Esperanza Arts Center
presents
FLAMENCO
Tablao
Pasión y Arte Flamenco
TEATRO ESPERANZA
10/10/26, 3:00pm
$20 General Admission, Free for Students & Seniors (60+)
“Tablao Philly presents Flamenco up close and beautiful.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pasión y Arte brings an intimate, tablao-style flamenco performance to Philadelphia audiences — seasoned flamenco spectators and newcomers alike — experience the intensity and passion of flamenco performed up close.
‘Tablao’ refers to the casual venues where flamencos showcased their dancing until the art was institutionalized in theatrical performances. Flamenco emerged as a unique art form in the 15th century: Spanish Gypsies (Roma) danced flamenco privately in their rural homes, and the dance gradually migrated from the countryside to the cities in the south of Spain, where Gypsy artists performed on the streets and in plazas. By the 1840s, nightclubs called “Cafes del Cante” began to host flamenco Tablaos, giving flamencos the opportunity to demonstrate their extraordinary skills at improvising movement within the confines of strict musical and rhythmic structures. The cafes were the first enterprises to pay flamenco dancers, singers, and musicians, and commercial flamenco was born.
Food and Beverages are available for sale in the Teatro lobby courtesy of EAC’s official concession partner Helados Chupi Chupi.
Part of VOCES: EAC’s VOCES series spotlights a different facet of Latin American culture and traditions each season. This year’s VOCES Series, ¡BAILE! will feature dance from Latin America, the Latin Caribbean, and the Latin Diaspora.
Rumba 106.1 FM is the official series media partner for EAC’s 26/27 VOCES Series.
This program was made possible thanks to the generous support of the William Penn Foundation, Presser Foundation, NewMusicUSA, and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
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