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The Grec Festival is probably the most popular and transcendent cultural festival of Barcelona. Specialized in music, dance and theatre, the Grec Festival has been taking place every year since 1976. This edition focuses on the renovation and expansion of the program with the presentation of up to 66 shows.

On June 20th the 33rd edition of the Summer Grec Festival 09 starts and will extend until August 2nd. This festival brings together the best acts on the national and the international scene. The Grec takes its name from the early editions, when it was held at the Grec Theatre (Greek Theatre) in Montjuic. Nowadays, besides in the Grec Theatre, the festival develops in diverse stages, as the Teatre Lliure the Mercat de les Flors, the Teatre Ovidi Monitor or the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB), among others. It also holds outdoor activities in the Plaza del Rey or in the Grec Gardens.

This year Italy is the guest country and it will become the festival’s backbone with the ‘The Divine Comedy’ trilogy by Romeo Castellucci. In addition, theatre and dance will become important again, opposed to music, as in its beginnings.

In the opening a circus show will delight the public with the representation El jardín de las estrellas (The Garden of Stars). Besides the presence of Italy, with 19 productions, this year the festival will focus on the co-productions like Edipo, una trilogía (Oedipus, a trilogy) or Don Carlos (Mr. Carlos). The star show will be La guerra de los hijos de la luz contra los hijos de las tinieblas (The War of the sons of light against the sons of darkness), a co production with the d’Avignon Festival and the Athens Festival, by Amos Gitai.

Meanwhile, regarding dance, there will be such spectacles as Entity, of the Random Dance Company under the direction of the famous English choreographer Wayne McGregor; H3, by the Grupo da Rua Company, La naturaleza delle cose (The think nature) or Eonnagata, by the dancer Sylvie Guillem, the theatre director Robert Lepage and the choreographer Russell Maliphant…

Despite the reduced supply of music this year, it will continue to be an elementary part of the program, as it has become customary at the festival. These are some of the most outstanding concerts: the singer Vinicio Capossela, the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca, the Algerian singer Khaled with its rai music, the Argentinean composer and singer Sofía Rei Koutsovitis or the hip-hop singer la Mala Rodríguez & Refree, among others.

This year the Grec Festival has adjusted to the crisis and reduced the ticket prices. This way, the unemployed and people over 65 years old will enjoy a 25% discount, while the owners of a library card will enjoy a 20% discount. People under 25 years old will pay a fixed price of 10€ and families and children under 16 years old a fixed price of 8€. Furthermore, the activities of La Caldera, Barcelona Libraries and the ones coinciding with La Nit de Montjuïc are totally free.

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