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Established in 1979 by Aurora Reyes and Basilio Georges, Flamenco
Latino has performed throughout New York City and on tour, continually
refining and honing its cutting-edge mix of Spanish and Latino cultural
styles.
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| While each dancer dazzles in traditional flamenco style, the
repertoire also includes solo and ensemble numbers set to Cuban, Puerto
Rican and other Caribbean or South American forms. Both dancers and musicians
combine their strength in Flamenco technique with their love for the spicy,
tropical Salsa grooves.
Here is a closer look at the company members and also the unique classes
that they offer:
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| Guitarist/singer Basilio Georges brings both a distinct and
broad background to the execution and arrangement for the group. His experience
as both a Flamenco guitarist and as a Salsa musician give him a dual perspective
and a clear advantage for producing compositions with authenticity as a
goal. Over the past 19 years he has composed and arranged 30 pieces for
Flamenco Latino, 5 pieces for the Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company
and 10 pieces for Andrea Del Conte Danza España. |
| Basilio has studied guitar in Madrid, Seville, and New
York and has accompanied such artists as Rafael Fajardo and Concha
Vargas in the U.S; La Tati, Faico, Ciro, and Manolete in dance studios;
and many canta'ores such as Juanele de jerez, Marcelino Sanchez and
Antonio Benamargo in various Flamenco peñas in Madrid. |
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| His recordings include "Apertivos Pa' El Oido" with Flamenco
Latino, "Guerra, Amor y Campanas" which was the music for a Carlota Santana
Spanish Dance project, "La Reina del Nilo" with singer/dancer La Conja and
"Cante Flamenco" with singer Luis Vargas. His guitar work was featured in
the soundtrack of Almodovar's "High Heels" and he participated in the 1992
Broadway revival of "Man of La Mancha." Basilio is on the staff at the American
Institute of Guitar and teaches privately through Flamenco Latino. |
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Aurora is a highly esteemed artist in both the flamenco communities of
Spain and New York. Her abilities as both a dancer and singer, and willingness
to experiment in collaboration with Basilio Georges has produced new forms
of heelwork which authentically replicate the rhythms played in Latin
music by the congas, bongos and timbales. Most of the current repertoire
of Flamenco Latino has been choreographed by Ms. Reyes. She has been dancing
flamenco for 23 years.
Aurora has toured with companies such as Jose Molina Bailes Españoles,
worked at La Corral de la Pacheca tablao in Madrid and had a mentor relationship
with La Tati. As a choreographer, she has been hired for three seasons
by Andrea Del Conte Danza Espana to set pieces premiering at Dance Theater
Workshop in Manhattan and the Thalia Theater in Sunnyside Queens. Her
most recent piece "Dedicacion a las Americas" involved fusion of flamenco
styles with the Argentine milongo, the Cuban guajiras and South American
colombianas. Aurora offers group classes in flamenco held at the Kingsley
Ballet Studio.
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| Yvonne is of Cuban descent, and trained in ballet, modern
dance, Dunham technique and Flamenco at Ballet Hispanico. As well
as being a memner of Flamenco Latino, she toured with AllNations Dance
Company for three years, and spent a season with the Luis Montero
Spanish Dance Company. In the world of Salsa, Yvonne recently completed
a tour of Italy with the Eddie Torres Dance Company, accompanied by
Tito Puente, and performed at Madison Square Garden with Torres. |
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| Yvonne is also an accomplished teacher of both Flamenco and
Afro Caribbean styles and has directed a program of Flamenco at the Henry
Street Settlement for the past 7 years. She has taught Salsa and modern
jazz at the Educational Alliance, and mambo at the Eddie Torres Performing
Arts Center. Yvonne currently teaches a Salsa/Mambo class for Flamenco Latino.
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| Funding for the development of this
Web site was provided, in part, by the 2000 and 2002 JPMorgan/Chase Smarts
grant, an annual program of the Association of Hispanic Arts. |
