[NEWS] Felipe VI: anniversary by fandangos

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Shortly before 7:30 this afternoon, the Kings and their daughters, who were beginning their school holidays today in the Santa María de los Rosales, arrived at Madrid's Canal theaters, which have been among the first to open their doors in the de-escalation, to attend the contemporary flamenco show Fandango Avenue. The play stars Sara Calero, who was the first dancer in the national ballet, and is considered an innovator of flamenco dance.

It is the third time that we publicly see Leonor and Sofia as a result of the state of alarm for the coronavirus, the first was by video on April 23, Book Day, when they read a fragment of Don Quixote and recorded a message of support because of the pandemic. The second was already in person on May 27 when in rigorous mourning they followed with their parents the minute of silence for the victims of COVID in the gardens of Zarzuela.

This afternoon both sisters wore summer models, Sofia a white dress with an Ibiza line and French sleeves completed by some golden ballerinas and Leonor a thousand striped garment in short-sleeved garments, combined with black ballerinas. In addition, the two covered their faces with masks.

After opening a SOS Children's Villages center in El Escorial this morning, the Monarchs decided to celebrate privately with their daughters this sixth anniversary of their proclamation supporting the return of the performing arts after the pandemic. In this case, flamenco, a gesture taking into account that it is one of the cultural sectors most affected by the health crisis that has forced the closure of mythical tablaos, such as Casa Patas, or Villa Rosa.

The lack of tourism and the restrictions on capacity imposed by the government, reluctant to grant aid to symbolize that typical Spain along with the bullfighting festival that Pablo Iglesias so detests, are causing the ruin of many tablaos, which in 2019 generated 7,834 million euros, and raising alarm among fans, who fear that flamenco will die.

Last year, on the fifth anniversary of their proclamation, the Kings, also accompanied by Leonor and Sofia, the monarchs presented the medals of the order to civil merit to 41 anonymous citizens in the royal palace.