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Festive flamenco TABLAO Flamenco Marbella enters into the Christmas spirit this year with all of the festive tradition, art, and soul of Andalucia. In the best climate in Spain, Tablao Flamenco Marbella continues taking its spirit to its terrace to celebrate the holidays both at lunchtime and dinnertime in the Plaza Santo Christo in the heart of Marbella. Throughout the season, their daily Flamenco performances will be loaded with tones of the Christmas atmosphere, with Spanish Christmas carols and Zambombas, a traditional Christmas group of singers typical at Christmas time in Andalucia. For an unforgettable Christmas Eve with your family or friends, the night of December 24 will be a unique gala experience celebrating in style surrounded by art, Fla-
menco and pure emotion with a luscious Andalucian menu beginning at 9pm. After dinner begins the Flamenco show loaded with all the joy of Tablao Flamenco Marbella at Christmas. Then, see 2024 out as Tablao Flamenco Marbella ushers in the New Year with another menu of all the finest cuisine of Andalucia and an appropriately seasonal Flamenco show to take diners up to the gongs of the bells of the New Year and the traditional eating of the 12 grapes, bringing good fortune for 2025. Both nights will be accompanied by the best quality wine, sangria, cava, and sweets, and will make for the happiest of 2024.
Bookings can be made on the Tablao Flamenco Marbella website or by calling (+34) 681 069 705.
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Nutcracker Christmas ballet
Adam Woodward THE Russian Ballet School will return to the Felipe VI Auditorium on Sunday, December 8, at 6pm, with ‘The Nutcracker’, one of the most universal works of classical ballet, and a ballet tradition at Christmas that represents union, neighbourly love, and sharing with the family. A Christmas story that awakens our imagination and takes us to the realm of fantasy. The ballet libretto is an adaptation of Hoffman’s story. The showiness of its scenography and costumes, its imaginative characters, and the universal music of Tchaikovsky have turned ‘The Nutcracker’ into a timeless classic familiar with everyone. A magical show full of Christmas joy
that aims to reach all audiences, from the youngest, who may turn out to be future dancers themselves. Tickets are on sale at: eternidadeventos. com from €35, and at the Auditorium box office from two hours before the performance. There will be a collection for the benefit of the Foundation in Favour of People with Functional Diversity of Estepona, Aprona. ‘The School of Russian Ballet’ is a school with a professional scope for learning the technique of classical ballet. It is located in Casa Rusia, in San Pedro Alcántara, a space for art, culture, and other services of the Russian community on the Costa del Sol.