Flamenco Troupe to Blaze onto Goodhart Stage

Carlota Santana has been hailed by Dance Magazine as "the Keeper of Flamenco" for her commitment to creating new works and cultivating young dancers, choreographers, musicians and composers in the traditional Spanish genre. Her acclaimed dance company, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, will bring its fiery performance style to Goodhart Theater at 8 p.m., on Friday, Feb. 16.

Santana co-founded the Spanish Dance Arts Company, which later became Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, in 1983. Since then, says The New York Times , the company has developed into "one of New York's most skilled and enterprising Spanish dance troupes." Attitude praises the dancers' "smoldering sensuality and polish" as they address themes of pride, sorrow, love and death.

Known for inventive dance dramas like Mano a Mano, inspired by the bullfight, and Federico, which celebrated the Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana tours extensively, performing to sold-out U.S. venues including the Joyce Theater, New Victory Theater and the Smithsonian. The company arrives at Bryn Mawr directly from a tour in Spain.

At Bryn Mawr, Flamenco Vivo will perform several new works, including one featuring the traditional but now rarely used castanets.

Single tickets to the performance are $18; senior tickets $15; student tickets $10; children 12 and under $5. Admission is free for Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore students, faculty and staff.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana's performance is part of the 2006-07 Performing Arts Series. Subscription packages offer discounts, mix-and-match ticket flexibility and priority seating. For tickets and information, call the Office for the Arts at 610-526-5210.

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