Flamenco Shows & Events
Due to a medical issue, I am not performing at this time. Thank you for your understanding.
Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco Hosts
Performance Update:
Due to an episode of endometriosis that has left me too weak to dance, I cannot perform this weekend - doctor’s orders. I am choosing to be specific about my reason in order to highlight a chronic condition that affects at least 1 in 10 women and yet goes largely ignored or is poorly treated.
Luckily, there are three incredible flamenco artists performing this weekend. Cristian Puig (song/guitar), Marilia Quevedo (dance), and Behzad Habibzai (percussion) will no doubt bring the house down. Truly, we are so very lucky to have them here to perform for us.
How can you best support me and them? Purchase tickets and come to the show… Show up in support of their artistry first and foremost, and in support of me through this difficult time. A full house makes possible my efforts to bring quality flamenco to Maine, even when I can’t be present. I might be in the audience, I might have to be there in spirit. Either way, thank you for your understanding and support. - Lindsey
About the show:
Rhythmic cajon and palmas, enchanting vocals, expressive guitar, and reverberating steps set the tone for an evening of top-notch flamenco at Mayo Street Arts.
The performance features dance by Marilia Quevedo, song and guitar by Cristian Puig, and cajon by Behzad Habibzai. Each artist is masterful and steeped in the tradition of their form.
Come see what the magic of flamenco is all about! We invite you to be enraptured by the form during this ode to the complex musical, artistic & cultural Influences that converged in Andalusia over many centuries. Learn more about the history of flamenco here.
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Saturday, September 30 at 2:00 PM (Doors 1:30 PM) & 7:00 PM (Doors 6:30 pm), 75-minutes with an intermission
Tickets are available for $25 in advance, $27 at the door, and $35 for preferred seating (limited pay-what-you-can-available).
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and now based in Florida, USA, Marilia Quevedo is a global Flamenco artist, dancer, independent worker and potential dreamer. Flamenco dance is her language, the expression of the soul through the body and the concretion of the union of heaven and earth."The feeling of completeness that Flamenco gives me is an expression of all the emotions kept under lock and key." Marilia has performed, studied and taught worldwide, including the US, Argentina, Uruguay, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Spain.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and now based in Florida, USA, Cristian Puig's Flamenco career stems from his heritage passed on from his parents Pablo (guitarist) and Gloria (singer). When he was 19 years old, Cristian began his studies in classical guitar at the Conservatory of Manuel de Falla as well as flamenco guitar with his father. He then studied flamenco guitar with Quique de Cordoba and furthered his studies in jazz, bossa nova, and contemporary music with various teachers. He has been self-taught ever since, using his musical influences and inspirations as his guide. In 1989 Puig formed the flamenco-jazz group “Rabat” and led the group in performances throughout South America. Puig came to New York in 2000 from Argentina with a guitar and a dream. He has since played all tablaos in NY and many nationwide. Notable accomplishments: Original compositions for the film The Late Quartet (2012), Tahlia Theater (2002-2012), Entre Cuerdas, with Al Dimeola, Inflam, and Inside/Out. Notable performances: Kimmel Center with Peter Nero and The Philly Pops, The Bahamas International film festival, and the White House with actor/singer Terrance Howard.
Originally a Portland-native drummer/percussionist, Behzad Habibzai has been playing flamenco guitar for over 25 years, 17 of those in Washington, DC with renowned flamenco artists. Now based in Maine, Behzad is a music composer and flamenco guitarist. He began playing drums and classical percussion at 10, maintaining a busy schedule performing orchestral, jazz, and punk rock, at rock clubs and symphony halls. At 14 he discovered flamenco guitar, going on to portray flamenco forms in performances with several international artists. Having worked regularly as a drummer, percussionist, and flamenco guitarist, he set his sights on the world of orchestration – entering the world of film music. Behzad has already lent his voice to several films and documentaries, helping filmmakers tell stories. Behzad's flamenco album ‘Bosquejos’ (2020), and released singles, can be found on most digital streaming platforms. Behzad often collaborates with his wife, Meghan Pilar Habibzai.
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN POLICY
No one will be turned away for lack of funds; contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org to take advantage of pay-what-you-can admission. Please reach out in advance, as there are limited pay-what-you-can tickets available for this performance.
COVID-19 POLICY
Masking is optional for this performance.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Mayo Street Arts has a no-refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.
LOCATION
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME 04101
Lindsey Bourassa Flamenco’s Annual Student Showcase
Join us for Maine's annual flamenco dance showcase! This afternoon performance celebrates the growing and talented flamenco dance community of Maine. Beautiful solos and ensemble choreographies will highlight diverse and traditional styles of flamenco, such as Tientos, Tarantos, Alegrías, Fandangos de Huelva, Guajiras, Caña, Zorongo, Tangos and more. Students have been preparing and polishing their pieces for over a year now, with great passion and dedication; they will no doubt WOW you with their talent and skill. Please join us to celebrate their work and to support flamenco in Maine!
Flamenco Dance Workshop for Beginners
With Flamenco Dancer Lindsey Bourassa
Have you always enjoyed watching flamenco dance performances? Think you might like to give it a try but are too hesitant to commit to weekly classes? This workshop is the perfect opportunity for you to experience first-hand the beauty and strength of flamenco dance! Designed with the complete novice in mind, this workshop will provide you with an opportunity to learn some basic steps with Lindsey Bourassa. Suitable for adults and young adults.
Narración Flamenca, A Flamenco Performance Featuring Dance, Song & Guitar
With Lindsey Bourassa (dance) | Bárbara Martínez (cante/song) | Cristian Puig (guitar) | Marilia Quevedo (dance)
Narración Flamenca, A Flamenco Performance Featuring Dance, Song & Guitar with Lindsey Bourassa (dance), Marilia Quevedo (dance), Bárbara Martínez (cante/song), & Cristian Puig (guitar).
An evening of flamenco dance, song, and music with Maine-based & Seville-trained flamenco dancer Lindsey Bourassa accompanied by three of the most sought-after flamenco artists in the US: singer Bárbara Martínez, guitarist Cristian Puig, and dancer Marilia Quevedo. Having performed together regularly over the years, these four artists will perform traditional styles of flamenco and highlight flamenco’s expressive essence as a powerful, passionate, and captivating language.
Flamenco Cante & Palmas Workshop (Singing & Clapping) with Bárbara Martínez
For every feeling you have, there is a flamenco song! This workshop, with flamenco singer extraordinaire Bárbara Martínez will focus on the cante (singing) and rhythms of the styles of bulerias and tangos and is open to anyone interested in learning about flamenco, regardless of experience. Those interested in guitar and/or baile (dance) are very much welcome to attend, as this will be very enriching to all flamenco aficionados.
Flamenco is an enigmatic folk tradition from Andalucía, Spain. The singing, the guitar playing, the rhythms, the dance have a unique ability to capture a wide breadth of moods. Like the Blues, flamenco gives us the permission to express ourselves and creates a space for improvisation, spontaneity, authenticity, and humor.
Flamenco Guitar Workshop with Cristian Puig
This workshop, with flamenco guitarist extraordinaire Cristian Puig, is designed for guitarists that have little or no knowledge about flamenco but do have a basic level of playing guitar (chords, strumming, basic music theory). Students should bring their own guitar (nylon-stringed, classical, or flamenco).
With Cristian’s expert instruction, students will examine the particular ways that flamenco works rhythmically and harmonically, within the context of flamenco guitar. Students will learn rhythmic patterns of different flamenco palos (styles), how to play palmas (handclaps), and translate these ideas to the guitar.
Narración Flamenca, A Flamenco Performance Featuring Dance, Song & Guitar
With Lindsey Bourassa (dance) | Bárbara Martínez (cante/song) | Cristian Puig (guitar) | Marilia Quevedo (dance)
Narración Flamenca, A Flamenco Performance Featuring Dance, Song & Guitar with Lindsey Bourassa (dance), Marilia Quevedo (dance), Bárbara Martínez (cante/song), & Cristian Puig (guitar).
An evening of flamenco dance, song, and music with Maine-based & Seville-trained flamenco dancer Lindsey Bourassa accompanied by three of the most sought-after flamenco artists in the US: singer Bárbara Martínez, guitarist Cristian Puig, and dancer Marilia Quevedo. Having performed together regularly over the years, these four artists will perform traditional styles of flamenco and highlight flamenco’s expressive essence as a powerful, passionate, and captivating language.
Marcy Plavin Fall Dance Concert
Marcy Plavin Fall Dance Concert this year presents performances by the student of Dance Repertory and Repertory Styles in works created by Assistant Professor Brian J Evans and by guest choreographers Cameron McKinney from NY, and by Noelle Price from Seattle. Musical Theater Jazz taught by Kate Marchessault presents its final class project as well. Additionally Lindsey Bourassa, who will be teaching Flamenco next semester will perform with live music on Sunday, and Maho Ishiguro who will be teaching Indonesian Dance next semester will perform with live music on Monday.
Public is welcome with proof of vaccination!
Performance Dates
Saturday, November 13th, at 5:00 pm.
Sunday, November 14th, at 2:00 pm.
Monday, November 15th, at 7:30 pm.
Tickets: Admission is free, with a suggested $5 donation. Tickets are available online (see link below) or at the box office 207-786-6161 (Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm)
Live, Virtual Q & A about El Lobo y La Paloma with Filmmaker David Camlin & Choreographer/Dancer Lindsey Bourassa
Filmmaker David Camlin & Choreographer/Dancer Lindsey Bourassa have teamed up in partnership with Mayo Street Arts to present a week-long virtual screening of the flamenco film El Lobo y La Paloma from October 18th - 24th, which will conclude with a virtual artist Q & A with the artists at 5 pm on October 24th.
20% of ticket proceeds will go directly to Mayo Street Arts to support their amazing work in our community.
This contemporary flamenco performance, created by Lindsey Bourassa and filmed by David Camlin and Scott Sutherland, explores themes of loss, connection, ancestry, and grief explored through Flamenco dance, Arabic music, poetry and projected imagery.
The virtual artist Q & A on October 24th, with Lindsey Bourassa and David Camlin, invites all attendees to meet the artists, to ask questions and to explore the artistic process and symbolic meaning of the work.
(Tickets to screen the film include an invitation the the artist Q & A)
El Lobo Y La Paloma, Virtual Screening
Filmmaker David Camlin & Choreographer/Dancer Lindsey Bourassa have teamed up in partnership with Mayo Street Arts to present a week-long virtual screening of the flamenco film El Lobo y La Paloma from October 18th - 24th, which will conclude with a virtual artist Q & A with the artists at 5 pm on October 24th.
20% of ticket proceeds will go directly to Mayo Street Arts to support their amazing work in our community.
Created by flamenco dancer and choreographer Lindsey Bourassa, El Lobo y La Paloma (The Wolf and The Dove) is a multimedia, contemporary flamenco performance that explores themes of loss and connection. Through all original flamenco dance, Arabic music and song, poetry, and projected imagery, the filmed live performance tells a story about the loss of a loved one and the mystical connections between physical and spiritual worlds.
Inspired by the loss of Bourassa’s father in 2015, El Lobo y La Paloma strives to honor the universal experience of loss; that of losing a loved one, a homeland, a freedom, a right, an identity, an ability. It honors the reconstruction of our relationship with our lost being or object, and grief being vital to the process of healing.
El Lobo y La Paloma was produced to empower viewers to honor that which they’ve lost and grieve, to contemplate how they might take steps toward healing, and in some cases, to ponder the legacy they wish to leave this world. Since its 2019 premiere, the filmed performance has been seen via theatrical screenings, streaming online, and distributed by Edovo, a nation-wide digital platform to meet the education, communication, and rehabilitation needs of justice-involved people and their loved ones.
The decision to make El Lobo y La Paloma available on an online platform was expedited by the shock and devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in contemplation of such unprecedented disruption and loss, it is the wish of the artistic team that this work can be used as a means to create space for grief and form connections for those who grieve.
¡Flamenco! A Performance Featuring Flamenco Dance, Song & Music
With Lindsey Bourassa (dance) | Bárbara Martínez (cante/song) | Andreas Arnold (guitar) | Mario Rincon (percussion and back-up vocals)
Maine based and Seville-trained flamenco dancer Lindsey Bourassa returns to Mayo Street Arts with three of the most sought-after flamenco artists in the US—flamenco singer Bárbara Martínez, flamenco guitarist Andreas Arnold, and flamenco percussionist and singer Mario Rincon—for two performances that highlight the interconnection between flamenco dance, song, and guitar through traditional styles such as Livianas, Tarantos, Sevillanas, and Bulerías. Having collaborated regularly, these four artists uphold and honor the power of flamenco's storytelling ability through an emotive call and response of melodies, rhythms and movements.
Introduction to Flamenco Guitar Workshop
With Flamenco Guitarist Andreas Arnold
This workshop is designed for guitarists that have little or no knowledge about flamenco but do have a basic level of playing guitar (chords, strumming, basic music theory). Students should bring their own guitar (nylon stringed, classical, or flamenco).
In our time together, we will examine the particular ways that flamenco works rhythmically and harmonically, especially within the context of the guitar. We will learn rhythmic patterns of different flamenco palos (styles), how to play palmas (hand claps), and translate these ideas to the guitar.
Andreas Arnold was born in Germany and lives between Andalusia, Spain and Brooklyn, NY. He has been working as a professional flamenco guitarist for the last 12 years. As a jazz musician who penetrated flamenco from the outside and deeply studied this music for years, he understands the difficulties that musicians might have when first trying to get a grip on flamenco. He can relate flamenco concepts in western terms and de-mystify some of the sounds of this fascinating art form.
¡Flamenco! A Performance Featuring Flamenco Dance, Song & Music
With Lindsey Bourassa (dance) | Bárbara Martínez (cante/song) | Andreas Arnold (guitar) | Mario Rincon (percussion and back-up vocals)
Maine based and Seville-trained flamenco dancer Lindsey Bourassa returns to Mayo Street Arts with three of the most sought-after flamenco artists in the US—flamenco singer Bárbara Martínez, flamenco guitarist Andreas Arnold, and flamenco percussionist and singer Mario Rincon—for two performances that highlight the interconnection between flamenco dance, song, and guitar through traditional styles such as Livianas, Tarantos, Sevillanas, and Bulerías. Having collaborated regularly, these four artists uphold and honor the power of flamenco's storytelling ability through an emotive call and response of melodies, rhythms and movements.