Los Farruco: First Family of Gypsy Flamenco Dance March 6, 2009

The San Francisco Bay Area Festival of Flamenco Arts & Traditions featuring direct from Spain -LOS FARRUCO, first family of Gypsy flamenco dance.

This Bay Area premier features Los Farruco features two generations of Gypsy artists- all direct descendents of the legendary patriarch and flamenco dance master, El Farruco who performed in the San Francisco in the late 1980s as part of Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli's Broadway production, "Flamenco Puro". Farruquito, the superstar of the Farruco clan, performed in Berkeley in 2003 when he was only 18-years-old presented by Cal Performances.

In town for The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership's Festival of Flamenco Arts and Traditions 2009, Los Farruco "first family of Gypsy flamenco dance" make their Bay Area premier featuring two of the maestro's younger grandsons --Farruco (“El Farru”) and Barullo (“El Negro”) as well as both of his daughters --La Farruca and La Faraona "la madre de la buleria". Accompanied by celebrated guitarists Antonio Rey and El Tuto and some of Spain's most outstanding young flamenco singers incuding Pedro el Granaino, Mara Rey, El Rubio de Pruna and Antonio Zuniga, Los Farruco promises a thrilling evening of Gypsy flamenco dance and music.

"Mesmerizing..." Anne Kisseldorf, The New York Times
"This is raw flamenco, full of power, fire and unbridled masculinity" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)
“En el baile hay dos mundos, el de los mortales y el de los Farruco. Punto." Alberto García Reyes, ABC (Spain)

The Bay Area Festival of Flamenco Arts and Traditions has been made possible in part by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts in partnership with the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation.

Notes
Seating available for persons with disabilities. Please contact The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership at (510) 444-2820 or email to [email protected]

The Palace of Fine Arts is located right next door to the Exploratorium, in the Marina District.

Parking is FREE

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of bayareaflamenco.

Official Website: http://www.FlamencoFestivalSF.com