The Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda (Royal School of Cavalry in Ronda – RMR) presented the programme and posters for the Feria de Pedro Romero 2011 (Pedro Romero Fair) today in Ronda. The press conference featured the bullfighter Francisco Rivera Ordóñez, alongside Seville-born artist Miki Leal, philosophers Francis Wolff and Víctor Gómez Pin, the mayor of Ronda Mari Paz Fernández and Rafael Atienza, the Marquis of Salvatierra and President of the RMR.

The Plaza de Toros (bullring) in Ronda will once again host the Corrida Goyesca, a bullfight in the Goyaesque style held in early September every year in honour of the 18th century bullfighter Pedro Romero. During the press conference held today the bullfighter Francisco Rivera Ordóñez presented the programmes for each of the three bullfights making up the 2011 Pedro Romero Fair. The bullfights will take place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September. 

Corrida Goyesca 2011 Programme:

· Friday 2nd September: Extraordinaria Novillada sin picadores (bullfight with young bulls under four years with no picador). 6 Bravos Toros 6 (6 fighting bulls) from the Sonia González ranch for the novilleros (apprentice matadors) Curro Márquez (Málaga), Tomás Campos (Llerena), Carlos Ojeda (Almería), José Antonio González (Ronda), Emilio Molina (Sevilla) and Sergio Páez (Ronda).

· Saturday 3rd September: The 55th Traditional Corrida Goyesca (bullfight in the Goyaesque style held in early September every year in honour of the 18th century bullfighter Pedro Romero). 6 Bravos Toros 6 (6 fighting bulls) from the Núñez del Cuvillo ranch for the bullfighters Julián López “El Juli” (Madrid), José Mª Manzanares (Alicante) and Cayetano (Ronda).

· Sunday 4th September: 30th Corrida Rondeña de Rejones (horseback bullfight). 6 Bravos Toros 6 (6 fighting bulls) from the Carmen Lorenzo-San Mateo y San Pelayo ranch for the rejoneadores (lancer or bullfighter on horseback) D. Rui Fernandes (Alamada), D. Diego Ventura (Puebla del Río) and D. Leonardo Hernández (Badajoz).

Tickets will go on sale on the 11th July and the prices for season tickets range from 147 to 280 euros. Individual seats are priced between 22 and 150 euros and can be purchased as of the 24 August at the box office. The annual Competition and Exhibition of Driving Carriages (Concurso-Exhibición de enganches) will take place on the morning of the 4th September.

The artist Miki Leal (Sevilla, 1974) has designed the poster for the 2011 Pedro Romero Fair. In past editions it has been designed by artists such as Eduardo Arroyo (1999), Guillermo Pérez Villalta (2002), Miquel Barceló (2003) and even Pablo Picasso, whose painting Torero (1973) was reproduced on the 2006 poster. In this year’s poster Miki Leal pays homage to landscape painters of the 19th century who so loved the city of Ronda: “The Ronda landscape seems to float in an atmosphere of colour that transcends the real landscape to speak of the fair as a moment of celebration, enjoyment and mystery,” explains the art historian María José Solano.

Miki Leal has exhibited in galleries such as Rafael Ortiz in Seville, Maribel López (Berlin), Seno (Milán) and Track 16 Gallery (L.A.). His work can be found at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the BBAA de Santander collection.

Ticket sales for the Feria Pedro Romero: 607 909 545 / 637 502 588 / tutaquilladetoros.com