Melissa Cruz: Collaborations in Flamenco (TWO SHOWS)

Flamenco dancer Melissa Cruz presents a series of vignettes that feature collaborations with diverse artists reflecting her development as a local Bay Area working artist.
 
FEATURING:
Melissa Cruz – dance
Alex Conde – piano
Gregory Masako Jenkins – horns
Marco Peris – percussion
 
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Melissa Cruz is a Bay Area-based flamenco professional and has been a full-time flamenco artist and instructor for the past 14 years. After being exposed to flamenco while studying Spanish at UC Berkeley, she began dancing with Rosa Montoya and soon thereafter joined Ms. Montoya’s professional company. Apart from frequently performing in theatrical presentations, Cruz teaches a full weekly schedule of flamenco dance classes and presents consistently in the local flamenco cabaret circuit. She is also the dancer and percussionist for the band LoCura, with whom she performs and tours. Recently, she served as adjunct dance faculty at the University of San Francisco, as a guest instructor at the world dance youth program Danceversity, and currently presents her own apprentice dance repertory group. Cruz has performed as a soloist in the San Francisco International Arts Festival in 2012 and 2016 and has presented in eight San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festivals. She was commissioned to present a solo representing the genre of flamenco in the 2013 San Francisco Isadora Duncan Awards Ceremony and was a featured artist in the 2014 Tucson Flamenco Festival. Currently, Cruz is principal dancer and choreographer for the San Francisco Flamenco Dance Company, which debuted the show Mares in September 2016. (Photo courtesy of #VisitOakland)

 
Time: (First Show) 6:30pm doors / 7:00-8:15pm show
(Second Show) 8:30pm doors / 8:45-10:00pm show
Admission: $20 online / $20-25 sliding scale at the door. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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