Brief Biography:
Edwin Aparicio is the artistic director of the "Arte Flamenco" Dance Company in the Washington DC metro area, where he is a choreographer, teacher, and performer. He has performed throughout the United States and is the artistic director of Encuentros and Bailes Inéditos, which recently premiered in Washington, DC and Chicago. In August 2004, he was invited to give master classes at the Bailes Ferrer series in Miami with Pedro Cortés and Belén Maya. Mr. Aparicio made his flamenco debut at the legendary Casa Patas in Madrid and has performed with The Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center, under the direction of Plácido Domingo in El Gato Montés in 1997, and Don Giovanni in 2003. He performed as a soloist in the José Greco Spanish Dance Company, and has shared the stage with such acclaimed artists as Chuscales, Silverio Heredia, Paco Fonta, Roberto Castellón, Pedro Cortés, Cuquito de Barbate, Eliezer "La Truco," and Elena Andújar. Mr. Aparicio toured the United States with Reynaldo Rincón’s "Romería Flamenca," and was a featured artist at the First Annual Chicago Flamenco Festival in 2002.