Flamenco master La Tati — Francisca Sadornil Ruíz — is in residence at the University of New Mexico's Department of Theatre and Dance through Nov. 22. La Tati is one of the most acclaimed female flamenco dancers in Spain. She will be teaching intermediate and advanced students for three weeks, as well as setting a new choreographic work for Alma Flamenca, a pre-professional performance ensemble collaboratively organized by UNM and the National Institute of Flamenco.
Photo: Flamenco master La Tati — Francisca Sadornil Ruíz
A native of Madrid, La Tati has performed professionally since the age of twelve. She began performing at the famous Tablao Zambra where she was introduced to artists of the purest flamenco traditions. At fifteen La Tati went on her first European tour with the Festival Flamenco Gitano, where she met great flamenco and jazz artists like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles. She has also toured in Africa, Asia and Australia.
La Tati visited the United States several times with the well-received performance of La Cumbre Flamenca. In the late 1980s she founded her own company. Her productions have been praised for their richness of ideas and innovation and the brilliance of her interpretation. She currently teaches at Amor de Díos flamenco dance school in Madrid.
This exceptional opportunity has been made possible by the funding from Tobias Duran with the Center for Regional Studies, Cheo Torres Vice-President for Student Affairs, the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Music.
Contact: Eva Encinias-Sandoval, (505) 277-1855; e-mail: dance@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at November 15, 2005 02:29 PM