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Ballet Flamenco La Rosa presents Fuerza Flamenca, with guest star Pepe Flores, who is coming directly from Spain to join the performance. The show will be presented on Saturday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m. and on Sunday, May 7 at 3:00 p.m. in the Gleason Room of the Filmore Theater in Miami Beach.
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa artists will include dancers José Junco, Sandra Bara, Mayelú Pérez and María Mercedes Pérez, guitarist Israel Heredia and cantaor Salvador de Angela.
The show highlights the authentic and spectacular world of flamenco in a fascinating performance that emphasizes the purest flamenco music and dance in a variety of styles and rhythms, at once dramatic, moving, upbeat, and sensual. The passionate voices, the exquisite sounds of the guitar, the electrifying percussion of the dancers’ feet combine with all the inherent grace and beauty that have made flamenco so popular worldwide.
PEPE FLORES, ENERGY AND ELEGANCE IN “FUERZA FLAMENCA”
Famous as the winner of the reality show El Gran Hermano (12+1) (Big Brother) , flamenco dancer Pepe Flores scintillantes, bringing inimitable power, serenity, mystery, and sentiment to his performance. Schooled in various flamenco academies in Madrid and Barcelona and in the Conservatorio de la Danza la Ciudad Condal, Flores has become one of the most prominent dancers in the international flamenco scene.
In 2016 Flores took part in Ópera y Flamenco Barcelona, which was seen by over two million people, and was directed by the award-winning Rafael Amargo, one of the most important flamenco stars today. Flores also made his debut in the United States at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach with his participation in La Gaviota, a flamenco ballet created by Ilisa Rosal, Artistic Director of Ballet Flamenco La Rosa. And, finally, he very successfully ended 2016 withan appearance on Tele5 in a flamenco performance for New Year’s Eve.
In 2017 Pepe Flores will appear at the Festival de la Isla Ciudad Flamenca in Cádiz, along with Duquende, Antonio Canales, and Capullo de Jerez.
POWER AND ORIGIN OF FLAMENCO
Flamenco had its beginnings in Andalucía, southern Spain, during the Middle Ages. Europeans, Arabs, Jews, Gypsies, and Africans, all living side by side, shared their various artistic expressions during this golden age, creating the art form known today as flamenco. Ever since, writers, poets, composers, artists, sculptors, choreographers, and audiences around the world have all been fascinated by flamenco. Today, flamenco, with its high level of form and technique, is one of the most beloved and most highly respected art forms in the fields of music and dance.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see authentic flamenco at its very best!
Tickets are from $23.00 to $43 at the Box Office. Tickets may also be purchased through Ballet Flamenco La Rosa at 786-320-6982.
Flamenco dance workshops featuring Pepe Flores and guitar workshops with Israel Heredia will be offered at the Ballet Flamenco La Rosa studios. Ballet Flamenco La Rosa also offers a continuing program of classes in flamenco, guitar, voice, ballet, pre-ballet, tap, jazz, Arabic dance, yoga, Pilates, mime, acting, classical guitar, folk music, blues, rock and jazz, piano, music composition, and creative writing.
About Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, authentic Flamenco in Miami:
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa is an international company dedicated to Flamenco as an art form in constant evolution. Based in Miami and made up of dancers and musicians from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S., the company presents flamenco dance at its best beyond traditional boundaries surprising and enlightening students and the public with the beauty and magic of this theatrical dance form.
With cross-cultural collaborations, international guest artists, and an extensive repertoire, Ballet Flamenco La Rosa is one of the few U.S. flamenco companies dedicated to the development and presentation of the art of flamenco with a sophisticated combination of theater, traditional flamenco and original choreography that makes a consummate theatrical experience. This cutting edge approach develops the connection between flamenco and other dance styles, and explores the commonalities to create new forms of dance. These have included Tap, Jazz, Blues, Middle Eastern, Afro-Cuban, Irish, African, Sephardic and Indian dances. In addition, the company has created numerous dramatic Flamenco Ballets, including Herodias, Las Mujeres de Troya, Cleopatra y Cesar, Rey Lear, La Dama Macbeth, Directo al Corazón, Señorita Julia and El Padre.
About Ilisa Rosal – Flamenco Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Flamenco La Rosa and PAN, Performing Arts Network
Ilisa Rosal is an innovator in this art form, having created more than one hundred pieces in the pure Flamenco style, along with cross-cultural collaborations and dramatic Flamenco Ballets. She has trained many of the Flamenco dancers in Miami, who have come to form their own companies. Under her leadership, Ballet Flamenco La Rosa has become respected as one of the best companies in the US, consistently performing to full houses with standing ovations and rave reviews.
Ilisa Rosal’s training includes extensive study in Spain with Ciro, El Guito, La Tati, Azorin, Manolete, Paco Fernandez, Mercedes and Albano, Jose Granero and Paco Romero. In 1981, Rosal studied in New York with Jose Molina (Flamenco and Classical Spanish dance), Mariano Parra (Escuela Bolera), Jeanne Brescianni (Isadora Duncan Technique) , Rajika Puri ( Bharata Natyam ) and Charles Moore ( African dance ) . From 1975-1980, she studied Spanish dance with Luisita Sevilla and Jose Molina. She trained intensively in ballet with Susan Stadler, David Howard and Nanette Charisse and Modern Jazz (Luigi technique) with Beatrice LaVerne. She studied drama at the University of Miami and performed in community theatre throughout South Florida, then toured New York, Spain, and France with many Spanish ballets.
In 1985 Ilisa Rosal founded and became the artistic director of Ballet Flamenco La Rosa. This flamenco company has been invited to perform at major local events such as Ocean Dance, Pow Wow, Arts a la carte, Coconut Grove Orchid Festival, Miami Beach Arts Festival, Miami Dance Festival and the Florida Dance Festival, as well as national appearances in such prestigious events as the Vail International Dance Festival.
Ms. Rosal’s most recent works include “Señorita Julia” (Miss Julie) and “El Padre” (The Father) inspired by Strindberg’s Miss Julie and The Father, which premiered and in 2013 and 2015 at the Koubek Center and at the Miami Dade County Auditorium.
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