University of Alicante

Thursday 17 February- UA City Venue (Av. Ramón y Cajal, 4) - 6.30 pm.

Thursday 24 February- UA City Venue (San Fernando 40) - 6.30 pm.

On 17 February, Chema García Ibarra will present 'Espíritu sagrado', recently awarded at the 2022 Feroz Awards (Arrebato de Ficción category). The shorts El ataque de los robots nebulosa-5 (2008), Protopartículas (2009), Misterio (2013), La disco resplandece (2016) and Leyenda Dorada (2019), will star in the session on 24 February. Admission is free, subject to capacity.

Wednesday 9 February- UA Auditorium - 7 pm- €5 - In Spanish.

The company Lírica Alicantina presents this free adaptation of the novel El Perro del Hortelano, by Lope de Vega. Around forty artists perform in this zarzuela, consisting in two acts with libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw, and music by Jacinto Guerrero, directed by Juanma Cifuentes and stage light by Juanjo Lloren.

From 5 to 26 February 2022 - Music and Culture Municipal Auditorium (Los Montesinos)

From 4 February to 8 May at El Cub exhibition hall (MUA)

Opening: 4 February- 7 pm.

A journey through the 16 work selected in this 14th call for proposals brings us face to face with the concerns, challenges and desires of a free, fair and equal society. The group of artists that make up this exhibition come from diverse backgrounds and locations, with an approach to creation from different technical and conceptual positions.

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Ten teams from seven secondary schools will compete in two groups: María Blasco from San Vicente, Pare Vitòria from Alcoy, Enric Valor from Castalla, Altaia from Altea, Fray Ignacio Barrachina from Ibi, Luís García Berlanga from Sant Joan and Agost from Agost. Each team is made up of between 3 and 5 secondary and upper-secondary students, as well as those from vocational studies and they will hold three debates on the ethics of putting limits on science.

From 3 to 28 February- Aifos exhibition hall

How important have these traditional groups been and still are in the region of Valencian? The exhibition consists of an introduction and three parts dedicated to traditional and new muixerangues (see definition in English here), and the concept itself. Special emphasis is placed on the values inherent to this traditional group where everyone is useful, as well as on heritage, diversity, integration, participation, celebration, complicity, identity and culture.

From 2 February to 15 June - UA Auditorium - 7 pm.

A poetry recital, a tribute to Miguel Hernández, by Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, "El avaro" by Atalaya Teatro, "Adiós dueño mío", directed by Magüi Mira, two dance shows, by Marta Carrasco and Asun Noales, the zarzuela "La Rosa del azafrán", four performances of the Valencian Music Festival Sonora and concerts by Arthur Caravan and the jazz duo Ramona Horvath & Nicolas Rageau. In addition, the programme includes the premieres of the UA Theatre Clubs, performances for secondary education centres, the 2nd Vives Network University Theatre Biennial, the joint concert of the UA Choir and the Valencian Baroque Orchestra. 

From 1 to 28 February - Several locations

Space robotics, astronomy, architecture, sustainable chemistry, attitudes to work and life, are part of the more than 50 lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, workshops and competitions programmed by the UA Polytechnic School. The activities are open to all audiences.

From 1 to 22 February - Centro de Interpretación de L'Alcúdia

The 10th traditional film forum L'Alcúdia, organised by the UA Film Club, is this time dedicated to epidemics throughout history. There will be a historical context for each film and will be followed by a Q&A session with the participation of the audience. Flesh and Blood (Paul Verhoeven), Contagion (Steven Soderbergh), Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan) and 12 Monkeys (Terry Guilliam) are the films chosen for this forum.

From 30 January to 17 June

Alicante City UA Venue, Las Cigarreras Music Hall, and LAB15- Palacio del Portalet will be the venues for the 10th Series of Recitals by students in the UA Master's degree in Classical Guitar Performance.  Admission to all concerts is free, limited to the capacity of each venue.

30 January and 27 February; 13 and 27 March; 10 April; 8 and 22 May and 5 June- MUA - 11 am.

The MUA presents a new Diumenges al MUA programme, which aims to bring the Museum and art closer to all audiences, with a varied programme of activities on a different Sunday morning, full of art, culture and creativity. Come and discover and enjoy photography, architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, contemporary art, archaeology...

From 27 January to 1 May - MUA - Opening: 27 January at 7 pm.

Cuban artist Elio Rodríguez's jungles, ceibas, mangroves speak neither of art nor of nature, but of Afro-Cuban identity, without the Western influence. An identity that is untamed, fierce, rooted in the earth, impetuous and unbridled. His paintings, drawings, sketches, videos and, especially, his soft sculptures, are a way of entertaining, a game of volumes, textures and colours in which forms intertwine, rub against each other, enjoy themselves and invade every corner of the space.

From 21 January to 11 February- Alicante City Venue (San Fernando 40) - 8:15 pm.

Inmanol Uribe, Enrique Urbizu and Marc Orts will talk about directing, screenwriting and sound post-production at this conference coordinated by lecturer John Sanderson. It will bring together leading Spanish film professionals to share their experiences with the participants. In-person attendance requires free registration, yet the activities can also be followed via live streaming. 

From 13 January to 27 March - Castellon Fine Arts Museum

The Castellon Museum of Fine Arts opens next Thursday 13 January, at 12 noon, the exhibition "Una història de titelles", produced by the University of Alicante and the Alicante City Council, with the collaboration of the Valencian Culture Institute. This exhibition of puppets of the Valencian region, curated by Virgilio Tortosa, Ángel Casado, Jaume Lloret and Biel Sansano, is made up of 34 panels and proposes a journey through the history of this theatrical art in the Valencian Region from ancient ancient times to the present day.

Enrolment will open on 12 January 2022. Courses start in February 2022

Twelve workshops on photography, painting, film, thriller writing, Latin percussion, oral communication, digital video, collage, stage creation and analysis of cultural narratives from a gender perspective, among others, will make up the UA Cultural Workshops for the second term in academic year 2021-2022, mostly in classroom-based attendance mode.

InteractUA is back from January 2022. This platform gives a voice and visibility to university students in the artistic disciplines such as music, visual arts, audiovisual or literature. In addition to being part of the community of students who share these interests, you will be able to participate in the activities that we will organise for the members of the Platform over the next year.