Our 2nd annual fundraiser performance took place in the Art Gallery of Alberta’s lower level Ledcor Theatre. An evening of live flamenco featuring:
special guests
Francesca Canalizo – dancer – Calgary
Holly Blazina – guitarist – Calgary
Stephanie Pedraza – singer/dancer – Vancouver
Edmonton performers
Irena Dumicz – singer/dancer
Jane Ogilvie – dancer
Nyles Varughese – guitarist
Read more about the artists at this link
The following local dancers surprised the audience with our Festival Flashmob at the end of the show: Carmen Locke, Cat Moores, Mariam Djalili, Jolene Yuen-Jung, and Susan MacGregor.
Proceeds from this fundraising event went towards supporting the Edmonton Flamenco Festival in March 2017. A special thank you to Stephanie Pedraza who donated her artist fee for this performance to the Festival.
Flamenco at the AGA
November 26, 2016 – 8pm
Patrons were invited to join us in the lobby at 7:30 for an informal lesson in clapping Flamenco rhythms.
Ledcor Theatre
Art Gallery of Alberta – lower level
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
general seating / cash bar
poster design – Jane Ogilvie – photo of Francesca Canalizo by Aloys Neil Mark Fleischmann from the Flamenco Borealis production Al-Andalusi
