Furia Flamenca at the Jane Franklin Dance Sampler. December 2, 2006
Estela Velez and Torcuato Zamora. December 2, 2006 (photo by Heidi Thibodeau)
Estela Velez writes:
Last Saturday, December 2nd, Furia Flamenca performed as part of the Jane Franklin Dance Sampler which took place at the Gunston Hall Theatre One in Arlington, Virginia. The evening performance featured seven dance companies selected by the adjudication panel, Maida Withers, Artistic Director of the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, and Johanna Seltzer, Project Director at Dance/MetroDC.
The day started with a series of workshops taught by the choreographers selected to perform followed by the evening's performance. Other selected choreographers/performers were: Motion Mania Dance Theater, Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp, Next Reflex Dance Collective, Jane Franklin Dance, Rob Esposito and danahbella DanceWorks.
Furia Flamenca performed Alegrías del Mantón accompanied to live music and singing by Torcuato Zamora. The performers were: Jennifer Carmichael, Morgan Heyer, Lillian Mattiaccio, Sylvia Melecio, Katherine Page, Karina Valverde, Estela Velez, and Amy Weishampel.
December 2, 2006 (photo by Heidi Thibodeau)
December 2, 2006 (photo by Heidi Thibodeau)
December 2, 2006 (photo by Heidi Thibodeau)
Morgan Heyer, Jennifer Carmichael, Katherine Page, Estela Velez, Torcuato Zamora, Amy Weishampel, Lillian Mattiaccio, Sylvia Melecio and Karina Valverde. December 2, 2006 (photo by Heidi Thibodeau)
Furia Flamenca has also been selected to perform at next year's Dance Bethesda Dance Concert to be held on March 3, 2007 at the Round House Theatre in downtown Bethesda. Out of 25 groups that auditioned, Furia Flamenca was one of 6 companies selected to perform!
This weekend Furia Flamenca will be performing at the Lee Center Kauffman Auditorium in Alexanria, VA, "The Roots of Rhythm" a concert to benefit the Dream in Color Foundation. For details see the flyer
Editor's note: my thanks to Estela for sending me the pics and giving a little report on an event I couldn't attend myself. For more information about Furia Flamenca, visit their website.
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