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FLAMENCO NEWS
FLAMENCO NEWS
This 9-month program focuses on the essential skills necessary to work in a Cuadro. Participants refine their dances with live music while engaging in a deep study of compás, palmas, improvisation, and play.
Sessions take place between September 2024 – May 2025. Classes with musicians take place once a month in a hybrid format: live at Flamenco Vivo Studios and virtually. This year, all participants will have monthly 1-on-1 mentor sessions with renowned artists from Spain and the US and three public performance opportunities throughout the program!
Flamenco Vivo gets the spotlight in Mirrorball: Reflections of Dance & Fashion by J. Joseph Pastrana, the just published nonfiction deep dive into the collision of style and dance throughout history. This extensive read spins on the worlds of ballet, Broadway, and more.
“In writing the book,” shared Pastrana, “I was very conscious of the fact that I was trying to cover such extensive subjects that I had to be discerning about what absolutely deserved to be included and what I could reasonably omit. Flamenco’s role in our collective understanding of dance is so intrinsic and Flamenco Vivo’s role in keeping it alive so pivotal, that the book would have been incomplete without them.” He also added, “I couldn’t neglect my own heritage as a reason to celebrate this Spanish art form… I’m proud to contribute in my own small way in preserving the history of flamenco and introducing it to new generations.”
Every August, the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival transforms the arts scene in the valley to offer a multi-day immersive experience of flamenco that’s hard to find outside of Spain––founded by former Consorcio member Anna Librada. This year’s lineup includes a screening of the award-winning documentary La Chana, flamenco at a winery, a farmers and makers market, a sevillanas workshop, and the best flamenco sendoff, a flashmob-fiesta!
Answer: Olga Carmona!
The Sevilla-born soccer superstar Olga Carmona famously shared that her parents enrolled her in several activities before letting her start her obsession with soccer––and one of these was flamenco dancing! Clearly her destiny was the former, as she’s currently at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and among her many accolades is having scored Spain’s 2023 World Cup-winning goal. Check out the athlete’s backstory below!