Flamenco Projects by Oscar Nieto
Oscar is the first flamenco dancer ever to receive the prestigious Jacqueline Lemieux Prize, awarded annually by the Canada Council to dance professionals who have made a profound contribution to dance in Canada.
Oscar is the first flamenco dancer ever to receive the prestigious Jacqueline Lemieux Prize, awarded annually by the Canada Council to dance professionals who have made a profound contribution to dance in Canada.
Café de Chinitas is an enchanted cafe where red-golden cheong sams and Asian melodies fuse with flamenco’s virtuosity and bravado. This unique performance marks the first time the ‘East meets West’ fusion has ever been seen on a Vancouver stage.
Mozaico Flamenco Dance Theatre fused the traditional flamenco music of Peter Mole (guitar) and Paco de Leon (singer) with the contemporary jazz sounds of Flamenco Heresy in a flamenco dance spectacular, Poemas de Alegria.
Inspired by the poem ‘Espiritu Sin Nombre’ (‘Spirit Without Name’) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Original choreography by Oscar Nieto .
Dance Arts Academy, Los Angeles. Choreography by: Oscar Nieto and Deborah Greenfield, inspired by reading Federico Garcia Lorca’s latest biography “A DREAM OF LIFE” by Leslie Stainton.