Anne Margaret O’Malley Castellanos, Founder and Artistic Director of Pas De Flamenco earned her BFA in Dance at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. She studied Flamenco and Spanish Dance with Julia Lopez and was an original Company member of Flamenco Ole. She toured Spain with the Ballet des Jeunes under the Direction of Ursula Melita and over the past 15 years has performed with Philadelphia Civic Ballet Company, Camerata...
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Destiny will find you no matter how hard you try to escape it it. OUR STORY SOLO DUET is a short film by director, MARISA LLOREDA SAEZ. It is the follow-up to her award winning feature documentary, “Streets of Flamenco”— the inspirational telling of the story of Maria Bermúdez, a Chicana from East L.A., who after her flamenco dancer brother dies makes his dream her own by traveling to the birthplace of flamenco in the deepest south of , to...
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Share Tres Compadres will be performing in historic Kennett Square on Saturday April 2 at Kennett Flash. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 day of show. Free parking available. The Group Tres Compadres is a modern flamenco ensemble that combines latin and jazz influences with Spanish flamenco. Fiery guitar playing outlining thoughful melodies, complex rhythms, and virtuoso solos creates the back drop for a high energy, multi-cultral event...
Read MoreWhat is Tablao?
Like the atmosphere once created when beat poets gathered to recite verses, Tablao refers to the milieu in which flamencos showcased their dancing until the art was institutionalized in theatrical performances. Flamenco Tablao emerged as a unique art form in the 15th century. Spanish Gypsies (or Roma) danced flamenco privately in their rural homes. The dance gradually migrated from the countryside to south Spain’s cities, where Gypsy...
Read MoreAntonia Cruz Arias
I am available for private cante classes by appointment on a slidin scale fee! My phone is (267) 303-1796, and my email is antoniacruzarias@gmail.com Antonia Cruz Arias’s paternal grandmother was California born Spanish singer Elena Acevedo. She was raised in the world of flamenco, but began music and dance training in the classical tradition at age four. She had been singing her entire life, but began formal training in technique at...
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