Somos Flamencos celebrates flamenco's treasured tradition of improvisation and spontaneity among its dancers, singers and guitarists. Yaelisa, the Festival's artistic director, directs this extraordinary ensemble of some of Spain's top artists. In response to some of the Festival's other original shows (Jerez, Puro, Sin Fronteras starring Savion Glover, and Y Una Batita de Cola), the Festival has been asked to represent this show on a national tour during the 2009-10 season. The run of this show has been extended to five nights of vibrant dance, majestic cante and soulful guitar.

The intimacy and energy of the tablao magnified by the excitement of the concert stage–this show, starring the magnificent Antonio El Pipa, combines it all to fabulous effect. His production, De Tablao, has garnered rave reviews at Spain’s major festivals and on tour throughout Europe. The cast will transport the audience to an intimate Spanish nightclub and set the Barclay stage afire.

www.antonioelpipa.com

An important part of past Festivals has been the participation of more than 600 students taking part in workshops each year taught by Festival artists. Workshops range from beginning level to advanced/professional with a special class just for children and youth.

Part of this year’s festival will be a special screening of the film Gypsy Caravan. An audience favorite at film festivals worldwide, Gypsy Caravan is a dazzling display of the musical realm of the Roma, contrasted against the real world in which they live. It is a rich, full-length documentary film featuring the lives and art of top international Gypsy performers and ensembles. The audience is taken on the Gypsy Caravan tour throughout Europe and the U.S., visiting locations in Spain, Macedonia, Romania and India. One of the film’s featured artists is Antonio El Pipa.
www.gypsycaravanmovie.com

New World Flamenco Festival celebrates the color and heat of flamenco with Fotos Flamencos, a showing of the work of Daniel Muñoz, Madrid-based flamenco photographer-journalist whose iconic photographs capture the flamenco artist’s essence with unusual elegance.
www.flamenco-world.com/magazine/indices/3ephoto.htm

Café Flamenco takes place on the plaza in front of the theatre before and after every performance. Festival-goers can come early, enjoy the festival atmosphere of Café Flamenco, sample Spanish cuisine prepared by Tapas Restaurant, and meet new friends. After the performance the artists come and mingle with the festival crowd to the festive sounds of flamenco guitar.

Tapas Restaurant: www.tapasflavorsofspain.com

Kaweh "Live in San Francisco" / CD-DVD Release Tour

Azriel "el Moreno" & Eva Ma present:
"Un Viernes Flamenco: unos cantes y unos bailes"

Azriel "el Moreno" and Eva Ma are presenting an evening of flamenco divided between a solo cante recital by Azriel and a standard cuadro presentation with Eva Ma dancing. They'll be supported by the fine guitar of Jeff Hawkins and palmas by Yuli.

Half a solo cante recital by Azriel "el Moreno," and half a cuadro performance with Eva Ma dancing our show will in part be a fund-raiser for production of the film "Price of a Piece of Chocolate" about cantaor Antonio de la Malena.

Azriel "el Moreno," well known and highly respected in the Bay Area, has sung for many of northern California's best dancers. This special occasion will be his first formal solo recital. Eva Ma has spent much of the past four years in Jerez (Spain) learning bulerias and compás with Ana Maria Lopez then choreography from Maria del Mar Moreno, Angelita Gomez, Juan Antonio Tejero and others.

A Traves De Sus Ojos / Directed by Fanny Ara

Acclaimed flamenco dancer Fanny Ara directs a work which explores some crucial and cruel moments of a woman's life through the powerful and subtle art of flamenco music and dance...

3-Hour Intensive Flamenco Movement Boot-Camp

New INT/ADV Flamenco Class with Fanny Ara in San Francisco

TK Fundraising Productions will present a new class: "Advanced / Intermediate Flamenco Class with Fanny Ara". This class will start on Sunday, September 7, 2008 and will be held at 1PM at, depending on the week, SF Dance Center or City Dance studios in SF. The choreography will be "Guajiras" by Fanny Ara and will be danced with the "Abanico" (a flamenco fan). The class will feature the choreography to be used for the group flamenco piece in SPRING DANCE INSPIRATION 2009 A cure for brain tumors, which will be held on March 21 and 22, 2009 at the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.