Spring 2023
Our first edition was a huge success for the cultural life of Colorado. It took place April 2023, in Boulder, during which we had the chance to bring exceptional performances, educative programming and community gatherings to the Dairy Arts Center, the Museum of Boulder, St. Julien hotel, Corrida and Mateo restaurants as well as many other places throughout the city.
Antonio Canales
Antonio is one of the most prestigious and recognized representatives of our culture internationally. Born in Triana, Seville (Spain) in 1961, he is the son and grandson of artists.He began his studies at the Spanish National Ballet, of which he was a soloist dancer of throughout it’s best creations.
Director, bailaor and choreographer, since 1992, during which he formed his own company. With the Antonio Canales Flamenco Ballet, he has presented productions such as “A ti, Carmen Amaya”, “Siempre flamenco”, “Narciso” and “Triana”. “Torero”, his most representative work and with which he has added more than a thousand performances in mythical international theaters, was a finalist at the EMMY Awards in 1995.Among the numerous awards and distinctions that he has received for his work and the dissemination of Spanish culture throughout the world, are among others: the silver medal at the FIPA 1996 in Biarritz, the 1995 National Dance Award, several Max Awards of Performing Arts for Best Dance Show or for Best Dance Performer, the Medal of Andalusia as Illustrious Andalusian Son, Prominent Member of the International Dance Council of UNESCO 2013, the Silver Slipper of the city of Almería, the Laurel of Gold from the Mexican RTV, the award for the Best Navisela-88 dancer, the award for the Best International Dancer in Mexico City in 1990 or the Gold Medal of Merit for Fine Arts 2020 from the Government of Spain.
During his international career, being considered a dance celebrity, he has shared the stage on numerous occasions with international stars such as
Rodolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Julio Bocca, Carla Fracci, Vladimir Vasiliev, Fernando Bujones, Peter Schauffus, Silvie Guillem, Patrick Dupond, Paco de Lucía or Alejandro Sanz among others.
Pastora Galván
She is the daughter of the great Master of Flamenco José Galván.Pastora (Seville, 1980) has dancing in her blood.From her family inheritance and the influence of her brother Israel Galván (an artist who brings flamenco dancing to the forefront) .In 1995, at the age of 15, she traveled to the United States for the first time with the San Francisco Flamenco Theater Company.She has taken the dance to the main Spanish theaters and tablaos, as well as to numerous cities in Europe, Japan, the United States, the Middle East and Cuba, among others.She has also participated in the most important flamenco and dance festivals in the world, such as the Seville Flamenco Biennial, Mont-de-Marsans, the Corral del Carbón Festival in Granada; Alburqueque, Argeles-sur-Mer and Monterrey (Mexico), Miami Flamenco in the Sun Festival; Jerez Festival; Andalusia Flamenca, Malaga in Flamenco, Montpellier Danse, the International Festival of Granada, Flamenco Festival (USA) and the Flamenco Biennial of the Netherlands; Flamenco Festival of Nîmes, etc.The Seville Flamenco Biennial deserves special attention for having hosted Pastora’s baile in all its editions since 1998.
Dorantes
Dorantes belongs to a family that has given the world of Flamenco many well-known artists. In recent decades, son of Pedro Peña, grandson of Maria the Perrat, nephew of Juan Peña El Lebrijano, all have emerged from Dorantes’ family. He is also related to Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera. This has not prevented Dorantes from making a proper name for himself in the world of Flamenco. Dorantes has become a Maestro with an instrument traditionally alien to the world of flamenco, that is the piano. We must remember that until the 90’s it was unthinkable to use other instruments apart from the flamenco guitar, the cajón and castanets. With a family tree steeped in cante jondo, this young Seville native has started a musical revolution in flamenco, raising the piano to prominence in a world where guitar is king. Thanks to his extraordinary improvisational sense and brilliant orchestrations, he has managed to reinvent the genre by incorporating the dreamy sensitivy of jazz.
Never before has a harp toured so many styles of this musical genre with a purely flamenco language: seguiriya, soleá, bulerías, alegrías, malagueñas, granainas, guajiras, rondeña, tientos, tangos … these are just some of the many flamenco styles that this Jerez woman plays on the harp. Both with her compositions and when arranging and performing, she leaves an exquisite mix to the listener’s delight: knowledge of the roots, childhood in the very flamenco Jerez, mastery of the compás and highly skilled hands that capture the most difficult and beautiful flamenco in this instrument. pure, resulting in a very sophisticated beauty.
Listening to this flamenco muse live is witnessing art at its best.
Her musical studies, which began at an early age and her enormous talent have led her to forge herself, creating a new language on the harp, which for the first time, sounds with a flamenco discourse, giving rise to the first source and reference of flamenco harp in the History of music.Ana Crismán
Born in Arahal, Sevilla in november 1996, he began playing at the age of 10 at his local music school. He has received classes and advice from teachers such as Manolo Sanlúcar, Víctor Monge Serranito, Rafael Riqueni, Paco Cepero, Gerardo Núñez, Tomatito, David Cerreduela, José Luis Balao, José Antonio Rodríguez or Antonio Rey among others. He is currently studying at the "Rafael Orozco" Higher Conservatory of Music in Córdoba.AWARDSFIRST PRIZE XII Youth Flamenco Guitar Contest "Ciutat de l' Hospitalet" L' Hospitalet (Barcelona), October 25, 2014.FIRST PRIZE II Flamenco Competition «La Pringá» Best Accompaniment Osuna (Seville), March 7, 2015.
David de Arahal
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