Venue: Supper Club
Showtime:7:30 pm
Doors open:5:30 pm
$25 Advance, $30 Day of Show, ($20/25 Students with ID) General Admission, Table Reservations Required
Why you should see this show…
ABREPASO flamenco, Northeast Ohio’s premiere flamenco music and dance company presents flamenco in its most traditional setting – a tablao. Feel the intensity of the music and dance in this intimate setting.
This performance will feature Alice Blumenfeld and Marija Temo, along with dancers from ABREPASO flamenco.
Tablao Flamenco is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Featured Artists:
Marija Temo is a classical/flamenco guitarist, flamenco vocalist, conductor, and former dancer. She has come into her own, combining her flamenco and classical abilities in unique types of performance. “Challenging the rules of traditional flamenco…She continues to break new ground…” Philadelphia Inquirer. A few highlights include: Vocal contestant on La Voz US, NBC TV; Composer/Arranger/Accompanist for the “Flamenco Nutcracker” production; Performer and judge at The Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Festival and Competition; Performer with the Zac Brown Band, and has had two works for guitar and written for her by Loris Chobanian. Temo is Guitar Chair at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI. She is an alumna of Baldwin- Wallace College and Peabody Conservatory of Music. www. Marijatemo.com.
Alice Blumenfeld is known for a unique and “fierce presence (her movements seem to arise from several feet beneath the ground)” (Thinking Dance) and her “sharp and exhilarating” energy onstage (Philadelphia Inquirer). Blumenfeld is the founder and artistic director of ABREPASO flamenco. The company’s name means to break open space and their mission is to deepen appreciation for flamenco and create original choreographies, finding new entry points into and new pathways within the art form. Blumenfeld’s recognitions include: a Fulbright recipient in dance in Spain, a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and a two-time Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient in choreography (FY20 & 22). She toured nationally with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, and has been a guest artist with Nélida Tirado, the American Bolero Dance Company, Antonio Granjero, Jácome Flamenco, among other companies and she has performed in Berlin and Spain. Blumenfeld holds an MFA in Dance from Hollins University and a BA in Comparative Literature from New York University where she graduated summa cum laude, with highest departmental honors, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Alex Jordan was born in Havana, Cuba. He studied flamenco guitar in Spain with Juan Maya (Marote), Rafael Riqueni and José Luis de la Paz. Alex has been guitarist for the Lizt Alfonso Ballet, Compañías Aires y Ecos and the Spanish Ballet of Havana. In 2000 he moved to Bogotá, Colombia, where he formed and directed the flamenco music and dance group Taconearte. Taconearte obtained the Pasos 2002 creation grant and the national prize for musical stage montage in 2005 with the work "Flamenco 24 hours" in which he composed and arranged the music. In 2005 he moved to Florida and since then has been a sought after guitarist with many companies in the U.S., inlcuding: Antonio Granjero's Entre Flamenco, José Luis de la Paz Guitar Ensemble, and Siudy Garrido's company. He appeared in Alejandro Sanz and Marc Anthony’s music video Deja que te bese. In 2018 Alex moved to Los Angeles where he performed at the Cumbre Flamenca Festival with artists from Spain such as Maria Juncal and Ivan Vargas. As performing artist and session musician Alex has worked with artist such as Azucar Moreno, Maria Juncal, Raquel Heredia, Rafael de Utrera, Manolete, Jose Luis de la Paz, Andres Cepeda, Sahaavedra, Jorge Luis Chicoy, Karoll Marquez, Tita Contreras among others.