Dear students,

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2012! We've had an exciting season this past year. Our school welcomed guest teachers Auxi Fernandez, Antonio Hidalgo, and Ileana Gomez. By special request, our advanced students danced in two operas for New York City's Amore Opera, "Carmen" and "I due Figaro." Our students also participated in the Hispanic Day Parade. Lastly, some of our more advanced students participated in a special documentary celebrating the anniversary of UNESCO's recognition of flamenco as a part of the "intangible world heritage of humanity." This was choreographed by Jorge Navarro and featured the guest artist Rafael Amargo. To celebrate the end of this successful season, we had a Sevillanas party at Alegrias. We look forward to an exciting upcoming season with more opportunities to perform! We hope that you will keep coming to class so you can continue to grow and improve in the flamenco performing arts.

2012 Classes Schedule:

*Absolute Beginners: Monday & Wednesday at 6:30 pm at DNA

*Beginners: Saturday at 1 pm at Flamenco Vivo

*Advanced: Tuesday at 6:30 pm & Saturday at 2:30 pm at Flamenco Vivo

We wish all our customers Happy Holidays and successful 2012! We are taking this opportunity to thank you for supporting flamenco culture and we hope you will keep visiting us in 2012! Because of your support, Alegrias was chosen to be a part of the Flamenco Festival in February and March 2012. We are planning to keep bringing you the best flamenco from Andalucia for the new season!

Feliz Ano Nuevo 2012!

Special grants and dontations for Alegrias

ArtsFlamenco is very proud to announce two special grants and generous donations for Alegrias. The New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) and the American Music Center have given grants to Alegrias en La Nacional. We also received generous donations from individuals and private foundations, particularly the Daniel Rosenblatt Foundation. Generosity from grantors and donors is critical to helping us keep presenting the best Flamenco in New York City!

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please send a check payable to ArtsFlamenco and mail it to 280 Broadway, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10007.

Special TV appearances by Jorge Navarro

Our Artistic Director, Jorge Navarro, was featured in a number of television shows on national and international stations including Bravo, MTV Tres,  Spanish TV from Navarra, and Flamenco TV. The Bravo program will air nationally in February, and the MTV Tres program (Quinceanera) aired worldwide January 9th. 

Spanish TV from Navarra interviewed Jorge for a documentary about Sabicas on the anniversary of his 100th birthday.

Jorge was also featured in three recurring episodes of Flamenco TV's documentary, Flamenco in NY. Check it out on www.flamencotv.es/en/videos! 

Thank you to all of our students, supporters, customers, and friends for making 2011 an unforgettable year! We hope that 2012 will be an even better one for us with even more successes and accomplishments to share with you. 

Jorge Navarro and the ArtsFlamenco team