Anda Flamenco News

Click Here For Our Weekly Flamenco Webcast!

"Poquito y Bueno," our half-hour weekly worldwide flamenco webcast, premiered in April 2009 on KFAI, Fresh Air Radio. One of the oldest alternative radio stations in the country, KFAI began web-only programming and chose Poquito y Bueno as one of the two web casts to pioneer this programming decision. The web cast features flamenco music, news, and interviews, and was invited to link with Jerez Jondo, a real honor! Log on every Thursday for a new show at http://www.kfai.org/poquitoybueno and stay connected!

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Will Present The Zaps July 31 and Anda Flamenco August 12, 2010

Anda and the Zaps will be a part of the Walker Open Field Series this summer in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The Zaps will present a lively audience participation-oriented program designed for kids and parents on Saturday, July 31, at 4pm. Anda Flamenco Company will present a more traditional flamenco performance next to the bar on Thursday, August 12, at 7pm. Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy flamenco outdoors - a rare Minnesota event!

August 5 Benefit for Guitarist Michael Hauser's Shoulder Replacement Recuperation at Conga Latin Bistro from 6:30pm - 12pm. A $5 Donation Gets You in The Door.

August 19, 2010 "Rincón del Flamenco" Reunion Dedicated to the Late Founder and Beloved Cantaora, Maria Elena "La Cordobesa"

You loved Babalú, you loved the Loring Bar, you loved Rincón! Dancers Kristina, Virginia, Estrella Lucia, and Andrea will reunite once again to dance for the spirit of Maria Elena who is still very much with us, and who I'm sure will be joining us this night!

Anda Flamenco Company Will Perform at The Town Green in Maple Grove August 18, 2010

Anda Flamenco will be performing as part of the first season at the new band shell at The Town Green in Maple Grove on Wednesday, August 18, from 7-8pm. Town Green is located at 7991 Main Street N. The performance is part of the band shell's first season, and is free and open to the public. Stay tuned for more details.

Flamenco at Conga Latin Bistro Thursday September 2, 2010

Anda Flamenco presents "Open Stage: Flamenco Revealed!" at Conga Latin Bistro, located at 501 East Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis. It's usually (but not always) scheduled on the first Thursday of the month from 7-9pm (Spanish time, of course...). Hosted by Kristina de Sacramento and Anda guitarist, Michael Ziegahn, the ever-changing array of dancers includes members and apprentices of Anda Flamenco Company, students of Anda Flamenco School, and guest artists from both in and out-of-town. We chose the name "Flamenco Revealed" because the nature of our "Open Stage" is that since the dancers have not had a chance to rehearse their numbers with the guitarist, the audience gets a rare chance to see "behind-the-scenes secrets" of how flamenco really comes together when it's improvised at a party in Granada or a peña in Jerez or a bar in Minnesota! And, a VERY important FYI - make sure the hostess seats you so you'll have a waiter to help you take advantage of the happy hour two-for-one drinks and the half-priced appetizers that are NO LONGER SERVED AFTER we start dancing at 7 pm...

Anda Flamenco on You Tube

Check out our latest videos on You Tube, including a recent rehearsal for Festival 9 and the little girls learning sevillanas with castanets. Just go to http://www.youtube.com and type in "anda flamenco."

Kristina Brings Flamenco to Children in Local Hospitals and at the Ronald McDonald House

Kristina is fortunate to be working with Breanna's Gift, a non-profit organization that brings the healing energy of the arts to children thrown into a hospital environment - whether they are the actual patients or the siblings of the patients. Anda Flamenco and The Zapatistas have a long-standing tradition of volunteering performances to raise funds for organizations like Rainbow Families, the Lupus Foundation, and Casa de Esperanza, to name just a few. Kristina is thrilled to take on the recent challenge of developing a method of teaching rhythmic dance to children restricted by wheelchairs or tethered to IVs.

Anda Flamenco will premiere "Señora Butterfly: A Flamenco Comedy" in 2011, really, truly...

Luck was with Anda on the night of the 2009 Fringe lottery: our show, Señora Butterfly landed a place in the August Fringe Festival! We had our theater assigned, we had our performance times and dates ready to publish, we had our story and our scenes written, we had our guest artists making plans for their plane tickets, we were busy picking out kimonos and developing choreographies and then - we discovered that Japanese/flamenco fusion music did not yet exist! That put us in the deliciously ironic position of creating it ourselves (here in Minnesota...), but that wasn't going to happen with the refinement our production deserves in the time we had left before our production opened. So we sadly but wisely gave our slot in the Fringe to another deserving production that had been languishing hopefully on the wait-list. We'd planned to produce Butterfly in 2010 at the Fringe. But Lady Luck of the Lottery was not with us and we scored 212 on the waiting list! (There's only 150 spaces available for shows...) Really, truly, we know we'll score a place in the 2011 lottery! Our story will center around Señora Butterfly (Cho Cho San), the post-menopausal ringleader of a group of Spanish ladies who are obsessed with being geishas. Late one night, Cho Cho and the ladies stumble upon a handsome, unconscious Japanese sailor who has washed up on a Spanish beach, and the flamenco comedy unfolds!