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 show awakens your emotions of passion, intensity 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
Flamenco fever is back in full force around the globe, reminiscent of the 1960's and 1970's. For those that have never attended a Flamenco performance, be prepared to find the rhythms exotic and strange and the intensity of the feeling startling. Those that have seen Carolina Lugo’s Brisas de Espanña Flamenco Dance Company’s annual concert season understand what it is like to fall under the
spell of the poetic song, the melodic, haunting music of the guitar, percussive hand clapping, cajon, driving footwork of the dancer and the flamboyant sensuality of the dance.
Come and embrace the spirit, energy, fiery dance and music traditions 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. They will collaborate and share the stage this season 2007 with three notable artists from Spain. This group of outstanding performers will share the world stage together for two nights only to create an evolution of beauty, intensity and style. ”It is when Lugo and her daughter Carolé dance together that the women unearth a new dimension in dance, prompting a dialogue with theaudience about beauty, life cycles, love and death.” -Ann Murphy, OaklandTribune.
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Principal Dancer Carolé Acúñais 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.
Special Guest Singer and Dancer
Roberto Zamora has been a performer of Flamenco dance and song for nearly 30 years. Mr. Zamora has also performed as a dancer and singer with Flamenco companies throughout the United States and Mexico. Among his distinguished artistic collaborations, are those with Teo Morca, Rosa Montoya, Cruz Luna, La Tania and other Bay Area Artists. "If there is a better singer to get at the heart and soul of flamenco than Roberto Zamora I've yet meet him"- Maralyn Tucker Contra Costa Times
Video Highlight's:
Carolina Lugo’s Brisas de España
Flamenco Dance Company presents “SONIDOS DE DOS FAMILIAS”
Featuring Carolina, Lugo Carolé Acúña, Singer Jesus Montoya and Guitarist Gino D’Auri
Video produced by Richard Tonkin and Derick Pickens; Photos by Richard & Les Tonkin
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of our 2007 Concert Season: 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.
