Passion of Flamenco: Belén Maya conversation with scholars

One of Spain's greatest flamenco dancers, Belén Maya, joins scholars Michelle Heffner Hayes and Meira Goldberg for a conversation about the Art of Flamenco.

Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.

K. Meira Goldberg "La Meira" is a flamenco performer, teacher, choreographer and historian. She performed 1980-85 in Madrid tablaos with Manolo Soler, Antonio Canales, El Indio Gitano, El Chato de la Isla, and other major artists. She holds an MFA in choreography and performance and an EdD in dance history from Temple. As a dancer, she helped found several U.S. flamenco companies, including Carlota Santana Flamenco Vivo. Since going gray, Meira co-curated 100 Years of Flamenco in New York at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts with Ninotchka Bennahum, and co-authored the exhibition catalog (2013).

Michelle Heffner Hayes, a dancer, choreographer and dance scholar, holds a Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies (formerly Dance History and Theory) from UC-Riverside. She serves as chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Kansas, where she teaches modern dance, improvisation, choreography, dance history and flamenco. Most recently, Hayes contributed to and co-edited "Flamenco on the Global Stage: New Writings in Flamenco Dance Studies" with K. Meira Goldberg and Ninotchka Bennahum (McFarland, 2015).

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