Toronto Flamenco Festival Blog http://torontoflamencofestival.com/blog Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:35:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Nova Scotia – Maria Ossende http://torontoflamencofestival.com/blog/2011/10/nova-scotia-maria-ossende/ http://torontoflamencofestival.com/blog/2011/10/nova-scotia-maria-ossende/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:35:12 +0000 Alexandra http://torontoflamencofestival.com/blog/?p=613

Maria Osende is originally from Madrid, Spain, and moved to Canada in 2003. She founded Maria Osende Flamenco Company and Flamenco School Maria Osende. She is also the founder and artistic director of the Flamenco Festival Atlantic Society, which presents an annual international flamenco festival called the Fall For Flamenco Festival.

• Manuel Reyes Maya, Joaquin Ruiz, La Truco, La Tati, Inmaculada and Domingo Ortega, El Güito at Centro de Arte Flamenco Amor de Dios: Madrid, Spain (1998–2001,ongoing)

• Ana Maria Amahi: Berlin, Germany (1998–2000)

Maria Osende / Photo by Bob Hawke

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a family portrait….

Megan Matheson joined El Viento Flamenco, a company initiated by Evelyne Benais, as a dancer/choreographer in 2005. She performs with both El Viento Flamenco and Los Flamencos and runs her own dance school in Halifax.

• Evelyne Benais: Halifax (2001–2005)

• Juana Amaya: Sevilla, Spain (2005–present)

• Rafael de Carmen: Sevilla, Spain (2005–present)

• Yolanda Heredia: Sevilla, Spain (2008)

Megan Matheson, percussionist Tony Tucker and vocalist Maral Perk of El Viento Flamenco in Matheson’s Tarantos / Photo by Don Stoltz

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Laura Lynne McGee feels her theatre training has been a priceless asset in her approach to flamenco. McGee has been performing and teaching flamenco for the past twenty years, has performed and choreographed for numerous dance companies and has produced many shows throughout her career.

• Patrick Schupp: Montréal (1983)

• Luisa Pizaro: Montréal (1984)

• Ana Maria Lopez: Jerez, Spain (1988)

• Israel Galván: Madrid, Spain (1991)

• Juana Amaya: Sevilla, Spain (1998)

• Manuel Reyes: Montréal (2000)

Laura Lynne McGee in Tarantos / Photo by Claude Villemure

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Lina Moros founded the Ballet Flamenco Arte de Espana in 1990 and opened her Académie Ballet Flamenco Lina Moros shortly thereafter. She has collaborated with the Opera de Montréal, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, The National Theatre School, Le Cirque du Soleil, Les Sortilèges and artists in other domains. She occasionally serves on the jury of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts as an expert in Spanish dance and flamenco.

• Paula Moreno: Toronto (1975–1982)

• Merche Esmeralda: Madrid, Spain (1981)

• El Ciro: Madrid, Spain (1981)

• Javier Cruz: Toronto (1999)

• Manuel Santiago Maya “Manolete” at Centro de Arte

Flamenco Amor de Dios: Madrid, Spain (1986); Festival de

Jerez, Teatro Villamarta Studios: Jerez, Spain (2000)

• Rafaela Carrasco: Montréal (2005)

Lina Moros in Manolete’s Le Cri / Photo by Hervé Leblay

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a family portrait…

Myriam Allard began dancing professionally in tablaos in Spain and Japan and joined Israel Galván’s company in Sevilla for his work Galvánicas in 2001. Since then, Allard has been a guest artist and has led master classes for various artists/companies such as Flamenco Rosario, Claire Marchand and Apsâra Flamenco (France). After many years living in Spain, Allard settled in Montréal where she has her own company, La Otra Orilla, and her flamenco studio, el Pleamar.

• Ciro: Madrid, Spain (1998–1999)

• Manolo Marin: Sevilla, Spain (1999–2000)

• Yolanda Heredia: Sevilla, Spain (2003)

Rafaela Carrasco: Madrid, Spain; Paris, France (2000–2003)

• Alejandro Granados: Sevilla, Spain (2003–2008)

Myriam Allard / Photo by Shany Bélanger

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Catalina Fellay is a Toronto-based dance professional and academic with a focus on flamenco, classical Spanish and Escuela Bolera dance. Fellay has enjoyed over fourteen years as a member of the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company and a teacher at the Academy of Spanish Dance. She is currently pursuing a PhD in dance studies at York University.

• Esmeralda Enrique: Toronto (1983–ongoing)

Catalina Fellay/Photo by David Hou

• Claudia Carolina: Toronto (1985–1992)

• La Tati, Manuel Santiago Maya “Manolete” and Domingo Ortega and Centro de Arte Flamenco Amor de Dios:

Madrid, Spain (1999–present)

• Eloy Pericet, Certification in Escuela Bolera: Madrid, Spain (2002)

• Isabel Quintero, Classical Spanish Dance: Madrid, Spain (2002)

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Esmeralda Enrique is the artistic director of Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company. In the 1960s, her first gig with José Greco was in Las Vegas, Nevada, opening for a month-long run at Caesar’s Palace for Frank Sinatra. Enrique founded her company and the Academy of Spanish Dance in Toronto in 1982. Dancers interested in a professional career may apprentice with the company for a minimum of six months. In November 2008, she was voted as one of the “10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians 2008” for her contribution to choreographing and teaching flamenco and Spanish classical dance in Toronto and across Canada.

• Victoria Eugenia, past director of the Ballet Nacional de España: Madrid, Spain (1970s)

Esmeralda Enrique/Photo by Hamid Karimi

• Luisa Triana: Los Angeles, USA (1960s)

• José Greco: Las Vegas, USA (1960s)

• Manuel Santiago Maya “Manolete”: Madrid, Spain (1970s)

• Manuela Carrasco: Madrid, Spain (1970s)

• Sabicas: New York, USA (1970s)

• Camarón: Madrid, Spain (1970s)

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Angela del Sol has been performing and teaching in the Toronto flamenco community for over ten years. A longstanding member of the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company, del Sol also appears regularly in tablaos and independent dance/music projects throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Angela provides ongoing classes at the Academy of Spanish Dance, where her teaching focuses on the improvisational elements of flamenco.

• Esmeralda Enrique: Toronto (1994–present)

Angela del Sol/Photo by Hamid Karimi

• Timo Lozano: Toronto (1999, 2004)

• Maria Magdalena: Madrid, Spain (1999)

• Carmen Cortes: Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain (1999, 2005)

• Ana Maria Lopez: Jerez, Spain (2003)

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Claudia Carolina, dancer, choreographer and teacher, is the founder of Theatre Flamenco and currently lives in Toronto. Carolina lived in Spain for more than a decade working and touring as a dancer. She regularly offers workshops across Canada, and takes groups of students to Spain for intensive flamenco workshops. She taught for ten years at the Alberta Ballet School. Along with her various flamenco teachers, Carolina was influenced by her ballet instructor Nancy Kilgore and Dr. John Weinsweig, who taught her music composition at the University of Toronto.

• Manuel Santiago Maya “Manolete” and guitarist Juan

Claudia Carolina/Photo courtesy of Claudia Carolina

“Marote”: Madrid, Spain (1980–present)

• Maria Rosa Merced: Madrid, Spain (late 1970s–early

1980s)

• Maria Alba: New York, USA (1980s)

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a family portrait…

Nancy Cardwell (stage name Paloma Cortés) began studying flamenco and classical Spanish dance with Esmeralda Enrique and joined the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company in 1994. Cardwell teaches in a variety of settings including the Academy of Spanish Dance, and several dance studios, schools and arts organizations in and around Toronto. She is currently working on her MA in dance at York University with a focus on the social, political and cultural history of flamenco.

• Esmeralda Enrique: Toronto (1994–present)

• Manuel Santiago Maya “Manolete”: Sevilla, Spain (1999);

Toronto (2000)

• Manolo Marín: Sevilla, Spain (2000, 2004)

• Manuel Betanzos: Sevilla, Spain (2004)

• Juana Amaya, Soraya Clavijo: Sevilla, Spain (2004)

• Antonio Granjero: Toronto (2002, 2003, 2004)

• Juan Ogalla: Toronto (2008)

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