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featuring Dancer Carolina Lugo, Singer Jesus Montoya and Guitarist Gino D'Auri.
Video produced by Richard Tonkin
Carolina Lugo is widely regarded as one of the most gifted Flamenco-Spanish dance artists of her generation. Carolina is a master of the castanets and Spanish dance. Her music video of her castanet interpretation of "Leyenda", is shown on the nationally broadcast show, Classical Arts Showcase. Carolina has dedicated herself over the last ten years to preserving the lineage of artistry of La Argentina, Antonio Triana, Luisa Antonio Triana, Lola Montes, Merche Esmeralda, Ciro and Azurin, by teaching the art form of both genres-Flamenco-Spanish dance, to a new generation of artists and dancers.
Carolina made her professional debut at the age of 14. She has danced and toured the United States and internationally with leading companies, Lola Montes Spanish Dance Company, Luisa Triana Flamenco Dance Company, Jose Greco, Rosa Montoya Bailes Flamencos and has shared the stage with international Flamenco artists from Spain, such as Genaro Gomez, Cruz Luna, Teodoro Morca and Benito Palacios, performing in major concert halls throughout the United States and internationally as well as with leading symphonies throughout the country. Carolina danced as a guest artist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for multiple seasons at the Hollywood Bowl and was a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Opera in their productions of "Carmen" and "La Traviata" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Most recently, Ms. Lugo has danced and collaborated on choreographic works with international Flamenco artists from Spain, Manuel Betanzos, Concha Vargas, Antonio Vargas {featured artist in the films "Strictly Ballroom" & "Mission Impossible II"} and Pepa Montes.
Carolina has been commissioned by numerous Musical Conductors with various symphonies over the last eight years to choreograph and perform a variety of excerpts and complete Flamenco Ballets of leading Spanish and French composers such as "Carmen" by Bizet with the California Symphony and Conductor Barry Jekowsky in 1998 and the theme song from the musical score of "Zoro" along with a selection of Spanish dance pieces with Maestro Jekowsky in 1999. Carolina and her Company were presented in concert at that time, at the Concord Pavilion. In 2000, Ms. Lugo again collaborated with Maestro Jekowsky when he commissioned her to choreograph and perform the complete Flamenco Ballet of her critically acclaimed piece of the "Three Cornered Hat" by Manuel de Falla. She gave an encore performance of this piece with conductor, Joyce Johnson-Hamilton and the Diablo Symphony in 2001. She collaborated with conductor Mitchell Sardou-Klein and toured Northern California with the Peninsula Symphony in 2003. Carolina and Company have given encore performances of her critically acclaimed Flamenco Ballets of the "Three Cornered Hat", " La Vida Breve", "Bolero", "Carmen", "Leyenda" and "La Boda de Luis Alonso" with Maestro, Allan Pollack with the Mendocino World Music Festival and numerous other symphonies throughout the West Coast.
Maestro Pollack requested an encore performance of Ms. Lugo's acclaimed piece the "Three Cornered Hat" with the Sacramento Camellia Symphony in 2005, for which she once again received critical acclaim for her choreographic creation of an "intense operetta full of steamy and fiery emotion...and flirtatious interplay"...The choreography incorporated classic Flamenco steps as well as more balletic elegance." Carolina was invited as a guest artist by the Golden Gate Opera in 2005 and collaborated with them to present her dance company in her acclaimed choreography of "Carmen" conducted by Geoffrey Gallegos and stage directed by Ms.Edna Garabedian, Managing Director of California Opera Association. Ms. Lugo was commissioned by the opera to choreograph and stage for the principals and cast, excerpts from the complete opera for this production. Carolina has been invited to tour China with the Hangzhou Opera Company in October 2006 as a guest artist, to dance and choreograph for their principals and cast, in their production of "Carmen" by Bizet.
Ms. Lugo is the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Arts Recognition Award of the Arts and Culture Commission (AC5) of Contra Costa County. The award is in recognition of her outstanding involvment in the arts and the significant impact that she has had on the cultural life of the county and in the community.
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Carolinalugo
Duración:
02:26 Min
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17197
Publicada:
11/17/2007