School Blog
Page: 65 of 105 | Entry: 641 to 650 | << next | previous >>
Have a nice long weekend!
Adult students in our Spanish courses in Granada!
03.05.2015: El Día de la Cruz (The Day of the Cross)
El Día de la Cruz (The Day of the Cross) is celebrated in Granada on 3 May and is one of the most popular holidays in Andalusia.
Every year, thousands of visitors come from all over Spain to experience this holiday. According to legend, an alabaster cross was erected in 1625 in the district of San Lazaro, and all of the locals celebrated its commemoration by singing and dancing around it. 
The tradition continued in the most well-known districts of Granada, the Albaicin and Realejo; children began to build small altars with a cross and decorate them with pottery and copper objects.
Some of these traditions live on to this day. One of the traditions that still remains is the placing somewhere in the decorations of the Cross of an apple with a pair of scissors inserted into it; this is done so as to try to avoid any criticism that might be made of the decoration of the Cross.
On this feast day, it is common to find all over Granada crosses that are decorated with carnations. Neighbourhood associations, guilds, schools, even town halls create their own cross. The atmosphere is unmatched. The Granadines, adults and children alike, dressed in flamenco costumes, walk around the city visiting various crosses and, in this way, celebrate this important feast of Granada.
The Alpujarra Mountains in springtime!
Spanish lessons and cultural activities at our school during the course week from 27.04. to 03.05.2015
Monday, 27.04.2015
13.30-14.30 h
Welcome session for all students with information about Granada and Andalusia!
17.30-20.30 h
Photo walk through Granada city center with the photographer Peter Manschot; we continue the walk from last week.
Meeting point: school!
Price: 15 €
Tuesday, 28.04.2015
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Price: 25 €
Thursday, 30.04.2015
15.00-16.30 h
Film session at the school:
"14 kilómetros" (Gerardo Olivares / Spain 2007)
Friday, 01.05.2015
08.45-20.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Price: 44 €
15.25-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Price: 30 €
22.00-23.00 h
Flamenco at the Taller de Arte Vimaambi
They present the performance "Raiz y Duende"
Price: 15 €
Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 01, 02, 03.05.2015
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 195 €
Let's go to the cinema!
Spanish lessons and cultural activities during the course week 20.04. to 24.04.2015
Monday, 20.04.2015
18.00 h
Guided visit through Granada city center with our guide Vanessa.
Meeting point: school!
Price: 15 €
Tuesday, 21.04.2015
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Price: 25 €
Thursday, 23.04.2015
Today we go to the cinema!
20.30 h
"Perdiendo el Norte" (Nacho G. Velilla / Spain 2015)
Cinema Serrallo Plaza
Friday, 24.04.2015
15.00-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Price: 30 €
21.00-22.00 h
Flamenco at the Casa del Arte Flamenco
Price: 16 €
Spanish courses for adult students!
Adult students from all age groups participate in our Spanish language programmes all year round!
The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada
The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada will take place from 19.06 to 10.07.2015.
During the Festival we will be able to enjoy several of the great works of music history: all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas played by nine Spanish pianists; the depths and lyricism of the sonatas for violin and piano performed by the violinist Anna-Sophie Mutter; Mahler’s Symphony no. 1 conducted by Eliahu Inbal with the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE; Sibelius’ Symphony no. 2 with the Paris Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste; Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody at the hands of Joaquin Achúcarro, and Bruch’s violin concert performed by the French violinist Renaud Capuçon. And to cap the cycle of symphony concerts, the Paris Orchestra will play three beautiful pieces which symbolise the French 20th century repertoire conducted by Josep Pons.
Also featuring on the Festival’s programme is music from the Renaissance. There is baroque music, the classical guitar of the master Pepe Romero and the flamenco guitar played by Vicente Amigo and the young Juan Habichuela “Nieto”, the minimalist music of Wim Mertens and music sung in pursuit of a better world by Noa with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. The flamenco voice of Estrella Morente returns to the Palace of Charles V in all its profundity.
The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada also has commissioned La Fura dels Baus to produce an up-to-date version of El Amor Brujo.
Music and verse appear in the hands of two outstanding actors: John Malkovich will premiere his theatrical version of Beethoven’s Egmont with the Orchester Wiener Akademie and, on the fifth anniversary of the birth Saint Teresa of Jesus, the Spanish actress Blanca Portillo will star in a poetry night in the Court of the Myrtles reciting poems by the saint to the accompaniment of music of the period.
But the Festival is not only music. It is dance too, and choreography. We will enjoy the great works of classical dance with the Vienna Opera Ballet. Liam Scarlett will present a new version of Carmen with a choreography danced by the Norwegian National Ballet. Víctor Ullate will bring us his “dance of life”, Samsara, looking eastwards, while Antonio Najarro and the Spanish National Ballet return to the Generalife Theatre with Spanish and flamenco dance.
We will also experience the avant-garde production by Sasha Waltz & Guests who has choreographed The German Requiem by Brahms, one of the most representative works in the history of European music. Performed by the Berlin Radio Choir, it offers a special vision of this work, known as the Human Requiem, in which the audience is immersed in and surrounded by the music of Brahms.
For further information visit: www.granadafestival.org or download the Programme as an PDF
Tonbridge School from Kent at Escuela Montalbán
A group of students from the Tonbridge School in Kent, Great Bretain is currently participating in a Spanish course at our school in Granada!
Join our trip to Northern Morocco!
Spanish lessons and cultural activities during the course week 13.04. to 19.04.2015.
Monday, 13.04.2015
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about the school, Granada and Andalusia
Tuesday, 14.04.2015
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Price: 25 €
Wednesday, 15.04.2015
15.30-17.00 h
Film session at the school
"Un cuento chino" by S. Borensztein (Argentina/España, 2011): Aula 5
19.30-21.00
Cooking workshop: We prepare a Paella and have dinner together
We meet at Javier Vlichez Cookin school: C/ San Marcos, nº 1
Price: 15 €
Thursday, 16.04.2015
17.00-19.30 h
Guided visit to the Rodriguez Acosta Foundation
We meet out teacher Marisa at 17.00 h at the Fuente de las Batallas
Price: 10 €
Friday, 17.04.2015
15.25-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Price: 30 €
21.00-22.00 h
Flamenco at the Casa del Arte Flamenco
Price: 16 €
Saturday, 18.04.2015
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Costa Tropical
Fee: 46 €
Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 17, 18, 19.04.2015
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 195 €
Harvard Westlake School from L.A. at Escuela Montalbán
23 students from L.A. have participated in our Spanish language programme. We hope that you enjoyed your stay! See you again next year in Granada!
Spanish for school groups in Granada!
Escuela Montalbán offers Spanish course programmes for school groups all year round!
Page: 65 of 105 | Entry: 641 to 650 | << next | previous >>
Categories
