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Elevator Project 2024 Flamenco Fever’s insightful Fusion Series will present Tres Artes: Pintura, Poesia y Pasion. As part of the 2024 season of Elevator Project at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, local students, international musicians and dancers will take the stage at Strauss Square to tell the tragic love story of Salvador Dalí and martyred Spanish poet, playwright and flamenco aficionado, Federico Garcia Lorca. Join us for an evening of passion and excitement as we delve deeply into the provocative history of Spain and the rise of Surrealism, the LGBTQ community and the Fascist Franconian Regime in the early 20th century.
Pintura, Poesia y Pasion combines four dynamic art forms – live music, dance, the visual art of Rolando Diaz, and the recitation of Garcia Lorca’s poetry – into an unforgettable performance. In this sophisticated evening, Diaz will visually capture the vibrant essence of the flamenco arts on canvas by utilizing a lyrical and whimsical play of line and color, while exploring and capturing the parallels of political and social oppression throughout history.
Flamenco Fever produces over 70 performances annually, each accompanied by requisite live music. They landed Dallas on the world map last summer when they presented Memorias Flamencas in Spain, starring Jorge Pardo, the internationally acclaimed father of flamenco jazz, after debuting in Dallas at the Majestic Theatre. This was the first American company in Spanish history to be invited to perform. Hundreds of flamenco aficionados, and Spain's top artists, enthusiastically received the show.
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VIP seating boasts preferred table seating, private bar access, meet-up with the cast after the show, and an up-close, intimate seat near Ro Diaz, a globally collected artist, creating a beautiful canvas with a lyrical play of line and color inspired by the show. You will see the option to upgrade your tickets after selecting your ticket quantity. A VIP upgrade is required for each attendee that wants to participate in this special opportunity. Hurry! Only a limited of VIP tickets are available!
The painting will be auctioned at the end of the evening with proceeds going to Flamenco Fever, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
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ABOUT THE SHOW:
"Ida y Vuelta Flamenco" is Dallas' premier flamenco dance company presented by 501c3 nonprofit Flamenco Fever. Sponsored by The Dallas Office of Art and Culture, The Moody Fund for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts, we bring in international singers, dancers and musicians to put on world class flamenco right here in DFW!!! Join us in celebrating with Live Music and Dance in a unique event hosted only during the Spring Flamenco Residency!!!
THE CAST:
Julia Alcantara - Director/Producer as Lorca's friend "La Argentinita:
has been bringing the best of flamenco music and dance to North Texas since 1998. She performed in The Dallas Opera’s production of La Vida Breve, at the Palace Theater for the Performing Arts in San Francisco, and the World Cup Opening Ceremonies, Spain vs South Korea. Ms. Alcantara interpreted Ravel’s Bolero for the Irving Symphony Orchestra in their “Dallas Treasures” concert. She was the first and ONLY American producer to be invited to take an entire production to the birthplace of Flamenco! Last Summer she took her entire to cast of "Memorias Flamencas" to Spain collaborate with some of flamenco's greatest artists!!!
JORGE ROBLEDO - bailaor (male dancer) as "Federico Garcia Lorca"
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.
JOSEPH GONZALES - Bailaor as "Salvador Dali"
Joseph Gonzales was born in Albuquerque, NM. He studied percussion in high school and entered into the flamenco world during his college years at the University of New Mexico. During his time at the university he studied dance, theory, and history. It was then he became deeply connected to the flamenco community and his own ancestral Spanish roots. Joseph has performed with Ida y Vuelta Flamenco numerous times since 1997 and his talents have since taken him across the USA, dancing ballroom, ballet, and country/western. He has competed and performed all over the United States and is currently ranked third in the world with his professional dance partner, Brenda Lamon.
MARCOS BASTIAN Singer/Guitarist - Was born in Sevilla into family of flamenco artists. At the age of 8 he entered the Alcalá de Guadaira Conservatory to study classical music. He holds an intermediate degree as a cantaor at the Cristóbal de Morales Conservatory & has been working throughout Spain since he was 15 years old in tablaos, theaters. He has toured across Spain & Europe performing in Finland, DuBai with artist slike 'La Tania', David 'El Galli', Antonio Marseille, Ezequiel Reina
LUCKIE ‘ABEJORRO’ - Guitar, Cajon and Baile
(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
Annette Strauss Square, 2354 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas, TX 75201, United States,Dallas, Texas
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