Flamenco Photo Diary and Blog by Miguelito: Flamenco at The Wonderbox. May 23, 2010

Miguelito playing guitar at the grand opening of The Wonderbox. May 23, 2010 (photo by Andrés Jacome Melkonian)

It's 11-something am on Wednesday as I type these words. As usual, I'm doing my blogging at a cafe using free WiFi while getting my caffeine fix.

So this past Sunday, flamenco dancer Ginette Perea and I were invited to perform at the grand opening of The Wonderbox, a new art/music space in DC founded by Seanie Blue and Andy Cassatt.

Among the guests were many fellow artists from musicians to dancers to actors to photographers to videographers and more! And while I could've handed my camera to someone in the audience to take pics of our flamenco show, instead I waited to see what some of photographers in attendance that evening would come up with.

My friend Andrés Jacome Melkonian gave me permission to republish here some of his work...thanks Andrés!

Miguelito again. May 23, 2010 (photo by Andrés Jacome Melkonian)

Flamenco dancer Ginette Perea. May 23, 2010 (photo by Andrés Jacome Melkonian)

Ginette. May 23, 2010 (photo by Andrés Jacome Melkonian)

After the show, Ginette, stunning as usual, mingling with some of the invited guests and artists. From left: Sandra Bishop, Ricardo, Andrés Jacome Melkonian and James Mercé Edwards. May 23, 2010 (photo by Miguelito)

As you can see, Sandra was in costume as "MozTart" for her performance later that evening. :-) Here's a sample of one of her hilarious videos on YouTube. And yeah, she's a flamenco dancer too. I used to do shows with Sandra all the time in the 90's.

The guy on right, James, is a filmmaker. I played guitar on the soundtrack (by composer Nicolas Laget) for one of his films last year!

Before the show, Ginette with Seanie Blue (one of the founders of Wonderbox) and the videographer Halldóra Mark. I've known Sean since the early 90's and did some flamenco performances with dancers in at least one of his films (Popé and the Alien) and many performance art pieces at the Blagden Alley ArtScience Warehouse.May 23, 2010 (photo by Miguelito)

Flamenco at The Wonderbox. May 23, 2010

TrackBack