Misa Flamenca

Three Evenings. One Soul. An Unforgettable Flamenco Experience.

A Journey of Spirit, Resilience, and Liberation

Misa Flamenca is a soul-stirring flamenco performance that transcends tradition to explore the sacred journey of healing, resilience, and spiritual awakening. Rooted in the raw emotional depth of flamenco and infused with a personal ritual of transformation, this work moves through darkness, struggle, and remembrance - toward light, connection, and freedom.

More than a performance, Misa Flamenca is a prayer in motion, an invocation. A call to the ancestors. A prayer for the present. A liberation of the self through the ancient voice of duende.

Misa Flamenca reimagines flamenco as both ritual and rebellion. Rooted in the art form’s birth from Moorish, Jewish, and Roma/Gypsy cultures of the Iberian Peninsula, the work celebrates flamenco’s role as a voice of the oppressed—where artistry affirms humanity and defiance becomes beauty.

Mission-

Through Misa Flamenca, Nélida Tirado/Arte 718 honors flamenco’s legacy while creating spaces for diverse voices, movement, and spirit to come together. With a mission to uplift artistry from street to stage, and to embrace the fullness of human identity, Arte 718 builds bridges for future generations through flamenco as prayer, protest, and celebration.

About the Artist/Choreographer – Nelida Tirado

Hailed as “magnificent and utterly compelling” (NY Times), award-winning flamenco artist Nelida Tirado began training at Ballet Hispánico at just six years old. By her teens, she was touring nationally with José Molina Bailes Españoles, later joining Flamenco Vivo, Maria Benitez, Compañía María Pagés, and Compañía Antonio El Pipa- performing at prestigious flamenco festivals and on stages across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.

Her career spans performances with the MET, Noche Flamenca, a feature in Riverdance - Broadway and touring company and at leading U.S. venues including Lincoln Center,Queens Theatre, Symphony Space, Joyce SoHo, and Harlem Stage. She opened for the Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo at Celebrate Brooklyn! and collaborated with Wynton Marsalis at Harvard University. Her solo show Dime Quién Soy premiered at Flamenco Festival NY and has since been developed through the Jacob’s Pillow Lab, presented at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Queens Theatre, the Albuquerque Flamenco Festival and Abrons Arts Center.

Tirado has received awards from BRIO, the Tito Puente Scholarship Fund, and the Rosario Dawson Muse Fellowship at BAAD!, and has appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights and Dancing with the Stars. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” Tirado continues to blend tradition and innovation, crafting flamenco experiences that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.

More information at www.NelidaTirado.com

Event Details

Dates:

• November 14th @ 7:30pm
• November 15th @ 7:30pm
• November 16th @ 3:00pm

Venue:

The Space at Irondale

85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Support the Work

Your generosity helps us bring Misa Flamenca to life and share its message of resilience and connection.

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Every contribution, big or small, keeps the art alive and thriving.

Nelida Tirado researched, developed and honed "Misa Flamenca" with financial, administrative and residency support from Dance in Process at Gibney. "Misa Flamenca" has received further support through the Bronx Council of the Arts and a 2024-2025 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at Queens College, Kupferberg Center for the Arts."