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Flamenco
Express are privileged to present the awesome talent of..
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Ana de los Reyes
From the flamenco cauldron of Jerez de la Frontera, and internationally
famed for her work with Joaquin Cortés in all the great metropolitan
theatres, Ana is the epitome of the modern flamenco singer, a high priestess
of duende, enchanting all around her.
'In the powerful vocals of Ana de los Reyes there was a feeling that
flamenco music had taken off on a roller-coaster ride - exhilarating,
but scary'
Los Angeles Times.
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Mateo Solea
Also from
Jerez de la Frontera, his singing career began aged 14 in the Plaza
de Toros sharing the stage with Terremoto and Camarón. He went
on to sing for many dancers including Manuela Carrasco, Merche Esmeralda
and Ana Parrilla. In Madrid he worked in Los Canasteros with La Chana
and Juan Ramirez and in Torrebermeja with Jose Merce and Ramon el Portugues.
He has toured United States and the UK with Manuel de la Malena, Antonio
de la Malena, El Torta, Curro de Jerez and Maria del Mar Moreno. He
was recently invited to give a cante recital in the Peña Flamenca
Chaqueton in Madrid.
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La Joquina
Founder member,
choreographer and director of Flamenco Express. Trained at Laban and later
by Merce Cunningham, Jean
Pierre Perrault, Eduardo
Lopez, Paco Perez, and Carmen Cortés. She has worked with Christina
Hoyos, Paco Peña and others in London, Tokyo, New York, Montreal,
Toronto, Paris, Spain and
throughout Europe.
'Utterly riveting variations of firecracker beats..tumultuous fervour..indelible
gracefulness..'
The Stage
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Jesus Alvarez
No-one who claims to care about
the sounds a human being can wrest from a guitar can miss this chance
to hear one of the best guitarists to emerge in the last ten years.
A true rising star in the intense guitar scene of Jerez. He has performed
and recorded with La Chiqui, El Mono, El Capullo, Diego de Morao, Mijito
Hijo and many others. He has recently returned from performances in
New Mexico and New York with Manuel and Antonio de la Malena, and from
France with flamenco company Viejomundo.
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Gemma de la Cruz
Surrounded
by flamenco as a child, she began classes at the age of ten, and went on
to study at the Madrid Conservatoire and Studios Amor De Dios alongside
Belén Fernandez and Belén Maya. Her Spanish performances include
the Teatro Español, Teatro Barcel, Teatro de la Plaza de la Villa,
and Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid as well as Japanese and UK tours. |
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Chris Mullett
A
founder member and musical director of Flamenco Express and Club Azul,
he began playing the guitar at fourteen years old and later studied with
Carlos Heredia, Diego Amaya, Gerado Nuñez and Eduardo Lopez. He
has performed throughout Britain and Europe with Flamenco Express as well
as writing and recording scores for UK theatre and film productions.
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Rosa De Las Heras
Trained at the
Conservatorio de Madrid under Ciro and subsequently with Rafaela Carrasco
and others, Rosa was the find of the Joaquin Cortes company which took
the world by storm with their production of Pasión Gitana.
After 3 years with Joaquin Rosa went on to dance as a soloist for Compania
Alejandro Granados and with Raphael Amargo. She has performed throughout
Europe, USA and Japan and been a finalist in the prestigious Certamen
Internacional de Danza Española y Flamenco. Rosa joins Flamenco
Express for shows in Spring 2006.
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guest
artists
Flamenco Express regularly feature guest artists from Spain. In recent
seasons we have been joined by dancers Paco Peréz, Maribel la
Manchega, Curra Fernandez, El Titi, Rocío Romero, Tomás
Arroquero and EL Zoco, guitarists Tito Heredia, Manuel Cazas
and Ismael Heredia, and singers Manuel de la Malena, Luis
'El Mono' and Malena Hijo, raising the stakes once again and
giving free range to some of the contemporary masters of the most ferocious
expression of the human spirit ever devised.
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