Flamenco Dance Workshop

 

Born in Madrid, Cristina started to dance in Granada around 1999. After debuting with Ester Marin company in 2005 she moved back to Madrid where she continued learning in Amor de Dios with teachers including Concha Jareño, Rafaela Carrasco, Manuel Liñan, and more. Her career has developed mostly in Tablaos such as El Patio andaluz, Tarantos, and el Palacio Del Flamenco in Barcelona. She has traveled abroad dancing at La Venta del Toro in Istanbul, el Cortijo in Germany or Alegrias la Nacional and Terraza 7 at New York City among many other places. She has been the headliner in festivals such as Gstaad Yehudi Menuhin fest in Switzerland or Ankara international flamenco fest with her own group. She is also a performer and dance screen filmmaker, her videos have been featured in festivals around the world, such as Miami Screen Dance Festival and festival de Cine Danza di Modena (Italy). As a performer she is part of laboratorio de investigación del flamenco directed by Juan Carlos Lerida with whom she had performed in Romería de Montjuic and Mundos Paralelos (performance pieces done in Barcelona.) Her experimental piece NANA, created between Miami and Barcelona and has been performed since 2021. During this year she has a grant at Santa Monica art center in Barcelona to research performance and how to use it as a social tool. She is currently based in NYC where she performs in traditional flamenco and flamenco and jazz fusion projects. She is part of the collective Poetry Fighters and a member of Se Buscan Poetas, multilingual open mic that happens at Bowery Poetry Club.