Carolina Acuña
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Carolina’s show combines the pulsating sounds of footwork, song, castanets, syncopated hand clapping and guitar, painting a visual canvas in movement through dance. The relationship between all of these rhythmic essentials is riveting. The heart and spirit of Flamenco is a force beyond reason, one in which emotion and instinct take over and are expressed and fulfilled in the moment. So, if you are ready for dance and music with passion, don’t miss Carolina Lugo’s Brisas de Espaňa.

 

CAROLINA LUGO’S BRISAS DE ESPAÑA

FLAMENCO DANCE COMPANY

presents "Fiesta Navideña"

This performance is now featured in Diablo Magazine as one of December's best of editor picks!   Check it out here.

Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM.

Cue Productions

1835 Colfax Street at Willow Pass Rd

Downtown Concord

Call for tickets:  1-800-838-3006

Order tickets online:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/89085

General Admission $25

(at the door cash only)

 

Discounted tickets are available at door (cash only)

Seniors $23

Students/ID and children $20

Featuring International Artists

Dancers Carolina Lugo and Carolé Acuña

Singer Roberto Zamora and Guitarist Daniel Torres & Brisas de España Company Dancers

 

                                                            

Brisas de España is recognized as one of the top Flamenco-Spanish Dance Company's in the United States. The uniqueness of Brisas de España emanates from the combination of Flamenco-Spanish dance presented on stage by Artistic Director, Carolina Lugo.

 

Carolina's show awakens your emotions of passion, ntensity and energy by painting a musical canvas, using the elements of dance, song, music, castanets, percussive footwork and syncopated hand clapping. The relationship between all of these rhythmic essentials is riveting. ....."The troupe performed spiritedly to the complex Spanish melodies and rhythms..... the dancers gave it style and grace and captivated the large audience with their bravura and skill." -Patricia Beach Smith, Sacramento Bee Arts Critic

 

Come and embrace the spirit, energy, fiery dance and music raditions of Spain and find out why Toba Singer of Critical Dance exclaimed...., “See this accomplished troupe for their richness, history, high definition dancing..... you will leave the theatre completely enchanted!"

Carolina and her daughter, Carolé Acúña, have a rich history of performing Flamenco and Classical Spanish dance to sell out audiences in the Bay Area, West Coast and internationally in China since 1998. ”It is when Lugo and her daughter Carolé dance together that the women unearth a new dimension in dance, prompting a dialogue with the audience about beauty, life  cycles, love and death.” -Ann Murphy, Oakland Tribune.

 

 
 

                                                                                                 

 

Principal Dancer Carolé Acúña is Carolina’s daughter and a fifth generation dancer in her family. She began her studies in Flamenco dance with Rosa Montoya and in Spanish dance with Carolina Lugo at the age of 11. She has studied with Flamenco artists, Manuel Betanzos, Omayra Amaya, Antonio Vargas and Concha Vargas from Spain. She is the Bay Area’s most prominent young Flamenco dance artist. In 1996, she made her professional debut with Rosa Montoya’s Bailes Flamencos and continues to perform regularly with Brisas de España as a Principal Dancer with various symphonies at venues throughout Northern California, the West Coast, internationally in China and as a soloist with other Bay Area Flamenco artists. She is thoroughly trained in Ballet and studies Modern dance with Cheryl Chaddick and Robert Moses in San Francisco. Carolé recently returned from Seville, Spain, where she studied extensively for six months with renowned Flamenco Artist, Pepa Montes.

 

 

 

 

 

Video Highlight's: Carolina Lugo’s Brisas de España Ballet Flamenco presents “SONIDOS DE DOS FAMILIAS” featuring Carolina Lugo performing Tentos with Singer Jesus Montoya and Guitarist Gino D’Auri.

Video produced by Richard Tonkin and Derek Pickens; Photos by Richard & Les Tonkin

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support : The Zellerbach Family Foundation, California Arts Council, and Alliance for California Traditional Arts in partnership with the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and James Irvine Foundation. The Fort Mason Foundation in partnership with the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund and our many generous supporters whose contributions help keep Brisas de España flourishing and bringing the Spanish Cultural Arts to the Bay Area Communities.

 

  
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