Crispín d'Olot

The Sorian town of San Esteban de Gormaz has been the first town selected to start the activities that will take place in the eight Spanish provinces that make up the federation of the Camino del Cid, a literary and historical itinerary that follows in the footsteps of the hero Medieval Castilian. Crispín d'Olot acted as master of ceremonies in an act attended by the people of San Esteban, the mayor, the president of the El Cid Consortium, the president of the Soria provincial council and the culture councilor of the Junta de Castilla y Lion. Crispín, a 21st century minstrel, recreated part of the song and welcomed these extraordinary days.   The minstril of the XXI century and the Director of the Consorcio del Cid, Alberto Luque   Performing the beginning of the Cid's song

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https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20220509/rutas-bizarras-presenta-juglar-monja-youtuber-dos-fantasmas/2347066.shtml What a marvel to work with great TELEVISION professionals! In a medieval context like Sahagún, we have shot some sketches for the next program of Bizarras Routes of La 2, which deals with the Camino de Santiago and will be broadcast in April or May.

* Crispín d'Olot plays Don Quixote at the Teatro Frente a la Plaza de San José From November 24 to December 5, 2021, an international meeting of storytellers in the Spanish language took place in San José, Costa Rica. Crispín d'Olot was the star artist of the event offering training workshops, exposing his artistic and vital experience, and interpreting his best shows for the Costa Rican public. The Puro Cuento Festival had guests from Argentina, Nicaragua, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico... They visited the cities of Puerto Viejo, San José de Pococí, Guápiles and performed in cultural centers, schools and theaters. A cultural festival that has been quite an event and that claims the values ​​of harmony, humanism and harmony between people and peoples.

[Interwiew in Spanish/Entrevista en español] If there is anyone in León who understands minstrels, it is Crispín d'Olot. Actor, musician, narrator and researcher, director of the Virtual Museum of the Juggler and the Musaescen project, participated this weekend in Sahagún in the XIX Encounter of Jugglers, a tribute to the art of entertaining, which this year included a series of lectures on the phenomenon of the minstrel, as well as street shows and a handicraft market. Poster of the lectures on minstrels Cristina Domínguez: This weekend the XIX Encounter of Jugglers was held in Sahagún, an event of great scenic load and medieval inspiration that wants to pay tribute to a guild and a way of entertaining that, they say, was born in the town of Cea in 1116. What is the basis for this statement? Was the first School of Jugglers born in Sahagún? Crispín d’Olot: The deduction is made by Ramón Menéndez Pidal in ‘Poetry minstrels and minstrels’ based on the first Anonymous Chronicle of Sa...

Crispín d'Olot participates in this first edition of the festival with a musical and theatrical show, FLOR DE ROMANCES with a lot of humor and old instruments, developed in three parts: the classical ballads, the popular tradition and the legacy of the blind. A tribute to the place where Menéndez Pidal and María Goyri began to collect romances at the beginning of the 20th century. Crispín d'Olot participa en esta primera edición del festival con un espectáculo musical y teatral, FLOR DE ROMANCES con mucho humor e instrumentos antiguos, desarrollado en tres partes: las baladas clásicas, la tradición popular y el legado de los ciegos. Un homenaje al lugar donde Menéndez Pidal y María Goyri comenzaron a recoger romances a principios del siglo XX.  

Last May 28, I visited the IES Ramón Menéndez Pidal de Avilés (one of the two secondary schools dedicated to the father of Hispanic philological medievalism, one of the great philologists of all time). The performance was a display of enthusiasm and resources that the students enjoyed despite the forced and imposed use of the mask on their person and mine. Later, the Department of Language and Literature gave me a guided tour of the center's premises to show me the legacy they treasure of the teacher Don Ramón. A round day with a triangular base. Can a culture warrior ask for more?