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24/08/2006Goya, mime festivals and colour-therapy: Travel ideas for September

From Goya and the bulls to relaxing in a colour-therapy hotel, we bring you some ideas for getting away from it all.

Goya and the bulls: Ronda celebrates its artistic past at la Corrida

Remembering Goya in Ronda

Along with his grotesque paintings of war and witches, as well as sometimes less than flattering portraits of Spanish royals and dignitaries, artist Francisco de Goya was famed for his dramatic bullfight engravings.

The Andalucian mountain town of Ronda commemorates the 18th century artist at the annual 'Corrida Goyesca' which this year is to be held on 9 September in La Real Maestranza, the world's oldest bullring dating from 1785.

Matadors and their attendants dress in costumes of Goya's era, as do many of the spectators.

The event began in 1954 to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Ronda native and celebrated bullfighter Pedro Romero who was a close friend of Goya and a member of a famous dynasty of matadors.

The ring also boasts a museum dedicated to the history of bullfighting with works by Goya and British artists Lake Price, Victor Adam and Edward Orme.

The exhibitions highlight another Ronda bullfighting dynasty, the Ordonez, of which one member, Antonio, was a great pal of Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles.

Ronda is an easy drive from the Costa del Sol.

See: www.ronda.net

Dance and mime festivals

The International Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, or MASDANZA, one of Spain’s most prestigious dance events, marks its tenth anniversary this year from 30 September-7 October in Gran Canaria.




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