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The Flamenco Fever Fusion Series presents Memorias Flamencas as the Grand Finale of The Oak Cliff Flamenco Festival VIII
Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 8 p.m.
The Majestic Theater DALLAS -
Ida Y Vuelta & Flamenco Fever 501c3 present:
GRAND FINALE Concert Details:
Ida y Vuelta Flamenco presents - ‘Memorias Flamencas’
Majestic Theater: 1925 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75201
Saturday, October 8th at 8:00 - 10 pm
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About Julia Alcántara/FlamencoFever
Julia Alcántara has brought the best of flamenco music and dance to North Texas since 1998. She is a native Texan who has performed in more than 90 cities nationally. She finished her education at the National Institute of Flamenco where the curriculum included classes in flamenco history, choreography, improvisation, singing, and classical Spanish dance.
With her company, Ida y Vuelta Flamenco Dance Company, Ms. Alcántara has hosted and performed with world-class dancers, singers, and musicians from all over the world.
“Memorias Flamencas” is part of Flamenco Fever’s ambitious Fusion Series. Since 2016. Julia Alcántara, company founder, has been co-producing with various companies to expand and educate the flamenco fan base in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She is pleased to introduce the internationally awarded Spanish jazz artist, Jorge Pardo, to Dallas. His sophisticated blend of jazz and flamenco tests the boundaries of both forms yet retains the true essence of each genre. The passionate blend is engaging and intense, using all the breaks necessary for authentic flamenco. Yet, strangely, no one has ever done an entire dance concert to his music. Ms. Alcántara dreamed of making this happen for decades as an homage to the genius whose compositions, no matter how innovative, never lost respect for the original genre.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Jorge Pardo:
“There are musicians that are masters in what they do, but are stumbling into other musical styles; others are able to mix languages easily, but only a few are authentic alchemists, those that know the nature and properties of the metals they want to melt, and know how to obtain through that alchemy pure art.” Faustino Nunez
Jorge Pardo is the Father of the Flamenco Jazz Genre. He is most famous for touring for over 20 years with famed guitarist, Paco de Lucia. However, he has played with many of Flamenco and Jazz biggest names. Including Camaron de La Isla, Chick Corea, Chano Dominguez. and more. He was Voted the greatest living Jazz artist by the French academy of Jazz in 2012, Received Spain's National Prize for Curren Music in 2015, and has multiple awards for his solo work. 2 of hie 20 CD's have one both Best Album of the year in "MIRA" for Jazz and "DJINN" Flamenco. He is excited to headline the Oak Cliff Flamenco Festival in Dallas. The Grand Finale at the Majestic theater October 8th will be the first dance show ever choreographed entirely to his music in his more that 40 year career.
ABOUT:
"Paco De Andrea – Bailaor (Male Dancer, Granada) was born in the Albaicin barrio of Granada,
Spain but grew up in Nice, France. He trained as a flamenco dancer in the tablaos in Granada, where they stand out for their strength and elegance in their dance, he is often compared to Antonio Canales, Los Farrucos and Manolete among others.
In his career he is part of various casts of flamenco, highlighting the company by Juan Andrés Maya, and has made several tours as a soloist in the United States, Japan, Russia, Siberia, Iceland, Germany, France and Mongolia. He is will soon debut his own company in Spain.
ABOUT
Riccardo García Rubí is a arranger, composer and flamenco and jazz guitarist.
He plays multiple instruments, including clarinet, piano, electric bass and guitar. For his work in the realms of classical, jazz and flamenco. He has received numerous awards For his music Including:
The International Jazz Big Band Competition “Barga Jazz” (First Place)
VI National guitar competition Città di Fiuggi”(Second Place). Cat: Acoustic guitar
VIII National guitar competition Città di Fiuggi”(Second Place). Cat: Flamenco guitar
IV National guitar competition Città di Celano”(First Place). Cat: Flamenco Guitar
He holds a Bachelor of Art in Contemporary Pop Music Music Academy de Roma where he spent four years as a professor of Guitar, harmony, theory and piano. He attended the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia Roma and Laurea triennale in chitarra jazz, participating in the Biennio di secondo livello in composizione e arrangiamento jazz, Saint Louis Flamenco Guitar studies with Manuel Montero, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Claudio Villanueva.
His professional work spans Europe with groups such as: “Flamenco nuevo”, “Lunares”, “Al poeta de Orihuela”, “Trazos” and as a composer for the Jazz Factory 2017 and 2018 with the “Saint Louis Big Band”. Making him the perfect addition to the cast for this year's festival.
Flamenco Singer Aroa Fernandez: Aroa Fernandez Born in Madrid, current fusion singer who mixes the roots of soul-amenco-electronic elements, latin-pop and other world music and who accompanies numerous artists of the Flamenco genre such as Marina Heredia, Sandra Carrasco, El Barrio, Paco Ortega, Pepe Luis Carmona, Joaquin Cortés or Chico Pérez, and shares the stage with artists of the stature of Jorge Pardo, Carlos Benavent, Ketama, Josemi Carmona or Diego del Morao among many others. She recorded several fusion albums where she stands out “My soul is not for sale”, “Dem Dikk” Afro Flamenco fusion album and “Serrat Flamenco Tributo”, together with Paco Heredia, with the collaboration of maestro Tomatito, José del Tomate. In 2021, she was finalist of the Tierra de Talento program in Andalusia, hence Lunares Negros was born, a fusion project that starts from soul towards Flamenco, paying tribute to the divas of the music scene.
About Mariano Manzella
Mariano Manzella is a Flamenco singer and guitarist who bases his artistic career on the permanent search for new sounds and musical mixes. He has performed in his native country of Argentina, as well as Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Sardinia, Japan, and the United States with respected artists such as: Chuscales (1997,) Paco Jarana and Pedro Cortes (2001,) and later in Argentina with Raúl "El Perla" (2001,) David Amaya "Barbería del Sur," and Santiago Aguilar (2002).
He has played at venues such as the Conrad Hotel in Uruguay, touring with Carlota Santana's Company, and participating in the Flamenco Festival in Albuquerque New Mexico, with Yjastros, Son y Soniquete, and Fiesta Flamenca. His CD “Amphora” features more than thirty participating musicians from around world.
About Glenda Sol Koeraus, “La Argentinita,”
Ms. Koeraus is a Buenos Aires-born flamenco dancer who over the past decade has established herself as one of the top flamenco dancers/choreographers in the United States. A scholarship recipient of the Jerome Foundation's Travel and Study Grant, a Cristina Heeren Foundation scholarship, and the Jacob’s Pillow Cultural traditions program, Ms. Koeraus has studied with some of the greatest flamenco artists in her many years in Spain.
She performs internationally as a soloist and with various flamenco companies sharing the stage with artists such as Soledad Barrio, Alfonso Losa, Alejandro Granados, and Diego Amador. She has performed at illustrious venues such Lincoln Center and The Joyce Theater. In 2007 she founded Flamenco y Sol Flamenco Company, which prides itself in producing traditional flamenco performances and workshops with international artists.
About Jorge Robledo - bailaor (male dancer)
Mr. Robledo, who resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina has been principal dancer for numerous performances in Spain and around the world. He has created and choreographed his own shows, including “Latidos,” “Flamenco Entre Amigos,” and “Encuentro Flamenco.” As a youth, he studied Spanish dance, classical ballet, jazz, and modern dance. He later studied flamenco and classical Spanish dance in Spain and the U.S. with such prominent dancers as: Antonio Canales, Belén Maya, Antonio Granjero, Juana Amaya, and Nacho Blanco. Mr. Robledo has been professor of dance for several years at the Vladimir Issaev Ballet School and Roxy Performing Arts, both in Miami, Florida.
LUCKIE ‘ABEJORRO’ -
PERCUSSIONIST/DANCER
(Carlos) El Abejorro is an integral part of the Ida y Vuelta team. He is not only a versatile musician, dabbling in electric and acoustic guitar, bass and African percussion, but he is our sound tech and stage manager at show time. In between set up and tear down, he sits in as our cajon player, carefully following both dancers and musicians through dozens of calls, breaks, crescendos, the complicated 12 count rhythms and multiple time signatures that make up the endless diversity of the Flamenco Musical Genre.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm Street, Dallas, United States
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