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Flamenco-Birmingham presents contemporary local, national and international flamenco-inspired productions, dance, music and workshops in and around Birmingham, UK.
Our website also covers flamenco news and updates from around the country.
We produce and promote performances in the city throughout the year – occasional local Peñas (friendly flamenco gatherings), and larger scale productions from visiting international flamenco artists, companies and ensembles, often on the more contemporary edge of music and dance, rather than the stereotyped ‘viva l’espania’ frills and castanets!
In 2007, we produced Birmingham’s first Flamenco Festival – three days of performances and workshops at Birmingham’s newly restored 1000 seat Town Hall. Over the past few years, we have brought a number of wonderful artists to the city from Spain, including Jesus Fernandez, En Sus 13, Chanta la Mui, Pepa Molina and Los Arrieritos.
Most recently, Argentinian tango singer Jose Luis Barreto performed to a full-house at Birmingham’s CBSO Centre, with May 2010 bringing the return of Madrid’s Chanta la Mui for two nights at Birmingham’s Town Hall as part of the biennial International Dance Festival Birmingham.
A weekly series of highly regarded flamenco dance classes and workshops, run by Ana Garcia, take place in Birmingham throughout the year.
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The website is edited and produced by guitarist Sam Slater. Flamenco-Birmingham productions and performances are run and programmed by dancer/choreograpger Ana Garcia and Sam Slater.
Hailing from La Mancha, Spain, Ana is a flamenco dancer and choreographer, running weekly flamenco dance classes in Birmingham, and teaching at the highly regarded Elmhurst School of Dance. Aside from performance – previously with her own company, Alma, and more recently with TG Collective and guitarist David Shepherd – Ana also choreographs for a range of high profile dance, music and operatic productions in France, Spain, Germany and South America.
Sam is a guitarist, based in Birmingham, performing throughout the UK and Europe, predominantly with TG Collective and Manveer Singh’s Marva. Sam also directs Mubu Music.
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Photo: Paul J. S.