BAY AREA FLAMENCO

 

 

“The San Francisco Bay Area has become a major U.S. conduit for Spain’s greatest flamenco artists. Over the past decade no one has done more to build bridges between Andalusia and the Bay Area than Nina Menendez and the organization she founded and directs: Bay Area Flamenco." (KQED, The California Report)

 

Serving as a bridge between our local community and the flamenco community in Spain, we foster cultural exchange opportunities that allow our community of outstanding local flamenco artists and the region’s large number of student and apprentice flamenco practitioners to interact in meaningful ways with master artists and tradition-bearers from Spain's flamenco communities, creating a context for sharing cultural traditions and experiencing flamenco in a genuinely interactive and spontaneous environment.

 

Artistic Director Nina Menéndez’s unique curatorial vision distinguishes the work of BAF and its particular focus on grassroots flamenco from the Gitano communities of Spain. Our programming aims to increase awareness of the culture, traditions and history of the Gypsy/Romani people of Spain, and to illustrate the way music and dance traditions are key to cultural resistance, serving as a vessel for the transmission of cultural identity and oral history across the generations.

 
“These artists are bringing the Gitano essence of flamenco into the 21st century,"“They have an ease for improvisation that comes from living the art as a part of everyday life. No choreography is required, only an intimate connection among the dancers and musicians who interact freely on the basis of a shared legacy and an insatiable hunger to find the spark of ‘duende’ that transforms the mundane into the sublime."
 

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Past (69)

August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

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2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 21 • 4:00 PM

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FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 14 • 4:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 8:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 2:00 PM

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Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain! primary image

Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain!

Sat, Dec 7 • 6:00 PM

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Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8 primary image

Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8

Sat, Dec 7 • 2:30 PM

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Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao... primary image

Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao...

Sun, Oct 27 • 3:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO

Sat, Oct 26 • 8:00 PM

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Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27 primary image

Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27

Sat, Oct 26 • 2:30 PM

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August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

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2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 21 • 4:00 PM

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FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 14 • 4:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 8:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 2:00 PM

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Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain! primary image

Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain!

Sat, Dec 7 • 6:00 PM

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Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8 primary image

Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8

Sat, Dec 7 • 2:30 PM

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Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao... primary image

Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao...

Sun, Oct 27 • 3:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO

Sat, Oct 26 • 8:00 PM

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Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27 primary image

Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27

Sat, Oct 26 • 2:30 PM

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“The San Francisco Bay Area has become a major U.S. conduit for Spain’s greatest flamenco artists. Over the past decade no one has done more to build bridges between Andalusia and the Bay Area than Nina Menendez and the organization she founded and directs: Bay Area Flamenco." (KQED, The California Report)

 

Serving as a bridge between our local community and the flamenco community in Spain, we foster cultural exchange opportunities that allow our community of outstanding local flamenco artists and the region’s large number of student and apprentice flamenco practitioners to interact in meaningful ways with master artists and tradition-bearers from Spain's flamenco communities, creating a context for sharing cultural traditions and experiencing flamenco in a genuinely interactive and spontaneous environment.

 

Artistic Director Nina Menéndez’s unique curatorial vision distinguishes the work of BAF and its particular focus on grassroots flamenco from the Gitano communities of Spain. Our programming aims to increase awareness of the culture, traditions and history of the Gypsy/Romani people of Spain, and to illustrate the way music and dance traditions are key to cultural resistance, serving as a vessel for the transmission of cultural identity and oral history across the generations.

 
“These artists are bringing the Gitano essence of flamenco into the 21st century,"“They have an ease for improvisation that comes from living the art as a part of everyday life. No choreography is required, only an intimate connection among the dancers and musicians who interact freely on the basis of a shared legacy and an insatiable hunger to find the spark of ‘duende’ that transforms the mundane into the sublime."
 

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August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

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2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 21 • 4:00 PM

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FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 14 • 4:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 8:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 2:00 PM

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Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain! primary image

Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain!

Sat, Dec 7 • 6:00 PM

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Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8 primary image

Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8

Sat, Dec 7 • 2:30 PM

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Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao... primary image

Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao...

Sun, Oct 27 • 3:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO

Sat, Oct 26 • 8:00 PM

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Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27 primary image

Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27

Sat, Oct 26 • 2:30 PM

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August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

August 20 & 27 FLAMENCO FIESTAS: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

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2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

2023 FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOPS: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

JUST ADDED! August 21 FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 21 • 4:00 PM

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FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO primary image

FIESTA-STYLE WORKSHOP SERIES: MONDAYS WITH JUAN DEL GASTOR & LUCI ROSARIO

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PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN! primary image

PRIVATE FLAMENCO FIESTA: JUAN DEL GASTOR, DIRECT FROM SPAIN!

Sun, Aug 14 • 4:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Rey, direct from Spain (See changes below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 8:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below) primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Antonio Lizana: CANCELLED (see details below)

Wed, Mar 25 • 2:00 PM

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Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain! primary image

Private Flamenco Fiesta: Antonio el Pipa, direct from Spain!

Sat, Dec 7 • 6:00 PM

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Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8 primary image

Antonio "El Pipa" Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 12/7 & 12/8

Sat, Dec 7 • 2:30 PM

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Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao... primary image

Private Fiesta Supporting Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Maria Del Mar Moreno, Pepe del Morao...

Sun, Oct 27 • 3:00 PM

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Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO primary image

Bay Area Flamenco presents Noche de Cante Gitano: AGUJETAS & MORAO

Sat, Oct 26 • 8:00 PM

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Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27 primary image

Maria del Mar Moreno Flamenco Dance Workshops SAT & SUN 10/26-27

Sat, Oct 26 • 2:30 PM

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