Sachiko “La Chayí” Flamenco
Annual Student Dance Showcase
FIESTA FLAMENCA 2019
Sachiko “La Chayí” Flamenco
Annual Student Dance Showcase
FIESTA FLAMENCA 2019
Sachiko “La Chayí” Flamenco
Annual Student Dance Showcase
FIESTA FLAMENCA 2019
Sachiko “La Chayí” Flamenco
Annual Student Dance Showcase
FIESTA FLAMENCA 2019
TWIN CITIES FLAMENCO COLLECTIVE IN MANKATO
Thursday August 17, 2023
731 S Front St, Mankato, MN 56001
Doors at 7 pm / Show at 7:30 pm
Twin Cities Flamenco Collective inspires audiences through its passionate and soulful expressions of Flamenco music and dance featuring award-winning artists.
General Seating
Admission: $15 in advance / $20 at the door
Length: 90 minutes; with intermission
Door Policy: no age restrictions / all ages venue
Special Guest
Dancer
Molly Kay Stoltz is a dance performer, choreographer, and teacher based in Minneapolis and South-Central Minnesota. She specializes in the rhythmic dance forms of tap, jazz, and flamenco. She is a company member with Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater, Flying Foot Forum, and Kaleena Miller Dance. She was chosen as a 2020 Hinge Artist in Residence and won an honorable mention as a finalist in the national Flamenco Certamen USA 2021 competition in NYC, NY. She now teaches tap program at Ballare Teatro Performing Arts Center and flamenco at Zorongo.
Special Guest
Guitarist
Kristofer “El Cuervo” Hill hails from Maplewood, NJ and is a graduate of Arizona State University. After having a career as a restaurant owner, High School Teacher, touring jazz & hip hop artist; Kristofer spent 8 years living, intensively studying flamenco guitar, and performing in Seville, Spain working for the major dance schools and companies. Kristofer currently performs and teaches internationally as an independent artist playing guitar for US companies including Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana (NYC). He has performed as a principal guitarist with internationally renowned Spanish artists such as Carmen Ledesma, Jose Galvan, and Jose Mendez. His recordings & compositions for dance have been performed at the Joyce Theater, NYU, Times Square, NYC, & at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival. Live Guitar performance credits also include Lincoln Center, L’Usine in Geneva, Museo del Barrio: NYC, PHX Symphony Hall, Teatro Alameda Sevilla, and Woodstock (NY). His music can also be heard in the Sony Pictures 2010.
Dancer
TCFC
A native of Osaka, Japan, Sachiko “La Chayí” is a Twin Cities-based Flamenco dancer, teacher, choreographer and organizer. Besides her work as an independent artist, her current projects include leading an informal group, Twin Cities Flamenco Collective. She has performed in the US, Spain and Japan and at prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, The Walker Art Center, The O’Shaughnessy, and The Cowles Center. She has received recognition and grants from Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance, and New York State Flamenco Certamen. She has presented her original dance theater works at the Walker Art Center, the Southern Theater, and the Intermedia Arts. Sachiko is the recipient of a 2017 McKnight Dancer Fellowship. She lived and studied the art of Flamenco in Seville, Spain from 2010 to 2015 which became the foundation of her current dance and work.
Guitarist
TCFC
Leading member of Twin Cities Flamenco Collective, Ross “El Vecino” Fellrath is a lifelong musician with a passion and curiosity for music that has taken him around the country and the world. He plays for dancer Sachiko “La Chayí” and Zorongo Flamenco Dance School. He has studied Flamenco in Madrid, Spain with El Entri, Jesus de Rosario and Killino Jimenez. In Sevilla, he has studied with Juan del Gasor, “El Perla,” and Luis Peña. He obtained his artistic name “El Vecino” from his maestro Juan del Gastor.
Dancer
TCFC
Eva Makiko began studying flamenco with Susana di Palma at Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre in 2008. As a company dancer, she performed in numerous Zorongo productions between 2014 and 2020. In recent years she has immersed herself in the study of flamenco cante with members of the Twin Cities Flamenco Collective. She loves the art form for its ability to bring the community together both locally and internationally.