Noche Andaluza – Recap!

The Noche Andaluza evening of flamenco music and dance sold out and was a huge success! From the absolutely wonderful audience members and announcer (Sonia Lopez), to the spectacular dancers (Doris Coughlon, Frieda Odell, Lexi Allen, Linda French, Madhuri Nair, Morgan Robinson, Raenalle DeGidio, and Yvonne DeFabio) and amazing musicians (Johnny Beard, Dylan Allen, Kaymen Pitts, and Luke Allen), to the great PAC staff (Chad Oliverson, Shirley Eliott, Scott Gaffen, among others!), everyone helped make it truly an unforgettable evening and sold out event!! We are working on getting the video ready, but you can take a look at our cast photo below by Tiffany Crouch and some more of the pics on facebook! -¡olé!

The evening included pieces by Reflejos Flamencos as well as ensemble pieces like the Tango “En el espejo”, performed by Yvonne DeFabio, Raenalle DeGidio, Frieda Odell, and Doris Coughlon, the Farruca “Aire, fuego y pasion”, performed by Raenalle DeGidio, Frieda Odell, Doris Coughlon, and Linda French, and the Sevillanas “Fiesta flamenca” with Reflejos Flamencos, and all Flamenco TULSA dancers including Morgan Robinson. The evening also offered a Spanish Classical piano performance of Granados’ Spanish Dance No. 5 by Luke Allen and two fusion pieces showing the relationship and influence of Indian Kathak and Dance Orientale/Maghrebi style on flamenco.

Indian Kathak and Flamenco TULSA dancer, Madhuri Nair partnered with Lexi Allen to show the rhythmic footwork similarities between kathak and flamenco dance in “Raices indias”. They were accompanied by Kaymen Pitts on the sitar and Dylan Allen on the cajon. In “Marruecos”, Frieda Odell introduced Dance Orientale/Maghrebi style dancing with Lexi Allen, showing the similarities in fluid movement and arm and hand movements. Luke Allen, Kaymen Pitts, and Dylan Allen accompanied with an assortment of hand percussion instruments. It was a beautiful evening complete with a humbling standing ovation at the end!