Texas Flamenco Festival opens on Saturday at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas.
Inside an upstairs dance studio in Oak Cliff, artists from North Texas, Argentina, and Spain rehearsed a flamenco performance for the upcoming Texas Flamenco Festival."It's exhilarating for me," Gonzales said."It allows me to express myself completely. It makes me feel whole. It inspires. It's happiness. It's everything!"Producer/Director Julia Alcantara said.
Flamenco isn't just dance. The music is integral to the performance, composed to complement the steps and story of each piece. "That's the most difficult part of the art form; the singling and the guitar," Alcantara said."Every song has its own history, costuming, meaning."The Texas Flamenco Festival kicks off the nonprofit Flamenco Fever's Fall Flamenco Residency program. Professional dancers and musicians from around the world perform with students. During the festival, Flamenco Fever will open its new brick-and-mortar headquarters, La Cantera Arts Conservatory.
"We were actually invited to perform in Spain last year," Alcantara said."We were one of the first American flamenco companies to be allowed to grace the stage in an international festival over there." The Texas Flamenco Festival kicks off Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas. It runs through Hispanic Heritage Month, with 25 performances in North Texas and across the state. For
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