Flamenco Fiesta at Teatro Paraguas 2018 Tickets are on sale from Today. Only 2 shows. Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 8PM Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 6PM Tickets: $30 General Admission, $25 Students and Seniors Cast: Music Director and Guitarist: Chuscales Artistic Director, Choreographer, Playwright and Dancer(Old Carmen) : Mina Fajardo Dancer (Young Carmen): Sveta Backhaus Dancer (Middle age of Carmen) Monze Diaz Singer: Dolores Garcia Base
on a true story, Chuscales grandmother Carmen La Golondrina who had a
gypsy cave also known as Cueva de La Golondrina in Sacromonte, Granada,
Spain. Carmen Maya Cortes "Carmen La Golondrina" was born in Sacromente in 1906 and died in 1996. Since
she was little she danced at the Zambra of the Amaya and Maya, and
appeared in the films "Mara de la O" and "Forja de Alma"s and “Cante
Jondo Festival” in 1922. She performed in Barcelona Expo International
and opened the Cueva de La Golondrina with his husband Joaquin Fajardo,
guitarist, and her three children, Isabel Fajardo Maya, Maria Fajardo
Maya, Antonio Fajardo Maya in 1947, performing throughout Andalusia and
Morocco. She Danced at “Franco en la Granja”, and danced in Hotel Palace
for many seasons. She toured with famous singer Antonio Chacon in
Spain. Music director, composer and guitarist by Jose Valle Chuscales, Artistic director, choreographer by Mina Fajardo. Teen/Young Carmen by Sveta Backhaus, middle age of Carmen by Monze Diaz, Old Carmen by Mina Fajardo. Chuscales
grew up in a traditional gypsy family well known for its professional
musicians and dancers. His grandmother was among those who lived in the
caves of Sacromonte, one of the legendary cradles of flamenco. Chuscales
recalls, "there were shows, with Gypsies from Granada who grew up in
families that lived there. I wish you could see it, the families in the
caves and the singing and dancing. There might be seven, eight, maybe
nine caves, all with singing and dancing, and there would be more
singing and dancing on the streets every day. It was unbelievable. It
was very formative time in all my life. It was like a dream. This is
where I learned everything the rhythm, the beat, the guitar. I am still
learning from those thousands of nights performing with my family, with
my father, my grandfather, and my friends. Artistic Director, Mina Fajardo choreographed and performed in many productions including “The
Little Match Girl” (Santa Fe, NM 2017), “Dance with Spirit” (Santa Fe,
NM 2017), “Illusions in Arts “Calligraphy & Choreography” (Santa Fe,
NM 2017), “Romance de la Luna “ (Santa Fe, NM, 2016), “Una Nota de
Lorca” (Santa Fe, NM 2016), “Gypsy Book” (Santa Fe, NM 2015), “Flamenco
Masters” (Denver, CO 2015), “Houston Spanish & Flamenco Festival
2015” (Houston, TX 2015), “Flamenco X3”(Santa Fe, NM 2015), “Gypsy
Passion” (Santa Fe, NM 2014), “Flamenco Fiesta!” (Santa Fe, NM 2014
& 2013), “Forever in My Heart” (Santa Fe, NM 2013 ), “My Gypsy Soul”
(Santa Fe, NM 2012), “Chuscales at Old Main, Boulder” (Boulder, CO
2011), “Chuscales y Mina Fajardo con Las Tres Mujeres” (Las Vegas. NM,
2010), “Chuscales Live at MIT” (Boston, MA 2009), Telluride Jazz
Festival (Telluride, CO 2008) |
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