Upper East Side|Local Event
Flamenco Latino Presents Flamenco Latino in Concert part of the 2024 Más Allá Series
Join Flamenco Latino for Flamenco Latino in Concert on Friday & Saturday, August 23 & 24, 2024 from 7:30pm – 8:45pm at The Secret Theatre, 38-02 61st St, Woodside NY 11377. Tickets cost $32 ($27 Early Bird General Admission), with $17 tickets for students and seniors, and group discounts are available by calling (347) 771-2440. The performance is a part of Flamenco Latino’s 2024 Más Allá Series, which runs from Wednesday, July 24 to Saturday, August 24, 2024. The annual Más Allá (“Way Beyond”) Series, which has been a part of Flamenco Latino since 2015, represents the company’s most creative, innovative offering within the world of Flamenco dance and music. For more info, visit flamencolatino.com.
Saturday, August 23, 2024 tickets:
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This year’s series centers on the tongue in cheek notion that “We’ve Been Here Before,” a direct response to the rise of authoritarian ideas in United States, told through lyrics both sung and rapped, and above all, through movement. The 2024 Más Allá Series features guest artists Omar Edwards, tap and Paige Stewart, hip-hop, who each compliment Flamenco Latino’s creative mission and style. The Más Allá Series continues to produce innovative flamenco with salsa, jazz, blues and hip-hop flavors.Join
Flamenco Latino’s 2024 Más Allá Series is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
About Flamenco Latino
Since its inception in 1979, Flamenco Latino's professional company has explored and developed the genre known as Ida y Vuelta. This "Round Trip" genre was born during the late 18th century, when Spain and other countries in Europe were influenced by Latino dance and music, most notably the Cuban Habanera and Rumba, which led to flamenco tangos, tanguillo and rumba.
Flamenco Latino's recent Más Allá Series has pushed flamenco boundaries. Through the series, Flamenco Latino has encouraged the infusion of traditional Flamenco dance structures with jazz, blues and salsa, and welcomed the collaboration of such tap dancers as Omar Edwards. Since 2018, Flamenco Latino has presented its Series in collaboration with Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.
For the past 30 years, Flamenco Latino's interpretation of Ida y Vuelta have included explorations of flamenco guajiras and many rumba styles, such as Peret, Bambino and the Gipsy Kings. The company’s offerings over time have included many unusual amalgamations referencing mambo, cha-cha, danzon, bomba y plena, cumbia and merengue. Drawing on Basilio Georges' early professional career as a jazz musician, the music has reflected many jazz harmonic and improvisatory concepts.
Flamenco Latino’s exciting and innovative repertoire has been presented at Pace University and New York’s The Duke Theater, and through touring from 1997 to 2006. The company collaborated with Thalia Spanish Theatre from 2003-2009, in Amor Latino, a musical involving both tap and flamenco, and in a special interpretation of Picasso’s art through plays written by the artist as directed by Angel Gil Orrios. From 2006-2016, Flamenco Latino ran a Studio Theater space in Midtown Manhattan, offering classes in dance, guitar, cante and palmas for adults and children, presenting performances and recitals, and producing workshops with artists from Spain.
Flamenco Latino currently offers both live and online classes and performances. Classes are held at studios in Jackson Heights, Queens, and in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
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