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UPCOMING EVENTS _________________ ¡zahara!
A vivid, powerful performance, created by Kerensa deMars, showcasing the rich tradition of flamenco and its moorish influences, featuring a cast of international musicians and dancers. Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason Center,
SF ______________ If you want to keep in touch with flamenco events in the San Francisco Bay Area, go to www.sfflamenco.com If you are looking for an appropriate flamenco dance class in your part of the SF Bay Area, e-mail us for a recommendation. If you
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Flamenco and the Azahar Foundation
The passionate, emotional, sensuous experience we call flamenco is an art form, essentially Spanish, which over the centuries has drawn upon the musical traditions of many of the great world cultures; Indian, Arab, and North African among others. For hundreds of years, flamenco has been a tribal art of the gypsy peoples of Southern Spain. They came to Spain from their ancestral lands in Rajasthan in Northern India, through Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Egypt, and North Africa. Seville is the capital city of flamenco, and was also the sole entry port for trade with the Indies and thus flamenco was further enriched by Afro-Cuban influences. Flamenco now has become one of the most exciting public performance arts, incorporating elements from a variety of other art forms into its repertoire, while retaining its root, the haunting qualities of the music and dance of flamenco puro. Read: MORE ABOUT FLAMENCO, and listen to samples of flamenco music.
The Azahar Dance Foundation has a mission to extend the audience for this exciting art form and to support the growth of new artists and new performance companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The foundation has several programs which serve this end. See: OUR PROGRAMS These programs are dependent upon private and corporate donations and foundation grants. To see our list of Board Members and Advisers go to: WHO WE ARE Contact us at: azahar1@igc.org or write us at Azahar Dance Foundation, 3330 Louis Road, Palo Alto CA, 94303. From time to time we post short essays about flamenco culture... we call them ... to read one, click below on the title: January 2007
...Azahar Why azahar? Night time in Sevilla. A great palace
outside of Cordoba.
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