cuisine in a modern and relaxed atmosphere. The traditional food served in a modern, relaxed atmosphere will make you feel like you could be dining in the centre of Lima. Hearty food made with lots of flavour, love and passion. 164 Essex Road, London N1 8LY 020 7354 5586 • www. tierraperu.co.uk
buen ayre
oPera taVern
hacKney Buen Ayre is the first authentic Argentine charcoal grill in the country, it gives the great pleasure to be serving a true ‘parrillada’ in this great city, promoting Argentine beef as well as the lifestyle and culture of the neighbourhood grill. 50 Broadway Market London E8 4QJ 020 7275 9900 • www. buenayre.co.uk
coVent garden Opera Tavern is a beautiful two-storey bar and restaurant in the heart of theatre land. The restaurant is specialised in Italian and Spanish influenced tapas and have a charcoal grill on the ground floor where all manner of tasty meaty treats are cooked up including the very popular mini Ibérico pork and foie gras burger. 23 catherine st, london wc2b 5Js 020 7836 3680 • www.operatavern.co.uk
floriPa
VaPiano
brixton Floripa mixes all convivialities – a Brazilian influenced restaurant, a bar for the globe, a London bloc party club, an Ipanema-inspired colonial bordello, an idyllic sunset circus and indeed none of the above. Voted Top Ten Coffee Stalls in London by The London Coffee Guide. 91-93 Great Eastern St London EC2A 3HZ 020 7613 4228 • www. floripalondon.com
great Portland street Defining the future of fresh casual - a new and refreshing niche in the restaurant industry - Vapiano is an innovative European concept serving made-to-order fire roasted pizzas, fresh, house-made pasta and hand tossed gourmet salads. An established concept with more than 30 worldwide locations and another 100 in development in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. 19-21 Great Portland Street, London W1W 8QB 020 7268 0082 • www.vapiano.de
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PeruVian food
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kEEp fIT anD MEET nEw pEoplE DancInG away plan laTIno rEcoMMEnDs only THE bEsT placEs!
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HIGHGaTE Dance with Your Heart Salsa & Bachata & Kizomba and Zouk Lessons! Privates, group classes, shows and events. Teachers with more than 20 years of combined experience in Salsa & Bachata. Champions, and have taught in congresses around Europe. Join our monthly party at Expression Studios! 26th of July with this coupon and get £2 off! Expression studios 39-51 Highgate road, london nw5 1rT 07424162922 - 07423147775 • www.thelatinpassion.com
GrEEnwIcH Learn with Lee the authentic Cuban-style Salsa (Casino) and Rueda de Casino (The Cuban Wheel). This is an integrated course, where you can develop your salsa week by week. Salsa Lee is one of the UK’s foremost instructors, specialising in developing dancers’ improvisational abilities by tuning into salsa’s rich and spicy rhythms. She is the co-author of “Find the Rhythm – The Dancers’ Guide to Salsa Music”. Greenwich Dance, Borough Hall Royal Hill, London, SE10 8RE, Tuesdays 8:15 - 9:30 PM •079 79 280 283 • lee@londonsalsascene.co.uk
salsa TropIcal
IncoGnITo DancE
TowEr GaTE Salsa-tropical Ltd Company provides Corporate Events, Salsa Shows, Children’s Parties, Hen Parties, Wedding Dances, Ladies Styling, Private Lessons, Salsa workshops, Teachers Training, Birthday Parties and Christmas Parties etc. We are based in London. We also provide a specialised 1 day intensive course to speed up your learning and if you want to perform: join our Performance group to get performance experience. Mondays at Abbey Bar, 30-33 Minories Road, London EC3N 1DD 075 28 709705 • www.salsa-tropical.com
HaMMErsMITH Teach many Latin dance styles of salsa from LA Style, NY Style, Cuban and Puerto Rican, as well as Bachata, Kizomba, Cha Cha, Reggaeton, Latin Hip Hop, Merengue etc. We have some the most experienced, qualified and highly trained Latin dance instructors in Europe. Our classes and clubs have won many awards for being the best places to learn to dance. Special event -24th July- SARAH-JANE ABOBOTO group Hammersmith Salsa Club, 11 Rutland Grove, Hammersmith, W6 9DH 7:00 - 11:00PM • 07831 715 368 • info@incognitodance.com
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anGEl In our teaching, we focus on the skills that will enable our students to create and enjoy their own dance: musicality, and a clear understanding of the concepts of leading and following. Our foundations are traditional but our methods embrace modern techniques and natural, organic movement. 24 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE. René 07530 493 826 • www.tango-fever.com
bakEr sTrEET - kIlbUrn As we celebrate 100 years of teaching the world to dance, today there are over 260 Arthur Murray Dance Studios in 21 countries across the globe. Our longevity is a result of excellent customer service, unparalleled social dance instruction techniques and experienced corporate management that carries on the tradition of excellence started by Arthur himself in 1912. 77 Baker Street, London W1U 6RF 020 7486 4511 • www.arthurmurray.com
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THE GUIDE
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plan latino gives you the best suggestions when it comes to travel!
saspo
setours
clapham Juction Saspo Tourism Services is an exclusive service for the travel trade, not the consumer, for all ground arrangements throughout Mexico, Central and South America. Since our inception in 1988 we have pioneered a wide range of services in 18 different Latin American countries for our clients within the British and Irish travel industries. SASPO is one of the four founder members of the Latin American Travel Association (LATA). 10 mysore road, london sw11 5sb 020 7223 1035 • www.saspouk.com
lima - peru Setours is a 2nd generation family run business, exclusively dedicated to inbound tourism since its inception, and today one of Peru’s most reputable tour operators. The expertise and values of our founders added to our bi-cultural (European-Peruvian) management makes us a company youthful enough to understand what today’s traveler looks for in this fast changing world. Cmdte. Espinar 229 Miraflores, Lima 18 PERU +511 202-4620 • www.setours.com
vesatours
havanatour
belen - costarica Vesatours was founded in 1985 before Costa Rica became one of the world’s top destinations. Our passion for nature drives our tireless quest for partners in tourism industry that adhere to sustainable practices, and who understand our deep concern for the enviroment and our constant conservation efforts. 100 norte De la plaZa De la asuncion De belen +506 2289 0303 • www. vesatours.com
hertForDshire Havanatour are one of the world’s leading experts on travel to Cuba. Our UK team have unrivalled knowledge of developments in this fascinating destination. Whatever your requirements, our specialist team of consultants have the expertise to design an itinerary to suit your needs. 3 Wyllyotts Place, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2JD 01707 646 463 • www. havanatour.co.uk
steamonD travel
patagonias
victoria Travel to Latin America is synonymous with Steamond. Over the past 35 years we have taken thousands of satisfied clients to the region, from Mexico in the north all the way down to Antarctica in the south and looked after them while they’ve been there. From the website, you can tell us about your specific enquiry online, using the form and one of our experts will contact you personally. 60-62 Granville Arcade, Brixton, London SW9 8PR. 020 7730 8646 • www.steamondtravel.com
neuQuen - argentina We are tour operators providing travel assistance and all necessary services for all tourists that want to visit Argentina and Chile, including of course the Patagonia. Our goal is to provide customized itineraries on standard price basis so our customers can get the best of their available time in this region, enjoying the Patagonia at its fullest. Los Crisantemos 113 - 8300 Neuquén - Argentina + 54 299 4330292 • www.patagonias.travel
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Guía del OciO • aGenda Monday
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Spokfrevo Orquesta Ronnie Scott’s 147 Frith St Soho, London, W1D 4HT
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Francisco Gutierrez Exhibition
Tequila testing and dinner
Barbican Centre Library Silk Street London EC2Y 8D
ronniescotts.co.uk
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barbican.org.uk
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Wahaca, 119 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UL
Barbican Centre Library 147 Frith St Soho, London, W1D 4HT
wahaca.co.uk
ronniescotts.co.uk
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Los Vivanco
Pablo Neruda’s House
Veracruz Film
Son Jarocho and Beyond
Clasico Latino
English National Opera St Martin’s Ln Charing Cross WC2N 4ES eno.org
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Newcastle Bar Loco 2 Leazes Park Road NE1 4PG
mexfest.mx
vamosfestival.com
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A Taste of Cuba
Hermeto Pascoal
cubana.co.uk
Ronnie Scott’s 147 Frith St Soho, London, W1D 4HT
Cubana, 48 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RG
Mexfest Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA
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V&A Museum John Madejski Garden Cromwell Rd London SW7 2RL vam.ac.uk
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30 Carlos Acosta Classical Selection London Coliseum St Martin’s Ln Charing Cross WC2N 4ES eno.org
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Vamos Festival Newcastle Sage Gateshead St. Mary’s Square, W1D 4HT vamosfestival.com
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Willy García
Colombia Tierra Querida
Roda de Samba
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Andres Cepeda O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London W12 8TT
27 Viva Peru Cos Bar 148 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BY cosbar.co.uk
Mais Um Village Underground 54 Holywell Ln London EC2A 3PQ villageunderground.co.uk
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19 River of Life Centre 12-38 Hatcham Road South Bermondsey London SE15 1TWT
ronniescotts.co.uk
7 Amazon Art Summer Solidarity
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Sunday
Ronnie Scott’s 147 Frith St Soho, London, W1D 4HT ronniescotts.co.uk
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