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Quebec – Laura Lynne McGee

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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

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 – Catalina Fellay

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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)

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 – Esmeralda Enrique

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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)

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.