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Nova Scotia – Maria Ossende

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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

This article was originally published in March 2009 and is reproduced with permission from The Dance Current.

Get your tickets to see Rubén Olmo Live at the 2011 Toronto International Flamenco Festival on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

 

Quebec – Myriam Allard

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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

This article was originally published in March 2009 and is reproduced with permission from The Dance Current.

Get your tickets to see Rubén Olmo Live at the 2011 Toronto International Flamenco Festival on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

 

 

Ontario – Angela del Sol

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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)

This article was originally published in March 2009 and is reproduced with permission from The Dance Current.

Get your tickets to see Rubén Olmo Live at the 2011 Toronto International Flamenco Festival on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

 

Manitoba – Carmen Cano de Infante

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Carmen Cano de Infante, Cordoba, Spain (1960) / Photo courtesy of Carmen Cano de Infante

Carmen Cano de Infante, nicknamed “The Godmother of Spanish Dance in Manitoba”, specializes in Spanish regional dance, especially Andalucían. Born in the southern Spanish city of Córdoba, she came to Canada in 1967 and founded the Spanish Folk Dancers of Winnipeg, Sol de España. She is a founding member of the Spanish Club of Winnipeg (est. 1977), and serves as president. In 2008, she was awarded La Cruz de la Orden del Merito Civil by his Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain in recognition for her outstanding contribution to preserving this Spanish cultural legacy.

• Antonia Garcia: Córdoba, Spain (1954–1958)

• Aurelia Amo: Córdoba, Spain (1958–1963)

• Workshops with folk dance and music teachers fromspecific regions: Sevilla; Malaga, Spain

• Yearly Summer Folk Dance Intensive Forums: Segovia;Zaragona; Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain (1954–1958)

 

This article was originally published in March 2009 and is reproduced with permission from The Dance Current.

Get your tickets to see Rubén Olmo Live at the 2011 Toronto International Flamenco Festival on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

 

Alberta – Rosanna Terracciano

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Rosanna Terracciano is an independent flamenco dancer, choreographer, teacher and producer trained in both flamenco and contemporary dance. She has produced several flamenco dance shows in Calgary since 2005 with her sister, Graziella Terracciano, and has presented contemporary and flamenco-based solos since 2002 in venues such as Dancers’ Studio West’s Alberta Dance Explosions, Springboard Dance’s Fluid Festival and Mile Zero Dance’s Salon Series.

• Israel Galván: Jerez, Spain (2006)

Rosanna Terracciano/Photo by Jhernelyn Parinas

• Myriam Allard: Montréal (2008)

• La Truco: Madrid, Spain (2008)

• Claudia Carolina: Calgary (1999–2006)

• Oscar Nieto: Vancouver; Calgary (2006, 2007)

• Matilde Coral: Jerez, Spain (2004–2007)

• La Cintia: Madrid, Spain (2004, 2008)

This article was originally published in March 2009 and is reproduced with permission from The Dance Current.

Get your tickets to see Rubén Olmo Live at the 2011 Toronto International Flamenco Festival on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.