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<![CDATA[Institute for Spanish Arts - News & Blog]]>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:56 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Flamenco at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art (Roswell, NM)]]>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:10:23 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2013/04/flamenco-at-the-anderson-museum-of-contemporary-art-roswell-nm.html

Flamenco's Next Generation was joined by Cante Veronica Medina, Guitarist Alejandro Pais and dancer Illeana Gomez this weekend for a performance at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. The group was met with a highly appreciative and energetic audience of 200 including children, adults and seniors.

The art pieces at this wonderful art museum gained new purpose, appropriately adorning the stage for Flamenco. The Institute for Spanish Arts is extremely thankful and honored to have received such a warm welcome from the Roswell community and the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation. A wonderful occasion as the day was shared with birthdays of Don Anderson, founder of the Museum and guest guitarist Alejandro.

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]]><![CDATA[Flamenco at the Spanish Colonial Arts Gala (Santa Fe, NM)]]>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:02:48 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2013/03/flamenco-at-the-spanish-colonial-arts-gala-santa-fe-nm.html

Flamenco's Next Generation was invited once again to perform at the annual Spanish Colonial Arts gala. The group performed a thirty minute set for an audience of approximately four-hundred.

The youth flamenco group, initially started and trained by Maria Benitez herself in 2002, continues to dance throughout private and public events and venues in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The group has welcomed new members in the past few years to provide newer generations of youth with opportunities in Flamenco dance. New members are recruited in auditions from a pool of pre and teen-aged students in ongoing flamenco classes at the Institute for Spanish Arts.

Flamenco's Next Generation was accompanied at the Spanish Colonial Arts 2013 Gala by professional guitarist Alejandro Pais Iriart and Cante (singer) Meagan Chandler.

Members of Flamenco's Next Generation: Miquela, Alex, Janira, Chanell, Melanie & Briana at the Spanish Colonial Arts gala.

]]><![CDATA[Practice Makes Perfect: Flamenco's Next Generation]]>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:23:44 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/12/practice-makes-perfect-flamencos-next-generation.html

Every summer Flamenco's Next Generation's young dancers come together to share in the experience of a summer performance season.
Most of the members have been part of the group for ten years, since 2002. Several have moved away to pursue their studies in college. But every year they all come together to share the stage. This is a shoot from the 2011 summer rehearsals. Being in the studio during rehearsals is an intense experience. It feels inappropriate even to be so still amidst so much passion and the whirlwind created in the air by their electric motion and their energetic soles stomping...

Photos by Artotems Co. Click to view large.

]]><![CDATA[ISA Brings Flamenco to Santa Fe Children's Museum Holiday Performances]]>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:47:20 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/12/isa-brings-flamenco-to-the-santa-fe-childrens-museum-holiday-concerts.htmlEvery year after Christmas, the Santa Fe Children's Museum has made it a tradition to hold a three-day holiday performance series for kids and parents to enjoy at the Museum. Flamenco's Next Generation and ISA were once again invited to perform on one of the days. Young Flamenco students performed Sevillanas and a couple of tangos pieces for this event. Emmy Grimm performed a classical solo with castanets. Janira Cordova, Simone Jaramillo, and Brianna Montijo from Flamenco's Next Generation also performed with the students. Instructor Benigna Sanchez gave a talk to the audience and even made them dance! She talked about the history of flamenco, the costumes, the Sevillanas and taught them a few moves.

Click to see Sevillanas Performance Video.

]]><![CDATA[Winter Flamenco Student Recital]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:30:23 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/12/winter-flamenco-student-recital.htmlOn December 15th 2012, youth and adult students from all Flamenco classes at the Institute for Spanish Arts. The event took place at the Moving People Dance studio in Santa Fe. Parents donated goods for the bake sale and students performed for an audience of 220 friends and family. THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL 2012!

See Photo Album Here

]]><![CDATA[Emmy Grimm receives Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts]]>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:36:58 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/10/emmy-grimm-receives-mayors-awards-for-excellence-in-the-arts.html

Young Emmy Grimm.

Emmy Grimm will receive the Melissa Engestrom Youth Artist Award for her accomplishments as a flamenco artist as well as her ongoing efforts teaching youth the history and technique of flamenco.

Grimm began studying flamenco at Maria Benitez’ Institute for Spanish Art at the age of four. By the age of ten, she was invited to join the Institute’s youth company, Flamenco’s Next Generation, eventually becoming a featured soloist with the company. Committed to passing on the history and tradition of flamenco, Grimm began teaching at the Institute’s Truchas Summer program at the age of only twelve—sometimes instructing young people several years older than she. She has continued to teach flamenco at elementary schools around northern New Mexico and serves as the main children’s instructor at the Institute for Spanish Arts.

Grimm has also established herself professionally, performing in the Theresa Cardenas Spanish Dance Theater’s 2010 production of El Pintor at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM; at The Lodge at Santa Fe with the Entre Flamenco Company, under the direction of internationally-renowned flamenco artists Antonio Granjero and Estefania Ramirez; and at venues throughout Santa Fe with well-known flamenco guitarist Jose “Chuscales” Valle and dancer Mina Fajardo. She continues to pursue her craft through intensive workshops and classes around the country.

Source: City of Santa Fe Website

Emmy performing a solo at a private event.

Emmy at the awards ceremony October 18th 2012.

]]><![CDATA[Flamenco's Next Generation Private Event]]>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:24:48 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/10/flamencos-next-generation-private-event.htmlThrough the Institute’s contact, High Desert Event Planning, Flamenco’s Next Generation was contracted to perform at a dinner for the employees and members of Thornburg Investments. The event was held at a private Santa Fe home in the evening. Singer: Veronica Medina, Guitarist: Joaquin Gallegos. Audience: Approx. 300

]]><![CDATA[Youth Flamenco ISA Students Perform at Santo Nino Fiesta]]>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:32:02 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/10/youth-flamenco-isa-students-perform-at-santo-nino-fiesta.html21 students from Maria Benitez’s Institute for Spanish Arts performed for an audience of 300+ people at the Santo Nino Regional Catholic School’s Fiesta on Sunday October 7, 2012. Each class, including Introduction to Flamenco, Flamenco I and Flamenco II, performed a Tangos choreographed by Benigna Sanchez-Duty MS CCC SLP and dancers from Flamenco I and Flamenco II danced the Sevillanas staged by Ms Sanchez Duty. All dances were accompanied by flamenco guitarist Jaime Martinez. Audience: 350

Flamenco Intro students prepare for the stage.

Flamenco Level 1 students performing.

Level 2 Flamenco Students: Marian Juarez, Alexina Chavez, Zoe Whittle and Brianna Garcia.

Students from Flamenco Intro

Proud parents take photos of their dancers!

]]><![CDATA[Flamenco's Next Generation at Big Brothers Big Sisters Gala]]>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:30:01 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/10/flamencos-next-generation-at-big-brothers-big-sisters-gala.htmlThe group was invited to perform at the Gala in the Ballroom of the Buffalo Thunder Hotel and Resort just north of Santa Fe. The gala was well attended and the audience included Gov. Susana Martinez and other dignitaries, whom the group had a chance to meet before the performance. Guitarist Jaime Martinez Sang and played guitar for this event.
Audience: 600

]]><![CDATA[ISA Students and Flamenco's Next Generation at the 2012 Renaissance Fair]]>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:22:15 GMThttp://www.institutespanisharts.org/2/post/2012/09/isa-students-and-flamencos-next-generation-at-the-2012-renaissance-fair.htmlOn September 22, 2012, young ISA Students and Flamenco’s Next Generation were invited to perform at the annual Renaissance Fair at El Rancho de las Golondrinas just south of Santa Fe. The performance was approximately 45 minutes long. Guitarist and Singer: Jaime Martinez. The group performed for an audience of approximately 400 people.

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