十丰舞語

Omayra Amaya

Omayra Amaya Shanghai Flamenco Workshop
is coming soon in Feb


Omayra Amaya's legacy is one of a deep and proud gypsy flamenco tradition. The daughter of Olga and Curro Amaya and grandniece of arguably the greatest Flamenco dancer who ever lived, Carmen Amaya, Omayra accepts the responsibility of her heritage with the same passion and uncontrolled vagrancy of Gypsy spirit as those of her lineage. Her daily exposure to the cultural roots of flamenco, with all of its subtleties and fervency, cultivated her innate love for the art and supplied the foundation of her style and technique.。

Omayra first appeared on stage with her parent’s company, often interrupting their performances. Her first choreographed role came at age twelve, when she performed as her father’s partner. By the time Omayra was fifteen, she was touring and performing internationally with her parents and performing with Rosario Galan and Antonio Santaella. Already a seasoned performer, Omayra sought to expand and enrich her art by studying other dance forms. She attended the Boston Conservatory where she received a BFA in Dance and Choreography.

· Established her own dance company, Amaya, Flamenco Limites in 1993.

· Being a faculty member of Boston Conservatory, the Bosten Ballet, Harvard University Dance Department, and Walnut Hill Performing Arts School.

· A PBS documentary film about her life: Gypsy Heart.

· She was an integral part of the award winning documentary Queen of the Gypsies, and the most comprehensive video portrait of Omayra’s legendary great aunt, Carmen Amaya.

· In 2004 Omayra was invited to perform by the “Asociacion Gitanan de Madrid” during a week of celebration of the Gypsy Culture of Spain in Madrid.

· In 2005 She was invited to perform at Festival Flamenco de Butarque de Leganes, Madrid.

· In 2006-2007, Omayra Amaya was invited to work as one of the choreographers with Franco Dragone, Director, and Sarah Miles to create the Musical Carmen which premiered at La Jolla Playhouse summer of 2007.

· Omayra performs a duet with Steve Martin in the Hollywood film, The Pink Panther II. The movie will premiere January 2009. To lean more: www.omayraamaya.com

Hong Kong - Performance

Juan Carmona Group perform in Hong Kong at the Grand Theater on Oct 11Th 2008(Sat)

www.juancarmona.com

日期: 11 October 2008 (Sat) 7:30 pm
城市電腦售票網 www.urbtix.hk
票僄HKD480,380,280,180 only
地點：香港文化中心大劇院

Taiwan - Workshop

Adrian Santana Nunez

出身於Flamenco重鎮Malaga,1999年起隨享譽國際的Carmen Mota佛拉明哥舞團世界巡迴,2005年起以Carmen Mota首席舞者之姿同時與其他舞團JOSE PORCEL, LUCIA Y CARMBORIO ,LUCIA DE REAL舞團有合約關係並持續巡迴各地演出.爾後與多位知名的Flamenco大師Rocio Molina, Antonio Canales, Israel galvan, Isabel Bayon, Ruben Olmos, Jose porcel, Jose Barrios合作演出並開始嘗試電視舞蹈節目的製作,目前仍持續各國巡迴,所到之處有法國,美國,義大利,中國大陸,埃及,荷蘭,韓國等

Date: 8.18~9.13 (2008)

Hong Kong - Workshop

Leonor Leal Flamenco Dance Workshop in Hong Kong
20 – 26 June 2008

Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Leonor Leal started dancing at the age of 9 and received her degree in classical ballet and Spanish dance from the Royal Academy and the Conservatory of Dance in Seville. She extended her training with flamenco maestros such as Manolo Marin, Angelita Gomez, Pepa Coral, Juan Parra, Ana Maria Lopez and La Chiqui among others.

Leonor’s professional career spans tablaos such as La Casa de la Memoria Andalusi, Corral de la Moreria, the dance companies of Anotonio El Pipa, Andres Marin and the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia of Cristina Hoyos. She has collaborated with known artists, among others El Grilo, Javier Baron and Angeles Gabaldon. Leonor has appeared in international flamenco festivals such as those of Berlin and Mont Marsan, and has just presented her solo in the Flamenco Festival de Jerez in March. She has received invitation to perform in the Bienal de Seville in September, the two most significant flamenco festivals in Spain that showcase outstanding contemporary flamenco artists.

In addition, Leonor is well known for her meticulous style in teaching flamenco in schools such as the Fundacion Cristina Heeren, the Fundacion de Museo de Baile Flamenco de Cristina Hoyos, the Centro de Actividades Flamencas de Antonio el Pipa, the Escuela de Isabel Bayon y Angel Atienza and the Andres Marin Flamenco Abierto as well as conducting flamenco workshops worldwide such as in Germany, France and Russia.

生於西班牙南部赫雷斯的Leonor Leal， 九歲開始習舞並於塞維利亞的皇家舞蹈學院及塞維利亞舞蹈學院分別取得古典芭蕾舞及西班牙舞蹈的學士學位。 其間又跟隨多位佛蘭明高舞蹈大師如Manolo Marin, Angelita Gomez, Pepa Coral, Juan Parra, Ana Maria Lopez, La Chiqui等精研舞藝。 Leonor以佛蘭明高專業舞者的身份加入多個重要舞團， 如Anotonio El Pipa, Andres Marin及Cristina Hoyos等，又與多位舞者如El Grilo, Javier Baron 及 Angeles Gabaldon經常聯手創作演出，她也常在各海內外佛蘭明高藝術節獻藝。在今年三月的赫雷斯佛蘭明高藝術節中擔演獨舞，備受公眾及舞評界讚譽， 亦將於九月份參與塞維利亞佛蘭明高雙年節的演出。 Leonor教學經驗豐富，於塞維利亞的多所專業舞蹈學校教授佛蘭明高舞蹈課程，足跡更遍及法國、德國、俄羅斯等地。

Workshop details & enquiries: call 852-98391917 or e-mail felahmengus_adm@yahoo.com.hk
Official website of Leonor Leal: www.leonorleal.com
Organizer: www.felah-mengus.com

Hong Kong - Classes

Regular Classes in Hong Kong
If you are interested in it, please contact
Carolina Vera

Taiwan - Workshop

過去這一二年碰到舊雨新知們總是會向我問起

「Francine在哪裡?不再回台灣了嗎?」

和Francine有過深入認識的朋友對於她的個性相信一定不陌生

過去她曾經太累　

她需要休息

她需要重新被Flamenco再度滋潤

她需要重新站上舞台

這二年，她重新被加滿「油」!!

帶著滿滿的「油」、不變的熱情及對老朋友的思念

4/6將重新踏上台灣這塊土地

曾經有過的喜怒哀樂

相信．都已經不重要

這是一個新的開始

對她、對熱愛Flamenco的妳我都是

再度為她加油打氣



Francine Sweet

4/6抵達台北

4/11~4/16授課

Taiwan - Workshop

Ana Ramo Workshop in Taiwan
Date:Mar 13~Mar 25
Details see http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/flamenco-events

Hong Kong - Workshop

Danza Flamenca presents
Clara Ramona Flamenco Workshop

20th-28th February 08

5 courses to be offered:
Flamenco 1 : for beginners and those with some knowledge of flamenco. Technique and choreography por Garrotin con abanico (fan).
Flamenco 1 to 2: Suitable for those with some knowledge and regular training. Technique and choreography por Tiento. New!
Flamenco 2: In-depth training for those with more experience of flamenco. Technique and choreography por Cana con manton (big shawl).
Castanet I: Beginner castanet technique
Castanet II: Intermediate castanet technique

Enquiry: 9759 9048
Email: flamencadanza@hotmail.com
Organizer: Danza Flamenca HK
For further information of Clara Ramona Please visit
www.clararamona.com

Shanghai - Workshop

Antonio Vargas

Mar 3~ Mar 9

国际级名师Antonio Vargas 有着超过 30 年的 Flamenco 场剧院专业演出及无可比拟的教学经验。为西班牙艺术节、英国国家广播公司、英国 韦尔斯地区艺术节、伦敦皇家艺术节、雪梨歌剧院「卡门」等国际艺术活动担任编舞与艺术总监之重任， 是大师中的大师。
演出履历：
 出演卡洛斯绍拉的flamenco电影《爱情魔术师》El Amor Brujo
 出演卡洛斯绍拉的flamenco电影《《血婚》Boda de Sangre
 电影 【 Mission Impossible 2 不可能的任务二】 编舞与演出 ……
及超过 14 部 Flamenco 舞剧的创作与演出
全部演出篇目可上他的官方网站看http://www.antoniovargasflamenco.com/

Hong Kong - Workshop

Date: Jan 12~22

Con Carolina Vera

Carolina Vera was born in Madrid, Spain. She graduated from the “Real Professional Conservatory of Spanish Dance” in Madrid.

At the age of three she moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she started dancing at the age of six at the prestigious “Superior School of Classical ballet” at the “Theatre Colon” of Buenos Aires.
In addition to the official qualification, she intensified her studies with renowned ballet maestros like Gloria Kazda, Hector Figueredo (from the Cuban Ballet), Nela Frexas and Andrea Chinetti (in contemporary dance). She completed her formation with following piano lessons at the “National Conservatory of Music”, where she later graduated. There she also performed drama with the actress Cristina Banegas.

Her most influential teachers were: Mariemma, María Magdalena, la China, Merche Esmeralda, Yolanda Heredia the Farruco Family, la Farruca, Farruquito, el Farru, la Faraona, el Barullo (In Spain), Laura Manzella and Sibila (in Buenos Aires).
She has given flamenco workshops in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Compostela, Genoa, Qatar, Jordan and Dubai. (2002-2006)

In 2004 and 2006 she was part of the ballet Al-Andaluz from Buenos Aires with whom she has danced in different flamenco shows: Sinfonia Española, Torrente Flamenco, Azabache y Luna, and Yerma.
She has performed in different tablaos: Tiempo de Gitanos, Cantares, Soleares and El Naranjo.

The workshop will be conducted for three levels of experience:

Level I: RUMBA (for students with flamenco knowledge from 3 to 6 months) Beginners are also welcome!!!

Level II: COLOMBIANAS CON ABANICO (fan) (for students with minimum 6 months to 1 year flamenco experience)

Level III: ALEGRIAS CON MANTON (shawl) for students with minimum 1 to 2 years of flamenco knowledge)

The levels are estimated, the students can try the levels they consider suitable with their own experience.

Shanghai - Workshop

繼香港之後，緊接著上海即將有另一波workshop，住上海的朋友們有福了。大中華區的flamenco真是愈來愈熱絡了。

January 14 ~ January 24,2008

Flamenco Workshop with Javier Martos

Javier Martos, Bailaor and top teacher from prestigious flamenco school Escuela Carmen de las Cuevas in Granada, Spain.
Javier Martos is one of the top male dancers in Granada, Spain. Dancing since he was 9, he has completed advanced studies with teachers in Ballet, Classico Espanol and Flamenco. His flamenco teachers include Jaime Cala, Laura Mestre, Juan Carlos Lérida, Toleo, La Tani, Faraón, Cristóbal Reyes, Manuel Reyes, Mercedes Ruiz, and Manuel Liñán. Javier has performed and toured with some of Spain’s top companies such as “Compañía de Rafael Aguilar” and “Compañía de Maria Carrasco”. He has toured the world and performed in Japan, Korea, Australia, Iceland and Germany. He currently is director and choreographer for “Compañía Flamenco Amarí”. In addition, he dances with the prestigious guitarist Emilio Maya, is an official bailaor for Pena Plateria (an exclusive venue for flamenco) and Granada’s top tablao, Tablao Albayzin, with artists such as Víctor “Charico”, Antonio “Manzana”, and Fuensanta “la Moneta”.

Hong Kong - Workshop

香港的朋友真的很幸福，繼地中海藝術節之後馬上接著Juan Povillo舞蹈營。Juan帶著他的吉他手到亞洲來，一週的舞蹈課程雖短，相信大師的風采定讓上過課的朋友們久久回味不已

Artists-Jesús Corbacho

以專業度及行銷藝術節的活動來講，這次香港所舉辦的地中海藝術節算是相當成功的一例。從場場爆滿的觀眾數來看，香港這個國際城市在推動藝文活動的不遺餘力是有目共睹，相對於台灣本地的藝文推廣，相信我們仍有很大的進步空間
。
在這場Gala Flamenca的節目中少見大明星的組合，讓人有”怎麼看都看不夠”的驚豔，觀眾中更是有人一連看三場。

整個節目中從頭到尾獨撐大局的年輕歌手Jesús Corbacho讓人印象深刻，看似年輕的面貌卻有著另人動容的嗓音，這位年輕的歌唱家年紀雖輕，卻已經有相當豐富的演出經驗，更是許多當紅舞者指定合作的對象。這次在藝術節中有幸與他面對面接觸，並獲得首肯於本網站中刊登其相關資訊，以下為他個人的簡介及影片檔

Jesús Corbacho Vázquez nace en Huelva en 1986. Su afición al flamenco le viene desde muy temprana edad, ya que con tan solo dos años y medio entonaba sus primeros fandangos.

A la edad de once años se alzó con el Primer Premio Nacional de Fandangos del Certamen "Paco Toronjo" en Alosno, en la Categoría Infantil, repitiendo dicho galardón cuatro años más tarde en la Categoría de Adultos.

Actualmente, Corbacho formaliza sus estudios de cante flamenco en la Fundación Christina Heeren de Sevilla, donde también trabaja de profesor auxiliar para las clases de Rafael Campallo, Milagros Mengíbar y Carmen Ledesma, y donde cuenta con profesores de la talla de Paco Taranto, Esperanza Fernández y José de la Tomasa.

Jesús, a parte de prodigarse como cantaor de alante, también lo hace con el cante para el baile, habiendo trabajado con artistas de la talla de Milagros Mengíbar, Belén Maya o Alicia Márquez, entre otras.
Ha compartido escenario en diversas ocasiones con artistas como Chano Lobato, Juanito Villar, Arcángel, "El Extremeño", Estrella Morente, "El Guadiana", Maite Martín, Montse Cortés…
Respecto a lo que ha discografía se refiere, grabó con el grupo Niños de Huelva, (Herencia y Esta noche es Navidad) en 1998, además de haber colaborado en el disco Fandango Joven y la Historia Antológica del Fandango de Huelva de A. González "El Raya".
A parte de haber recorrido toda la geografía andaluza, y los más importantes puntos de España, ha realizado giras por países como Austria, Italia, México, Suecia, Noruega, Taiwán, Dinamarca, Francia, Bélgica...

En 2005 obtuvo diversos premios como:
Premio de Saeta Joven en Jerez de la Ftra. (Cádiz), Premio al Mejor Cantaor Joven del Concurso de Cante Flamenco de Ojén (Málaga) y Premio al Mejor Cantaor Joven del "Memorial Juan Casillas" de Vva. Algaidas (Málaga).

En el presente año ha vuelto a conseguir estos dos últimos premios, además de haberse alzado con el 2º Premio del Concurso de Cante Grande "Torre del Cante" de Alhaurín de la Torre y el 4º Premio del Concurso Flamenco Activo de Úbeda.

En el XLVI Festival Internacional de Cante de las Minas de La Unión, participó en el pregón de inauguración que llevo a cabo la bailaora Milagros Mengíbar, cosechando un rotundo éxito y en la actualidad forma parte de los espectáculos "Bulos y Tanguerías" de Santiago Barber y Raúl Cantizano, y "Dibujos", de Belén Maya y José Luís Rodríguez, además de trabajar en el prestigioso tablao sevillano "La Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus".

Spain Frets Over Future of Flamenco

By MAR ROMAN,Associated Press Writer AP - Sunday, October 28

MADRID, Spain - Master guitar-maker Arcangel Fernandez has stopped taking orders. He's been at it for 50 years, fashioning delicate wooden shells into lacquered beauties, and at age 75 he has enough work for the rest of his life.

However, the aficionados buying his coveted $13,000 instruments are not local musicians but Japanese collectors _ an alarming sign that the art form considered so intrinsically Spanish is declining in its birthplace and is now more popular among foreigners.
A decade ago, Madrid boasted 20 flamenco taverns featuring this unique kind of entertainment _ the furious, rhythmic tapping of a dancer's heels, the thundering chords of a classical guitar, a singer's soulful lament, all that contagious hand-clapping. Now only four or five remain, all packed with tourists and too expensive for the average Spaniard.
At the city's most hallowed flamenco school, half the students are from abroad.
"These days flamenco is more valued among foreigners," Fernandez said in his guitar shop, part woodworking sanctuary, part meeting place for guitar buffs.
Silvia Calado, a critic for the Web site http://www.flamenco-world.com said flamenco is not quite in a state of crisis. But while it has built up great prestige abroad, here in Spain it is low on creativity and has failed to reach out to new audiences.
"Flamenco is distancing itself from young people and they are the ones who can keep it alive," Calado said.
Flamenco classes would have lots of empty places were it not for foreign students, and half of the hits on her Web page come from abroad, Calado said. The Grammy awards give out a prize for flamenco music and the Spanish media barely bother to cover the awards, telecast from Los Angeles.
"It is disgraceful," Calado said.
Fifteen years ago, Fernandez, who makes an average of eight guitars a year, decided to work exclusively for foreigners. Now, he doesn't even raise the metal shutters of his shop when he is inside toiling away.
"Foreigners pay you better and they give you fewer problems than Spaniards," Fernandez said. "Customers come to pick up the guitar and you never see them again. They are always happy with the product. For them, flamenco is a very serious thing."
At the famed Amor de Dios School, teacher Inmaculada Ortega said flamenco has serious box-office problems and dance companies receive little support from a government more interested in promoting other Spanish art forms, such as painting or contemporary dance.
Ortega, 36, said she has to go as far as South Africa or the United States _ some times for months _ to make decent money, while in Spain she must give classes and sew flamenco costumes to make ends meet.
"Before, a flamenco dancer was held in high social esteem, had glamour. Now a dancer goes unnoticed," she said. "In Spain, you can only barely get by on flamenco."
Despite that gloomy assessment, some of the foreigners at the school have given up everything to come here and chase their dream.
Emily Liedel, 23, quit her job as a legal assistant in the United States a year ago to come to Madrid and study flamenco full time. She learned it in her native Portland, Ore., but wanted to polish and perfect her steps.
"I want to be a flamenco teacher, good enough to be a flamenco dancer," Liedel said. "It fascinates me, but it's very difficult, especially for a foreigner like me because we're not familiar with the music," said Liedel, who teaches English and belly dancing to pay for her flamenco.
The precise origins and evolution of flamenco are unclear. It is traced to the Gypsies of Spain, but was also influenced by folk songs and dances from the southern Andalusia region. There are also Moorish influences.
After the Civil War of 1936-39, the right-wing dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco embraced flamenco as a quintessentially Spanish genre that he saw as a force for unity in a country with disparate regions proud of their distinct languages and cultures.
Flamenco was transported from the smoky taverns where it was traditionally performed to dominate movie screens and the stages of theaters. A cliche was born _ the Spain of tambourines and castanets.
After Franco died in 1975 and democracy was restored, Spanish youths looked to foreign music as an expression of rebellion and independence, to the detriment of flamenco.
Many flamenco professionals say it is not universally popular in Spain and that many Spaniards are embarrassed by foreigners' assumptions that flamenco is Spain's national music.
Ortega said she believes many Spaniards cannot accept flamenco as a serious art form because of its gypsy roots.
"Foreigners like flamenco more because they don't have any social prejudices. Spaniards have learned that flamenco is an art of a racial minority," said Ortega, who has been dancing since she was 8.
"For Spaniards, it's a hobby but foreigners idolize it. They make flamenco their lives," she said.

Hong Kong-Gala Flamenca

GALA FLAMENCA”－－－这场音乐会使当今弗拉门戈舞台上最杰出的两位歌喉珠联璧合，即卡门•丽娜莱丝（Carmen Linares）和米格尔•波韦达（Miguel Poveda），并由吉他大师胡安•卡洛斯•罗梅洛（Juan Carlos Romero）激情伴奏，西班牙最火红的舞蹈明星Rocio Molina(洛西欧‧莫琳纳)激情献舞。

无论是一粒音符，一个吐字，都能直指人类的灵魂深处，西班牙歌唱女皇卡门．利纳雷斯就有这种能耐，不愧是佛兰明高的音乐大使。自1970年发行第一张专辑后，她的歌声一直传述着佛兰明高独有的风采，细致地表现人生的喜乐哀愁，充满收放自如的爆发力量。


东地中海音乐源远流长，深受古希腊、拜占庭帝国、波斯、阿拉伯及鄂图曼等辉煌文明影响，充满鲜活多元色彩。专长研究及表演拜占庭世俗音乐的希腊安荷达斯乐团，连同伊朗、土耳其、黎巴嫩、约旦多位独当一面的音乐家，演出承传地中海古乐的传统及现代作品，为观众展现该地域音乐的无限边界。
超过30年演唱经验，让卡门．利纳雷斯能纵横从传统到现代的不同曲式，在国际舞台上占有重要席位，被《纽约时报》称誉为「激情澎湃、出类拔萃」。这次她更难得伙同近年火速上位的年轻歌唱家米格尔．波维达同台演出。米格尔20岁时即羸得最重要的佛兰明高大赛，自此各地艺术节争相邀请，去年出席纽约和伦敦的佛兰明高艺术节时，大获好评。

当今乐坛中两把最迷人的声音，加上火热结他手尊．卡路．罗米洛，及被誉为2004年美国佛兰明高艺术节最佳新人得主洛齐奥．莫利纳的曼妙舞姿，为观众缔造佛兰明高最令人倾倒的一夜。
音乐会将汇聚许多难得一听的乐曲，包括由利玛•忆萨斯*以耶稣基督时代的语言 利亚 - 亚拉姆语演唱古老诗歌《神的母亲》；另一首拜占庭古乐《来自东方的夜莺》的手稿，则来自多个世纪前阿索斯山的修道院图书馆珍藏，价值连城。而来自土耳其及伊朗的两名敲击高手，米斯里．亚密特和斯亚．塔巴斯安同台演出，仿如两大文明在当世的对话。

安荷达斯乐团致力推动承传多个世纪的地中海共同音乐遗产，经常巡回于欧洲、北美、北非和中东等地的艺术节作交流演出。2003年更获欧洲联盟委约策划「地中海缪思」计划，以音乐会、出版及讲座于世界各地推广地中海音乐。
文章摘自：行走的耳朵-耶胡达

Taiwan-從心再出發

台灣的Flamenco圈在這二年有了很大的變化，不僅普遍程度提昇，專業程度也一年一年往上發展。除了國內人士長期的努力之外，另一股來自於西班牙歸國學人所挹注的力量也漸漸開始發酵。

從心再出發-本月份最受人矚目的活動之一，.這場由甫自西班牙歸台的朋友們所呈現的演出，雖沒有太多的宣傳活動，在圈內早已傳遍，另人期待的程度，據說票房早在消息一傳出即已爆滿。，

演出者除了本地舞者、吉他手，並邀請來自日本的歌手，節目呈現的方式將是台灣現今所見少數傳統、完整的演出之一。

Artist - Ana Ramo

Born in France, of Spanish parents, Ana Ramo began studying classical dancing and music. She learnt music theory, piano and various different idioms of dance. Later, she discovered Flamenco, the perfect way to combine her love of music and her vocation as a dancer.
In 1991, she moved to Madrid where she studied Flamenco in the famous Flamenco school "Amor de Dios", with one of the best Flamenco teachers (Ciro, Merche Esmeralda, El Güito, Antonio Canales….) while also continuing with her training in Spanish classical dancing and re-discovering classical ballet in the classes of Nadine Boisaubert.
From 1994, she worked in several informal "Tablaos" in Madrid (Soniquete, Corral de la Moreria, etc) and set up a production with her group "Flamenco Improvisation" which she moved in various different flamenco places in Madrid and in France. During this period she also gave "sevillanas" and flamenco classes in Madrid (Mostoles, Papageno Cultural centre, Palladium gymnasium…)
Returning to France in 1999, Ana Ramo contributed, as a flamenco dancer to several projects set up by contemporary choreographers ("Parade de Nanterre" by Pierre Doussaint, "2000 and One Dances" at the CND). She also worked with Cécile Apsara, and set up productions with several flamenco groups in Paris, in the provinces (Chartres, Rheims…), and abroad (Spain, Morocco)
From June 2000, she was Artistic Director of SONIDOS NEGROS ("Black Sounds"). Till 2005, she work as a teacher in some of the best dance center in Paris: Studio Harmonic and Flamenco-en-France (the french association for flamenco in Paris). She was invited to make workshops in provinces too: Rheims, Metz and La Rochelle. At the same time, her first choregraphy "Nesba", in which she also danced, was shown in Paris and in Chartres, in several different theatres and cultural centres (Café de la Danse, Théâtre de Chartres, Centre Culturel St Gratien) to considerable critical acclaim. Young Flamenco artists - including Manuel Reyes and José Barrios - were invited to participate in the show. Her second piece, "DOS" was shown for six weeks in the Paris theatre "Les Déchargeurs". Her las work, "Los cinco sentidos" (The Five Senses) was shown at the Théâtre de L'Oulle during the Alternative Avignon Festival in 2005. For this show, the company invited the young dancer Carlos Carbonell to participate.
From 2005 to now, Ana Ramo, lives between Paris and Madrid, emphasizing her teaching activities by organizing workshops in Paris, and classes in Madrid.

Hong Kong-Mediterranean Arts Festival

詳情請參考官方網站 http://www.medifestival.gov.hk/

(待續)

Singapore-Sevilla

María Pages的舞圑大概是早期來台灣開疆闢土的專業圑體之一，記得前幾年的全盛時期，曾經一年之中來了幾圑重量級的職業圑體，曾讓台灣的觀眾們應接不暇。近期來這些大型的圑體的巡迴腳步漸漸地往中國大陸、香港、新加坡等地移動而獨漏台灣。不知是台灣的觀眾對flamenco已失去新鮮感或是圑體經費太高的因素，台灣的觀眾們因而失去許多目睹這些大型的作品的機會。

今年María Pages推出新作Sevilla，一個以她的家鄉Sevilla為背景的作品。在這部作品裡María Pages仍延續著她獨有的呈現方式，有近二十位以上優秀的樂手及舞者將同時出現在舞台上，更有創新的舞台及服裝設計，同時在這部作品裡她將大膽採用Tomás Pavón(1893-1952)的演唱作品(註: Tomás Pavón被視為flamenco裡的傳奇人物之一，甚至曾被賦予史上最優秀的演唱家的稱號)。
Sevilla這部作品其實已推出好一段時間，可惜台灣觀眾至今仍無緣觀賞它。它曾於今年二月於香港演出，María Pages更將於今年十月中帶著這部作品至新加坡巡演，有興趣的朋友或許可以考慮飛一趟新加坡一睹大師風采。(照片來源flamenco-world網站)