¡vamos! festival 2010 programme lo res

¡VAMOS! 2010 illustration ‘Eagle’ by Jazmin Velasco www.jazminvelasco.com

We are very pleased to present the third ¡VAMOS! Festival - the North East region’s celebration of all that’s wild and wonderful in the world of Spanish and Portuguese speaking cultures. ¡VAMOS! takes place every two years in NewcastleGateshead and further afield and this year we return 2nd-11th July 2010.

Working with many partners over the ten days we’ve got UK and regional premieres, exclusive performances and commissions all involving hundreds of artists and collaborators from the region and beyond. Read on to find out about the cinema, world-class dance, talks, children’s events, musical performances, visual arts and mouthwatering food events!

As in 2008, we’d like to dedicate the 2010 festival to the memory of Dr. Vanessa Knights who was integral to the establishment and success of ¡VAMOS! 2006.

We would also like to sincerely thank our funders, sponsors and colleagues for their continued faith and support of the ¡VAMOS! initiative - in particular Arts Council England, North East and Newcastle University.

Finally we’d like to thank, you the audience who continue to show a real enthusiasm and passion for ¡VAMOS! related events and activity!

Nik Barrera and Patricia Oliart

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Friday 2nd July

Festival launch

Dance City

7pm

£8 advance

07880 747 492

FREE ENTRY

0191 261 0505

FREE ENTRY £20

07880 747 492 0191 443 4661

£10 FREE to Havana

0191 443 4661

Picnic Saltwell Park 12pm Saturday 3rd July

NONAME The Tyne Bar 6pm

Havana The Sage Gateshead 8pm

Cultura Live

Latin Dance Party The Sage Gateshead 10.30pm

w/ Gilles Peterson

Cultura Live ticket holders

Sunday 4th July

History of Salsa Latin Fever El Tren Fantasma

Hyem Bar

1pm

£3 advance

0191 2759150

The Sage Gateshead Tyneside Cinema

3pm 4.00pm

£39.50/£14 £9/10

0191 443 4661 0845 217 9909

Monday 5th July

Danza Contemporanea Event Amor y Luz Exhibition

Dance City

10am

£10 / FREE

0191 261 0505

The Biscuit Factory

6pm

FREE ENTRY

0191 261 1103

Tuesday 6th July

Dance Event

Culture Lab, Newcastle University

7pm

£7 advance

07880 747 492

Newcastle University TBC! Madame Koos

12.30pm 7pm 10.30pm

FREE ENTRY £20 £3/5

07880 747 492 vamosfestival.com 0191 261 8271

Star and Shadow Cinema Sassari Culture Lab Newcastle University

7.30pm 6.30pm 10pm

£4/3+£1membership FREE ENTRY £5 advance

0191 261 0066 01642 218600 07880 747 492

Friday 9th July

Monica Gracia Black Swan Salsita The Cornerhouse Mexican Wrestling Night Star and Shadow Cinema

6pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

FREE ENTRY £7

£7.50

0191 222 9882 0191 265 9602 0191 261 0066

Saturday 10th July

Cuban Photography Exhibition Ola Verano!

The Salsa Club

3pm

FREE ENTRY

0191 221 1022

Gateshead Old Town Hall 7.00pm

£5/7

07881 933021

Sunday 11th July

Mouth of Tyne Festival

Tynemouth

Times TBC

FREE ENTRY

07880 747 492

Festival Closing Party

Crusoes, Tynemouth

7.00pm

FREE ENTRY

07880 747 492

Wednesday Raising Daniela 7th July

Los Paladares

Musica Mundo

Thursday Favela on Blast 8th July

Recycling from Brazil

Webcast

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You can buy tickets for most ¡VAMOS! events direct from the each specific venue, (info included on each event page) but where that’s not the case visit www.vamosfestival.com for more information or call 07880 747492

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1 DANCE CITY. 2 SALTWELL PARK (NOT ON MAP). 3 THE TYNE. 4 THE SAGE GATESHEAD. 5 HYEM BAR (NOT ON MAP) 6 TYNESIDE CINEMA 7 THE BISCUIT FACTORY 8 CULTURE LAB 9 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 10 MADAME KOOS 11 STAR & SHADOW 12 THE CORNERHOUSE 13 THE SALSA CLUB 14 GATESHEAD OLD TOWN HALL 15 CRUSOES (NOT ON MAP)

GO BY METRO! You can get to most ¡VAMOS! 2010 events via the Tyne and Wear Metro system. This MAP shows where most of the ¡VAMOS! events take place. A full venue list is on the following page for locations outside of the Metro system.

Dance City Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR. Telephone: 0191 261 0505.

Email: info@dancecity.co.uk Website: www.dancecity.co.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 1 Metro: Central Station Saltwell Park East Park Road, Gateshead.

NE9 5AX. Telephone: 0191 433 5900 Email: saltwellpark@gateshead.gov.uk Website: www.gateshead.gov.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 2 Metro: Gateshead The Tyne Bar Maling Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1LP. Telephone: 0191 265 2550 Website: www.thetyne.com ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 3 Metro: Byker

The Sage Gateshead St Mary’s Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR. Telephone: 0191 443 4661.

Website: www.thesagegateshead.org ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 4 Metro: Gateshead Hyem Bar Chillingham Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5XN. Telephone: 0191 275 9150.

Website: www.hyembar.com ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 5 Metro: Chillingham Road Tyneside Cinema 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG. Telephone: 0845 217 9909.

Website: www.tynesidecinema.co.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 6 Metro: Monument

The Biscuit Factory 16 Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AN. Telephone: 0191 261 1103 Website: www.thebiscuitfactory.com ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 7 Metro: Manors Culture Lab Newcastle University, King’s Walk, Newcastle upon Tyne.

NE1 7RU. Telephone: 0191 2464646 Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 8 Metro: Haymarket Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Telephone: 0191 222 6000.

Website: www.ncl.ac.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 9 Metro: Haymarket

Madame Koo 36 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1JF. Telephone 0191 2618271.

Website: www.madamekoo.co.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 10 Metro: Central Station Star and Shadow Cinema Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 2NP. Telephone: 0191 261 0066.

Website: www.starandshadow.org.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 11 Metro: Manors The Black Swan Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Telephone: 0191 222 9882 Website: www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk Metro: Central Station The Cornerhouse Heaton, Heaton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5RP. Telephone: 0191 265 9602 ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 12 Metro: Chillingham Road

The Salsa Club 89 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4AE. 0191 221 1022 ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 13 Metro: Central Station Gateshead Old Town Hall West Street, Gateshead.

NE8 1HE. Telephone: 0191 433 6916 Email: events@gateshead.gov.uk ¡VAMOS! map reference number: 14 Metro: Gateshead Tynemouth Priory Percy Street, North Shields, NE30 4HA. Website: mouthofthetynefestival.com Metro: Tynemouth Crusoes Bar Longsands Beach, Tynemouth.

Telephone: 0191 296 4152.

Metro: TynemouthNorth Shields, NE30 4HA.

¡VAMOS! Festival is delivered by ¡VAMOS! Festival Limited and is supported by the National Lottery, through Arts Council England, North East, Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council, Gateshead Council, Northern Rock Foundation, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto Camões and the Mexico Embassy.

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Arts Council England, North East: Fiona Mckeown Newcastle University: Professor Paul Younger // Ian Biddle Centre for Portuguese Studies, Newcastle University: Fatima Taborda // The Sage Gateshead: Tamsin Austin, Ros Rigby, Emily Till // Anglo Peruvian Society: Maria Varela // James Postlethwaite // Paco Bethencourt Llobet // ACALASP and Peruvian Embassy: Guillermo Pardave // Crusoes: Peter Wilson // Newcastle City Council: Simon Underwood Alx Alfaro // Mexican Embassy: Jimena Gorráez and Ignacio Durán // Craig Wilson // Leandro Hbl // The School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University: Liz Andersen Student volunteers from Newcastle University // David Guy and Raj Pannu // Nancy Guy // Barbara Willis-Clark Rumba NE: Francisco Volcan, Ximena Cordova and Yuvel Soria // Routes into Language: Ruth O’ Rourke // Duvan Alvaro Jativa and Carlos Sanchez // Nanette de Jong Octa Push // Will Vamanos // Henry Monntunno Tyneside Cinema: Jonny Tull, Mark Dobson and Holli McGuire Danza Contemporanea de Cuba: Miguel Iglesias Ferrer and Jorge ‘Brooks’ Gremps // Jazmin Velasco // Jacobo Angeles balletLORENT: Liv Lorent and Christine Grimwood // North East Brazilian Community: Vera Hynes and Gilmar Ribeiro Dextro: Ewan Mackenzie // Barbatuque // Monica Gracia Malu Valez // NC // David Blackmore // Jimmy Latin Connection // Dennis Champion // Sam Mills // Jose Escobar // Coco Vega // Paco Rivera // Violadores del Verso // Gonzalo Galan Fernandez // DJ Panko // Joe Price Pop-up Gallery: Will Marshall // Cultura Inglesa: Laerte Mello Marina Martins // NewcastleGateshead Initiative // Mouth of the Tyne Festival: Steve Bishop, Pete Warne and Frank Wilson Cait Read // Trish Abbott // Dance City: Mel Cook, Ian McKeown, James Froment // Instituto Cervantes: Kepa Cultman // Culture Lab: Atau Tanaka, Jamie Allen and Dave Green // The Tyne: Fred Plater and Martin // Theatre Royal: Philip Bernays, Teresa Threadgall, Richard Berg-Rurst and Helen Brown // Star and Shadow Cinema // PPD: Stephen Hall and Lee // Gateshead Council: Catherine Ross // The Salsa Club: Simon // The Biscuit Factory: Ramy and Marilyn Zack, Mel, Carolyn and Kate // Latino Events: Sara Lourenco Jill Bennison // EAT Festival: Simon Preston // Dhezy Nakeni Jane Cheesebrough and Bonita Barrera :) // Julio and Julian Barrera // Ton Chaw // Kate Barrera // Dora Barragan Silas Green // Isabel, Anita and Yolanda Barrera // the NOVAK crew // Jamila Rodriguez // Patricia Bossio and Transtango // Chinchivi // Dhezy Nakeni // Northern Rock Foundation: Penny Vowles // Glenn McCrory Jungle Drum: Milo Steelefox

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Transtango is a unique music, film and dance performance inspired by urban encounters.

An enticing blend of contemporary tango and jazz cooked up by internationally renowned North East based composer Tim Garland along with Marcelo Nisinman who is one of Argentina’s most exciting musical talents. Transtango also includes City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s lead Cello Eduardo Vassallo as well as Sola Akingbola, Jamiroquai’s percussionist, reconnecting tango with its deep African roots.

Tango is the inspiration, acting as a classic example of how diverse influences from Africa, Europe and South America were blended together in the maelstrom of late 19th century Buenos Aires to form a new hybrid musical form. Its raw music, full of energy and passion came in from the outer margins of society and went on to capture the imagination of the world.

Centred on a series of interviews with ‘city dreamers’, Transtango transplants this idea into today’s UK cities streets. Through music, dance, film and occasional snippets of the spoken word we explore the realities and fantasies of people who have settled in urban spaces from all corners of the world to try and achieve their dreams. For more info: www.transtango.com

Festival Launch Party, 6pm, tickets £8 advance Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR. Telephone: 0191 261 0505.

Email: info@dancecity.co.uk Website: www.dancecity.co.uk Central Station

Transtango is supported by

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UK PREMIERE

An electrifying dance and music performance of authentic Afro Peruvian rhythms.

ChinchivĂ­ is the name of a drink that African slaves in the valley of El Carmen, Peru, created by mixing flavours and ingredients of the African, Spanish and the indigenous traditions.

Grupo ChinchivĂ­ based in Paris, live up to the name by fusing melodies and instruments of Andean and European descent to turn into their own contemporary music. They bring the raw energy, dance and excitement of Afro Peruvian music, bound together by the ancient sounds that migrated and evolved via slavery worldwide.

They combine the unique sounds of the Peruvian cajon with other traditional percussive instruments like the guiro, the jawbone, Caribbean maracas, bongos and conga and finally the chilling sound of the Andean violin (which was appropriated by Afro Peruvian peasants).

The rythms of the Lando and Festejo merge with reggae and Latin jazz to produce a complex and contagious array of rhythms and sounds.

Supported by the School of Modern Languages Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council and the Anglo Peruvian Society.

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A free family friendly day of live music, dance, stalls, food and fun!

Instantly established as a highlight of the festival in 2006 and 2008 with huge crowds, the ¡VAMOS! outdoor picnic returns to bring a carnival atmosphere to Saltwell Park in Gateshead!

Featuring sumptious music all the way from Argentina via evocative Tango Gypsy trio Zingaros (www.zingaros.com.ar) with their North East debut, a 2nd festival outing for Afro-Peruvian’s Chinchiví as well as enegetic dance and a special carnival from North East collective Rumba NE and Nanette de Jong and her salsa band. Finally a special rare performance by ¡VAMOS! co-conspirator Patricia Oliart and Paco Bethencourt and his Flamencos del Norte group playing Bossa and Flamenco. Not forgetting a Latino food stall, face painting, children’s activities and games. All we will need now is hot weather :)

¡VAMOS! Picnic, 12pm, FREE ENTRY Saltwell Park, East Park Road, Gateshead, NE9 5AX. Telephone: 0191 433 5900 Email: saltwellpark@gateshead.gov.uk Website: www.gateshead.gov.uk Gateshead

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NE PREMIERE

Quite possibly the last Tyne party ever.

A worthy headlining act to what is an end of an era… Octa Push are made up of two Portuguese brothers Dizzycutter and Mushug who came together after being challenged to perform live together by a Lisbon promoter.

Making their vinyl debut in summer 2009 they have since featured on the recent critically lauded Fabric compilation Elevator Music Vol. 1, provided mixes for Fact magazine, appeared at Sonar and Glade Festival and count Radiohead’s Thom Yorke as one of their fans.

Octa Push perform an exclusive live set at ¡VAMOS! providing a bass heavy, ragga and UK Funky inspired sound seen through a Portuguese prism.

Ably providing back-up, DJ Vamanos delivered an epic set at ¡VAMOS! 2008 and has since gone from strength to strength DJing all over the world as part of the Radio Clit / Secousse crew. Vamanos mixes good time baille, kuduro, kwaito, zouk, dancehall and bmore to devastating effect allowing an accurate snapshot of what is current in the global electronic music scene.

Also don’t forget his blog ghettobassquake.blogspot.com which perfectly encapsulates his musical exploration and has won plaudits from Metro, The Guardian, Observer Music Monthly and The Village Voice.

NONAME, 6pm, FREE ENTRY The Tyne Bar, Maling Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1LP. Telephone: 0191 265 2550 Website: www.thetyne.com Byker

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Local support comes from old school heads Raj Pannu (Coldcut), Dave Guy and Nik Barrera (Novak/ 3D DISCO™) who will reprise their Traveller group moniker for old times sake and well, because it’s the last Tyne event! Rumours abound of an after party.

Havana Cultura Live Hall Two, 8pm To coincide with the latest release from globetrotting DJ Gilles Peterson, an evening of Cuba’s freshest musical talent - from Latin, afro jazz and fusion to hip hop, funk, and R&B. Powered by Roberto Fonseca’s acclaimed band, the night features Cuban star Danay (described by Gilles as “Cuba’s Jill Scott”), as well as Ogguere, one of the hottest hip hop acts in Cuba.

Roberto Fonseca has shared the stage with Cuban legends Rubén González, Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo. For the Havana Cultura Band, Fonseca is joined by an all-star group featuring old-school master reedsman Javier Zalba (Irakere), the most versatile bass player in Cuba, Omar Gonzalez, drummer Ramses Rodriguez (Chucho Valdes), Joel Hierrezuelo on congas, the producer/percussionist Vince Vella and DJ Gilles Peterson, the mastermind behind Havana Cultura Remixed.

This live concert is one very special show!

“One of the most dazzling pianists and accompanists in Cuba” The Guardian on Roberto Fonseca “Roberto Fonseca brings the piano dazzlingly to life.” The Telegraph Tickets: £20 (Standing) Latin Dance Party with Gilles Peterson Concourse, 10.30pm-1.30am Fresh from researching the most exciting acts in today’s Havana, Gilles Peterson offers an up-tempo DJ set with the hottest Latin sounds. Support from a local DJ will kick things off.

Tickets: £10 for bookers for Latin Dance Party only.

Free to ticket holders for the Havana Cultura Live Hall Two gig.

Saturday 3rd July Havana Cultura Live, 8pm, £20 adv, Hall Two Latin Dance Party with Gilles Peterson, 10.30pm, £10 adv, concourse The Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR. Telephone: 0191 443 4661.

Website: www.thesagegateshead.org Gateshead 8

History of Salsa Live, 1pm, ÂŁ3 advance A journey through the history of salsa from the 50s up to the current day, from Africa to New York featuring live music, dance performances by Rumba NE and Salsa Dura By Dj Monntunno from Colombia.

As well as the music and dance entertainment there will also be traditional Latin American food available from1pm, with a selection of dishes that have been specially chosen for families and lovers of international cuisine.

Latin America is a very diverse area of land that has wildly different cuisines from nation to nation, Some items typical of Latin American cuisine include maize - based dishes (tortillas, tamales, popusas), salsas and other condiments. These spices are generally what give the Latin American cuisines a distinct flavor.

This is a family friendly event and also a great opportunnity for salsa lovers to be part of a friendly Latino afternoon of dance, live music, food, entertainment and Salsa Dura!

Dj Monntunno and Rumba NE are a group of Latinos and European musicians based in the North East who present live music, food, family entertainment and dance performances.

History of Salsa Live, 1pm, ÂŁ3 advance Hyem Bar, Chillingham Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5XN. Telephone: 0191 275 9150.

Website: www.hyembar.com Chillingham Road 9

Latin Fever, Hall One, 3pm Performed and choreographed by Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova from the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, Latin Fever returns for a second UK tour.

They will be joined by four leading Latin American dancing duos for a breathtaking voyage. The glamorous journey begins with an explosion of Brazilian rhythms at the Carnival in Rio, before the audience is transported to the clubs of Buenos Aires to be seduced by the passion of the tango. Cuba beckons with the cha-cha-cha and rumba, and then it’s time to boogie to the American dance halls of the 1920s for the swing and jitterbug. The voyage continues in Spain where the passion and drama of the bullring is brought to life in the glorious paso doblè. A sensational live Latin band performs much-loved songs including the sultry ‘Fever’, the sizzling ‘Bésame Mucho’, and the hip-wiggling ‘Livin’ la Vida Loca’. “This is Latin reconceived for the stage, not just happening on it.” The Independent Tickets: A/B/C/D: £39.50 E: £14 El Tren Fantasma, Tyneside Cinema, 4pm As Mexico emerged from the violence of the Revolution in the 1920s, Mexican film production remained sporadic and in disarray. During this period, Gabriel García Moreno was among a handful filmmakers struggling against the odds to establish regional film industries. El Tren Fantasma is the second of three silent features that he produced independently in Orizaba.

As do his other films, this crime thriller displays the influence of popular Hollywood action genres, and the director’s masterful knowledge of silent film technique. It features leading man Carlos Villatoro as Adolfo Mariel, an engineer dedicated to foiling a gang of notorious train thieves.

Screening includes live musical accompaniment.

Supported by

Latin Fever Live, 3pm, Hall One Sunday 4th July Tickets: A/B/C/D: £39.50 E: £14 The Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2JR. Telephone 0191 443 4661 Website www.thesagegateshead.org Gateshead

El Tren Fantasma, 4pm, tickets £9/10 Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG. Telephone: 0845 217 9909.

Website: www.tynesidecinema.co.uk Monument 10

photograph: Helen Brown

¡VAMOS! EXCLUSIVE

NORTHERN STAGE: 6.00PM £8.00 An inspiring | afternoon withADVANCE. some of the best dancers from Danza

Dance Event, 10am, £10 and free Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BP. Telephone 0191 261 0505.

Website www.dancecity.co.uk St. James / Central Station

Exhibition opening, 6pm, FREE ENTRY The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AN. Telephone: 0191 261 1103.

Email: art@thebiscuitfactory.com Website: www.thebiscuitfactory.com Manors

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Contemporánea de Cuba. As part of the build-up to Theatre Royal Newcastle’s Seconds Out performance at Dance City on 16 July.

The event will include a professional master class, open rehearsal and Q+A session. Places are limited so we advise booking early!

Professional Master class 10.00 – 11.30am Cost: £10 Open Rehearsal 12.30pm – 2.30pm free Q&A session 2.45pm – 3.30pm free Book via Theatre Royal Box Office 08448 112121

A very special show ‘Amor y Luz’ curated by The Biscuit Factory of Latin and Lusophone talent and art forms from North East and international artists.

Featuring work by Jazmin Velasco (whose work is used as the main ¡VAMOS! 2010 image - gracias!), Vera Hynes, Patricia Gurgel Segrillo, Jackie Brazil and special guest artist Jacobo Angeles with his colourful wood carvings who will travel from Mexico for a special artist’s talk.

Additionally Paco Bethencourts’s new Island Quartet will debut their blissed-out tropicalia and Balearic compositions. The musicians include: Singer: Mary Adine Bethencourt (Mallorca) Guitar: Paco Bethencourt Llobet (Gran Canaria) Bass: Jeremy Bradfield (UK) Percusionist: LLuís Lleó Oller Gallegos (Spain)

An inspiring night at Newcastle University’s Culture Lab focused on dance.

This night features an exclusive and intimate brand new performance by members of the Contemporánea De Cuba (Cuba). Deftly referencing their Afro Cuban roots, Cuban stylings and distinct European and New York influences, DCC are one of the most exciting dance companies in the world right now. There are limited numbers for this event so we recommend early booking.

After the short performance their will be Q+A session with members of the company and artistic director Miguel Iglesias Ferrer chaired

by Liv Lorent (Artistic Director of balletLORENT).

Following the live dance performance there will be a special film screening of Only When I Dance (Beadie Finzi, 78 mins, 2009.

Portuguese with English subtitles), itself an inspiring true tale of prodigious talent and the fine line between success and failure.

Eighteen-year-old Irlan grew up in Rio de Janeiro’s most violent favela, the Complexo do Alemão. He discovered dance at 12 when his cousin invited him to join a dance class and his talent was quickly noticed; he won a scholarship to the Centro De Danca Rio and has never looked back.

“An unforgettable experience” The Guardian

Dance Event, 7pm, £7 advance Culture Lab, Newcastle University, Grand Assembly Rooms, King’s Walk, NE1 7RU. Telephone: 0191 2464646.

Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab Haymarket

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NORTHERN STAGE: 6.00PM | £8.00 ADVANCE. (Dir. Ximena Cordova, UK, 2005)

EAT 2009 photograph: Jim Appleby

Raising Daniela film screening, 12.30pm, FREE ENTRY Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Telephone: 0191 222 6000.

Website: www.ncl.ac.uk Haymarket

Millions of Colombians are displaced due to economics and the difficult circumstances at home as a result of war, drug-trafficking and international politics. Daniela, her Mother and Grandmother came to Britain as asylum seekers and we meet them at the point when they receive their passports stamped with their permits to stay. This documentary by shows them making London their home, and as members of a close-knit Colombian community, focusing on a generation of Latin children being raised in Britain.

Pioneered by EAT! in 2009 - Los Paladares returns to EAT! Festival in June then ¡VAMOS! Festival in July. Based on the informal restaurants in Cuba, diners book tickets as guests of Latin homes! This year it includes Cuban cookery as well as home cooked meals from other Latin cultures. You’ll be told the location the day before adding to the element of surprise!

Los Paladares, Tickets £20 See Website for details of each Paladar as they are announced. www.vamosfestival.com

Vamos a lo Internacional - Musica Mundo 10.30pm start. £3 students / £5 others.

Madame Koo, 36 Collingwood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1JF. Telephone 0191 261 8271.

Website: www.madamekoo.co.uk Central Station

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Musica Mundo is the biggest NE weekly Latino/Urban clubnight and for ¡VAMOS! presents guest DJ Cal Jader. Part of London’s Movimientos collective, Cal plays Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton and Cumbia, Ska, Reggae, Hip Hop and Dancehall. He DJs at UK festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival and The Big Chill and around the world from Istanbul to Llubjana (Slovenia), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Mexico City!

NE PREMIERE

Dir. and Prod: Wesley Pentz (Diplo) and Leandro Hbl, 15 (guidance) 2008. 84 mins, Brazil, Portuguese with English subtitles.

For 20 years, a subculture emerged in Brazil under society’s radar.

‘Baile Funk’ or ‘Funk Carioca’ is an energetic, underground music from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. It’s fast, heavy and violent like the city itself and has its own language, style and heroes. Honest lyrics in Brazilian slang talk about aspects of life in Rio’s favelas; sex, love, poverty, violence, pride and aspirations, giving this once marginalized community a voice.

Produced by Diplo, this documentary features interviews with some of the ‘Baile Funk’ movement’s leading DJs and MCs; DJ Marlboro (who Djed at ¡VAMOS! 2006) and Sany Pitbull give an insight into the subculture itself.

Baile Funk has since exploded out of the favelas and onto the world’s music scene.

A special exhibition hosted by the North East Brazilian Community. showing paintings, photography, ceramics, films and installations that tackle environmental issues and ways of using recycled materials in fine art. Artists will give workshops on how to use these materials in art and crafts. The costumes made will be used at the Stockton International Riverside Festival. On the night there will also be music by Dance for the King Band, Capoeira by Filhos de Bimba and Brazilian food and drinks.

Favela on Blast, doors 7.00pm, film 7.30pm, £4/3 +£1 one-off memebership.

Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 2NP. Telephone: 0191 261 0066.

Website: www.starandshadow.org.uk Manors

Recycled from Brazil, 6.30pm, FREE ENTRY Sassari, 193/195 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 4AG. Telephone 01642 218600 (Exhibition from 5th July - 29th August)

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in association with

Something of an experiment, this event will present live music and dance performances between the Cultura Inglesa venue in São Paulo, Brazil and Culture Lab, Newcastle, UK via internet streaming. Be part of a unique shared happening between two distant locations. Below is a summary of the artists showcased. photograph: Andy Taylor

NORTHERN STAGE: 6.00PM | £8.00 ADVANCE.

This solo is extracted from balletLORENT’s successful 2008/09 nationwide tour of Designer Body. A dancer gracefully balances on a revolving plinth, losing fragments of artifice as she turns. After 20 minutes, over 300 spins and a relinquishing of design and disguise, she is revealed in her natural state; unadorned and vulnerable.

Dextro is the alias for Ewan Mackenzie, who under this guise creates dense and symphonic electronic/acoustic compositions that manage to feel both epic and tender. For this event Ewan will perform a live reinterpretation of his recently released ‘Ring Circle’ 12” which features remixes from Alias (Anticon) and The Village Orchestra amongst others.

Barbatuque are a group who blend acapella, rythmical and physical performance creating a unique sound that has undeniable Brazilian roots.

There will be an additional performance from Brazil, artists TBC. DJs will play at both locations with live mixing between the two.

Live Webcast Event, 10pm, £5 advance Culture Lab, Newcastle University, King’s Walk, NE1 7RU. Telephone: 0191 2464646. Website www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab

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NORTHERN STAGE: 6.00PM | £8.00 ADVANCE. A scriptwriting project as part of the Theatre Royal Newcastle’s Seconds Out initiative, young people have worked with a Cuban poet to develop scripts about difficult issues facing them. The top three have been selected to be performed as radio plays and broadcast as part of ¡VAMOS! Following this the best of the three will be transformed into a stage play for Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011.

Approaching the closing weekend of the festival, come along and enjoy Hot Foot - a lively dance workshop. Presented by Monica Gracia a professional dancer from Colombia you’ll learn amazing movements, see a special performance by her and enjoy Salsa - Colombian style!

(Salsa Amor will follow on from 7pm till midnight).

A family friendly Salsa Charity evening hosted by one of the first Salsa based promoters in the North East. Malu Velez was instrumental in establishing the salsa nights at both the Jazz Cafe and the Black Swan weekly events. For ¡VAMOS! she hosts one of her special food and music parties at The Cornerhouse. Expect sumptious home made Colombian cuisine as well as a relaxed dance class afterwards, DJs and dancing to end. There is limited capacity for this one so book early! All of the evening’s profits will go towards helping people in Colombia, specifically Linna Maria Alvarado (a sufferer of cerebral palsy), and displaced people living on the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia’s captial.

Monica Gracia, 6.00pm, FREE ENTRY The Black Swan Bar and Venue, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Telephone 0191 222 9882.

Website www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk Central Station

Salsita, 7.30pm - 12.00am, £7.00 Tickets from The Corner House 0191 265 9602 or 07817803188 / 07760260330 (ticket price includes 2 courses of food) The Corner House, Heaton, Heaton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE6 5RP. Telephone: 0191 265 9602 Chillingham Road

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Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling by masked wrestlers) is a cultural institution in working class Mexico. For one night only, Byker too will be home to some live Mexican Wrestling (although admittedly these guys are Bulgarian being as it’s very hard to find Mexican wrestlers in the UK!). As well as the live theatrical fisticuffs there is live music from Surf Rock heroes Senor Beatnik and The Coyotemen and finally not forgetting two Mexican Wrestling films Santo vs the Martians and Los Campeones.

Santo vs the Martians Mexico, 1966, 85 mins.

Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna. Spanish with English subtitles Earthlings refusing to stop nuclear testing, so Martians threaten to disintegrate everyone on Earth. To teach humanity a lesson, they have decided to first destroy a pacifist nation: Mexico.

Three-eyed aliens kidnap several earthlings while they figure out how to eliminate the only man who can stop them: Santo, the Man with the Silver Mask. In an effort to stop the invaders, our hero manages to snatch a Martian belt - a teleporting device that will allow him to sneak aboard the alien ship where his final confrontation with the invaders takes place.

Mexican Wrestling Night, 7.30pm, £7.50 Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NP. Telephone 0191 261 0066.

Email info@starandshadow.org.uk Website www.starandshadow.org.uk Manors

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Los Campeones de La Lucha Libre Mexico, 2008, 76 mins. Director: Eddie Mort A mysterious stranger leaves his Mexican village to seek help from an impending attack by an equally mysterious horde. He finds a gifted young Mexican wrestler - or luchador Dragon Rojo JR, who sees a chance to live up to the legacy of his famous father.

Inspired by the golden age of Lucha Libre, he gathers a team of his own but as they work together, a surprise lies in store - the village they have been asked to defend is not exactly what it seems…

In 2006 Nigel Craig Dempster Ritchie otherwise known by most as NC, luckily bought a standby return ticket to Havana for £89. What followed was five weeks of revelation for him as he instantly fell in love with the island, it’s people and their infectious outlook to life. Staying with a Cuban family for much of his time, NC photographed everything he saw and the people he met and in the process captured some of the hedonism that passed his way. The images are raw with some combining accidental double exposures adding to abstracted, distant feel.

Exhibition dates: 11th July-1st August.

Taking place at the recently refurbished amazing cultural venue Gateshead Old Town Hall - a perfect venue for Salsa dancers!

Ola Verano! is a fantastic Salsa night presenting by Latino Events featuring all the best DJs, promoters and dance performers based in the North East all on one bill!

Featuring DJ David B (Salsa Amor), Dennis Champion and Sam Mills with ‘In the Mood for Salsa’, Dj Monntunno, Jimmy S.A. and The Latin Connection Dancers plus DJ Jose el Cheo de la Salsa and Gang, DJ Alx Alfaro (Musica Mundo) and finally DJ Coco Vega (Salsa Viva) with live percussion by Paco Rivera and Latin Gang!

For more info contact Sara Lourenco at Latino Events email: sarababe@tiscali.co.uk or phone: 07881 933021

Cuban Photography Exhibition, 3.00pm, FREE ENTRY The Salsa Club 89 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4AE. Telephone 0191 221 1022.

Central Station

Ola Verano!, 7.00pm, tickets £5/7 Gateshead Old Town Hall, West Street, Gateshead NE8 1HE. Telephone: 0191 433 6916.

Email: events@gateshead.gov.uk Gateshead

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For the last day of the festival we again link with the world class Mouth of the Tyne Festival sited at the amazing surroundings of Tynemouth Priory. Featuring an exclusive performance by one of Spain’s biggest Hip Hop acts Violadores del Verso, who are also known as Doble V. There will also be a performance from a Routes into Language education project. Please check the ¡VAMOS! websites for updates on times.

Mouth of the Tyne Festival, 12pm, FREE ENTRY Tynemouth Priory, Percy Street, North Shields, NE30 4HA. Website: www.mouthofthetynefestival.com Tynemouth

Festival Closing Party, 7pm, FREE ENTRY Crusoes Bar, Longsands Beach, Tynemouth.

Telephone: 0191 296 4152.

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After the daytime fun at Tynemouth Priory head over to Crusoes for the official closing party! In 2008 this was one of the festival highlights!

This time we are very proud to close ¡VAMOS! 2010 with an exclusive set from DJ Panko of Ojos de Brujo fame.

From Barcelona and with a deep love of flamenco, Panko has explored and contributed to countless musical projects influenced by punk, rumba, funk, North African rhythms and psychedelia over many years. Eventually he became part of what grew into Ojos de Brujo and since then has blossomed further as the band’s DJ, remixer as well as bassist (on occasion). Well known and loved for his sprawling, vibrant and fun DJ sets he is the perfect guest for our closing night!

Alongside Panko we’ve also got live music from Paco Bethencourt, and further DJ sets from Doble V and Alx Alfaro. There will also be a special tapas menu, cocktails and sangria to buy so come down to a wonderful location and a great way to end the ¡VAMOS! vibes...

2ND-16TH AN INFORMAL POP-UP CULTURAL SPACE IN NCL FOR ¡VAMOS! 2010

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‘MODERNITY IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES’. Photography by Martín Chambi and the Cabrera Brothers The Cultura del Espacio space opens with an exhibition curated by the Peruvian photographer, Sergio A. Fernandez presenting the work of world famous and ground breaking artist Martin Chambi and his apprentices.

Cultura del Espacio will be a temporary city centre shop space with Latino snacks available and where talks, musical performances, artworks, discussions and happenings take place in Newcastle city centre. All are welcome to contribute!

Monday 5th July, 6pm, Luanda Factory of Music Directors: Kiluanje Liberdade and Inês Gonçalves 56 mins FREE ENTRY

Tuesday 6th July, 6pm, Other Neighbourhoods, Directors: Kilunaje Liberdade, Inês Gonçalves and Vasco Pimentel.

50 mins FREE ENTRY

Thursday 7th July, 6pm, Hope the Pitanga Cherries Grow Director: Kiluanje Liberdade and Ondjaki 62 mins FREE ENTRY

¡VAMOS! is very pleased to be working with Fatima Taborda from Instituto Camões who has programmed a selection of films and photography from acclaimed film makers/artists Kiluanje Liberdade and Inês Gonçalves dealing with the inherent tension between Angolan and Portuguese diaspora. The films and photographic exhibition present portraits of ordinary people, able to self express and in Luanda Factory of Music, progress through their music Kuduro. In Other Neigbourhoods they are trapped between where they are from and currently are but not where they belong. Finally in Hope Pitangas Cherries Grow characters talk about their lives and how imagination is shown as a crucial survival tactic. Go to www.vamosfestival.com for more details on the films and exhibition.

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Flor Silvestre

As part of the build up to the ¡VAMOS! Festival and to mark the centenary of the Mexican Revolution, the Tyneside Cinema will be screening three films that deal with the revolution in very different ways.

With special thanks: The season is supported by the Embassy of Mexico in the UK, the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE) and Filmoteca UNAM. Sunday 20th June, 3pm Flor Silvestre (PG) Director: Emilio Fernández Mexico 1943. 94 mins.

The Revolution and it’s turbulent legacy provide the setting for a tragic love story between the daughter of a peasant family and the son of a wealthy landowner. It is directed by the most celebrated filmmaker of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema with the great stylist of back and white imagery, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa.

Reed: Insurgent Mexico

Juan, I forgot I don’t Remember

Sunday 27th June, 6pm Reed: Insurgent Mexico / Reed: México insurgente (15) Director: Paul Leduc Mexico 1973. 105 mins.

A groundbreaking fictionalised biography of American radical, US Communist Party founder and journalist John Reed, who ended up joining the revolutionary troops after being dispatched to report on Pancho Villa. Filmed in evocative sepia tone, this innovative docu-fiction recreates in dramatic detail Reed’s transformation from journalist and spectator to participant and revolutionary.

Wednesday 30th June, 3pm Juan, I Forgot I Don’t Remember / Del Olvido al no me Acuerdo (12A) Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo Mexico. 1999. 75 mins.

Acclaimed testimonial filmmaker Juan Carlos Rulfo attempts to investigate his father, a legendary novelist whose traumatic past surfaced in fictions marked by the violence of the Revolution and it’s memories.

Tickets: £7.50/£6.50. To book telephone 0845 217 9909 or go online at www.tynesidecinema.co.uk

SummerTyne Americana Festival 22nd – 25th July Enjoy country, dark American indie through soul and gospel, blues and rock, and the classic American musicals, performed by some major names and joined by emerging artists spotted at this years ‘South by South West’ festival in Austin, Texas. Plus amazing American music posters, screenings and specially commissioned film/video shorts. This Festival brings Americana music and visual arts to The Sage Gateshead, outside on Performance Square, on boats on the Tyne and in other venues and locations around NewcastleGateshead Quays.

Visit www.thesagegateshead.org for full details.

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Sainsbury’s UK School Games North East England 2010 2nd – 5th September The UK School Games is a multi-sport event for the nation’s elite young athletes of school age, designed to replicate the feel of major sporting events like the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, with opening and closing ceremonies, an athletes’ village and a special cultural programme for residents and visitors, welcoming thousands of young people, and their families, to NewcastleGateshead and Sunderland. Visit www.ukschoolgames.com for full details.

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