The festival, which is within the San Ginés festival program, began with the performance of the group 'Sintana' from Colombia, who presented a dance ritual as an essential transformation of the world and our social relationships. Highlighting aspects of everyday life through body language composed of 30 professional artists who delighted the audience. They presented a repertoire of great scenic demand, designed to show the richness of Colombian culture, the diversity of its regions, and the strength of its passion, highlighting the essence of Colombia's rhythmic and musical traditions. Ceremony, dance, regional powers, national bets, and the search for insertion in a world populated by ancestral images.
'Sintana' began with the staging of 'La mujer de Toño' (Toño's Woman), a love story that explores four Cundiboyacense rhythms: Torbellino, Rumba criolla, Carranga, and Merengue campesino. The staging began with the flirting of a couple, "Toño and Guillermina," who accept the marriage proposal amidst celebrations. However, as the relationship progresses, love transforms into conflicts, jealousy, and opposing differences. Finally, they arrive at a comical and dramatic confrontation about power in their relationship, thus reflecting the stages of love and the difficulties of living as a couple through dance.
Next, only the dance corps of the Agrupación Folclórica los Campesinos took the stage. A cultural reference in Lanzarote and the Canary Islands, its members also wanted to participate in this experience at this festival. A way to unite Colombia and Lanzarote through dance, demonstrating that culture has no borders and this festival aims to be a reference for unity between peoples.
Los Campesinos, who are celebrating their 60th anniversary, put all their expertise on stage, wearing their traditional clothing, carrying farming tools, including the one that most identifies them, 'La Zaranda'. The group began their performance with the chords of some seguidillas followed by the sorondongo, folías, zaranda, and ended with the Isa del Uno. Before leaving the stage, David García, a member of Los Campesinos, provided a historical fact that occurred on August 18, 1974. García explained that a young man, Luis Cabrera, attracted by traditional songs and dances, decided to join the Campesina family playing the tambourine, and after a few months, he realized that he wanted to dance and achieved his goal, further highlighting his art when he dances the malagueña. In this way, Luis Cabrera was surprised by his colleagues on such a special day, marking 50 years of his incorporation. Cabrera emotionally received the affectionate applause of the audience.
Later, 'Sintana' took the stage again to offer the show called 'Mosaico Caribe' (Caribbean Mosaic), an impressive work of Colombian folk dance in which they captured the essence of the Caribbean coast, a fusion of rhythms such as cumbia, chalupa, and mapalé, creating a sensory experience full of warmth and joy. Each movement of the dancers told the story, paying homage to the traditions of the region. With very colorful clothing, they offered a visual feast. More than just a dance, 'Mosaico Caribe' celebrates cultural identity and the unifying power of music and dance, transmitting to the audience the feeling of the Caribbean heartbeat in each choreographic step of the members.
Before the end of the show, there was a moment for the exchange of gifts between the two participating groups, Sintana from Colombia and Los Campesinos from Lanzarote, also including the Councilor for Culture, Abigail González. With the popular song 'Somos Costeros' (We Are Coastal), where the dancers from both groups joined, thus putting the finishing touch to this '1st Performing Arts Festival - The World in Lanzarote'.
